CHADRON, Neb. -- Chadron State College head football coach Jay Long announced the addition of three new football coaches and other changes to the team's coaching staff on Tuesday.
 
As a player or assistant for Long since 2009, Bryar Desanti is leaving CSC to be the offensive coordinator at Bethany College.
 
"I am so proud of Coach DeSanti," Long said. "I recruited him in 2009 and since then I have either coached him as a player or coached with him as my assistant coach. I can't be more proud that he has found a new opportunity to call plays as an offensive coordinator. I am very excited to watch him in his next phase of his coaching career."
 
A familiar name is replacing Desanti. Tommy Wilson returns to Chadron State after spending the previous season as an assistant coach at Montana State University. Wilson served as a coaching assistant for CSC from 2021-22.
 
In his full-time role, Wilson focus on coaching the quarterbacks.
 
"We're excited to welcome Coach Wilson back into our program as our quarterback's coach," Long said. "His dedication, work ethic, and energy are exactly what we need in our quarterback room."
 
 Wilson takes over the quarterback coaching duties from offensive coordinator Micah Smith, who will now oversee the wide receivers.
 
 "After meeting with Coach Smith, we have decided that it would be beneficial for our offense if we move Coach Smith to the wide receivers coach and have Coach Wilson concentrate solely on quarterback development," Long said.
 
 Joining the team as coaching assistants are Steve Chang and Logan Zacharias.
 
 Chang spent the previous three seasons as a coaching assistant for cornerbacks at Pasadena City College in California, while Zacharias was a starter on the offensive line at Upper Iowa the previous three seasons.
 
Zacharias will coach running backs as his position group. Chang will coach defensive backs.

Eagle golf finishes fourth

NEWTON, Kan. -- The Chadron State College golf team finished fourth in the field of nine teams after firing a 636 (+60) during two days at the Newman Spring Invite in Newton, Kansas.
 
After firing a 311 (+23) during round one, the Eagles fought through wind and rain during round two to finish at 325 (+31).
 
Individually, after both being tied for third after round one, Brooke Kramer and Jordan Grasis finished tied eighth and tied 12th, respectively.
 
Kramer, a senior from Aurora, Colorado, shot an 83 (+11) on Tuesday. On the front nine, she had two bogeys and two double-bogeys. The back nine consisted of five bogeys for the senior.
 
Grasis, a senior from Yuma, Arizona, finished +13 (85) on day two. Her front nine had one birdie, two double-bogeys and three bogeys before three bogeys and two double-bogeys on the back nine.
 
Making the biggest jump of the day for CSC was Aubree Heinsma, a sophomore from Windsor, Colorado. After finishing with an 88 (+16) and being in 44th place after round one, Heinsma finished round two tied for 21st and a 74 (+2).
 
In her new career best round, Heinsma had one birdie and three bogeys on the front nine to sit at +2. On the back nine, she had a double-bogey on hole 14 before recording birdies on holes 15 and 18 to finish even on the back and +2 (74) for the day.
 
In 23rd place and rounding out the team scoring for CSC was Kinsey Smith, a senior from Windsor. Smith shot an 84 (+12) on day two, recording five total birdies, four double-bogeys and one birdie.
 
CSC's remaining golfers were Kenzey Kanno, Payton Wise and Allison Acosta. Wise, a sophomore from Kimball, Nebraska, shot an 86 (+14) during round two to finish tied 35th.
 
Two spots behind her was Acosta, a senior from Oro Valley, Arizona. Acosta recorded an 85 (+13) on day two, one stroke worse than Kanno, who finished tied for 42nd.
 
Chadron State has one more invite before the RMAC Championships on April 21. The Eagles will enter the Spring Hardrocker Invite in Rapid City, South Dakota on Monday, April 8 and April 9.