Bio

Josh Colbert enters his first season as the wide receivers and special teams coach at Ohio Northern. 

Colbert spent the last three seasons at Mount Union. He was an assistant coach with the track and field team for three seasons and was an assistant football coach for one season.

He helped the Purple Raiders win 14 games last season and finish runner-up to Mary Hardin-Baylor. Prior to his stop in Alliance, Colbert was an assistant track and field coach and an assistant football coach at Cornell (Iowa). 

In his playing days, Colbert enjoyed a high level of success in Ada as both a football player and a track athlete. He won a national championship in the long jump in 2014 to go alongside two Ohio Athletic Conference championships and eight All-OAC honors.

Colbert started at safety in both seasons for the Polar Bears' football team. He was named a senior captain and graduated with a degree in political science. 

Colbert originally hails from Urbana, and spent his first two collegiate football seasons at Wittenberg University.