Omaha Athletics

UNO head football coach Pat Behrns announced Tuesday that Lance Leipold will rejoin the Nebraska-Omaha football staff as the offensive coordinator after spending the last three seasons at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as an administrative assistant.

Leipold left for Nebraska-Lincoln after seven seasons as running backs coach at UNO under Behrns, where he was also the offensive coordinator for one season and recruiting coordinator from 1995 to 2001. He also had coaching stints at Doane College (1989) and Wisconsin-Whitewater (1987, 1988 and 1990) before spending three years as a graduate assistant at Wisconsin.

Leipold's responsibilities at Nebraska-Lincoln included maintaining the recruiting video database and assisting with on-campus recruiting functions. He was also the director of the Big Red Football School, which attracted approximately 1,200 high school athletes in 2003.

A native of Jefferson, Wis., Leipold earned his bachelor's degree in 1987 and a master's degree in 1991, both from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Leipold lettered four years at quarterback at Wisconsin-Whitewater, and was inducted into the school's athletic Hall of Fame last fall. Leipold and his wife, Kelly, have a daughter, Lindsey.