Brian Cabral

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Brian Cabral
Current position
TitleCharacter coach
Team
Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
1974–1977Colorado
1978–1979Atlanta Falcons
1980Green Bay Packers
1981–1986Chicago Bears
Position(s)Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1988Purdue (ILB)
1989Colorado (GA)
1990–2010Colorado (ILB)
2010Colorado (interim HC)
2010–2012Colorado (ILB)
2013–2016Indiana State (AHC/DC/LB)
2020–presentColorado (character coach)
Head coaching record
Overall2–1
Bowls0–0

Kealilhaaheo Brian David Cabral (born June 23, 1956) is an

University of Colorado at Boulder in 2010. Cabral played professionally as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) with the Atlanta Falcons, the Green Bay Packers, and the Chicago Bears. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears
.

College playing career

Cabral lettered three seasons for Colorado at linebacker from 1975 to 1977 under Coach

Stanford and shared the team's Sure Tackler Award with Mark Haynes. That 25-tackle game included 13 solo stops and is still tied for the fourth most in a single game in Colorado team history.[1]

NFL career

Cabral was a nine-year

1978 NFL Draft. He played two seasons with Atlanta, one with Green Bay and six with Chicago. As the captain of the Bears' special teams, he was a member of Chicago's Super Bowl XX championship team in 1985.[1][2]

Coaching career

Following his NFL career, Cabral became the inside linebackers coach at

Dan Hawkins and Jon Embree
. From 1999 through 2005, he also coached the punt return unit on special teams, and served as the director of Colorado's summer football camps from 1995 through 2005 and for a brief time as recruiting coordinator.

Known as one of the top linebacker coaches in the nation, his students have included

Heisman trophy winner, and Chris Naeole
, a 1996 All-American guard.

Hawkins promoted him to assistant head coach on February 7, 2008. Hawkins cited his leadership, noting that "no one person has had more influence in the success of Colorado football than Brian Cabral."

Cabral's 21 years as a full-time assistant rank as the most in Colorado athletic history, not only for football but for all sports sponsored by the University.

Cabral has served twice as interim head coach for the Buffaloes. His first stint was a three-month period in 2004 before the start of the season when Head Coach

Dan Hawkins was fired.[3]
He won his initial game as interim head coach against Iowa State after Hawkins firing, with Hawkins' son having his best game of the season.

In 2013, Cabral became associate head coach and defensive coordinator at Indiana State.[4]

Personal life

Cabral grew up in

Kailua, Hawaii
and remains involved in recruiting efforts in Hawaii for the Buffaloes. Cabral has worked youth camps in the state as well as all-Polynesian camps in the continental U.S. He is a founding board member of the Polynesian Coaches Association.

Cabral earned a B.S. degree in therapeutic recreation from Colorado in 1978.[1]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Colorado Buffaloes (Big 12 Conference) (2010)
2010 Colorado 2–1‡ 2–1‡ 5th (North)
Colorado: 2–1 2–1 ‡ Named interim head coach on November 9
Total: 2–1

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Brian Cabral, Associate Head Coach/Linebackers". CUBuffs.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Bears Trounce Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl". Los Angeles Times. 1986-01-27. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  3. ^ "Colorado fires Dan Hawkins". ESPN.com. November 9, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  4. ^ "Brian Cabral". Indiana State. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.

External links

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