Lance Leipold
Head Coach

Leipold coached the Warhawks to a 13-2 record in 2008 and a fourth consecutive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title. Leipold also guided the Warhawks to their fourth consecutive national championship appearance. The Warhawks finished 2008 as Division III runner-up after a 2007 national championship. Leipold’s impressive resume is capped off with a record of 27-3 in his first two seasons as the Warhawk’s head coach. The 2008 season also produced six All-Americans with linebacker Jace Rindahl taking defensive player of the year honors. Leipold was also named the Division III coach of the year.

Leipold directed UW-Whitewater to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III championship, winning the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl in Salem, Virginia, in December 2007, just eleven months after his hiring. The 2007 Warhawks went 14-1, and were undefeated in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Warhawks' 2007 season helped earn Leipold national Division III coach of the year honors from the American Football Coaches Association, D3football.com, Schutt Sports, and Fieldturf Incorporated. That 2007 season included eight first team all-conference picks, six All-Americans, the national Division III player of the year (Gagliardi Trophy) and the Division III Rimington Trophy recipient.

Leipold, a quarterback for the Warhawks in the mid-1980’s and former Warhawk assistant coach, was associate head coach and offensive coordinator for the University of Nebraska-Omaha since 2004 before returning to head the UW-W football program in January 2007.

Leipold, of Jefferson, played four years for the Warhawks (1983-1986). The 1984 team won the WIAC title, and the teams he played on were a combined 20-10-2.

He is still second all-time in the Warhawk record books for career pass attempts (647), third in yards (4277), fifth in completions (303), and tied for ninth with 27 touchdowns.

He is also among the top 10 in those same categories in the UW-W records for a single season, all in his junior year in 1985. In a game against UW-River Falls in 1985 Leipold completed 37-57 for 494 yards -- all among the top 20 individual games in WIAC history. He was the team MVP in 1986, and was elected to the UW-W Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.

Leipold's coaching career began where he played, at UW-W. He coached quarterbacks in 1987 and wide receivers in 1988, helping both teams win WIAC (then WSUC) championships. After one year at Doane College in Nebraska, he returned to UW-W in 1990 to coach and work on a master's degree. He helped the Warhawks win another WIAC title while serving as Berezowitz's offensive coordinator. Leipold moved on to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the 1991, '92 and '93 seasons, serving as a graduate assistant all three years, he worked with the offense. The 1993 Badgers won the Big Ten and the Rose Bowl, going 10-1-1. His first stint at Division II Nebraska-Omaha covered 1994-2000, where he was part of a staff that turned UNO from a 1-10 team (1994) to North Central Conference champions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. He was UNO's offensive coordinator in 2000. He moved to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2001, serving as an administrative assistant the same year Cornhuskers played in the national championship game. In 2002 and 2003 Nebraska also went to bowl games with Leipold as a member of the staff. He returned to UN-Omaha in 2004 as the associate head coach and offensive coordinator, where he contributed to three consecutive 8-3 seasons and three straight conference championships.

Leipold took over for his former coach Bob Berezowitz. Berezowitz announced his retirement before the 2006 season, ending a 22-year career. That span included 158 wins, third most in the history of the WIAC, a .680 winning percentage, nine conference championships, and five NCAA III playoff appearances.

Leipold and his wife Kelly have a daughter, Lindsey, and a son, Landon.

Brian Borland
Defensive Coordinator

In 2002, Brian Borland entered the position as defensive coordinator on the UW-Whitewater football staff. Borland had coached the defensive backs in his previous eight years at UW-W.

In the past, Borland was the defensive coordinator for three years at Baker University (KS) (1991-93), and at the University of Minnesota-Morris (1989-90). He also was the head women's softball coach at Baker University and head track and field coach at the University of Minnesota-Morris. Prior to coaching at these two Universities, Borland was a graduate assistant football coach at the University of Florida and at the University of Wisconsin. He also coached defensive backs at Arizona Western College.

