Air Force assistant now Raiders assistant
In the span of two months, former Colorado State linebacker Brian Schneider has gone from being an unemployed college assistant to being the Oakland Raiders’ special-teams coordinator following a brief stop at Air Force after leaving Iowa State.
Schneider was hired Tuesday by Oakland coach Lane Kiffin, a graduate assistant at CSU when Schneider was coaching the Rams’ tight ends and special teams in the late 1990s. “Brian has had success with special teams everywhere he has been in his career and I’m very confident in his abilities,” Kiffin said in a statement.
Schneider wasn’t retained at Iowa State when the Cyclones changed coaching staffs and landed on Troy Calhoun’s staff at Air Force. Schneider, a former standout at Pomona High School, wasn’t available for comment.
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Fort Lewis hires former Rapids coach
Former Colorado Rapids coach Tim Hankinson has been hired to coach the Fort Lewis men’s soccer team. Hankinson most recently coached the Guatemalan under-17 national team and coached four college teams before helming MLS teams in Tampa Bay and Colorado.
“He’s proven himself at all levels of the sport and has an enviable network in the soccer community,” Fort Lewis director of athletics Kent Stanley said. “This is a great day for Skyhawk soccer and the Durango soccer community.”
Rickert joins other 14ers as NBADL all-star Rick Rickert, a 6-foot-11 forward and center, became the latest Colorado 14ers player named to the Western Division roster for the NBA Development League’s All-Star Game, to be played Saturday in Las Vegas.
Rickert replaces 14ers teammate Louis Amundson, who signed a 10-day contract with the Utah Jazz on Feb. 5. Rickert joins the 14ers’ Elton Brown, Pooh Jeter and Von Wafer on the West team coached by Colorado’s Joe Wolf.
