Ross Els

American football player and coach (born 1965)

Ross ElsCurrent position

Title| Special teams coordinator
Team| Michigan State
Conference| Big Ten
Biographical details
Born|  (1965-08-14) August 14, 1965 (age 57)
Playing career
1984–1987| Nebraska–Omaha
Position(s)| Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989| Northern Iowa (GA)
1990–1993| Nebraska–Omaha (DB)
1994| Northern Iowa (DB)
1995| Hastings (QB)
1996| Hastings (DC/DB)
1997–2000| Hastings
2001–2002| New Mexico State (STC/S)
2003–2004| New Mexico State (DC/LB)
2005–2010| Ohio (LB)
2011| Nebraska (LB)
2012–2014| Nebraska (LB/STC/RC)
2015| Lincoln Southwest HS (NE) (assistant)
2016| Purdue (DC/S)
2017–2018| Colorado (ILB)
2019| Colorado (STC/ILB)
2020–present| Michigan State (STC/LB)
Head coaching record
Overall| 32–9
Tournaments| 1–2 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NIAC (1998)

Ross Els (born August 14, 1965) is an American football coach who is currently the special teams and linebackers coach for the Michigan State football team He previously was the defensive coordinator for the Purdue Boilermakers football team and the linebackers coach for the Nebraska. Els served as the head football coach at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska from 1997 to 2000, compiling a record of 32–9.

## Head coaching record[edit]

Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs  | NAIA#

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Hastings Broncos (Nebraska-Iowa / Great Plains Athletic Conference) (1997–2000)
1997 | Hastings  | 5–4 | 5–1 | 2nd |  |
1998 | Hastings  | 10–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA First Round |
1999 | Hastings  | 11–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA Second Round | 3
2000 | Hastings  | 6–3 | 5–3 | T–3rd |  |
Hastings: | 32–9 | 22–4 |
Total: | 32–9 |
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* Michigan State profile
* Colorado profile

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Hastings Broncos head football coaches

* Unknown (1891–1907)
* A. F. Holste (1908–1910)
* A. R. Ferguson (1912–1914)
* Max Towle (1915–1916)
* A. R. Ferguson (1917–1918)
* C. E. Andrews (1919)
* H. E. Behnamann (1920)
* Frank Loomis (1921)
* A. F. Holste (1922–1925)
* William G. Kline (1926)
* T. Cecil Young (1927–1931)
* Thurlo McCrady (1932–1940)
* Newt Kyle (1941–1942)
* No team (1943–1944)
* Louis H. Douglas (1945)
* Larry Owens (1946–1948)
* Tom McLaughlin (1949–1963)
* Dean Pryor (1964–1966)
* Jim Frazier (1967–1970)
* Wendell Maupin (1971–1989)
* Dan Kratzer (1990–1994)
* Barney Cotton (1995–1996)
* Ross Els (1997–2000)
* Paul Mierkiewicz (2001–2010)
* Tony Harper (2011–2020)
* Matt Franzen (2021– )

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