Professional profile

Denny Doornbos, who enters his first year at St. Norbert College, arrives at St. Norbert after spending 25 years at the NCAA Division I level, including 16 as a defensive coordinator. Doornbos most recently spent five years at Northern Illinois University, including four seasons as the defensive coordinator. Prior to his stint at Northern Illinois, Doornbos spent 14 years at the United States Military Academy, with his last nine years at West Point as the defensive coordinator.

Doornbos spent 2003 to 2007 at Northern Illinois, with the last four as the defensive coordinator. In 2003, the Huskies became the first team in Mid-American Conference history to beat three Bowl Championship Series schools in the same year in Maryland, Iowa State and Alabama.

At West Point, Doornbos spent 1990 to 1999 as the defensive coordinator and 1986 to 1990 coaching tight ends and defensive ends. The Cadets were ranked sixth in rushing defense and eighth in total defense nationally in 1996, a season where they finished 10-2 and played in the Independence Bowl.

Doornbos also has coaching experience at Texas-El Paso, Michigan, Kent State, Boston College, Illinois and Western Michigan. Doornbos, a Jenison, Mich., native, is a 1978 graduate of Western Michigan University.

Mailing address:
St. Norbert College
100 Grant Street
Schuldes Sports Center, 125
De Pere, WI 54115-2099

dennis.doornbos@snc.edu