Darrell Funk is in his first season as Purdue's offensive line coach. He was hired Feb. 4, 2016.
Funk, who boasts 29 years of collegiate coaching experience, came to the Boilermakers from Akron, where he coached from 2013 to 2015. Behind his line, the 2015 Zips averaged 164.8 yards rushing per game and 357.8 yards of total offense, with senior tackle Isaiah Williams being named third team All-Mid-American Conference.
Prior to Akron, Funk spent four seasons as the offensive line coach at Michigan (2011-14). The Wolverines had three 1,000-yard rushers during his tenure, including Denard Robinson and Fitzgerald Toussaint in 2011, the Wolverines' first pair of 1,000-yard rushers in the same season since 1975. The Wolverines ranked second in the Big Ten in rushing (221.8 yards per game) and third in total offense (404.7) in 2011. At Michigan, Funk's lines ranked third in the conference in fewest sacks allowed in 2011 and helped the Wolverines average 383.1 yards and 29.8 points per game in 2012 and 373.5 yards and 32.2 points in 2013.
In Funk's first three seasons at Michigan, his lines produced the Big Ten's Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year. Center David Molk won the award in 2011, while Taylor Lewan earned the honor in 2012 and 2013. Molk, who in 2011 received consensus All-America recognition, also earned Rimington Trophy honors as the nation's top center, while Lewan became Michigan's first two-time All-American since Jake Long in 2006 and 2007 and was a semifinalist for the Rotary-Lombardi Award.
Funk also has served as offensive line coach at San Diego State (2009-10), Ball State (2008), Colorado State (2004-07), Rhode Island (1998-99) and Mesa State College (1993-97). Additionally, he has served as the special teams and tight ends coach at Colorado State (2003), tight ends coach at Northern Illinois (2002), defensive coordinator at Rhode Island (2000-01) and defensive coordinator (1991-92) and defensive line coach (1990-92) at Muskingum College. He was a graduate assistant at Illinois (1988-89), where he earned a master's degree in in athletic administration in 1990, and got his start in coaching as a student assistant at his alma mater, Colorado State (1987).
A 1988 graduate of Colorado State with a bachelor's degree in social science, Funk was a three-year letterwinner for the Rams, playing on both the offensive and defensive lines and tight end.
Funk, who boasts 29 years of collegiate coaching experience, came to the Boilermakers from Akron, where he coached from 2013 to 2015. Behind his line, the 2015 Zips averaged 164.8 yards rushing per game and 357.8 yards of total offense, with senior tackle Isaiah Williams being named third team All-Mid-American Conference.
Prior to Akron, Funk spent four seasons as the offensive line coach at Michigan (2011-14). The Wolverines had three 1,000-yard rushers during his tenure, including Denard Robinson and Fitzgerald Toussaint in 2011, the Wolverines' first pair of 1,000-yard rushers in the same season since 1975. The Wolverines ranked second in the Big Ten in rushing (221.8 yards per game) and third in total offense (404.7) in 2011. At Michigan, Funk's lines ranked third in the conference in fewest sacks allowed in 2011 and helped the Wolverines average 383.1 yards and 29.8 points per game in 2012 and 373.5 yards and 32.2 points in 2013.
In Funk's first three seasons at Michigan, his lines produced the Big Ten's Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year. Center David Molk won the award in 2011, while Taylor Lewan earned the honor in 2012 and 2013. Molk, who in 2011 received consensus All-America recognition, also earned Rimington Trophy honors as the nation's top center, while Lewan became Michigan's first two-time All-American since Jake Long in 2006 and 2007 and was a semifinalist for the Rotary-Lombardi Award.
Funk also has served as offensive line coach at San Diego State (2009-10), Ball State (2008), Colorado State (2004-07), Rhode Island (1998-99) and Mesa State College (1993-97). Additionally, he has served as the special teams and tight ends coach at Colorado State (2003), tight ends coach at Northern Illinois (2002), defensive coordinator at Rhode Island (2000-01) and defensive coordinator (1991-92) and defensive line coach (1990-92) at Muskingum College. He was a graduate assistant at Illinois (1988-89), where he earned a master's degree in in athletic administration in 1990, and got his start in coaching as a student assistant at his alma mater, Colorado State (1987).
A 1988 graduate of Colorado State with a bachelor's degree in social science, Funk was a three-year letterwinner for the Rams, playing on both the offensive and defensive lines and tight end.