Louisville football and Eastern Kentucky are set to face off in the present day to open their 2025 college football seasons. The applications should not strangers, and neither are their head coaches.
Colonels coach Walt Wells stated Tuesday that Cardinals coach Jeff Brohm was in talks to return to Western Kentucky in 2009, however Brohm had simply taken a job as Florida Atlantic‘s quarterbacks coach underneath the late Howard Schnellenberger.
“(He) wished to go coach for his outdated coach. We understood that,” stated Wells, who was WKU’s offensive coordinator and offensive line coach on the time. “When he determined to return again and work for coach (Bobby) Petrino, he known as me, and we talked a very long time about Bowling Inexperienced, Western Kentucky and the soccer program, the athletics program, the assist there, all of the various things.”
Brohm turned Western Kentucky’s offensive coordinator after Wells left to turn into South Florida’s offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in 2013. The 2 have saved in contact through the years and have a mutual respect for each other.
“Coach Wells has achieved a extremely good job teaching that soccer workforce,” Brohm stated. “They play soccer the appropriate approach, basically sound, they usually’ll are available in right here hungry and able to go.”
Louisville is coming off a consecutive season of at the very least 9 victories. Jap Kentucky went 8-5 with an FCS playoff look in 2024. Right this moment’s sport is the primary assembly between the applications since 2021.
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