NIU adds quarterback coach

Jim Zebrowski, whose Wisconsin-Whitewater team played in three national championship games and won a pair of NCAA Division III titles over the last three seasons, has joined the Northern Illinois football staff as an assistant coach.

NIU head coach Jerry Kill said Monday that Zebrowski will coach the Northern Illinois quarterbacks while assistant coach Pat Poore will tutor the NIU wide receivers after coaching the Huskie quarterbacks for the last two years.

Zebrowski was the offensive coordinator and coached quarterbacks and receivers at UW-Whitewater, which won the 2007 and 2009 Division III National Championship and played in the 2008 title game. The Warhawks compiled a 42-3 record during his time in Whitewater, including a perfect 15-0 mark in 2009.

The 2009 UW-W offense averaged 42.5 points and 489.6 yards per game, and Wisconsin-Whitewater quarterbacks completed 71.1 percent of their passes with 30 touchdowns and 7 interceptions with Zebrowski calling the plays. He was named the 2009 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year and the Division III Coordinator of the Year by FootballScoop.com.

"He brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience as the offensive coordinator for two national championship teams. It is great to bring in a guy that has accomplished the things we want to do here, who also has recruited the Chicago area," Kill said.

Zebrowski, a native of Strongsville, Ohio, played football at Mount Union College and also was a member of a championship staff at Millikin College in Decatur for the 2000-2002 seasons.