Borland played his college football at Morningside College (1981-84) where he was a 4-year letterwinner, a team captain and an All-Conference selection. Borland also was a 2-year letterwinner in track at Morningside (1981-82).

Borland earned Wisconsin Collegiate Assistant Coach of the Year honors from the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association for the 2004 football season. Borland also coached track and field aside from his football duties at UW-Whitewater from 1994 to 2002. In 2000 Borland led the Whitewater women's track and field team to a fourth place finish at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He received NCAA DIII national coach of the year honors for his successful season.

In addition to his football coaching duties at UW-W, Borland teaches in the HPRC Department. Brian has a wife, Gayle, and two sons, Evan and Jaren.

Jim Zebrowski
Offensive Coordinator

Jim Zebrowski arrived in Whitewater prior to the 2007 season, after leading a resurgence of the Lakeland College football program. Zebrowski compiled a 28-13 mark in four seasons at Lakeland, including a sparkling 24-4 mark in the Illini-Badger Football Conference. The Muskies captured the conference title in 2005 to net the program it’s first-ever trip to the Division III Playoffs. His team shared the conference crown in 2004 and never finished lower than second place in his four seasons.

Zebrowski played football at Mount Union College (Ohio) where he graduated in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in Mathematics.

After coaching in the high school ranks in Ohio for six years, Zebrowski spent three years on the coaching staff at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, serving several roles including tight ends, wide receivers and quarterback coach.

Immediately prior to his head coaching stint at Lakeland, Zebrowski spent three years as the offensive coordinator at Millikin (Illinois) College. While coaching the Big Blue offense, Millikin won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) championship and NCAA Division III playoff berth in 2000. During that championship season, the Big Blue finished second in the nation in scoring at 44.6 points per game while rushing for nearly 300 yards per game.

Steve Dinkel
Offensive Line Coach, Run Game Coordinator

Steve Dinkel joined the UW-Whitewater coaching staff in 2001, and now serves as the offensive line coach, run game coordinator, and working with special teams. Dinkel is a graduate of the UW- River Falls, where as a player he played on four conference championship teams with the Falcons. Prior to accepting his present position, Dinkel served as the head football coach at Jefferson High School (WI) for ten years. During his tenure with the Eagles, he guided Jefferson to a 60-36 record. In the process, the Eagles won a state championship, and made three state play-off appearances.

While coaching at Whitewater, Dinkel has helped develop nine all-conference and five All-Americans in the offensive line. Max Sakellaris earned the honor of Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Offensive lineman of the year in 2006.

Dinkel earned his master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and teaches at Jefferson High School while coaching with the Warhawks. He resides in Jefferson with his wife, Cathi and their two daughters Anna and Jenna.

Nelson Edmonds
Running Backs Coach, Special Teams Coordinator

Nelson Edmonds returned to the UW-Whitewater coaching staff for the 2008 season after spending the 2006-07 academic year in an advising position at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

The Madison native returns as the running back coach. After graduating from Madison East High School, Edmonds took his substantial football talent to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to attend college at Northern Michigan University where he was an All-American running back. When not coaching at UW-Whitewater, Edmonds focuses on his work as a counselor in UW-Whitewater’s Academic Advising and Exploration Center.

Edmonds, with wife Amy, reside in Whitewater with two daughters, Alisendra and Matiana.

Kevin Bullis
Defensive Line Coach

Kevin Bullis joined the Warhawk football staff in 2008. Prior to joining the Warhawk team, Bullis served as the defensive coordinator for UW-River Falls. Bullis was with UW-River Falls since 1995, and in that time he led the Falcons defense to the number one ranking in the WIAC in 1999. Before coaching at River Falls, Bullis was defensive coordinator at Gustavus Adolphus College for two seasons. Bullis did his first tour of duty with the Falcons from 1990-1993 when he served as the linebacker coach. Bullis coached four all-conference linebackers and two All-American linebackers, and during that period helped the Falcons achieve he number one defense in the WIAC in 1992.

