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Offensive Coaching Staff
Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator Joe Beschorner, a 2000 Simpson graduate, returns to his alma mater for his second season as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator. Beschorner comes back to Simpson from South Dakota, where for the past four seasons he was the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator for the Coyotes. From 2000-02, Beschorner was a member of the coaching staff at Minnesota State University-Mankato. From 2000-01, he was a graduate assistant for the Mavericks program. Among his duties were monitoring the academic progress of players, working with the strength and conditioning program and recruiting. In 2002, he was also the running backs coach and was a human performance instructor at MSU-Mankato.
Beschorner was a member of the Simpson squads that won the 1996 and 1997 Iowa Conference Championships. The 1997 Storm squad won the NCAA Division III West Region Championship and advanced to the semifinals of the national tournament. He holds the school record for longest interception return, a 99-yarder for a touchdown that was set during the 1997 national playoffs.
Offensive Line - Kevin Ferguson is in his sixth season at his alma mater. For the first five seasons he coached linebackers and kickers. During the 2007 season Ferguson served as the co-defensive coordinator. His duties have switched to coaching the offensive line in 2008.
While at Simpson, Ferguson has coached five All-Conference linebackers and one, two time All-Conference kicker. In 2003, Ferguson coached on a team that went to the first round of the NCAA DIII National playoffs, finishing the season 9-2.
The Newton, Iowa native was a four year letter winner for the Storm as he charted 189 tackles and was twice selected as Academic All-Conference. Ferguson was a member of the Simpson squad that won the Iowa Conference Championship in 1997, the same squad that advanced to the NCAA DIII National Semi-Final. Ferguson was also a three year letter winner in track and field.
Following graduation, Ferguson was a teacher, assistant football coach and strength coach for Norwalk High School in Norwalk, Iowa from 2001-03.
Ferguson is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). Ferguson‚s additional duties include video coordinator as well as the meet manager for Simpson's home track & field meets.
Wide Receivers - James Hoffman is in his third season as an assistant on the Simpson football staff, serving his first two as the running backs coach. Hoffman began coaching the Storm in 2006 as a student assistant.
Hoffman lettered three times for Simpson from 2003-05 as a defensive back for the Storm.
Hoffman, wife Kasey (a former Simpson softball player), and daughter Kameryn reside in Des Moines, Iowa.
Tight Ends - Andrew Lansink is in his first season as the tight ends coach at Simpson College. Lansink lettered for the Storm football program from 2002-2005, starting for three years on the offensive line. The Arthur, Iowa native earned Second Team All-IIAC honors as a senior in 2005. Lansink and his wife, Lisa, reside in Des Moines.
Running Backs - Nick Dau is in his first season as running backs coach at Simpson College. Dau played defensive line for the Storm from 2002-2005, earning a letter in his senior year. After graduation, Dau served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Storm.