Omaha Nighthawks Add Gene Dahlquist as Quarterbacks Coach
Published on September 11, 2012 under United Football League (UFL 1)
Omaha Nighthawks News Release
OMAHA, Sept. 11 - Gene Dahlquist has joined the Omaha Nighthawks staff as the team's quarterbacks coach.
Dahlquist brings more than 30 years of collegiate coaching experience to Omaha. He has been the offensive coordinator at several colleges, including the University of Oregon, Boise State, Iowa State, Illinois and the University of Texas.
"Over the course of my career, I've had the opportunity to coach at different levels and relate to a lot of players with a lot of different backgrounds," Dahlquist said. "Hopefully that will help me get our players prepared to play well and do well for themselves and the team."
While at Boise State, Dahlquist helped the Broncos capture five Big Sky Conference titles, along with a Division I-AA national championship title in 1980.
As the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Illinois, Dahlquist twice saw his offense lead the Big Ten in passing. During Dahlquist's tenure, the team appeared in four bowl games in four years and earned a Big Ten co-championship title in 1989.
During his six-season stint as the offensive coordinator at the University of Texas, the Longhorns captured three conference titles and produced some of the best offenses in school history.
Other coaching stops include Idaho State, Utah and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
"Gene brings great perspective when it comes to dealing with one of the most important positions on the field the quarterback," said head coach Bart Andrus. "He has coached many different collegiate quarterbacks, and because he was a collegiate quarterback himself [at the University of Arizona], he knows what it's like to stand in the quarterback's shoes and process a large amount of information in a short amount of time, which is required to play the position effectively."
After leaving the collegiate ranks, Dahlquist spent three seasons as the head coach of the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe from 2001-2003. Since then, he has lent his expertise to Football University and has served as an NFL personnel consultant.
"It will be fun to be back on the field enjoying the camaraderie with the coaches and players, and hopefully having success and winning," Dahlquist said. "I'm thankful for the opportunity to be back on the field again instead of somewhere in a dark room watching film."
Following the recently announced changes to the 2012 UFL schedule, the Nighthawks will open their season on the road when they face the Sacramento Mountain Lions on Sept. 28. Omaha's home opener is Oct. 12 against the Virginia Destroyers.
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