McCaffrey Welcomes Seven Members to Staff

Building a staff is like a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle. It takes time and you must find the right piece for the right spot. Head coach Ed McCaffrey has been working diligently on his inaugural staff at Northern Colorado and filled out most of the puzzle with seven coaches now in place.

The new coaching staff brings plenty of NFL and college experience with them, alongside great ties throughout the Centennial State.

Joining the Northern Colorado staff will be Dave Baldwin (Offensive Coordinator), Scott Darnell (Defensive Coordinator), Tony Coaxum (Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs), Daryl Moe (Assistant Coach), and Max McCaffrey (Wide Receivers). Two coaches from the previous staff have been retained in Brandon Maguire (Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator) and Michael Armour (Tight Ends).

"Bringing championship football back to the University of Northern Colorado starts with the people. I am blessed and beyond excited about the men I have assembled on our coaching staff. They bring the experience we need to propel our program to the next level. Our coaches have won Super Bowls, college bowl games and played at all levels. Most importantly our coaches have followed their hearts to UNC because they care about mentoring the young men in our program to be exceptional in every aspect of their lives. We are building a family for the program, university and community, said Head Coach Ed McCaffrey.

"Our coaching staff has deeps roots in Colorado which is a key when it comes to recruiting. We currently have a roster full of talented players from the state and we want to keep the pipelines coming to Greeley. I know what it takes to build a championship football team and I have seen it begin here when I was with the Broncos. With this staff we are ready to recreate that at UNC. That process has already begun as we attack the remainder of the recruiting period leading up to signing day. It continues with our current players as they tackle winter conditioning before hitting the field for spring ball in the very near future."

Dave Baldwin (Offensive Coordinator)
A Colorado native, he returns to the Centennial State to take over the Bears offense after most recently coaching at Oregon State from 2015-17.

Baldwin not only has experience as an offensive coordinator but also as Division I a head coach at Cal State Northridge in 1996 and San Jose State from 1997-2000.

He has made stops at Colorado State (2012-14), Utah State (2009-11), New Mexico (2007-08), Michigan State (2003-06), Baylor (2002) and Cincinnati (2001) as offensive coordinator.

Baldwin was a nominee for the Broyles Award (Top Assistant Coach) in both 2013 and 14 while at CSU. He has also been named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Coordinator of the Year (2011), California Community College Region II Coach of the Year (1991) and Western States Conference Coach of the Year (1991).

Baldwin started his coaching career at his alma mater Cal State Northridge before working for legendary coach Jack Elway for 10 years at San Jose State and Stanford. At Stanford, he was Coach McCaffrey's position coach.

After his 10 years under the leadership of Elway, he was the head coach at Santa Barbara JC (1990-93) and San Jose JC (1995) before returning to Cal State Northridge as the head coach in 1996.

Baldwin's coached 10 bowl teams, coached two conference Players of the Year (Garret Grayson, 2014 & Robert Turbin, 2011) and one AP first team All-American (Rachard Higgins, 2014).

Baldwin is married to his wife Kathleen of 41 years. They have two sons Sean and Ryan and a daughter Keiley.

Scott Darnell (Defensive Coordinator)
Scott Darnell joins the staff at UNC as the defensive coordinator after a long, illustrious career at the high school ranks in Colorado. He most recently was on Coach McCaffrey's staff as the DC for Valor Christian High School, winning the 2018 State Championship.

Darnell has great ties to the state of Colorado coaching at various high schools over the past 23 years. Before coaching at Valor he served as a defensive coordinator at Chaparral High School (2014-2017), Lutheran High School (2010-2013), Littleton High School (2009-2010), Regis Jesuit High School (2002-2009), Adams City High School (2001) and Littleton High School (1997-2000)

Darnell has 20 state playoff appearances, coached two Army All-American players and four future NFL players. He coached current NFL coaches Klint Kubiak and AC Patterson of the Minnesota Vikings and had over 100 players who went on to play college football.

