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UNI adds new coach
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:32 am
by clenz
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The University of Northern Iowa football team has added Blue Adams to its coaching staff, head coach Mark Farley announced Wednesday. Adams comes to UNI after a seven-year career as a professional football player and one season as a defensive graduate assistant coach at Purdue.
Adams played four years as a defensive back at Cincinnati, recording a school-record 12 interceptions in his career. He was a second-team All-Conference USA selection as a senior, and he was picked in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. In 2003, he played for the Lions and the Jacksonville Jaguars, and in 2004 he played for NFL Europe's Rhein Fire. From 2005-08 he returned to the NFL and played with Tampa Bay, Cincinnati and Atlanta. He tallied 51 tackles in 50 career NFL games. In 2009 Adams rounded out his playing career as a defensive back for the Montreal Alouettes.
In 2010 he served as a graduate assistant at Purdue, working with the Boilermaker secondary. Adams will work with the defensive backs at UNI.
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Re: UNI adds new coach
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:39 am
by AZGrizFan
He doesn't look blue to me.
Also, does Detroit, Jacksonville, Tampa and Cincinnati really count as a "pro" career?
Re: UNI adds new coach
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:37 pm
by Cap'n Cat
Re: UNI adds new coach
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:53 pm
by JBB
Wow, Purdue must really be mad at UNI for trying to buy wins!
Wouldnt Farley have been better off with a D2 assistant or somebody with a little more experience? Or isnt that a factor in the position he is filling? Is it an entry level grad assistant type deal?
Re: UNI adds new coach
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:53 pm
by SloStang
JBB wrote:Wow, Purdue must really be mad at UNI for trying to buy wins!
Wouldnt Farley have been better off with a D2 assistant or somebody with a little more experience? Or isnt that a factor in the position he is filling? Is it an entry level grad assistant type deal?
Looks like they definately upgrade over their last secondary coach. Any idea where he ended up? I heard UNI ran him out of town.
Re: UNI adds new coach
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:05 pm
by lakesbison
Farley mite of ran him out, but hes making more and in a better situation for the future
Re: UNI adds new coach
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:12 pm
by SuperHornet
Any relation to Blue Moon Odom?
