Five finalists have been named for the head football coaching
and health & human performance instructor position at UW-River
Falls.
The candidates will be interviewed on campus between Dec. 14-20.
There will be open forums for each candidate. All open forums will
be held in the University Center Kinnickinnic Theater.
Aaron Vlcko, currently the offensive coordinator at UW-Stevens
Point, will be on campus on Tuesday, Dec. 14 with the open forum
set for 2-3 p.m. He was the offensive coordinator and
quarterbacks coach at UWSP in 2010. He as also an instructor in the
university’s HESA department. In the 2009 season he was at
Truman State where he was the interim head coach, offensive
coordinator and quarterback coach. From 2005-08 he was the
assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterback coach
at Truman. In the 2003 and 2004 seasons he was the quarterback and
running back coach at Coe. Vlcko coached from 1996-2003 at Bemidji
State where he held offensive coordinator, running back and
quarterback coaching positions. He was a professor in the
university’s physical education/sport management program.
From 1994-96 he coached running backs at Lindenwood. He earned his
undergraduate degree from Coe in 1994 and master’s degrees
from Lindewood and Bemidji State.
Joel Dettwiler, currently the defensive coordinator at Wartburg
College in Waverly, Iowa, will be on campus on Wednesday, Dec. 15
with the open forum set for 2-3 p.m. Dettwiler, a 1997 graduate of
UW-Platteville, has been the defensive coordinator at Wartburg
since 2008. He has been coaching at Wartburg since 2004. Wartburg
qualified for the NCAA Div. III playoffs in 2004, 2008 and 2010.
Dettwiler has been an instructor in the college’s computer
science and physical education departments. From 2000-04 he was an
assistant coach at UW-Platteville. He coached defensive backs and
defensive linemen. He was a lecturer in the university’s
engineering and physical education departments. Dettwiler
earned master’s degrees from UW-Madison and
UW-Platteville.
Matt Walker, currently an assistant coach at Butler, will be on
campus on Thursday, Dec. 16 with the open forum set for 2-3 p.m.
Walker coached tight ends at Butler this year. From 2006-09 he was
the head coach at DePauw. The teams finished the three seasons with
a 22-8 record. From 2000-05 he was an assistant coach in charge of
running backs at DePauw. Walker, a 1999 graduate of DePauw, was an
instructor of kinesiology from 2000-06 at DePauw. He also coached
the DePauw baseball team from 2001-09 and won five conference
championships. He earned his master’s degree from Indiana
State in 2001.
Vincent Kehres, currently an assistant coach at Mount Union, will
be on campus on Monday, Dec. 20 with the open forum set for 2-3
p.m. Kehres has been the defensive coordinator at Mount Union since
2005. Mount Union has won Division III national championships in
1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2008. The team plays in the
Stagg Bowl on Saturday against UW-Whitewater. The 1998 Mount Union
graduate was named the Ohio Athletic Conference assistant coach of
the year in 2006. Kehres has coached offensive linemen, defensive
linemen and linebackers at Mount Union. Since 2003 he has been an
instructor in the Mount Union department of human performance.
Kehres, the son of Mount Union coach Larry Kehres, earned a
master’s degree from Ashland in 2002.
Kevin Bullis, currently an assistant coach at UW-Whitewater, will
be on campus on Tuesday, Dec. 21 with the open forum set for 1-2
p.m. Bullis, a 1989 graduate of UM-Morris, is the defensive run
coordinator and special teams coach at UW-Whitewater. He coached at
UW-Whitewater when the team won the 2009 NCAA National Championship
and finished as runner up in 2008. The team will play in the Stagg
Bowl on Saturday against Mount Union. He has coached at UWW since
2008. From 2004-07 he was the assistant head coach at UW-River
Falls and was the team’s defensive coordinator from
1995-2007. Bullis has coaching experience at Minnesota-Morris
(1988-89) and Gustavus Adolphus (1993-95). He also coached
linebackers at UWRF (1990-93). Bullis has been an instructor in the
UW-Whitewater new student seminar and has been an instructor in the
UWRF health & human performance department. He earned his
master’s degree from UWRF in 1992.
Mount Union, Whitewater assistants finalists at River Falls
Dec 12, 2010