Name Brian Natkin | Role American football player | |
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UTEP's Sean Kugler Announces Brent Pease's Firing, Brian Natkin's Hiring As OC
Brian Natkin (born January 3, 1978) is a retired American football tight end who played for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) where he was a unanimous selection All-American.
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- UTEPs Sean Kugler Announces Brent Peases Firing Brian Natkins Hiring As OC
- College career
- Professional career
- Coaching career
- References
College career
During the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season Natkin lead tight ends nationally with 64 catches for 787 yards. Natkin was a unanimous selection to the 2000 College Football All-America Team, the only every UTEP player to earn unanimous All-American honors in football. For his college career Natkin had 172 receptions for 1,934 yards and was a three-time first team All-WAC selection (1998-2000).
Professional career
Natkin played 3 games for the Tennessee Titans in 2001, starting one game. Natkin spent the 2003 pre-season with the St. Louis Rams.
Coaching career
From 2004-2005 Natkin was a graduate assistant at UTEP after graduating from UTEP in 2003. In 2006 Natkin was an assistant coach at the University of Northern Colorado. From 2007-2011 Natkin was an assistant coach at Midwestern State University. Since 2012 Natkin has been the tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator at UTEP.