Coaching in Dan Connor’s blood

Posted on January 10, 2016 in Newspaper.

Dan Connor (right), the former Penn State star, NFL linebacker, and West Chester University assistant coach.

Dan Connor (right), the former Penn State star, NFL linebacker, and West Chester University assistant coach. CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer

Philly.com

By Rick O’Brien

Following the end of his six-year NFL career, Dan Connor joined West Chester University’s football staff as a volunteer assistant in the spring of 2014.

It took little time for Golden Rams boss Bill Zwaan to get a sense that the former Strath Haven and Penn State star linebacker had what it took to be a solid coach.

“I was really impressed with the way he related to our college guys,” Zwaan said. “He got the kids on board right away and got them to understand what he wanted them to do.”

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