Bruce Tall: Defensive Line Coach at Michigan

Coach Tall has an impressive football resume. Having coached safeties, LBers, D-Line, special teams coordinator, and even has DC at Ohio Wesleyan and Harvard. Even interned with NFL teams. His experience coaching safeties in 3-3-5 will be invaluable in Michigan plays the odd stack. Play of the spur and bandit is what makes this defense effective.

from the WV media guide:
Bruce Tall joined the WVU football staff in February, 2003, serving as assistant coach for the Mountaineer spur and bandit safeties. Tall came to WVU from Western Michigan, where he served as defensive line coach in 2002, as the Broncos led the MAC in total defense (330.7 yards per game). From 1998-2001, Tall was defensive coordinator and linebacker coach at
Harvard; two of those years, the Crimson had the Ivy League’s top rushing defense.

Tall worked five seasons (1993-97) as the defensive coordinator and linebacker coach at Northeastern. His 1997 team ranked second in Division I-AA rushing defense at 60.5 yards per game. He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Ohio Wesleyan, and then became the full-time linebacker coach for the 1983 and 1984 seasons. He was the linebacker, special teams and tight end coach at Cornell from 1985-86 before returning to Ohio Wesleyan (1987-92) in a variety of roles: defensive line coach, linebacker coach, special teams coordinator and later defensive coordinator.

A 1982 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education,
he earned three letters in football and one in wrestling. He received the 2001 Assistant Coach of the Year award from the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the All-American Football Foundation. Tall has completed NFL internships with the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

A native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, where he was named to the high school’s all-time football
team, Tall and his wife Karmen have three children: Braythan, Karsyn and Kallyn.

Coaching Philosophy
“I love the excitement of coaching and being around young people and I truly enjoy the game. It’s very rewarding to help young men reach their goals academically, athletically and socially. I dreamed about being a coach since I was in junior high. The people who inspired me most at a young age were in education and athletics.” - Bruce Tall

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