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11/11/2011 NIU Returns Home to Face Ball State in Tuesday's Blackout GameHuskies and Cardinals Play for Bronze Stalk on ESPNU 10/08/2011 Dominating Defensive Effort Leads NIU Over Kent State, 40-10Huskie defense allows just 70 yards while recording seven sacks and three turnovers 01/10/2012 Fans greet Huskies after bowl victoryNIU faithful greeted the Huskies at the team hotel following their bowl win. 01/10/2012 NIU defeats Arkansas State, 38-20Huskies defeat Arkansas State, 38-20, in 2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl 12/03/2011 Huskies comeback to beat Bobcats, 23-20NIU defeats Ohio, 23-20, to win its first MAC title in 28 years. 11/26/2011 NIU defeats Eastern MichiganHuskies defeat Eagles to win MAC West 11/17/2011 NIU retains Bronze Stalk trophyNIU defeats Ball State, 41-38, in a thriller Richard McNutt, who has coached defensive backs at two Mid-American Conference schools, joined Dave Doeren's staff at Northern Illinois on January 27, 2011 as the Huskies' cornerbacks coach. A former cornerback at Ohio State, McNutt has spent his entire career coaching defensive backs, most recently at Kent State University, where he spent two seasons. The Golden Flashes boasted the No. 1 total defense in the MAC in 2010 and ranked second in the league in pass efficiency defense. McNutt was also involved with coaching the special teams units at Kent State. McNutt spent the 2008 football season on the staff of the Cleveland Browns, where he coached the safeties, assisted with the defensive backs and served as assistant special teams coach. The Browns ranked second in the NFL in interceptions with 23 that season. He went to Cleveland after one season as the secondary coach at the University of Toledo (2007) and spent the previous year as defensive backs coach at Virginia Military Institute (VMI). A native of Park Forest, Ill., McNutt began his coaching career under his collegiate head coach, Jim Tressel, as a student assistant coach at Ohio State in 2003 after completing his playing career for the Buckeyes. During that time, he assisted with the cornerbacks and special teams and was a member of the staff that led OSU to an 11-2 record and a victory in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Immediately after earning his undergraduate degree from Ohio State in 2004, McNutt began his coaching career as varsity defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator for the junior varsity team at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pa. He helped the Presidents to a 12-1 record and the third round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs in 2004, as Washington & Jefferson ranked second in the nation with 26 interceptions. W&J posted a 9-2 record and advanced to the playoffs in 2005. As a player, McNutt was on the Buckeyes teams that won the 2002 National Championship with a perfect 14-0 record. He was a three-year letterwinner for OSU and played in every game for Ohio State in both the 2000 and 2001 seasons; he started the first six games of 2002 at cornerback before he was sidelined by injury. McNutt signed with Ohio State after a stellar prep career at Rich East High School in Park Forest as he was named one of the top five cornerback prospects in the country that year. About McNutt COACHING EXPERIENCE
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