Colorado University Athletics
Football
vs
Arizona State
Nov 22 (Sat)
TBA
Michael Downing
- Title:
- Quality Control/Secondary
Michael Downing is in his first year as a quality control specialist for the defense, assisting specifically with the secondary, joining Karl Dorrell’s staff on February 23, 2022.
Downing, 27, came to CU from his alma mater, Texas Christian University, where he was a defensive graduate assistant. He had the distinction of being the first player hired by TCU head coach Gary Patterson immediately following his playing career. His first year on the staff, the Horned Frogs defeated California in overtime, 10-7, in the Cheez-It Bowl. TCU was to play Arkansas in the 2019 Texas Bowl, but it was cancelled due to COVID.
Downing earned two degrees from TCU, his bachelor’s in Marketing in 2017 and his master’s in Liberal Arts in 2021. He lettered three times at safety playing under Patterson for the Horned Frogs. He led the Big 12 Conference in special team tackles in 2016 (13) and had one career interception. In his four years on the roster, TCU was 40-13 overall; he had started his career at TCU as a walk-on but would earn a scholarship before his redshirt junior year. TCU went bowling every year, defeating Mississippi in the ’14 Peach Bowl, Oregon in the ’15 Alamo Bowl (winning 47-41 in three overtimes after trailing 31-0 at halftime), and Stanford in the ’17 Alamo; the Frogs lost to Georgia in the ’16 Liberty.
He was born October 23, 1994 in Atlanta, Ga., and graduated from Alpharetta (Ga.) High School, where he lettered in football and track and field and also played baseball; he played for CU assistant coach Rod Chance as a prep. His hobbies include playing golf (nearly a scratch golfer).
Downing, 27, came to CU from his alma mater, Texas Christian University, where he was a defensive graduate assistant. He had the distinction of being the first player hired by TCU head coach Gary Patterson immediately following his playing career. His first year on the staff, the Horned Frogs defeated California in overtime, 10-7, in the Cheez-It Bowl. TCU was to play Arkansas in the 2019 Texas Bowl, but it was cancelled due to COVID.
Downing earned two degrees from TCU, his bachelor’s in Marketing in 2017 and his master’s in Liberal Arts in 2021. He lettered three times at safety playing under Patterson for the Horned Frogs. He led the Big 12 Conference in special team tackles in 2016 (13) and had one career interception. In his four years on the roster, TCU was 40-13 overall; he had started his career at TCU as a walk-on but would earn a scholarship before his redshirt junior year. TCU went bowling every year, defeating Mississippi in the ’14 Peach Bowl, Oregon in the ’15 Alamo Bowl (winning 47-41 in three overtimes after trailing 31-0 at halftime), and Stanford in the ’17 Alamo; the Frogs lost to Georgia in the ’16 Liberty.
He was born October 23, 1994 in Atlanta, Ga., and graduated from Alpharetta (Ga.) High School, where he lettered in football and track and field and also played baseball; he played for CU assistant coach Rod Chance as a prep. His hobbies include playing golf (nearly a scratch golfer).
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