Kirk Doll Returns As Nighthawks Special Teams And Linebackers Coach
Published on January 28, 2011 under United Football League (UFL 1)
Omaha Nighthawks News Release
JACKSONVILLE, FL - Friday, January 28, 2011 - The Omaha Nighthawks have announced the return of Special Teams and Linebackers coach KIRK DOLL for the 2011 season.
Among Doll's special teams highlights in 2010, kick returner Ricardo Colclough led the UFL in kickoff return average yardage (22.9 yards).
"This will be the second year that Kirk is part of the Nighthawks and his understanding of special teams and overall defense will be real assets to the team," said Nighthawks head coach JOE MOGLIA.
Before joining the Nighthawks coaching ranks, Doll was special teams coordinator at Texas A&M for two years, having returned to the college ranks in 2008 and resumed a career that began at Wichita State in 1975.
He spent three seasons with the Denver Broncos as the special teams coordinator, then linebackers coach.
Doll coached at Texas City High School from 1978 to 1979 before moving to Iowa State and then Tulsa, where he was offensive line coach from 1980 to 1984. He switched to the defensive side of the ball at Arizona State in 1985, where he helped the Sun Devils to the Rose Bowl.
During his first stint at Texas A&M, which came between 1988 and 1993, Doll reached five bowl games in six years, and his charges led the country in total defense in 1991. Doll moved to Notre Dame, working under Lou Holtz and Bob Davie and held a variety of positions, including coaching linebackers, special teams and kickers. From 1997 to 2001, he was the assistant head coach, and during his eight years in South Bend the Fighting Irish played in five bowl games.
Doll joined Nick Saban at LSU as assistant head coach and linebackers coach, helping LSU claim a share of the 2003 college football national championship. Doll earned his BA from East Carolina and graduated cum laude from Wichita State in 1976.
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