Tim Brewster

Birth Date:	12/31/1969
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Position:	Head Coach

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Tim Brewster became the Minnesota Gophers football team head coach on January 17, 2007. The 21-year coaching veteran came from the Denver Broncos organization in the National Football League, where he had spent the past two seasons as the Broncos’ tight ends coach.

Tim Brewster was targeted by the University of Minnesota because of his success in coaching NFL-caliber players. In 2006, Brewster helped Broncos then rookie Tony Scheffler lead the NFL in average yards per reception by a tight end with a 15.9-yard average. Brewster’s tight end crew in Denver also helped the Broncos to a 13-3 record in 2005, good enough for an AFC West title.

Before going to Denver, Tim Brewster was part of the San Diego Chargers coaching staff from 2002-04 and helped develop superstar tight end Antonio Gates. From 1998-2001, Brewster was tight ends coach at the University of Texas. From 1989-1997, Brewster was tight ends coach at the University of North Carolina. In his collegiate coaching career before the Gophers, Brewster developed six tight ends who signed NFL contracts, including Alge Crumpler of the Atlanta Falcons.

Tim Brewster began his coaching career in 1986 at Purdue University, where he worked with tight ends and offensive tackles as a graduate assistant. Brewster also spent time at Central Catholic High School in Lafayette, Indiana.

Tim Brewster is a former two-time All-Big Ten Conference selection at the University of Illinois. Brewster was the captain on the 1984 Illini Rose Bowl squad. Brewster graduated from Illinois with a bachelor’s in political science.

Tim Brewster is a native of Phillipsburg, New Jersey. He and his wife, Cathleen, have three sons: Eric, Clint and Nolan. The University of Minnesota hopes that Brewster can build on a Gopher Nation concept to bring more fans to watch gopher football and to sell more gopher football tickets, especially in the new stadium! In 4 years at Minnesota, Tim Brewster is 14-24 and was 6-7 in 2009. He will look to build on that record in 2010. Go Gophers!