Former Wisconsin star running back Brian Calhoun was named the coach at Oak Creek High School on Tuesday.
Calhoun, who graduated from Oak Creek in 2002, will lead his alma mater for the first head coaching responsibility of his career. He takes the reins after serving on the Oak Creek staff of Joel Parr, who retired.
Before he cemented himself as one of Wisconsin’s most prolific running backs, Calhoun set records at Oak Creek. The former Badger set the single-season rushing record (2,905) with the Knights in 2001. That season, he also scored a school-record 40 touchdowns.
Following his high school graduation, Calhoun played two productive seasons at Colorado (2002-03) before his stellar season in Madison under Barry Alvarez in 2005.
That season, he recorded 348 rushing attempts for 1,636 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns, plus 53 catches, 571 receiving yards and a pair of receiving touchdowns. The output was enough to make him a semifinalist for both the Maxwell Award and Doak Walker Award.
We are pleased to announce that ‘02 OC grad Brian Calhoun has been named Head Football Coach at Oak Creek HS. @brian_calhoun2 is excited to return home to the community that helped launch his legendary @BadgerFootball & @NFL @Lions career! 💪things coming! LETS DO THIS COACH CAL pic.twitter.com/NqTOIFJ9sM
— Knights Athletics (@Athletics_OCHS) December 17, 2024
Calhoun captained that crew to a 2006 Capital One Bowl victory over the No. 7 Auburn Tigers. He totaled 213 yards and one touchdown in the 24-10 win.
The Wisconsin native was selected in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions. He played 11 games during his professional career, tallying 54 total rushing yards and 55 receiving yards.
