Butler Football Head Coach Kevin Lynch added five talented coaches to his staff on Monday morning. The core group includes a run-game coordinator, defensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator, wide receivers coach, and strength and conditioning coach.
 
"I am excited to add Luke Shively, Jordan Belfiori, Collin Coffer, Jack Connolly, and Dan Wenger to the Butler football coaching staff," Lynch stated. "All five are all high character men that understand Butler and will represent The Butler Way. I'm eager to see them and their families on campus as we move forward toward our goal of winning a PFL Championship."
 
Luke Shively
Run Game Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach
Shively joins the Bulldogs after a successful stint as the offensive line coach at Wisconsin River Falls. The Falcons averaged 40 points per game in 2024, rushing for 180 yards per game and passing for 265. Five student-athletes made the D3Football.com All-Region Team, including senior offensive lineman Ethan Sigler.
 
Prior to UWRF, Shively was at Duke as a graduate assistant coach working primarily with the offensive line. There, the Blue Devils compiled a 17-9 overall record while Shively helped coach several All-ACC offensive lineman, including an All-American in 2023.
 
Before Duke, Shively spent three seasons (2019-21) at Temple as a graduate assistant coach working with the offensive line. With the Owls, Shively mentored three to All-American Athletic Conference honorees, including All-American Matt Hennessy, who was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
 
As a student-athlete, Shively was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at center for Northern Illinois from 2015-18. During his time in Dekalb, Shively helped the Huskies register 29 wins and reach three bowl games.
 
A native of Tipton, Ind., Shively graduated from Northern Illinois with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry in 2018. He added a master's degree from Temple in 2021.
 
Jordan Belfiori
Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach
Belfiori joins the coaching staff at Butler after spending seven years at Colgate. In his first season at Colgate, Belfiori worked as the outside linebacker coach. He was promoted to co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach in 2021 before moving to defensive coordinator and outside linebacker coach in 2022.
 
With Belfiori in charge of the defense, Colgate placed four Raiders on 2024 All-Patriot League Teams, including First-Team All-League defensive back selection Owen Goss. The Raiders saw success during Belfiori's first season with the program in 2018. Colgate reached 10 wins for just the fourth time in program history en route to its 10th Patriot League Championship.
 
The Raiders started that year 9-0, allowing just 29 points during the win streak and tying the NCAA FCS record with five shutouts in one season. Over a seven-game stretch, Colgate allowed 3, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0 and 0 points. Belfiori's linebackers helped the Raiders lead the nation in scoring defense (9.3).
 
Before arriving at Colgate, Belfiori was a graduate assistant at Western Michigan. He coached linebackers while helping the program with video and recruiting. Additional coaching experience included a stop at Wayne State where Belfiori spent two years with the Warriors, resulting in two winning seasons.
 
Belfiori earned his bachelor's degree from Central Michigan in 2012, and he completed his master's degree from Wayne State in December of 2019.
 
Collin Coffer
Recruiting Coordinator / Cornerbacks Coach
Butler's new recruiting coordinator will also coach cornerbacks for the Bulldogs in 2025. Coffer is an Indianapolis native who most recently worked with wide receivers and was the pass-game coordinator at Indiana State. Coffer oversaw multiple all-conference honorees during his four years in Terre Haute.
 
Prior to his time with the Sycamores, Coffer coached at UIndy for five seasons. Throughout his time in Indianapolis, Coffer assisted the Greyhounds during four successful GLVC title runs and five NCAA DII playoff appearances.
 
In 2019, UIndy led the GLVC and ranked Top 10 in the nation in fewest turnovers lost (1st in DII), scoring offense (2nd), time of possession (4th) and team passing efficiency (6th). Team totals of 47.1 points per game, 506.7 total yards of offense per game, 69 total touchdowns and 147 rushing first downs all set new UIndy benchmarks.
 
As a student-athlete, Coffer was a four-year starter at cornerback at UIndy before becoming a coach for the Greyhounds. He spent two seasons at UIndy as a graduate assistant before moving on to become an assistant wide receiver coach at Ball State in 2014. In 2015, Coffer spent one season as a defensive back coach at Saint Joseph's College. He rejoined UIndy in 2016 and stayed until 2020.
 
Jack Connolly
Wide Receivers Coach
Connolly worked with Lynch as a graduate assistant at Ball State. In 2024, the Cardinals averaged nearly 350 yards of offense per game, scoring 25 points per contest. BSU picked up five yards per play and were great in the red zone, scoring on 30 of their 34 trips.
 
Connolly joined Ball State as an offensive graduate assistant coach in April of 2022. He assisted the offensive coordinator and collaborated with the quarterbacks coach throughout the season. As a Cardinal, he led scout teams, created self-scout reports, and built presentations for offensive meetings.
 
Prior to his time with Ball State, Connolly worked as the wide receivers coach at Carthage College. He earned a degree at Carthage and added another master's degree while at Ball State. His undergrad degree came from Wisconsin La Crosse.
 
Dan Wenger
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Wenger will be the Bulldog strength and conditioning coach in 2025. He arrives after a three-year stint at Ball State. Wenger was hired as an assistant strength coach at BSU in 2021. He was promoted to assistant director of football strength and conditioning in the summer of 2023 and advanced to the director for his final season.
 
Prior to his time in Muncie, Wenger served as the associate director of sports performance at Stephen F. Austin. He also worked at Western Michigan as the strength coach for the football team from 2013-16.
 
Before moving into his current field, Wenger worked as an offensive graduate assistant football coach at the University of Florida. He gained additional experience with Notre Dame from 2006-11 and worked the New York Jets Rookie Mini-Camp in 2012.
 
Wenger has three degrees with his first coming from Notre Dame in 2010. His second was earned from Florida in 2015 and his last from Concordia University in 2019.