Widener University Athletics

Nate Sassaman is in his second season as an assistant coach for Widener.  He spent two seasons as the quarterback and wide receivers coach as well as the JV head coach for Liberty High School in Colorado Springs.  Sassaman coached two different all-league players and had the team ranked seventh in the state in passing in 2011.  He also was the head coach and offensive coordinator for The Classical Academy High School in Colorado Springs from 2007-09.  The team went 8-3 each of the last two years, advanced to the Colorado AA playoffs and he was tabbed Southern Colorado Coach of the Year in 2008.  Sassaman was tabbed Honorable Mention All-America by the Associated Press in 1984 and was the first Army quarterback to gain 1,000 yards rushing.  The three-year letterwinner was the MVP of the Mirage Bowl in Tokyo, the Cherry Bowl in Pontiac, MI and the Army-Navy game.  Sassaman graduated the U.S. Military Academy in 1985 with a B.S. in International Business and earned his Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Washington in 1995.