Former North Dakota State assistant Tim Polasek is expected to return to Fargo as head coach, sources told FootballScoop on Sunday. ESPN first reported the news.
Polasek spent the past three seasons as Wyoming's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, working under legendary NDSU head coach Craig Bohl.
Polasek coached under Bohl at NDSU from 2006-12, starting as a graduate assistant and rising to become special teams coordinator, tight ends coach and fullbacks coach. His seven seasons contributed to the building of, arguably, the greatest dynasty in college football history. Polasek served as a key assistant on the first two of what would become three straight national championships won under Bohl; he then returned in 2014 as offensive coordinator and running backs coach for NDSU teams that won national titles in '14 and '15, with a semifinal berth in 2016.
Of the nine national titles won between 2011-12, Polasek was a key assistant and/or coordinator for four of them.
Tim Polasek will be NDSU’s first coach with a primarily offensive background since Don Morton in 1984.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) December 17, 2023
Now former NDSU head coach Matt Entz accepted a job as USC's assistant head coach for defense and linebackers coach last week. The Bison's season ended Saturday with a double overtime loss to Montana in the FCS semifinals.
Polasek left Fargo a second time after 2016 to coach Iowa's offensive line from 2017-20. He reunited with Bohl as his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2021-23.
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