First year defensive coordinator Nate Woody and his defensive staff saw the Black Knights’ ‘D’ finish No. 1 in the nation in Total Defense.
But during this off season, Head Coach Jeff Monken and his DC have witnessed some personnel changes. Just two weeks ago, defensive line coach Tank Wright left the Army program to become Director of Football Strength & Conditioning at Illinois out of the Big Ten. And five days ago it was announced that the Black Knights' program hiring of Cortney Braswell as Wright’s replacement.
Well this weekend it was noted that safety coach Greg Gasparato is in departure mode and taking his talents to Louisville to join the Cardinals program. Needless to say, Gaspartato was valuable member of the success of the 2020 defense.
This is a good time to segue into our upcoming series Looking Forward (2021) - Experience Counts .... this time our attention will be on the defense.