Joining Darnell in Greeley is his wife Alison and daughters Alexandria, Riley, Isabella and Sawyer. Riley is engaged to current Denver Bronco defensive end Adam Gotsis.

Tony Coaxum (Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
Tony Coaxum brings both NFL and collegiate experience to the UNC coaching staff. He comes to Greeley after spending the 2019 season at the University of Kansas as a senior special teams analyst.

His other stops in the college ranks include Central Michigan as the special team's coordinator and defensive backs coach in 2018 and at Army from 2007-14 as the assistant linebackers and cornerbacks coach. At CMU he had a pair of corners drafted in the 2019 NFL Draft and coached the third-ranked passing defense in the FBS.

Following his stint at Army, Coaxum coached in the NFL for four seasons. He was with the Baltimore Ravens in 2014 as an assistant special teams coach and then with the Denver Broncos from 2015-17 as the assistant special teams coordinator where he won Super Bowl 50. With Baltimore, he was a part of the top kickoff return unit in 2014.

Tony is married to Derrian. They have a son Dura'n who is currently serving in the Army.

Daryl Moe (Assistant Coach)
Coach Daryl Moe will join the UNC staff as an assistant coach with experience on both sides of the ball which will be very valuable for the Bears. Coach Moe has spent the past three seasons coaching at Wilsonville High School in Wilsonville, Oregon as the quarterbacks coach in 2017 and the defensive coordinator in 2018 and 2019.

Prior to moving to Oregon, he spent seventeen years working throughout Colorado high schools on the gridiron. He was the head coach at Lutheran High School (2010 – 2013) and Academy Charter High School (2001), offensive coordinator at Chaparral High School (2014-2016) and Regis Jesuit High School (2002-2004; 2007-2009) and as assistant coach at Littleton High School (1997–2000) and offensive coordinator during his time coaching at the high school level, Moe has coached an Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year, a Steinmark Award Winner and over 80 players went on to play college football.

Moe has college coaching experience as the offensive line coach at Tabor College (1996) and the offensive coordinator at Adams State College (2005-2006).

Moe is joined in Greeley by his wife Amy Beth, sons Conlan, Brady and Aidan and daughter Emerson.

Michael Armour (Tight Ends)
Michael Armour will be starting his 10th season at UNC. Over his time in Greeley, he has been the offensive coordinator, tight ends coach and inside receivers coach. Armour helped develop one of the best tight ends in UNC history in Theron Verna.

Known as one of the areas top recruiters, Armour has led the effort of landing many of UNC's top recruits over the past decade.

Armour is married to Aleshia and has three sons Keaton, Stephen, Emmanuel and Pryce and three daughter Ari, Alicia and Micah.

Brandon Maguire (Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator)
Brandon Maguire will be entering his sixth season on staff at UNC. He will remain the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator for the team. While at Northern Colorado, he has coached the program's best performance by the group in a Division I game when they totaled 289 yards against Southern Utah in 2018. He also oversaw the growth of Milo Hall who finished his career with the 11th most rushing yards (1,647) in program history in just two seasons as a Bear. Hall was an All-Big Sky selection in 2019.

Prior to taking over the running backs in 2018, Maguire was the defensive ends coach (2018), offensive assistant (2017) and graduate assistant (2016). As the defensive ends coach, he helped Kiefer Morris make third team All-Big Sky.

Max McCaffrey (Wide Receivers)
Max McCaffrey joins the staff at Northern Colorado after a three-year NFL career where he played for the San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars.

A graduate of Duke University, he was a three-year starter and led his team in receiving his senior year. During his four seasons at Duke, he helped lead the team to four bowl games, including the Chik-fil-A Peach Bowl. He was a two-time All-ACC Academic selection and elected as team captain on the team. Following his career as a Blue Devil, McCaffery was invited to participate in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.

A Colorado native, McCaffrey was a two-time All-Colorado selection at both wide receiver and defensive back. He helped Valor Christian High School win three state championships. After his time at Valor Christian, he competed in the Semper Fidelis All American Bowl.

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