Prior to interviewing for a coaching position with the Colorado football team, Kwahn Drake had never met head coach Mike MacIntyre or defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot.
No problem.
Drake knew plenty of people who knew both, and those connections landed him in Boulder.
"There was a lot of people help put me in this position," said Drake, who was hired last week to coach the Buffaloes' defensive line. "It was God and my resources that have allowed me to be in a position to have this opportunity. I didn't do it myself. It took a lot of help.