Jan. 22—GRAND FORKS — The UND football program has added two more offensive assistants, the school announced Wednesday.
Malik Bradshaw will coach the wide receivers, while DJ Davis will be in charge of the running backs.
Bradshaw and Davis’ announcements round out UND’s full-time assistant staff.
“We were able to add two of the best coaches in the country to round out our team,” said UND head coach Eric Schmidt.
Bradshaw joins the Fighting Hawks as wide receivers coach in 2025 after spending the 2020-24 seasons at Augustana as running backs coach and kick and punt returners coach.
He began his tenure at Augustana in 2020 as a graduate assistant before being promoted to full-time assistant coach and co-video coordinator.
During his time at Augie, the Vikings won the NSIC title three times (2021, 2023, 2024).
From 2018-2020, he was a student assistant at Oklahoma and worked under Roy Manning and Kerry Cooks.
Before becoming a coach, Bradshaw was a receiver for four years for the Sooners. During his playing years, he helped OU win four Big 12 Conference titles and appeared in four of the six New Year’s Eve bowl games (Sugar, Rose, Orange and Peach).
“Malik is one of the brightest offensive minds in college football and an elite teacher,” Schmidt said. “He does a phenomenal job with his players.”
Davis joins UND as running backs coach after serving as running backs coach at Lenoir-Rhyne, a Division II program in North Carolina.
Through his leadership in 2024, the LRU Bears reached the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs with a 10-3 record. Throughout the year, his running backs averaged 111.7 rushing yards per game.
Alex Boyd, the team’s leading rusher, ranked No. 5 in the conference in rushing touchdowns (8) at season’s end.
Prior to his time at Lenoir-Rhyne, Davis served as a graduate assistant at Charleston Southern in 2022 and a graduate assistant at Southern Illinois in 2023. Under his leadership, the Salukis reached the second round of the FCS playoffs in 2023.
Before becoming a coach, Davis was a running back for the Salukis and had 2,697 career rushing yards. His career mark currently ranks 5th in school history and he has also earned 112 career receptions, which places him 11th in SIU history.
“(Davis) has first-hand knowledge of the league and will continue to elevate the running back room,” Schmidt said.
