About this episode

The episode discusses recent coaching changes in D-III football, featuring an interview with Michael Zweifel from UW-La Crosse.

The Coaching Carousel took many spins since we dropped our previous podcast, and it’s time we caught up with those movements and get someone on the podcast! That honor goes to Michael Zweifel at UW-La Crosse, who replaces Matt Janus after Janus’s move to Division II. Zweifel was one of two finalists who were UW-L coordinators, but he says there was no feats of strength competition with fellow Eagles staffer Tarek Yaeggi, who is a La Crosse alumnus and remains offensive coordinator. Key topics of conversation: Will Zweifel continue to call the defense? And how did the all-time record-holding wide receiver in NCAA Division III history make that transition from offense to defense in the first place? As a guy who grew up around the UW-Whitewater Warhawks program, where his dad was an assistant coach, who were his favorite Warhawks? What changes does Zweifel have in mind for the La Crosse program? WashU didn’t change coaches, but the football program is changing conferences this season, and that means going from the CCIW, where North Central and Wheaton stood between the Bears and the playoffs, to the North Coast Athletic Conference, where the list of teams at the…

People in this episode

Guest: Michael Zweifel

Topics covered

• coaching changes
• D-III football
• team transitions
• offseason preparation
• conference changes

Keywords

• D-III football
• coaching carousel
• Michael Zweifel
• offseason preparation
• conference changes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UW-La Crosse, WashU, North Central, Wheaton, North Coast Athletic Conference, John Carroll, DePauw, Wabash, UW-Whitewater Warhawks

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