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Brian
Cabral Brian Cabral is in his 19th season at the University of Colorado, his 18th as a full time assistant coach, as he joined the Buffalo staff as graduate assistant in 1989. His 18 years as a full-time assistant rank are tied for the most in CU history (all sports), as he trails two legendary Franks: Potts and Prentup, both of whom assisted Buff head football coaches for 18 years. Since he joined the staff, he has always coached the inside linebackers, and occasionally has had the outside players under his direction as well. From 1999 through 2005, he also coached the punt return unit on special teams. He also served as the director of CU's summer football camps from 1995 through 2005 and as a brief time as recruiting coordinator. Cabral has worked for four head coaches during his tenure, Bill McCartney, Rick Neuheisel, Gary Barnett and now Dan Hawkins. For all seven seasons under Barnett, Cabral also served as assistant head coach, which included a three-month period in 2004 as interim head coach when Barnett was on paid administrative leave. In that role, he continued to coach his position players but also took care of day-to-day operational details of the program. You could also call him an ambassador for his native Hawai’i, as he has worked youth camps in the state as well as all-Polynesian camps in the states. In the summer of 2002, he was one of 500 nationwide recipients of the AFLAC National Assistant Coach-of-the-Year Award. Coaches on all levels were honored, from youth to professional, and he was one of 10 selected regionally to receive the award. Cabral, 51, tutored the inside linebackers his first year in Boulder as a grad assistant, and assumed full-time duties in the same capacity in 1990 and has coached the position at CU to this day. He returned to Colorado, his alma mater, from Purdue, where he coached the inside linebackers for two seasons (1987-88). Known as one of the top linebacker coaches in the nation, his students have included Matt Russell, the 1996 Butkus Award winner, and all-Big Eight performers Greg Biekert, Chad Brown and Ted Johnson, all of whom went on to stardom in the National Football League. He also recruited Rashaan Salaam, the 1994 Heisman trophy winner, and Chris Naeole, a 1996 All-American. His 2001 punt return team led the nation with a 17.4 average, and also boasted the nation’s top individual return man in Roman Hollowell, who averaged 18.0 per return and scored two touchdowns. In 2002, Jeremy Bloom averaged 15.0 yards per return and was 13th in the nation as a freshman (ranking 21st as a sophomore in ‘03). Cabral prided himself on the team being composed largely of non-starters, drawing comparison to his roots when he was special teams captain of the Chicago Bears. He is a 1978 CU graduate, as he earned a B.S. degree in therapeutic recreation. He lettered three seasons for the Buffs at linebacker from 1975 to 1977 under Coach Bill Mallory, as he was a captain and played a big role on CU's Big Eight champion team in 1976. He led CU with 13 tackles (12 solo) in the 1977 Orange Bowl against Ohio State. As a senior, he was honored as the Big Eight Conference’s player of the week for a monster 25 tackles in a CU 27-21 win over Stanford and shared the team’s Sure Tackler Award with Mark Haynes. That 25-tackle game included 13 solo stops and is still tied for the fourth most in a single game in CU history. Cabral had 297 tackles in his CU career (120 solo, 177 assisted), a number that still has him tied for 14th on Colorado’s all-time list. A unique fact is that he has coached seven of the players on the list ahead of him: Matt Russell, Greg Biekert, Ted Johnson, Chad Brown, Michael Jones, Jashon Sykes and Thaddaeus Washington. He was a nine-year NFL veteran, as Atlanta drafted him in the fourth round in 1978. He played two seasons with Atlanta, one with Green Bay and six with Chicago. As the captain of the Bears' special teams, he was a member of Chicago's Super Bowl XX champion team in 1985. He was selected as the Frito-Lay Unsung Hero in the Bears’ win over New England, as he had two solo and two assisted tackles on special teams. He was born June 23, 1956, in Fort Benning, Ga, but grew up in Kailua, Hawaii. He is married to the former Becky Lucas, and they have three grown children, son Kyle and daughters Maile and Mele. He is an active member in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He has authored a book ("Second String Champion"), and his hobbies include surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding. TOP PLAYERS COACHED—All-Americans (2): Roman Hollowell (punt returner), Matt Russell (Butkus Award winner). All-Big Eight/12 Performers (6): Greg Biekert, Chad Brown, Hollowell, Ted Johnson (Butkus Award runner-up), Michael Jones, Russell. Big 12 Defensive Newcomers-of-the-Year (1): Jordon Dizon. NFL Players/Draft Picks (8): Biekert, Brown, Johnson, Ron Merkerson, Hannibal Navies, Russell, Sean Tufts, Drew Wahlroos. RECORD—He has coached in 230 Division I-A games as a full-time coach, owning a record of 131-73-4 at Colorado (142-74-4 including his graduate assistant year); Purdue was 7-14-1 when he was on the Boilermaker staff. He has coached in 13 bowl games (six New Year’s Day).
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