Jan. 18—GRAND FORKS — A former UND quarterback will still be calling offensive plays for the Fighting Hawks.
UND named Grand Forks native Jake Landry as offensive coordinator on Thursday, replacing former UND quarterback
Danny Freund, who left Grand Forks to be co-offensive coordinator at South Dakota State
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“I think being from Grand Forks and playing at UND, UND has always been a special place for me,” Landry said. “To have a chance to come back to my alma mater, 13 years later, it’s crazy how life can come full circle.”
Landry turns 36 on Friday. On his 18th birthday in 2006, Landry committed to former coach Dale Lennon to play for the then-Fighting Sioux.
“The Missouri Valley has a lot of eyeballs on it around college football right now,” said Landry, who was also recruited in high school by UND head coach Bubba Schweigert, then at Minnesota Duluth. “To work at my alma mater in the best FCS conference is something I’m fired up about.”
Landry returns to UND with a wide range of experience at multiple levels and coaching multiple positions.
Landry spent the past two seasons as the offensive coordinator at St. Thomas, an FCS member in St. Paul of the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League.
St. Thomas went 8-3 last season and was 7-1 in the Pioneer League.
Prior to joining St. Thomas, Landry spent time as a position coach at Temple and Northern Illinois under former UND offensive line coach Rod Carey, who was let go at Temple after the 2021 season and is now the offensive coordinator at Indiana.
In his first season at St. Thomas, Landry led an offense that finished first in the Pioneer League with 32.6 points per game and was fourth in yards per game at 378. In 2023, St. Thomas was fourth in the Pioneer in scoring offense (24.1 points per game).
In 2021, the Tommies’ offense ranked 11th in the FCS in third-down conversion…
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Author : Grand Forks Herald
Publish date : 2024-01-19 01:32:00
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