Former Wisconsin star running back Brian Calhoun was named head 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 coaching career. He takes the reigns after serving on the Oak Creek staff before former head coach Joel Parr’s retirement.
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 with the Knights with 2,905 yards in 2001. That same season, he also scored a school-record 40 touchdowns.
Following his high school graduation, Calhoun played two productive seasons at Colorado from 2002-03 before his stellar season in Madison under Barry Alvarez in 2005.
That season, he tallied 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 earn him a spot as a semifinalist for both the Maxwell Award and Doak Walker Award.
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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 product went on to be selected in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions. He played just 11 games during his professional career, tallying 54 total rushing yards and 55 receiving yards.
Calhoun will now roam the sidelines where his football journey began.
