Courtesy: Delaware State Athletics

Dover, Del. (Oct. 17, 2022) — Delaware State College Athletics has been knowledgeable by the household of  Bryan Bossard that the Hornet assistant soccer coach handed away in Philadelphia this morning on the age of 55.

A former Dover (Del.) Excessive Faculty and College of Delaware soccer star, Bossard joined the Hornets’ workers as working backs/ tight ends coach previous to the abbreviated 2020 season, which was performed within the spring of 2021. He was promoted to offensive coordinator halfway by way of the autumn 2021 season. Bossard coached the primary two video games of the 2022 marketing campaign earlier than stepping down attributable to his sickness.

Within the final two video games of the autumn 2021 season with Bossard as offensive coordinator and play caller, the Hornets averaged 27.0 factors and 344.0 complete yards, along with throwing seven landing passes.

Delaware State mixed for 12 landing throws within the final 4 video games, together with 4 in two of these contests, a yr in the past.  

Bossard introduced greater than 30 years of faculty teaching expertise to the Delaware State soccer program, highlighted by serving on the workers of the College of Delaware’s 2003 NCAA I-AA Nationwide Championship crew.
“I be part of our gamers and workers, together with the complete Delaware State College household in extending condolences to Bryan’s household and buddies,” stated Hornet head soccer coach Rod Milstead. “I used to be honored {that a} coach with Bryan’s expertise and accomplishments agreed to hitch our workers. He made an enormous distinction in our program throughout his time with us, serving to me to turn out to be a greater coach, along with elevating the ability degree of our gamers.”

Milstead added, “Bryan believed in our imaginative and prescient at Delaware State and put every little thing he had into serving to this system enhance each day.”

Delaware State gamers started carrying “Coach Bo” helmet stickers previous to final week’s sport at Norfolk State, and can proceed to do for the rest of the season.     

His most up-to-date school teaching place previous to Delaware State was as an assistant (huge receivers) on the College of Delaware from 2014 to ’16.

Bryan Bossard was a Delaware Legend

A star defensive again for the Blue Hens within the late Eighties, Bossard served two earlier stints on the College of Delaware teaching workers.

Throughout his first yr again at UD in 2014, Bossard performed a key a job within the improvement of first crew All-Colonial Athletic Affiliation huge receiver Michael Johnson, who ranked among the many CAA leaders with 78 receptions for 830 yards.

Bossard was additionally a member of the Blue Hens’ teaching workers from 1994-98 in the identical capability, main Delaware to 3 consecutive NCAA Event appearances beneath legendary head coach Tubby Raymond, a School Soccer Corridor of Fame member who received 300 profession video games for the Blue Hens. The 1997 squad went 12-2 and superior to the nationwide semifinals.

Bryan Bossard broke into the collegiate teaching ranks as a graduate assistant at Delaware in 1990.

In his 15 years as a participant and coach at Delaware, the Blue Hens put collectively a cumulative document of 119-63-1 (.653) and made seven NCAA Event appearances.

From 2010 to 2013, Bossard served as offensive coordinator and huge receivers coach at Bucknell College.
Throughout a earlier stint at Bucknell  (1992-94), he labored with the defensive backs and returners.
Along with his two stints on the teaching workers at Bucknell, Bossard was on the staffs at Pittsburgh (2008-09) and Maryland (2005-07). At each locations, he coached the huge receivers and returners whereas recruiting within the Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. areas.

Whereas at Pitt, Bossard labored beneath former NFL coach Dave Wannstedt.  He beforehand labored for Wannstedt in a pair of NFL summer season teaching internships with the Chicago Bears in 1996-97. Pittsburgh posted a stable 19-7 document and appeared in a pair of bowl video games throughout his tenure.

Two receivers Bryan Bossard coached had been chosen within the 2009 NFL Draft. Maryland’s Darrius Heyward-Bey was a first-round decide of the Oakland Raiders, whereas Pittsburgh’s Derek Kinder was drafted by the Chicago Bears within the seventh spherical. Heyward-Bey was a Freshman All-American beneath Bossard’s watch in 2006. A yr later h

e additionally helped Terpswideout and future NFLer LaQuan Williams earn Freshman All-America accolades.
Previous to his time at Maryland, Bossard spent three years teaching the receivers and returners, along with serving as passing sport coordinator at Delaware in 2002-04 beneath Okay.C. Keeler. He helped lead the Blue Hens to the 2003 NCAA I-AA (FCS) nationwide title with a 15-1 mark and led the 2004 squad to a berth within the second spherical of the NCAA Event. Throughout Delaware’s championship season, the Hens had three completely different receivers with 50-or-more receptions.

He then coached defensive backs at Morehouse School (1991) and West Chester (Pa.) College (spring 1992) In 1999, Bossard coached the receivers at Military earlier than shifting on to a defensive again teaching place at Wyoming for 2 seasons in 2000-01. 

Bryan Bossard lettered at Delaware for 3 seasons at cornerback in 1985-88. As a senior, he led the Hens with 122 tackles and earned the crew’s defensive Most Helpful Participant and All-Yankee Convention Second Staff honors.
He earned a level in agricultural enterprise administration from Delaware in 1989.

Delaware State assistant Bryan Bossard passes away