Blake Potash joined the Yellow Jacket football staff prior to the 2020 season as Defensive Backs Coach and Recruiting Coordinator.
Prior to BHSU, Potash was the Senior Defensive Analyst and Director of Analytics at Abilene Christian University from 2018-19. There, the ACU defense finished the 2019 season ranked top-20 in the FCS in three major defensive categories: fumbles recovered (fourth), sacks (10th) and tackles for loss (11th).
In 2018, they finished ranked top-20 in the FCS in four major defensive categories: fourth down percentage (sixth), sacks (seventh), rush defense (14th) and third down percentage (14th). The ACU defense also led the Southland Conference in red zone touchdown percentage.
Potash was the Linebackers Assistant at ACU from 2016-17 before being promoted and helped improve the defense over that time in scoring defense (8.7 ppg), rush defense (11 ypg) and pass defense (82 ypg).
Prior to ACU, Potash worked as a Varsity Assistant and JV Defensive Coordinator at Buffalo Grove High School.
Potash graduated from Roosevelt University (Ill.) in 2016 with a B.S. in accounting.
