Wes Coomes has been promoted to a full-time assistant role on the Concordia football coaching staff. Coomes will serve as the JV head coach, special teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator under head coach Patrick Daberkow.
The current group set to join the Concordia football program this fall includes 13 Nebraska natives, four athletes from The Lone Star State, three high school seniors from Kansas and one apiece from Arizona and Colorado.
Head coach Patrick Daberkow has moved a step closer to finalizing his staff for the 2017 football season. The program has announced the addition of Thomas Byrd as offensive coordinator and the promotion of Corby Osten as defensive coordinator.
Standout Trey Barnes has an added another All-America honor to his list of athletic credentials. Victory Sports Network selected Barnes to its own All-America team.
Two-time All-American Trey Barnes is now a two-time honorary captain on the Omaha World-Herald's All-Nebraska team. Barnes and six other Bulldogs collected honors on Christmas day.
Not since 2001 had the Concordia football program ended a season with a national ranking. The drought ended officially on Tuesday when the Bulldogs appeared at No. 19 in the NAIA coaches' poll.
The Concordia football program is represented by six student-athletes on the list of 2016 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Four Bulldogs are repeat award winners, including CoSIDA Academic All-American Hallick Lehmann.
For the first time, Concordia football individual career record lists are now available online. Want to know who has the most career passing yards? Or the most intercepted passes in program history?
Following a second-straight first team All-GPAC season, Seward High School product Trey Barnes has been named an AFCA-NAIA All-American for the second year in a row. This time he has made his way to the first team.
The Patrick Daberkow head coaching era will begin Sept. 2, 2017, when Concordia visits Kansas Wesleyan as part of the KCAC/GPAC Challenge. Homecoming will be Sept. 23 versus Doane.
The 'talking season' got underway on July 15 as Head Coach Patrick Daberkow and three Bulldogs met the media. Inside the locker room, expectations are that Concordia will enjoy a breakthrough in 2024.
Back in the fall, Maddox Rickertsen saw his world turned upside down when doctors discovered an egg-sized tumor in his colon. Months later, Rickertsen's outlook has changed as he gears up for football season.
There's a veteran feel to a Concordia Football team that believes the time is now. The Bulldogs bring back a record-breaking quarterback for what projects to be an explosive offense. Concordia expects the defense to make a leap forward.
As of National Signing Day (Feb. 7), Concordia Football has announced a 2024 class of more than 40 pledges. Coach Daberkow gave an update on recruiting and the program in full in conjunction with signing day.
When operating at peak levels, the 2023 Concordia Football team showed a flair for offensive fireworks. Led by DJ McGarvie, the Bulldogs set another new offensive standard before completing the season at 5-5.
The unassuming DJ McGarvie tends to shy from the spotlight, but attention is unavoidable for the standard-setting quarterback. McGarvie isn't just breaking Concordia's passing records, he's crushing them.
Whether situated in his home of Arlington, Texas, or otherwise, Rod Giesselmann '71 feels the "oneness" of Concordia. It's that special togetherness that lifted the 1970 Bulldogs to great heights and set Giesselmann up for success.
Michael Grindey has gone from Creighton rugby player to high school football coach to a star linebacker at Concordia. The outgoing Arizona native has thrived after following a twisting, turning path to Seward.
Over the second half of last season, Concordia Football added explosiveness to its offense while supplementing a defense already known for its ruggedness. The Bulldogs hope to hit the ground running this fall in what will be year seven of Coach Patrick Daberkow's tenure.
Head Coach Patrick Daberkow and standouts Michael Grindey and DJ McGarvie met the media on July 17 at the Nebraska Small College Football Media Day hosted by Doane. Preseason camp opens Aug. 7 for the Bulldogs.