2024-25 Iowa Western Football Roster

Roster
No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School
0 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 250 Hometown/High School: Milwaukee, WI / King IB
1 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 5'10 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: Ft. Pierce, FL / St. Lucie West Centennial
2 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 200 Hometown/High School: Tallahassee, FL / James Rickards
3 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 190 Hometown/High School: Minneapolis, MN / Academy of Holy Angels
4 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 195 Hometown/High School: Hoover, AL / Hoover
5 Pos.: Quarterback Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: Watkins, MN / Eden Valley-Watkins
6 Pos.: Quarterback Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: Council Bluffs, IA / Lewis Central
7 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: So Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 185 Hometown/High School: Council Bluffs, IA / Lewis Central
8 Pos.: Quarterback Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: Hawarden, IA / West Sioux
9 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 170 Hometown/High School: Ann Arbor, MI / Huron
10 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 175 Hometown/High School: Statesville, NC / Statesville
11 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: So Ht.: 5'7 Wt.: 160 Hometown/High School: Council Bluffs, IA / Lewis Central
12 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 185 Hometown/High School: Valdosta, GA / Valdosta
13 Pos.: Tight End Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 230 Hometown/High School: Riviera Beach, FL / Palm Beach Gardens
14 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 185 Hometown/High School: North Chicago, IL / Warren Township
16 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 200 Hometown/High School: Waukee, IA / Waukee
17 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 195 Hometown/High School: Atlanta, GA / Chamblee
19 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 200 Hometown/High School: Tampa, FL / Sickles
21 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 190 Hometown/High School: Stone Mountain, GA / Meadowcreek
22 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 220 Hometown/High School: Bolingbrook, IL / Bolingbrook
23 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 225 Hometown/High School: Cedar Rapids, IA / Xavier
24 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: So Ht.: 5'10 Wt.: 190 Hometown/High School: Joliet, IL / Glenbard South
25 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 205 Hometown/High School: Fenton, IA / Algona
26 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 190 Hometown/High School: Ankeny, IA / Ankeny
27 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: Westlake, GA / Westlake
28 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 5'10 Wt.: 225 Hometown/High School: Lousiville, KY / Louisville Male
29 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 200 Hometown/High School: Cedar Rapids, IA / Prairie
30 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 220 Hometown/High School: Bellevue, NE / Bellevue West
31 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 195 Hometown/High School: Lithonia, GA / Chamblee
32 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: Iowa City, IA / Iowa City West
33 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 245 Hometown/High School: Wichita, KS / Bishop Carroll
34 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 205 Hometown/High School: Cedar Rapids, IA / Xavier
35 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: Estherville, IA / Estherville-Lincoln Central
37 Pos.: Punter Cl.: Fr Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 205 Hometown/High School: Cedar Rapids, IA / Center Point-Urbana
38 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: Fr Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 185 Hometown/High School: Red Oak, IA / Red Oak
39 Pos.: Kicker Cl.: So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 175 Hometown/High School: Waukee, IA / Waukee
40 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: Papillion, NE / Papillion LaVista South
42 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: Detroit, MI / Southfield
43 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-FR Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 210 Hometown/High School: Ypsilanti, MI / Ann Arbor Huron
44 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 295 Hometown/High School: Ankeny, IA / Ankeny Centennial
45 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 240 Hometown/High School: Webster City, IA / Webster City
46 Pos.: Running Back Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 5'10 Wt.: 205 Hometown/High School: Storm Lake, IA / Storm Lake
47 Pos.: Defensive Back Cl.: So Ht.: 5'11 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: Indianapolis, IN / Pike
48 Pos.: Punter Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 170 Hometown/High School: Council Bluffs, IA / Lewis Central
49 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 190 Hometown/High School: Omaha, NE / Omaha Burke
50 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 225 Hometown/High School: St. Louis, MO / Lafayette
51 Pos.: Linebacker Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 220 Hometown/High School: Cedar Falls, IA / Cedar Falls
55 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 285 Hometown/High School: Akron, OH / East
56 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 295 Hometown/High School: Crystal Lake, IL / Crystal Lake South
58 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 300 Hometown/High School: St. Louis, MO / Hazelwood East
59 Pos.: Long Snapper Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'0 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: Lawrence, KS / Lawrence Free State
66 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 305 Hometown/High School: Vero Beach, FL / Vero Beach
68 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 315 Hometown/High School: Kansas City, MO / Staley
69 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 290 Hometown/High School: Urbandale, IA / Urbandale
72 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'7 Wt.: 270 Hometown/High School: Urbandale, IA / Urbandale
73 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: So Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 305 Hometown/High School: Omaha, NE / Omaha Westside
74 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'6 Wt.: 320 Hometown/High School: Lincoln, NE / Lincoln Southeast
75 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 305 Hometown/High School: Atlanta, GA / Westlake
76 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 330 Hometown/High School: Granitevville, SC / Midland Valley
77 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 305 Hometown/High School: Atlanta, GA / Westlake
78 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'8 Wt.: 335 Hometown/High School: La Grange Park, IL / Nazareth Academy
79 Pos.: Offensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 330 Hometown/High School: Cedar Rapids, IA / Prairie
80 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 190 Hometown/High School: Council Bluffs, IA / Lewis Central
81 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'2 Wt.: 205 Hometown/High School: Cedar Rapids, IA / Kennedy
83 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 170 Hometown/High School: Peoria, IL / Peoria
84 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: Iowa City, IA / Regina
85 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: Fr Ht.: 5'10 Wt.: 180 Hometown/High School: Bellevue, NE / Papillion La Vista
86 Pos.: Tight End Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 215 Hometown/High School: Castle Pine, CO / Rock Canyon
87 Pos.: Tight End Cl.: Rs-So Ht.: 6'5 Wt.: 250 Hometown/High School: Blue Springs, MO / Blue Springs South
88 Pos.: Wide Receiver Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 205 Hometown/High School: Lake City, IA / South Central Calhoun
89 Pos.: Tight End Cl.: Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 245 Hometown/High School: Hampton, IA / Hampton-Dumont-CAL
90 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 275 Hometown/High School: Champaign, IL / Centennial
91 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 250 Hometown/High School: Papillion, NE / Papillion LaVista South
92 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 300 Hometown/High School: Davenport, IA / Davenport North
94 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 245 Hometown/High School: Marshville, NC / Forest Hills
95 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-So Ht.: 6'1 Wt.: 315 Hometown/High School: Chicago, IL / Thornwood
96 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'4 Wt.: 250 Hometown/High School: Locust Grove, GA / Luella
97 Pos.: Defensive Line Cl.: RS-Fr Ht.: 6'3 Wt.: 285 Hometown/High School: Rock Island, IL / Assumption
Coaching Staff
Mike Blackbourn

