Kansas State University Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
- Email:
- bnorwood@kstatesports.com
- Phone:
- (785) 532-5876
The Norwood File
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Year at K-State: First
Date of Birth: August 12, 1965
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawai'i
Spouse: Tiffiney
Children: Gabriel, Jordan, Levi, Brianna, Zaccariah
Grandchildren: Cassius, Orion, Idris, Francine, Isaiah
EDUCATION
Hawai'i (1998)
Bachelor's in Communications
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Hawai'i, Defensive Back (1983-87)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1990-91 Arizona (Graduate Assistant)
1992-94 Richmond (Outside Linebackers)
1995-99 U.S. Naval Academy (Defensive Backs)
2000 Texas Tech (Defensive Backs)
2001-07 Penn State (Safeties)
2008-10 Baylor (Defensive Coordinator/Safeties)
2011-14 Baylor (Associate Head Coach/Safeties)
2015-17 Tulsa (Assoc. HC/Co-Defensive Coord./S)
2018 K-State (Co-Defensive Coordinator/DB)
BOWL EXPERIENCE
1990 Aloha Bowl (Arizona)
1996 Aloha Bowl (Navy)
2000 GalleryFurniture.com Bowl (Texas Tech)
2003 Capital One Bowl (Penn State)
2006 Orange Bowl (Penn State)
2007 Outback Bowl (Penn State)
2007 Alamo Bowl (Penn State)
2010 Texas Bowl (Baylor)
2011 Alamo Bowl (Baylor)
2012 Holiday Bowl (Baylor)
2014 Fiesta Bowl (Baylor)
2015 Cotton Bowl (Baylor)
2015 Independence Bowl (Tulsa)
2016 Miami Beach Bowl (Tulsa)
Norwood, who spent the last three seasons at Tulsa as associate head coach and co-defensive coordinator coaching the safeties, returns to the Big 12 after working at both Texas Tech (2000) and Baylor (2008-14). While at Baylor, Norwood was the defensive coordinator from 2008-10 before being promoted to associate head coach and focusing on the safeties from 2011-14.
During his three seasons coordinating the Bear defense, Norwood oversaw a unit that totaled nine All-Big 12 honorees and two All-Americans. During the Bears’ 2013 Big 12 Championship season, Norwood coached First Team All-American Ahmad Dixon, while both of Baylor’s 2011 starting safeties, Mike Hicks and Sam Holl, earned All-Big 12 honors. Holl finished second on the squad with 113 total tackles and Hicks was third with 105, and each had three interceptions. In 2010, Norwood coached First Team All-Big 12 honoree Byron Landor, who totaled 127 tackles.
Norwood, whose resume includes 13 bowl appearances, will serve under a second Hall of Fame head coach in Bill Snyder as he was an assistant under Joe Paterno at Penn State from 2001-07. During Norwood’s seven seasons in Happy Valley, the Nittany Lions led the Big Ten in pass efficiency defense twice (2004 and 2005) and finished third on two occasions (2003 and 2006). Penn State ranked among the nation’s top 25 in pass efficiency defense four times, including a No. 4 ranking in 2004.
At the end of the 2007 regular season, the Nittany Lions’ defense ranked sixth nationally against the run (87.92 ypg), eighth in scoring defense (17.58 ppg), ninth in total defense (306.58 ypg) and 44th in pass efficiency defense (119.14 rating).
Norwood coached 2006 Big Ten interceptions leader and First Team All-Big Ten safety Anthony Scirrotto, and developed All-Big Ten and NFL defensive backs Shawn Mayer (led conference with 144 tackles as a senior) and Calvin Lowry. He also coached 2003 Second Team All-Big Ten pick Yaacov Yisreal.
Norwood was the defensive backs coach at Navy from 1995-99 as he led Sean Andrews to Second Team All-America honors in 1995. In Norwood’s second season in Annapolis, Navy finished at 9-3 – its best record since 1978 – and registered a 42-38 victory over California in the 1996 Aloha Bowl. With Norwood on staff, the Midshipmen posted back-to-back winning seasons (1996 and 1997) for the first time since a five-year run of winning campaigns ended in 1982.
In his lone season at Texas Tech, Norwood coached strong safety Kevin Curtis, a Second Team All-American and First Team All-Big 12 honoree, as the Red Raiders played in the 2000 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl.
Norwood’s first full-time coaching job was guiding the outside linebackers at Richmond (1992-94) after serving two years as a graduate assistant at Arizona (1990-91).
Norwood was a four-year letterwinner at both cornerback and safety at Hawaii (1984-87) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication in 1988. He and his wife, Tiffiney, have five children: Gabriel, Jordan, Levi, Brianna and Zaccariah. Gabriel was a member of George Mason’s 2006 men’s basketball Final Four team. Jordan played eight seasons in the NFL – including the 2015 campaign with the Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos – while Levi was a four-year letterwinner at Baylor (2011-14).
