(AP) -- One of the most successful coaches in NAIA football the past decade is moving on to a Division I program.
University of Sioux Falls head coach Kalen DeBoer said Friday that he has accepted the offensive coordinator position at Southern Illinois, a Football Championship Subdivision school, after a five-year stint in which his teams had as many national titles as games lost (3).
"What I saw there, with their coaching staff and players at SIU, was kind of the same thing I see here," DeBoer said. "A group of people who are all on the same page, excited about working together, reaching a common goal - and that's winning a championship." (MORE)