Saleh is a cousin of the Jets’ Robert Saleh.Ĭoming into this season, the Wildcats return tight end Charlie Gerhard, who caught 25 passes for 281 yards last season, and fullback and TD Kyle Sahr, who made 17 receptions for 140 yards.Ĭox, a fifth-year senior, leads this year’s ground attack, though his biggest impact last season was as a kickoff returner as he returned 30 kicks for about 25 yards per return and the team’s only KO return for a TD. The rest of the coaching staff includes Michael Kaiser on the defensive line, DeAndre Riddick with wide receivers, Ezekiel Combs with cornerbacks, Ahmed Saleh with safeties, and Brett Sylve with running back and tight ends.
Mike DuFrane is now Northern’s defensive coordinator after serving as head coach at Finlandia before that school closed earlier this year. Richardson brought with him from NC-Pembroke a pair of coaches - Billy Lindquist, who has become the Wildcats’ associate head coach and offensive coordinator, and Jeff Fantuzzi, who is offensive line coach. He had been a coach in that program since it originated in 2006.Īn NMU football player from 1996-2000, Richardson was a teammate of current NFL head coach Robert Saleh of the New York Jets for three years. Richardson was named the 23rd head football coach in school history in late December after coaching at another NCAA Division II school, North Carolina-Pembroke, for the previous eight seasons. “We now have a chance to improve as a team and play in front of our home crowd and that will give us some great energy.” “On a short clock, you come up on things and dig yourself into a hole. “We made some executional mistakes that were due to our inability to rep things consistently,” new Northern head coach Shane Richardson said in the news release. Though NMU threw for more yards than Duluth, 173-113, this Bulldogs’ team known for its rushing attack held a huge 379-92 advantage on the ground for a 492-265 edge in total yards. Cox’s longest run was 22 yards, while Valenti, who totaled 28 yards on the ground, had a 25-yard rush. Cox also led Wildcats’ rushers with 62 yards in 18 attempts. Valenti’s longest pass reception went to Cox for 30 yards as the receiver caught five aerials for 41 yards. Peiffer finished with team highs of nine catches for 44 yards, while Valenti, a transfer from NCAA Division I Temple, completed 22 of 32 passes for 173 yards and two interceptions. In last week’s game, Sam Peiffer scored Northern’s lone TD on a 17-yard pass reception from quarterback Mariano Valenti in the second quarter that pulled the Wildcats within 20-10 at the time. Northern Michigan University wide receiver Brendan Sersaw, left, tries to evade Post University defender Kaschin Edwards during their football game played at the Superior Dome in Marquette on Sept.
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