(born (1974-12-02)December 2, 1974) is the current head coach of the Northwestern University Wildcats football team.
He was selected after the unexpected death of Randy Walker and announced at a press conference on July 7, 2006.
He was 31 at the time, making him the youngest head football coach in the Big Ten Conference and NCAA Division I FBS by five years.
As a linebacker for Northwestern from 1993 to 1996, he won both the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Chuck Bednarik Award twice as the best defensive player in college football.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.