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Riebock Names New Assistant Coaches

Millikin Head Football Coach Billy Riebock has added two move members to his coaching staff.
 
Jermaine Burket join the Millikin staff coaching the Big Blue defensive backs.
 
Burket spent the last two seasons working under new Millikin Defensive Coordinator Matt Williamson working on the staff at Illinois Wesleyan University. In addition to coaching the defensive backs, Burket worked with the Titans kick and punt returners. On defense, he led a backfield that included a the third leading tackler in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) in 2024 and a cornerback that was All-Conference in 2023-24. He also coached All-American kick-returner Jahari Scott.
 
Prior to Illinois Wesleyan, Burket spent four years (2019-2023) on the staff at Otterbein University.
 
Burket played collegiately at Heidelberg University earning a degree in Business Administration and Sports Management. He earned a Master of Business Administration at Otterbein.
 
Jeffrey Fantuzzi joins the Big Blue football staff as the Offensive Line Coach.
 
In 2024, Fantuzzi was the Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach at Adams State University. Fantuzzi's unit was in the top three in the Rocky Mountain Athletics Conference (RMAC) in sacks allowed decreasing the team total by 20 from the previous season.
 
Prior to working at Adams, Fantuzzi was on the staff at Northern Michigan University where he served as the Offensive Line coach and Recruiting Coordinator in 2023-24. During his time at NMU, Fantuzzi was responsible for a recruiting class of over 50 student-athletes and led the offensive line to being ranked in the top three in the GLIAC in yards per carry and least amount of sacks given.

Fantuzzi coached at the University of Carolina-Pembroke in 2022 and North Park University in 2021. He has also made stops at Manchester, Albion and Finlandia.
 
A native of Macomb, Mich., Fantuzzi played collegiately at Central Michigan from 2009-11 playing on the offensive line. He helped pace the Chippewas to 18 victories, including a 12-2 season in 2009 that culminated in a Mid-American Conference championship, as well as a double overtime victory over Troy in the GMAC Bowl. CMU concluded that campaign with a No. 23 ranking in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll as well.
 
He was a two-time state champion as a player at Macomb (Mich.) High School where he was ranked by ESPN as the nation's 14th-best offensive linemen as a senior in 2007. He was also listed among the state's top 25 players by Rivals.com, The Detroit News and The Detroit Free Press.
 
Fantuzzi earned his bachelor's degree in communication from Central Michigan in 2012 and completed his graduate work in sports management at Wayne State (Mich.) in 2019. While at Wayne State, Fantuzzi served as a graduate assistant.
 
 
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