CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.– Southeast Missouri completed its football staff with four assistant coaches Wednesday.
Jason Onyebuagu (Offensive Line), Mark Weisman (Strength & Conditioning), Andre Crenshaw (Running Backs) and Justin Kramer (Tight Ends) are SEMO's newest additions.
Onyebuagu spent the 2019 season as offensive line coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Before that, he worked three years on coaching staffs at Syracuse University (2013) and the University of North Carolina (2011-12) as an assistant offensive line coach and graduate assistant. His Syracuse stint ended with a win at the Texas Bowl, while the Tar Heels played in the 2011 Independence Bowl during his first year with North Carolina.
Onyebuagu began his coaching career in 2010 as an assistant offensive line coach at his alma mater Warren Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a player at Warren Central, Onyebuagu was part of three-straight consecutive state championship teams from 2003-05, and was named first-team all-conference each of those seasons. As a senior in 2005, he was tabbed Indiana's Mr. Football for Offensive Lineman.
He attended Northern Illinois University, where he played in all 51 games during his college career from 2006-09. Onyebuagu played in three bowl games over that span. As a senior captain and member of the team's Leadership Council in 2009, he earned First-Team All-Mid-American Conference honors as part of the league's top rushing offense. Onyebuagu garnered second-team All-MAC accolades in both 2007 and 2008. He graduated from NIU in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in communication studies. Onyebuagu was invited to training camp with the Jacksonville Jaguars and played for the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League in 2011.
Weisman comes to Cape Girardeau after serving as assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Iowa for three years. An Iowa football letterman from 2012-14, Weisman held the position of Refueling, Nutrition and Analytics Specialist in 2017.
Weisman is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) through the Collegiate Strength and Coaching Coaches Association.
As a running back at Iowa, Weisman rushed for 2,602 yards and 32 touchdowns during his career. He ranks third in career rushing touchdowns (32), fourth in career attempts (599), seventh in yards and 11
thin career scoring (198). He became the sixth Iowa running back to lead the team in rushing three-straight years and just the third player to rush for over 800 yards in three-consecutive seasons.
During his senior year, Weisman was one of three finalists for the Burlsworth Award, presented to the top former walk-on in the nation. He claimed second-team Academic All-America honors as a senior and was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree. Weisman was named the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl Scholar-Athlete and Iowa's recipient of the Big Ten Conference Sportsmanship Award. Named a permanent team captain as a junior and senior, Weisman's other team awards following his final season included the Forest Evashevski Scholastic Achievement Award, Brett Greenwood Award, Players Choice Award and Team Hustle Award.
A native of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Weisman attended Stevenson High School. He was a first-team all-state, all-area and all-conference pick as a senior. Weisman earned three letters in football, playing both fullback and running back, and three letters in track. He rushed for 1,657 yards as a senior and 1,149 yards as a junior, with 38 rushing touchdowns in two seasons.
Weisman earned his bachelor's degree in health and human physiology from Iowa in 2014 and Master's of Science Degree in Performance Enhancement & Injury Prevention from California University of Pennsylvania in 2017.
Crenshaw was the running backs coach and special teams coordinator at Missouri Western the last two years.
He helped the Griffons employ a multi-back rushing attack that ranked third in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and 25
thin the nation, averaging 219.5 yards per game in 2018. That efficiency on the ground helped Missouri Western lead the nation in red zone offense (92.9) and top the MIAA in third down conversions (40.8).
Prior to Missouri Western, Crenshaw was at Ohio Valley Conference member Tennessee Tech for the 2017 season. He coached the Golden Eagle running backs, returners and specialists.
Crenshaw also worked in the same capacity at Morehead State for two years, was a graduate assistant at Dakota Wesleyan and was the running backs and athletes coach at Riggs Football Academy in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A native of Lancaster, California, Crenshaw rushed for more than 500 yards and accumulated more than 1,000 career all-purpose yards during a successful four-year career at Oregon (2006-09). He ran for a career-best 133 yards and two touchdowns at Washington as a sophomore in 2007. Crenshaw totaled more than 1,200 yards and 13 touchdowns on the ground as a senior at Antelope Valley High School.
He earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Oregon in 2010 and Master's degree in educational policy and administration from Dakota Wesleyan in 2015.
Kramer returns to Cape Girardeau for his second coaching stint at SEMO. He was an assistant coach with the Redhawks from 2008-12 before moving on to coaching positions at Missouri and Missouri State.
Most recently, Kramer was at Missouri State the last four years. He was the Bears offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, and worked with the tight ends and special teams.
Under Kramer's direction, MSU's special teams were some of the most consistent units in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. In particular, the Bears ranked among the Valley's top three units in kickoff return average (22.2), punt return average (13.0), punt average (41.0) and field goals made per game (1.09) in 2018.
A native of Liberty, Missouri, Kramer was a four-year letterman at Southern Illinois from 2002-05. He was a standout offensive lineman who was part of three Saluki NCAA Playoff teams and three Missouri Valley Football Conference titles. Kramer initially left SEMO to join Gary Pinkel's staff at Missouri, where he worked with Dave Steckel in shaping one of the SEC's top defensive units. Steckel was later the head coach at Missouri State.
Kramer was a key defensive analyst for the Tigers and also served as the assistant director of recruiting during his tenure at Mizzou. In that role, he helped oversee scouting and assisted the staff with scripting and practice planning. Kramer helped coordinate Missouri's football camps, as well.
At SEMO, Kramer coached four First-Team All-OVC offensive linemen. He mentored three All-Americans, including Sean Middleton, the FCS Rimington Award winner. Kramer's offensive line paved the way for the nation's #3 rushing offense and led the FCS with six sacks allowed in 2010.
Kramer joined the SEMO coaching staff for the first time as a graduate assistant in 2006, where he worked with the defensive line. He also served as director of football operations for a year and a half under head coach Tony Samuel.