Lance Leipold
Head Coach

In his first four year’s as head coach of the UW-Whitewater football program, Lance Leipold has led his team to a staggering overall record of 57-3 while capturing three National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III National Championships and four Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles.

Leipold’s 2011 Warhawk football team enters the season coming off back-to-back NCAA Division III national championships and will take a nation’s-best 30 game winning streak into the season.

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 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.

In 2008 the former UW-Whitewater student-athlete led the Warhawks to a 13-2 record which included a WIAC title and the NCAA Division III runner-up.

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 151 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, Defensive Backs Coach

Brian Borland enters his 18th season on the UW-Whitewater coaching staff.

For the past nine season’s Borland has served as the Warhawks defensive coordinator. While the Hawks’ offensive often "gets the headlines," Borland’s UWW defense has been among the best in the nation on a seemingly annual basis.

Borland earned Wisconsin Collegiate Assistant Coach of the Year honors from the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association for the 2004 football season.

Prior to arriving at UW-Whitewater, the Fort Atkinson native 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 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. Jaren is currently a linebacker for the Warhawks

Steve Dinkel
Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line Coach

Now in his 10th year on the UW-Whitewater football staff, Steve Dinkel enters his second season at the Warhawks’ offensive coordinator.

The UW-Whitewater offense didn’t skip a beat under the watchful eye of Coach Dinkle on the way to the team’s second consecutive NCAA Division III national championship.

The Beaver Dam native has been the offensive line coach for all nine years on the UWW coaching staff. He has developed the reputation as one of the top offensive line coaches in the country (at any division)

At Whitewater, Dinkel has helped develop eighteen All-Conference and eight All-Americans on the offensive line. His 2010 offensive line included three All-Americans, .Matt Weber, Mark Gawronski and Robbie Ustruck.

Dinkel is a graduate of UW-River Falls, where as a player, he played on four conference championship teams.

Prior to working at UW-Whitewater, 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 playoff appearances. Dinkel earned his master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Coach Dinkell resides in Jefferson with his wife, Cathi, and their two daughters Anna and Jenna.

Nelson Edmonds
Running Backs Coach, Special Teams Coordinator

Nelson Edmund enters his 16th season on the UW-Whitewater coaching staff and will again serve as the running backs coach and special teams coordinator.

Edmonds has coached some of the top running backs in conference history.

Justin Beaver (2004-2007) and Levell Coppage (2008-present) have combined for12,259 rushing yards and 132 touchdowns over the past seven seasons with Coppage entering his senior season for the Warhawks..

The Madison native was a premier high school running back at Madison East High School. Following 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. He also spent the 2006-07 academic year in an advising position at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

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

Kevin Bullis
Defensive Line Coach, Defensive Run Game Coordinator

Kevin Bullis is entering his fourth season working with the defense for the Warhawk football team.

Prior to joining the UW-Whitewater coaching staff in 2008 Coach Bullis served as the defensive coordinator at UW-River Falls.

Bullis joined the UW-River Falls coaching staff in 1995 and led the Falcons defense to become number one in the WIAC in 1999.

Before coaching at River Falls, he was the defensive coordinator at Gustavus Adolphus College for two seasons.

He did his first tour of duty with the Falcons from 1990-1993 where he served as the Falcons’ linebackers coach.

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.

Josh Gehring
Tight Ends Coach

Josh Gehring enters his second season as the pass game coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Gehring arrived on campus in the summer of 2010 after a brief stop at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee.

Prior to that Josh was the offensive coordinator at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa..

As offensive coordinator, Gehring helped guide Morningside into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics playoffs in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The Mustangs went from averaging 24 points per game to 36.1 (2007), to 48 (2008) and finally 45.1 (2009). Morningside averaged over 400 yards per game during his three years as the school's offensive coordinator, with Morningside's quarterbacks completing more than 60% of their passes all three seasons.

After the 2009 season he was named the American Football Coaches Association NAIA Assistant Coach of the Year.

Gehring's coaching career began as the tight ends coach at his alma mater, Ottawa University (KS). That was followed by working as the quarterbacks coach at Rock Bridge High School (MO). His resume includes stops as special teams coordinator and QB coach at Manchester College (IN), tight end coach of Western Kentucky, run game coordinator at Missouri State University, and defensive coordinator at Concordia University (IL). At Morningside he added the assistant head coach title coordinator duties.

In addition to his football duties Gehring will also teach in the health, physical education, recreation, dance, and coaching department. Gehring, his wife Jennifer, and their daughter Jersey are living in Whitewater.

Jace Rindahl
Linebackers Coach

Jace Rindahl enters his third season on the Warhawk coaching staff. The Cambridge native began his UWW coaching career immediately after completing a highly successful collegiate playing career at UW-Whitewater.

In Rindahl’s four years as a linebacker, the Warhawks won four Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and reached the NCAA Division III National Championship game in each of his four years at Whitewater.

The Warhawks won the national title in 2007 with Rindahl a key contributor on a defense that ranked first in the WIAC in scoring defense, rushing defense, total defense, sacks, interceptions, and pass defense efficiency.

In 2008 Rindahl was named the D3football.com National Defensive Player of the Year and also received All-American honors from the American Football Coaches Association.

Tom Karthausser
Tight Ends Coach

Tom Karthauser enters his fourth season on the UW-W coaching staff. The former UW-Whitewater defensive back will be the Warhawks tight ends coach in 2011.

Tom earned four varsity letters playing defensive back for the Warhawks during his playing career (2000-2003) 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 his coaching career as defensive backs coach at Whitefish Bay High School in 2004 and 2005.

In 2006 and 2007 Karhausser served at Nicolet High School’s defensive coordinator.

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.

Mitchell Moore
Wide Receivers Coach

Mitchell Moore, a name that is extremely familiar to UW-Whitewater football fans, returns to campus this year as wide receivers coach for the Warhawk football program..

Moore graduated from UW-Whitewater in 2008 after playing three years as a wide receiver on the UW-Whitewater football team.

An Iowa native, Mitch graduated from Ballard Community High School in his hometown of Huxley, Iowa.

Moore transferred to Whitewater after spending his freshman year at Wartburg College (Iowa).

From August 2009 to May 2011 Mitch served as a full-time strength and conditioning and wide receivers coach at Wauwatosa West High School.

2011 Student Assistant Coaches