Chad Bostwick

Biography

Bostwick is in his 16th season as a Bearcat assistant coach having joined the program in 2011. Bostwick has been a part of eight league titles and three national championships since joining the coaching staff. He was an all-MIAA linebacker at Northwest when he played from 2001 to 2004. Bostwick was retained by head coach John McMenamin and serves as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Bearcats. Bostwick served as the linebackers and special teams coach at the University of Central Missouri during the spring of 2011. Prior to his time at UCM, he spent four seasons as the offensive line coach at Colorado School of Mines. Bostwick is the brother of Scott Bostwick, who was named Northwest's 18th head football coach in December and died June 5, 2011, of a heart attack. A native of Omaha, Neb., Bostwick earned his bachelor's degree from Northwest in 2005 and received his master's in 2006. Bostwick resides in Maryville with his wife, Kelli, who is also a Northwest alum. The couple has two daughters, Geordynn and Ryleigh, and a son, Breck.