USD spring football: Coyotes keeping standards high under new coach Matt Vitzthum
Apr. 3—VERMILLION — Friday morning was practice No. 5 of the spring for the USD Coyote football team, meaning they are now five practices into the Matt Vitzthum era.
And while Vitzthum is USD's third head coach in the last three seasons, things don't appear to have changed a whole lot. And why would they? The Coyotes went 10-3 and 11-3 in their last two seasons under Bob Nielson, then 10-5 last year under Travis Johansen.
Johansen was Nielson's defensive coordinator, and Vitzthum was Johansen's co-offensive coordinator. There's a system here, and it's working, so Vitzthum isn't going to mess with it just for the sake of putting his own spin on things. "I trust what we have here, I really do," said Vitzthum, who spent a decade at Division II power Grand Valley State before joining the Coyotes as wide receivers coach in 2024.
"This isn't a slogan program, this isn't a big culture-this-or-that. We come in here and get to work, and that's what we're gonna continue to do. There's some things that will change here and there or maybe I do different than Travis or Bob, but that's not a mindset I have, that I have to change this or that.
I trust these guys. I trust the process we have here and we're sticking to that. " The players have noticed.
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