Jerod Kruse

Jerod Kruse is an American football coach. He has been the head coach of William Jewell College, and also coached for Emporia State University, Baker University, and Southeastern Louisiana University. He is currently an assistant defensive backs coach for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL.

Education

Between 1993 and 1996, Kruse played high-school football and basketball for Marysville High School.[1] He attended Coffeyville Community College after high-school, and then graduated with an undergraduate and graduate degree from Emporia State University. [2]

Coaching career

From 2001 to 2006 Kruse was the secondary coach for Emporia State football program, and in 2007 Kruse was then the secondary coach for Baker University,[3] in addition to serving as the university’s sports information director.[4] Between 2008 and 2015, Kruse worked with Gregg Williams during the summer periods as a guest coach in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints and the St. Louis Rams.[1][5][6] From 2010 to 2015, Kruse coached for William Jewell College, becoming head coach in 2013. In 2014, he was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year.[6][7]

In 2015 Kruse was the associate head coach and special teams coordinator at Southeastern Louisiana University.[1] In 2016, Kruse then worked as the defensive coordinator of Lee’s Summit West High School.[1] In 2017 Kruse joined Williams full time at the Cleveland Browns, serving as the assistant defensive backs coach.[1] In this role he has also been involved with coaching the team’s safeties and special teams.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Perry, Julie. "Cleveland Browns' Jerod Kruse: 'Be the best at whatever we do'".
  2. ↑ Shum, JoAnn. "MHS grad Jerod Kruse appointed to Cleveland Browns coaching staff".
  3. ↑ "Big changes for the Browns: 5 coaches added, 1 fired". 19 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Freburg, Taylor. "Football coach also named sports information director".
  5. ↑ http://www.neworleanssaints.com/news-and-events/article-1/Inside-the-Game-Saints-vs-Browns-connections/bd59b4da-b8a4-4946-b45f-fefd3164e600
  6. 1 2 "Cleveland Browns rebuild defensive coaching staff".
  7. ↑ "Jerod Kruse". www.clevelandbrowns.com.
  8. ↑ "Browns hire Blake Williams, Jerod Kruse".
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