Brian Schwartze - Director of Operations - Staff Directory

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Brian Schwartze

Title:
Director of Operations
Phone:
(515) 294-4157

Brian Schwartze oversees a wide range of day-to-day activities as Director of Football Operations at Iowa State. He is in his fifth season in that capacity under Cyclone head coach Paul Rhoads.

Schwartze coordinates the daily, weekly and monthly schedules of the Iowa State coaching staff, players and support staff. He oversees the football budget. Schwartze arranges trade-out for a variety of different team functions. The size of the Gridiron Club, a football development group, has more than doubled during his tenure as the liaison between the Cyclone football program and the club.

Schwartze came to the Iowa State football program in 2009 from Chicago, Ill., where he was the vice president of player personnel and football operations, assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the Arena Football League’s Chicago Rush.

Schwartze’s Rush defenses led the AFL in scoring defense in 2007 and 2008. He originally was hired in 2003 as the team’s defensive backs coach. The native of Vienna, Mo., added director of player personnel duties in 2005 and was promoted to vice president of player personnel and football operations in 2007.

In Chicago, Schwartze coordinated the Rush’s player scouting and recruiting as well as the negotiation of player contracts.

Schwartze never missed the playoffs as an AFL/af2 coach, reaching the postseason nine-consecutive years and winning three championships (2006 Arena Bowl, 2000 and 2001 Arena Cup).

He spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons with the New Jersey/Las Vegas Gladiators as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach when the Gladiator defense ranked second in the league.

Schwartze was the assistant head coach of the Quad City Steamwheelers in af2 for two seasons (2000-2001), winning a pair of af2 Arena Cup championships. He spent one season at Western Washington (1998) as secondary coach and recruiting coordinator and one season at Drake (1999) as tight ends coach.

Schwartze served as offensive coordinator and backfield coach at Kemper Junior College in Booneville, Mo, in 1997. He began his coaching career at Northwest Missouri State as the wide receivers coach (1995-96) while also earning a master’s degree in physical education and athletic administration in 1997.

Schwartze was a three-year starter at wide receiver for Central Methodist University (1992-1995) and a three-time academic All-America selection for the Eagles. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and health in 1995.