Wesley Beschorner is an
American football coach currently serving as the
offensive coordinator
An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of an American football or Canadian football team who is in charge of the team's offense. Generally, along with the defensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator, this coach re ...
at
Northern Illinois University in
DeKalb, Illinois
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.
Coaching career
Beschorner started his coaching career at his
alma mater: the
University of South Dakota in 2006. He coached the quarterbacks and served as passing game coordinator from 2007-2011. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2009 and added the title of Associate Head Coach under
Joe Glenn. After the 2016 season at USD, Beschorner joined the staff of the
Pittsburgh Panthers under
Matt Canada
Matt Canada (born January 19, 1972) is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for ...
. He went on to
Rice University and the
Maryland Terrapins as an assistant coach before becoming Head Coach at the
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in
Wisconsin. He was the head coach at UW-Eau Claire from 2018-2022 and joined
Thomas Hammock's staff at
Northern Illinois in 2023.
Playing career
Beschorner was a first-team
All-American at
quarterback at the
University of South Dakota. He finished as runner-up for the
Harlon Hill Trophy (
Division II MVP) as a senior in 2005.
Personal
A native of
Lohrville Iowa, Beschorner and his wife Kiki have three boys; Burke, Rhett and Troy. He has been inducted into the Coyote Sports Hall of Fame and the
Iowa High School Athletics Association Hall of Fame.
References
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Football coaches
1982 births
Living people