Napoleon named to FootballScoop Rising Star Watch List
SHU assistant coach selected from a list of over 1,000 candidates
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – When he hired Brandon Napoleon to join his staff, Sacred Heart University football coach Mark Nofri knew he had one of the best up-and-coming coaches in the business. Now the rest of the nation knows as Napoleon was named to the FootballScoop Minority Rising Star Watch List.
More than 1,000 names were submitted by football coaches at the college and professional level. The list includes Jacksonville State head coach Deion Sanders, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and Marshall’s Charles Huff.
Napoleon, who coaches SHU’s cornerbacks, came to the Pioneers after serving as a graduate assistant at the University of Buffalo. Prior to that he was the defensive backs coach at Geneva College.
During the 2019 campaign, he helped Susquehanna to a 10-1 record and victory in the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series. There he mentored cornerbacks and kick returners.
A star quarterback and defensive back at St. Peter’s Prep, he started his playing career at West Virginia University. He finished his career by playing 11 games at Kansas Wesleyan where he made 20 tackles and intercepted four passes, returning one for a touchdown.
Napoleon earned a communications degree from Kansas Wesleyan in 2018.
Sacred Heart opens the 2022 campaign on September 3 at Lafayette. The Pioneers are coming off back-to-back NEC Championships.
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