Jeff Duckworth joins the East Central University football staff as the team’s offensive coordinator and receivers coach for the 2018 season.
Prior to joining the Tigers, Duckworth spent two seasons coach with ECU head coach Al Johnson at the University of Wisconsin as a graduate assistant wide receivers coach. He returned to his alma mater after serving as a graduate assistant wide receivers coach at Kent State.
Duckworth was a four-year letterwinner for the Badgers (2010-13) and played a key role in Wisconsin’s 2011 Big Ten championship, catching a critical fourth-down pass from Russell Wilson in the fourth quarter of the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game.
He finished with 15 catches for 230 yards and a touchdown in 2011, his sophomore season. He caught 12 passes for 176 yards and two scores in an injury-shortened senior season in 2013. All told, Duckworth caught 39 passes for 398 yards and four TDs in 41 career games for the Badgers.
A Cincinnati, Ohio, native, Duckworth graduated from Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in life sciences communication in 2013 and earned a master’s degree in educational leadership policy analysis in 2018.
