Brian Natkin
Arizona Cardinals | |
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Position: | Assistant offensive line coach |
Personal information | |
Born: | San Antonio, Texas | January 3, 1978
Career information | |
High school: | Winston Churchill (San Antonio, Texas) |
College: | UTEP |
Career history | |
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As a coach: | |
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Brian Natkin (born January 3, 1978) is an American football coach and former player who is the current assistant offensive line coach for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), where he was a consensus selection to the 2000 College Football All-America Team. He also played professionally in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans.
Playing career
College
During the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season, Natkin lead tight ends nationally with 64 catches for 787 yards.[1] Natkin was a unanimous selection to the 2000 College Football All-America Team, the only ever UTEP player to earn unanimous All-American honors in football.[2] For his college career Natkin had 172 receptions for 1,934 yards and was a three-time first team All-WAC selection (1998-2000).[3]
NFL
Natkin played three games for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL) in 2001, starting one game.[4] Natkin spent the 2003 pre-season with the St. Louis Rams.[5]
Coaching career
College
From 2004 to 2005, Natkin was a graduate assistant at UTEP after graduating in 2003. In 2006, Natkin was an assistant coach at the University of Northern Colorado. From 2007 to 2011, Natkin was an assistant coach at Midwestern State University. From 2012 to 2017, Natkin was the tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator at UTEP.[6]
National Football League
Arizona Cardinals
On January 13, 2019, Natkin was hired by the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL to be their assistant offensive line coach.
References
- ^ "Brian Natkin". CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ Bloomquist, Bret. "Ex-Miner football star Brian Natkin happy to be at UTEP". Retrieved December 3, 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Brian Natkin". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ http://www.nfl.com/player/briannatkin/2504469/profile
- ^ "Natkin, Brian". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/natkin_brian01.html
External links
- 1978 births
- Living people
- American football tight ends
- Arizona Cardinals coaches
- Hutchinson Blue Dragons football coaches
- Midwestern State Mustangs football coaches
- Northern Colorado Bears football coaches
- Tennessee Titans players
- UTEP Miners football coaches
- UTEP Miners football players
- All-American college football players
- Sportspeople from San Antonio
- Players of American football from Texas