Pete Darnell enters his third season and has one of the best arms in the nation under his tutelage in Bryan Waggener. Last season, Waggener was an honorable mention all-conference pick after throwing for 2,546 yards.

Darnell also has a group of talented young quarterbacks in Dylan Orms, who played in three games, redshirt freshman Matt Baca and freshmen Cameron Deen and Tim Tancik

In 2007, the Bears quarterbacks combined to throw for over 2,000 yards.

He joined the Bears from Tarleton State, where he coached the wide receivers for six months. He also spent one season as the quarterbacks coach at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kan., where the team advanced to the Heart of Texas Bowl and was the runner-up in Region 6.

Darnell spent the 2004-05 seasons as an assistant coach in charge of the tight ends at Missouri State, where he also was an academic advisor for the Bears.

In 2004, Darnell was a student coach at East Central University, his alma mater, working primarily with the secondary. He was a four-year letterwinner and led the Lone Star Conference in passing in 2002.

He earned his bachelor's degree in exercise science from East Central in 2004 and is expected to graduate with his master's degree in Physical Education in 2008 from Tarleton State.

Coaching Experience
2007-Pres Northern Colorado Quarterbacks Coach
2007 Tarleton State Assistant Coach
2006 Fort Scott CC Assistant Coach
2004-05 Missouri State Assistant Coach
2004 East Central Student Assistant Coach