Defensive Coordinator / Academic Coordinator / LB Coach

Aaron Terry

Defensive Line/ Recruiting Coordinator

Tristan Speer

Offensive Coordinator/O-Line

Vaughn VanDame

Wide Receivers/Head Strength Coach

Jeff Monthei

Assistant Defensive Line

Darius Moore

Defensive Backs

Riley Harms

Tight Ends

Chris Kolarevic

Assistant Defensive Backs

Brant Anderson

Running Backs

Zac Gradoville

Kickers/Punters

Reese Baumgartner

Director of Operations

Landon Marshall

Assistant Coach

  • Scott Strohmeier - Head Coach
  • Mike Blackbourn - Defensive Coordinator / Academic Coordinator / LB Coach
  • Aaron Terry - Defensive Line/ Recruiting Coordinator
  • Tristan Speer - Offensive Coordinator/O-Line
  • Vaughn VanDame - Wide Receivers/Head Strength Coach
  • Jeff Monthei - Assistant Defensive Line
  • Darius Moore - Defensive Backs
  • Riley Harms - Tight Ends
  • Chris Kolarevic - Assistant Defensive Backs
  • Jarren Hightower -
  • Brant Anderson - Running Backs
  • Zac Gradoville - Kickers/Punters
  • Reese Baumgartner - Director of Operations
  • Landon Marshall - Assistant Coach