Bullis graduated from the University of Minnesota-Morris with a bachelor's degree in social science and secondary education, then added a master's in history from UW-River Falls. Bullis and his wife Kathy have three children, Jake, Jojo and Emme

Dan Brunner
Tight Ends Coach

Dan Brunner, a member of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Hall of Fame, has joined the staff at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Brunner, former head coach at Saint Francis (WI) and Hartford (WI) High School, earned All-American honors as a member of the Warhawks in the mid-70’s.

Brunner recently retired from teaching after coaching at Hartford Union High School for nineteen years. He led the Orioles to a 10-2 record in his last year, with the team advancing to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I quarterfinals. He compiled a 135-52 record, including seven conference titles, at Hartford. Prior to Hartford, Brunner coached at Saint Francis High School, where he led the Mariners for thirteen years and a Parkland Conference title in 1980.

Brunner played his collegiate football, as a tight end, under Forrest Perkins. He lettered four times and earned all-conference honors three times, and culminated his career with National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American honors in 1975.

A resident of Hubertus, Brunner and his wife, Kathie, have two children, Katie and Brian.

Kurt Ware
Linebackers Coach

Kurt enters his second season as an assistant for the Warhawks. Ware originates from Spring, Texas where he played high school football for the Klein Oak Panthers. Ware was a top 100 recruiting prospect in Texas in 2003. Ware ended up in the Big Ten as a defensive lineman for the Wisconsin Badgers from 2004-2007. While with the Badgers Ware played in 37 games and recorded 40 tackles, seven for a loss. He also tallied three and a half sacks, a forced fumble, and a recovered fumble. Ware resides in Whitewater with his dog.

Jace Rindahl
Linebackers Coach

Jace Rindahl joins the Warhawk coaching staff this year after completing a highly successful collegiate playing career at UW-W. In Rindahl’s four years as a linebacker, the Warhawks won four conference championships and reached four National Championship games. The Warhawks won the national title in 2007 while Rindahl contributed to a defense that ranked first in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in scoring defense, rushing defense, total defense, sack, interceptions, and pass defense efficiency. In 2008 Rindahl was named Defensive Player of the Year by D3football.com and also received All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association. For his career Rindahl is ranked in several categories: eighth in interceptions (11), fourth in return yards after interception (218), and ninth in tackles (248).

Tom Karthausser
Offensive Assistant Coach

Tom Karthausser enters his second season on the UW-W coaching staff. Al alumnus of UW-Whitewater, Tom earned four varsity letters playing defensive back for the Warhawks during the 2000-2003 seasons under head coach Bob Berezowitz. During his senior season at Whitewater, Tom was elected as the team’s defensive captain by his teammates.

Upon graduating from Whitewater, Tom began coaching high school football within the North Shore Conference. During the 2004 and 2005 seasons, Tom coached the varsity defensive backs at Whitefish Bay High School under head coach Jim Tietjen. From 2006 to 2007, he served as Nicolet High School’s defensive coordinator at the varsity level under head coach Robert Rinka. Tom also grabbed some head coaching experience during this time, serving as the interim head coach for Milwaukee’s expansion team in the Continental Indoor Football League for nine weeks during the 2008 season, leading the franchise to their first ever victory.

In his professional career, Tom works as an actuary at Mercer in downtown Milwaukee. He resides in the south side of Milwaukee in Bay View.

Andy Harris
Director of Football Operations

Andy begins his seventh year with the Warhawk football team and his eighth as a part of football operations. Andy graduated from Whitewater and was a student manager for the Warhawks under head Coach Bob Berezowitz from 2002-2004. He spent the 2005-2006 school year as an intern in the equipment room at the University of Arizona. In the summer of 2006 he returned to Whitewater to take over as the football equipment manager. This past summer Harris was the equipment manager for the south teams at the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star games. This will be his third year in his expanded role as director of football operations. Andy was a part of the 2006 WIAC champion and national runner-up, the 2007 WIAC and national championship, and the 2008 WIAC champion and national runner-up teams.

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