Chase Gruening

Chase Gruening

Chase Gruening
Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach
Video Coordinator/Strength and Conditioning Coordinator
 
Former Millikin standout defensive lineman Chase Gruening joined the Millikin staff in January 2015.  Gruening will serve as the Big Blue’s Defensive Line Coach along with handling the Video Coordinator and Strength and Conditioning Coordinator duties.
 
This will be Gruening’s second stint on the Millikin coaching staff after serving as Outside Linebackers Coach in 2011-12.
 
Gruening spent the 2014 season on the staff at Northern Illinois University coaching the Tight Ends/Fullbacks helping the Huskies to a MAC Championships and a trip to the Boca Raton Bowl.
 
Since leaving Millikin, Gruening has also served as Defensive Line Coach at Southwest Minnesota State and Runningbacks/Fullbacks Coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
 
As a player for the Big Blue, Gruening twice earned All-Conference Second Team honors and served as a team captain.
 
Gruening graduated from Millikin in 2011 with a degree in Exercise Science and Sport.