Coaching Staff Matt Applebaum
Bryan Bossard
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
• Offensive Line • 1st Year at Bucknell • Connecticut ’07
Matt Applebaum joined the Bison coaching staff in the spring of 2013 after time on the University of Miami staff and three years working in the Washington Redskins organization. He is responsible for coaching the Bucknell offensive line. A two-year starter on the offensive line at Connecticut, Applebaum recently spent two seasons as a grad assistant and offensive quality control coach at Miami. Prior to that post he spent three years in various roles with the Redskins. He started as a pro personnel assistant, moved to college personnel assistant and finally to an offensive coaching assistant in 2010. Applebaum got his coaching start in the spring of 2008 at Central Connecticut State. He served as the tight end and assistant offensive line coach as well as the Matt Applebaum program’s video coordinator. Following his collegiate career, Applebaum played one season of professional football with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers in AF2. He played both offensive line and tight end. A 2007 graduate of Connecticut with a political science degree, Applebaum began his collegiate career on the defensive line. He played there for two years before moving to the offensive side of the line. RECRUITING AREAS: Southern New Jesey, Dade & Broward Counties in Florida
Matt Borich Assistant Coach
• Defensive Coordinator/ Defensive Line • 4th Year at Bucknell • Bucknell ’01 A standout defensive lineman and linebacker at Bucknell from 1997 to 2000, Matt Borich is in his fourth year coaching the defensive line at his alma mater. Prior to 2012 spring practice, Borich added duties as the defensive run game coordinator. He was elevated to defensive coordinator in the summer of 2013. Borich earned three varsity letters, received the Coaches Award for Leadership and was a member of Bucknell’s class with the most wins in school history (29) during his time as a Bison. He totaled 62 tackles in 32 career games and graduated in May of 2001 with a degree in economics. A native of nearby Winfield, Pa., who played football at Selinsgrove Area High School, Borich spent the previous six years coaching the defensive line at Princeton. In addition to on-field coaching duties, he recruited student-athletes in 11 states, mainly in the Northeast and Upper Midwest. No stranger to coaching in the Patriot League, Borich spent one year as a defensive line coach at Lafayette. Borich broke into the coaching profession at Dickinson College. He was the outside linebackers coach at the Division III school in 2001 and 2002. RECRUITING AREAS: Northern New Jersey, Greater Atlanta Area, New York City
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• Offensive Coordinator/ Wide Receivers • 4th Year at Bucknell • Delaware ’89 Bryan Bossard will serve as Bucknell’s offensive coordinator and will coach the wide receivers for a fourth straight year in 2013. Like Bison head coach Joe Susan, Bossard is a graduate of Delaware and a former Bucknell assistant, having played for the Blue Hens from 1985-88 and coached the Bison in 1992 and 1993. At Delaware, he was a three-time letterwinner and was voted the team’s defensive MVP as a senior, when he was also a second-team all-conference selection and piled up 122 tackles. Prior to his time at Bucknell, Bossard was on the staffs at Pittsburgh (2008-09) and Maryland (2005-07). At both places, he coached the wide receivers and returners, while also recruiting in the Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and Washington, D.C., areas. While with the Panthers, Bossard worked under former NFL coach Dave Wannstedt. Bossard had previously worked for Wannstedt in a pair of NFL summer coaching internships with the Chicago Bears in 1996-97. Pittsburgh posted a solid 19-7 record and appeared in a pair of bowl games during Bossard’s tenure. Two receivers Bossard coached were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft. Maryland’s Darrius Heyward-Bey was a first-round pick of the Oakland Raiders, while Pittsburgh’s Derek Kinder was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round. Heyward-Bey was a Freshman All-American under Bossard’s watch in 2006. A year later he also helped Terps wideout and future NFLer LaQuan Williams earn Freshman All-America accolades. Prior to his time at Maryland, Bossard spent three years coaching the receivers and returners at his alma mater. He helped lead the Blue Hens to the 2003 Division I-AA national title with a 15-1 mark. During that championship season, Delaware had three different receivers catch 50 passes or more. Bossard was also a member of the Blue Hens’ coaching staff from 1994-98 in the same capacity, helping Delaware to three consecutive national semifinal appearances. Bossard broke into the collegiate coaching ranks as a graduate assistant at Delaware. He then coached defensive backs at Morehouse College (1991) and West Chester University (spring 1992), before arriving at Bucknell for a two-year stint in Lewisburg, where he worked with the defensive backs and returners. In 1999, Bossard coached the receivers at Army before moving on to a defensive back coaching position at Wyoming during the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Bossard’s degree from Delaware is in agricultural business management. Bossard and his wife, Kimber, have two sons, Xen (9) and Xyon (6). RECRUITING AREAS: Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Delaware
Bryan Bossard
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