Bisons’ receivers coach’s life cut short
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This article was published 29/09/2021 (1468 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Players and coaches of the University of Manitoba football team are in mourning after the death of receivers coach Scott Naujoks on Tuesday morning.
Bisons head coach Brian Dobie said 29-year-old Naujoks, a former U of M player, had been getting treatment for cancer in recent months but remained optimistic about the future and was unwavering in his dedication to the team.
“He was getting kicked in the ass by chemo and he was out there night after night and not not asking for sympathy,” said an emotional Dobie Wednesday. “And he did it because he loved it. And he did it because he cared about these kids and all the kids that he’s coached, wherever he’s coached. That’s the person that he was.”
Scott’s younger brothers Riley, a quarterback, and Brendan, a receiver, are current members of the Bisons. The brothers insisted the team go ahead with practice Tuesday night and both will accompany the Bisons to Edmonton for Friday’s game against the Alberta Golden Bears.
Scott Naujoks, who served as the offensive co-ordinator at St. Paul’s High School prior to joining the U of M staff, was supremely dedicated to his fitness and development as a coach, Dobie said.
“Before we started training camp we made a decision because of COVID and directly because of Scott that all our offensive meetings would be virtual,” said Dobie. “We were we were concerned about him being vulnerable (with a) weakened immune system and everything that he was going through that we went, ‘Scott, you should not be in team meetings. Out in the field and wide open space — OK, that’s up to you.'”
Nevertheless, Naujoks was too ill to be on the sidelines for Saturday’s regular-season opener against the Regina Rams, Dobie said.
mike.sawatzky@freepress.mb.caTwitter: @saw