Dave Doeren
	Position: Head Coach Experience: 2nd Season at NIU Alma Mater, Year: Drake, 1993

In his first season at the helm of the Northern Illinois Huskies, Dave Doeren made his mark as the winningest first-year head coach in school history, and only the second NIU coach all-time to lead his team to a Mid-American Conference championship. Under his direction, Northern Illinois tied the school record with 11 wins, including nine straight to close out the season.

Doeren led Northern Illinois to its first Mid-American Conference Championship in 28 seasons and capped off the season with a win in the GoDaddy.com Bowl. Three NIU players were named All-Americans and quarterback Chandler Harnish added the MAC's Vern Smith Leadership Award as league MVP.

A 16-year collegiate coaching veteran who helped take teams to eight bowl games and two national championship contests as an assistant, Doeren was named the 21st head football coach in NIU history on Dec. 13, 2010 after completing his fifth season at Wisconsin with a trip to the 2011 Rose Bowl. During Doeren's time at Wisconsin, the Badgers posted a 49-15 overall record and played in the Champs Sports Bowl (twice), Outback Bowl and Capital One Bowl.

In January of 2008, Doeren added defensive coordinator duties to his assignment as linebackers coach after spending his first two seasons in Madison as the Badgers' co-defensive coordinator, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator. The Shawnee Mission, Kansas native has also served on successful coaching staffs at Kansas (2002-05), Montana (2000-01), USC (1998-99) and Drake (1995-97), his alma mater. He began his coaching career at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kansas.

His UW defenses were consistently ranked in the national top 25 in NCAA defensive categories. The 2010 Wisconsin defense ranked 20th in the country in total defense and in the Top 30 in both rushing and scoring defense. In 2009, Wisconsin led the Big Ten and ranked fifth in the country in rushing defense. The Badgers held each of their last 10 opponents in 2009 to less than 100 yards rushing, the longest streak in school history. Wisconsin led the nation in pass efficiency defense in 2006 and was the No. 2 scoring defense in the country.

His pupils at Wisconsin have included National Football League linebackers Jonathan Casillas of the New Orleans Saints and DeAndre Levy, the Detroit Lions' middle linebacker. Badgers' linebacker Chris Borland earned 2009 Big Ten Defensive Freshman of the Year honors.

Doeren arrived at Wisconsin after four seasons at the University of Kansas from 2002-05. He was the linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator for three seasons before being promoted to co-defensive coordinator. The Jayhawks led the Big 12 Conference and ranked No. 3 nationally in rushing defense in 2005 and were 11th nationally in total defense.

Doeren coached the secondary at NCAA Division I-AA power Montana for two seasons and was the Grizzlies' recruiting coordinator for one year. Montana won the I-AA national championship in 2001 and went 28-3 with two conference titles in Doeren's two seasons there.

Doeren's bowl experience goes back to his days as a graduate assistant at Southern California (USC) when the Trojans played in the 1998 Sun Bowl. The Trojans led the nation in interceptions that year with 24, while the 1999 squad led the nation in turnover margin.

He started his college coaching career as an assistant at Drake from 1995-97 where he coached linebackers before adding defensive coordinator chores in 1997. A four-year letterwinner at Drake (1990-93), Doeren earned Academic All-America honors as a senior and graduated with a bachelor's degree in pre-medical biology and a master's in educational leadership.

He and his wife, Sara, have three sons, Jacob, Luke and Connor.