Report: Former Colorado assistant Tim Brewster hired as new TEs/associate HC at Charlotte

Former Colorado assistant Tim Brewster has landed a new coaching gig. Brewster has been hired as the tight ends coach and associate head coach at Charlotte, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

Brewster announced over the weekend that he was resigning from his position as the tight ends coach at Colorado.

Brewster will be working under Biff Poggi, who just finished up his first season at Charlotte. The 49ers finished 3-9 this past season.

Tim Brewster has had numerous other NFL and college coaching jobs, including spending four seasons as the head coach at Minnesota.

In addition to leading the Golden Gophers program, Brewster also spent time at North Carolina, Florida State and other places.

Brewster worked with Deion Sanders at Jackson State, prior to joining his staff at Colorado. He has more than 30 years of coaching experience.

Prior to his time at Jackson State, Brewster was at Florida, where he helped develop Kyle Pitts into one of the top tight ends in college football. Pitts ended up being drafted No. 4 overall by the Falcons in the 2021 NFL draft.

Brewster has spent 36 years actively coaching football at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. Over that span, he’s been a part of nine 10-win seasons, 23 bowl game appearances, three conference championships, one playoff appearance, one national championship and two Mackey Award winners (Nick O’Leary in 2014 was the other).

This season, Brewster’s tight end room consisted of Michael Harrison — a junior TE from San Francisco — who finished the season with 31 receptions for 284 yards and five touchdowns. He was a useful, reliable weapon but didn’t see enough production to warrant any all-conference honors when the lists roll out over the coming days and weeks.

Still, his leave from the program is the first domino to fall in Boulder this season, as the disappointing first year under Deion Sanders has many questioning Colorado’s legitimacy. Losing eight of their last nine games of the regular season is enough to leave a bad taste in anyone’s mouth. In addition to Brewster, former Colorado offensive coordinator Sean Lewis left to take the head coaching job at San Diego State.

Coach Prime has a lot to think about this offseason as he looks to improve his staff and roster in the hopes that 2023 does not repeat itself as Colorado transitions itself back into the Big 12 over the coming months alongside Arizona, Arizona State and Utah.

On3’s Barkley Truax contributed to this story.