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The Western Michigan Broncos football program represents Western Michigan University in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I and the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Western Michigan has competed in football since 1906, when they played three games in their inaugural season. In 1927, WMU joined four other schools (Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, Ferris State University, and Wayne State University) to form the Michigan Collegiate Conference. Western Michigan then moved to its present conference in 1946. Prior to 1939, Western Michigan's athletic teams were known as the Hilltoppers. Western Michigan's football team has had 15 head coaches in its history, with current head coach, P. J. Fleck being named to the position December 17, 2012. Fleck replaces Bill Cubit, who held the job from 2005 to 2012. WMU had a huge turnaround in Cubit's first season, going from 1–10 in 2004 to 7–4 in 2005. The 54.5% increase marked the highest in Division I-A between the two seasons and garnered Cubit the 2005 MAC Coach of the Year Award. Cubit was also the only first-year Division I-A head coach to take his team from a negative point differential in 2004 to a positive one the following year (−188 to +12). WMU was also one of eight football teams that was bowl eligible but did not go to a bowl game. WMU's main rival is the Central Michigan University Chippewas and they play for the WMU–CMU Rivalry Trophy. As of 2015, the Broncos own a 47–37–2 advantage in the series. In 2002, Western Michigan won the rivalry game at Central Michigan for the first time since 1973, snapping a 12-game winless streak (0–11–1). Western Michigan University played in the inaugural International Bowl in 2007 in Toronto, Canada. ==Coaching staff== The following list is the current WMU coaching staff.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wmubroncos.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=24292&SPID=1922&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4600&Q_SEASON=2014 )〕 * P. J. Fleck – head coach * Kirk Ciarrocca – offensive coordinator * Ed Pinkham – defensive coordinator, defensive backs coach * Brian Callahan – offensive line coach * Mike Hart – running backs coach * Bill Kenney – tight ends, offensive tackles coach * Tim McGarigle – linebackers coach * Vinson Reynolds – defensive line coach * Matt Simon – wide receivers coach * Rob Wenger – special teams coordinator, defensive ends coach * Nick Hennessey – graduate assistant * D. J. Pirkle – graduate assistant * David Rowe – graduate assistant * Greg Sullivan – graduate assistant * Matt Childers – video coordinator * Taylor Jorgensen – football equipment manager * Jessica Larmony – director of football operations * Arno Rheinberger – football athletic trainer * Steve Shimko – director of football player personnel * Dan Nichol – strength and conditioning coach * Dan Wenger – assistant strength and conditioning coach 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western Michigan Broncos football」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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