Football
Oct 4 (Sat)
5:30 p.m.
- Title:
- Coordinator of Operations
David Hansburg is now in his second “tour of duty” on the Colorado football staff, as he returned to the Buffalo program in January 2002 as the coordinator of football operations. In his role, he also oversees the administrative side of recruiting. In the summer of 2005, CU’s new athletic director Mike Bohn promoted him to an associate athletic director.
Hansburg, 37, held the same position at Colorado for the 1999 season before leaving Boulder for the University of Idaho where he was an assistant coach (safeties) for the Vandals in both 2000 and 2001. He also was the special teams coordinator his second year there under former CU offensive coordinator Tom Cable, who took Hansburg with him when he was named head coach.
He was associated for five years (1994-98) with Northwestern under Gary Barnett, working the first three years as a graduate assistant coach with the defensive backs. He was present for the Wildcats’ 1995 and 1996 Big 10 championship seasons, which earned Northwestern appearances in the ’96 Rose Bowl and ?97 Citrus Bowl. In the spring of ’97, he was hired full-time as the coordinator of football operations. He joined Barnett when he moved on to Colorado, and then was retained by Dan Hawkins following the coaching change following the 2005 season.
Hansburg graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College in 1990, where he lettered in football as a free safety and four times in lacrosse (defenseman) while earning his bachelor’s degree in history. He earned his master’s while working in the football office at Northwestern, receiving his degree in higher education administration in 1996.
He was the head junior high football coach at Dwight-Englewood (N.J.) High School for two years (1990-91), and coordinated the defense there for the varsity lacrosse team for four seasons (1991-94). In 1992, he was named head coach of the varsity football team at DEHS, serving in that capacity for two years. As a head coach, he oversaw the entire program, was the offensive coordinator and worked specifically with the offensive and defensive backs. He was the youngest head coach in the New Jersey High School ranks when he was hired at the age of 23 in 1992.
