Football
Bignell, Clay
Clay Bignell
- Title:
- Senior Defensive Analyst
- Email:
- bignellc20@ecu.edu
- Phone:
- (252) 737-4570
- Officially joined the ECU staff as a senior defensive analyst on March 12, 2020 ...
- Previously served on the Notre Dame staff for four overall seasons, beginning as a defensive backs graduate assistant coach (2016-2017) before being elevated to a senior defensive analyst role (2018-2019) …
- Was also responsible for coaching the rover (OLB) position and elevated to road recruiting duties during his last two years with the Fighting Irish …
- Helped UND to a combined 33-6 mark from 2017 to 2019, which included three-straight bowl appearances …
- Fighting Irish went 10-3 (def. LSU in the Citrus Bowl) in 2017 before advancing to the College Football Playoff Semifinals (Cotton Bowl Classic) and finishing 12-1 in 2018 …
- Part of a UND program which turned in an 11-2 mark and captured a Camping World Bowl (def. Iowa State) title in 2019 ...
- Spent the 2014 and 2015 campaigns as a defensive line graduate assistant coach at Northwestern University …
- Wildcats posted a 10-3 mark following an Outback Bowl appearance in 2015 …
- Also served as a graduate assistant coach at alma mater Montana State during the 2013 season after coaching linebackers at Montana Western a year earlier …
- A team captain and two-time All-Big Sky Conference selection who led the Bobcats to a pair of league titles in 2010 and 2011 …
- Earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from MSU in 2011 before receiving a master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern in 2016 …
- Age 33Â (February 10).
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