Bryan Butterworth (Sacred Heart ’05)
Secondary/Safeties Coach
First Year at Campbell
Six Years Coaching

Bryan Butterworth, who will fill the role of secondary coach and will work with the safeties, comes to Campbell after most recently working at UMass as the secondary coach for the last five years.  He worked with the team’s corners in 2011 in one of the toughest Football Championship Subdivision conference in the country. The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) was able to place five teams in the NCAA playoffs this past season. Butterworth coached the UMass corners this past season in a base 3-4 scheme. He was also responsible for running the position’s daily meeting as well as practice prep for the cornerbacks. He also acted as the sideline caller for all the defensive signals during 2011. Freshman cornerback Kirkland Nelms was selected to both the CAA and the Sports Network FCS National Rookie of the Week list (9/19/11). The Minutemen ranked sixth in the CAA in total defense (365.5), total defense (208.9) and sixth in interceptions (13) in 2011. The program also placed fifth in the pass defense efficiency (124.6).

From 2008-10, Butterworth Coached the safeties at UMass. He again was responsible for running the daily position meetings and aided the secondary finish 39th nationally in 2010. Two of the safeties he coached during his three years at the position were First Team All-CAA honorees. When he first arrived at UMass during the 2007, his position was Graduate Assistant for defense. He worked directly with the program’s head coach, Don Brown, to coach a secondary that finished 34th nationally. He also assisted with the four special team units (kickoff, punt, punt return and field goal block).

As a player, Butterworth played two years at Canisius in Buffalo, New York and two years at Sacred Heart in Fairfield, Connecticut. At SHU, he was a two-time NEC All-Academic Selection and a member of the NCAA Student-Athlete Academic Council. As a receiver he led the Pioneers with 36 catches for 403 yards as a senior in 2005.

Butterworth, a Scituate, Massachusetts native, graduated Cum Laude from Sacred Heart in 2005 with his degree in business. He and his wife, Jackie, reside in Fuquay-Varina