Kyle Frederick "Bubba" Schweigert (born September 15, 1962) is an American football coach. He is the current head football coach at the University of North Dakota. From 2004 to 2007, Schweigert served as the head football coach at University of Minnesota Duluth. From 2008 to 2013 he was the defensive coordinator at Southern Illinois University. Early coaching career Schweigert started his coaching career at his alma mater, Jamestown College—now the University of Jamestown. He coached football at Jamestown from 1985 to 1988 and was admissions counselor and the head baseball coach. In 1989, he began 15 seasons as an assistant coach at the University of North Dakota (UND), where he was part of eight NCAA playoff teams and six North Central Conference (NCC) title squads. In 1997, Schweigert was appointed to defensive coordinator, and in 2000, Schweigert was named the American Football Coaches Association Division II Assistant Coach of the Year. His 2001 defense, led by team captain Travis O'Neel, gave up only 191.4 yards of total offense per game limiting teams to an average of just 50.3 rushing yards and 12.5 points per game on the way to the program’s first national championship. In 2002, Schweigert was honored with Jamestown's Rollie Greeno Award for outstanding commitment in the field of education and coaching, along with the team finishing second nationally in 2003. Leaving UND after the 2003 season, Schweigert took his first college head coaching job at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He coached the school's NCAA Division II football program from 2004 to 2007. He guided the Bulldogs to a 22–21 overall record during this time, along with the team's first NCC title in 2005. The NCAA playoff berth that season was the program's second in four seasons. Schweigert was also named both the D2football.com Northwest Region Coach of the Year and the AFCA Division II Coach of the Year for Region 5 in 2005, as well. Coaching career at SIU Throughout his coaching history at Southern Illinois University, Schweigert’s coaching style has led the Salukis to defensive success, being ranked near the top of many aspects of defensive play. In 2013, he coached the Salukis defense to an average of 5.9 tackles for loss per game, ranking third in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), a defense ranking second in the MVC and tied for 18th in the nation in rush defense that held opponents to an average