Valero Brings Knowledge and Excitement to Upcoming Pointer Season

The UW-Stevens Point football team added Art Valero to the coaching staff bringing with him NFL, CFL, and NCAA FBS experience. He was apart of the NFL program for 11 years. His first team was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where we won a super bowl as tight ends coach in 2002, under head coach Jon Gruden. He went to be an assistant head coach for the Buccaneers in 2004 until 2008 when he went to work for the team formally known as St. Louis Rams for two years. He returned to collegiate coaching in 2013. Head coach for the Pointers, Greg Breitbach, spoke on Valero and what he brings to the table.

“Number one, Art brings great football knowledge of technique, scheme, program building, all of it really. A super person with a lot of energy and his input is going to be really valuable to our success in the fall. I know that by bringing him in, our players are going to be coached at an extremely high level. When you’re a position coach in the NFL you’re one of only 32 people at the very top of their craft, no one else does it but those 32 in the NFL. He spent a lot of time at that level which means he’s been at the cutting edge of pro football and to be able to bring that back to UW-Stevens Point is something we’re really excited about.”

Breitbach added his expectations coming from Valero for the upcoming season this year. “He is going to be extremely important in our game plan, he’s going to act very much as an offensive coordinator and there will be a time down the road where I highly expect him to be at a point where he will call plays. It might not happen this season, it may happen this season when he’s comfortable and ready. We’re going to turn him loose but until that time he’s going to help us with developing game plans, both run and pass. And helping to put our players in the best position possible to win.”

With the addition of Valero, the Pointers season looks to be promising and filled with excitement across the board. Go Pointers #ROLLDAWGS

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