Positioning a Positive Mindset | Bubba Schweigert

The 2023 season will be the 10th for head coach Bubba Schweigert. It will mark the fourth season for the Fighting Hawks as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. In his first season back at UND, Schweigert’s 2014 squad won five games overall, which was a two-game improvement from the previous season. The campaign was highlighted by a 30-28 upset of No. 22 Northern Arizona in the final home game of the season at the Alerus Center.The Zeeland, N.D., native returned to Grand Forks after 10 years away from a program that he helped lead to the 2001 NCAA Division II national title as defensive coordinator.Prior to his return to UND, Schweigert was the defensive coordinator at Southern Illinois for the previous six seasons (2008-13) and served as associate head coach for the last five of that stretch. His 2010 defense led the Missouri Valley in total defense and his unit finished in the top half of the league in four of his six campaigns at SIU.Prior to arriving at SIU, Schweigert took on his first head coaching job at the collegiate level, leading the Division II program at Minnesota Duluth from 2004-07. He guided the Bulldogs to a 22-21 overall record during his tenure, including the program’s first North Central Conference title in 2005. The NCAA playoff berth that season was the program’s second in four seasons. That same season, Schweigert was also named the D2football.com Northwest Region Coach of the Year and the AFCA Division II Coach of the Year for Region 5.This will be the second stint at UND for Schweigert. He spent 15 seasons as an assistant coach in Grand Forks (1989-2003) where he was part of eight NCAA playoff teams and six NCC title squads.Schweigert was elevated to defensive coordinator at UND prior to the 1997 season and left for Duluth after the 2003 UND team finished as national runner-up. Schweigert was named the American Football Coaches Association Division II Assistant Coach of the Year in 2000.In his seven seasons as UND’s defensive coordinator, Schweigert’s defensive players earned 14 All-America honors and 23 first-team All-NCC accolades. His 2001 defense yielded just 191.4 yards of offense and 50.3 rushing yards per game, while limiting opponents to 12.5 points per game on the way to the program’s first national championship.Schweigert began his coaching career at his alma mater, now the University of Jamestown, from 1985-1988. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Jamestown and a master’s degree from UND. In 2002, he was honored with Jamestown’s Rollie Greeno Award for outstanding commitment in the field of education and coaching.Schweigert and his wife, Laura, have two sons, Alex and Cooper.Follow Marc: https://www.instagram.com/marc.kuhn.mak/https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-kuhn/ https://www.facebook.com/marckuhnmak Follow Josh: https://twitter.com/bubbaschweigert📌 You'll love my newsletter "𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗱" 🏡Join 2000+ people getting smarter about:✅ Real Estate✅ Personal Finance✅ EntrepreneurshipSubscribe here: marckuhn.substack.com