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���It goes a long way because it���s easier for him to teach you something,��� Batton said. ���He can show it to you just as well as he���s explaining it. So that helps a lot.��� Batton said Freeman stressed for his players to use their natural instincts while playing linebacker instead of ���making us robots.��� ���I want to be a great teacher, first. That���s the most important thing,��� Freeman said. ���So the things I implement in the meeting rooms are shown on the field. Does that incorporate sometimes getting after them? Absolutely, because there are days they don���t want to practice. But then there are days they���re ready to go and you need to make sure they���re doing the right things when they���re excited. You just want to make sure the things you teach are showing up on the field.��� Jon Heacock Heacock was Hazell���s defensive coordinator at Kent State but will coach cornerbacks for the Boilermakers. Heacock helped mold the Golden Flashes into one of the nation���s most opportunistic defenses, grabbing 38 takeaways in 2012. That was second-most the Ohio State staff at the same time, Bollman serving with the Buckeyes for 11 seasons as a line coach and coordinator for a stint. At Ohio State, he coached several NFL players, including two-time Pro Bowler LeCharles Bentley. Bollman has coached for 36 years and coached in three BCS national championship games. ���I know he���s among the top line coaches in the nation,��� Hazell said. Kevin Sherman Purdue Hazell says new receivers coach Kevin Sherman has a reputation as being a great teacher, a point of emphasis for Hazell during his search. among FBS schools. Before joining Hazell���s staff at Kent, Heacock was 60-44 in nine seasons as Youngstown State���s head coach in the FCS. But Heacock and Hazell have a long history: They played college ball together at Muskingum College in Ohio. Hazell called Heacock a ���master at teaching the game.��� Jim Bollman Bollman and Hazell were on Despite identifying himself as an offensive coach ��� having played receiver at Muskingum and then coaching that position for a bulk of his career pre-Kent State ��� Hazell said he doesn���t apply any more pressure to that respective assistant coach. Even if he did, Sherman would seem to hold up. He���s helped mold Eddie Royal and Josh Morgan into NFL receivers, as well as working with Wake Forest���s and Virginia Tech���s units for the last 12 seasons before coming to Purdue. ���He has a national reputation for being a great teacher,��� Hazell said. Jafar Williams Williams hasn���t stuck anywhere for long since starting coaching in 2005, bouncing from Moravian College in Pa. to Illinois State to Howard to a GA at Northwestern before landing on Kent State���s staff in 2011. But the Golden Flashes��� strength on offense in 2012 was their running backs as Dri Ar- 13 20 ril 13, Ap register online cher and Traylon Durham combined for nearly 2,800 rushing yards under Williams��� tutelage. ���(Williams is) a young coach that���s going to be really special the more and more he grows in this profession,��� Hazell said. j k n/wal 5K ru E THE C LLENG HA tm support cancer research at Purdue www.thepurduechallenge.com All proceeds beneet the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 18��� ������ 23