Cato June - Defensive Run Game Coordinator (Outside Linebackers) - Staff Directory

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Cato June

Title:
Defensive Run Game Coordinator (Outside Linebackers)
Email:
Phone:
419-372-7083

Coach June
Hometown	Washington, D.C.
College	Michigan (2002)
Family	Wife, Nichole, child Cato Jr.
Coaching History
2011	Anacostia High School, Defensive Coordinator
2012-14	Anacostia High School, Head Coach
2015	Charles Herbert Flowers High School, Head Coach
2016	Howard, Running Backs
2017-18	Howard, Recruiting Coordinator/Safeties
2019	Howard, Recruiting Coordinator/Linebackers
2020	UMass, Outside Linebackers
2021-pres	Bowling Green, Defensive Run Game Coordinator/Outside Linebackers

Cato June joined the BGSU staff in March of 2021 as the run game coordinator and outside linebackers coach. He entered BGSU with 10 years of coaching experience, including five at the college level. His NFL career included an All-Pro selection in 2006, propelling the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl championship.

During June's first season at Bowling Green in 2021, he aided in the programs transition to a 3-4 defensive scheme. Blaine Spires and Bryce Brand excelled under June's tutelage as the Bowling Green defense had its best overall season since the 2013 MAC championship year. Spires finished with 35 tackles, 5.0 TFLs and 1.5 sacks. Brand missed the final three games of the season with an injury, but still made 30 stops and 3.0 TFLs.

Cato spent the 2016-19 seasons at Howard University before moving on to UMass in 2020. At Howard, he began as the team's running backs coach and added the title of recruiting coordinator for 2017. He remained in that role, while overseeing the safeties and the linebackers over the next three years.

Hired at UMass in March of 2020, June oversaw the outside linebackers in 2020 and was slated to work with the defensive ends in 2021.

In the NFL, June racked up 504 tackles, 20.0 tackles for loss, 26 passes defended and 12 interceptions during an 89-game NFL career with the Indianapolis Colts (2003-06), the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2007-08) and the Chicago Bears (2009). He tallied more than 100 tackles in three consecutive seasons, peaking with 142 over the 16-game regular season in 2006.

June had 26 tackles over four playoff games in 2006, culminating with a seven-tackle outing when Indianapolis defeated Chicago 29-17 in Super Bowl XLI on Feb. 4, 2007.

June played his college football at Michigan and was a sixth-round pick in the 2003 NFL Draft. While playing at Michigan from 1998-02, June established himself as a lockdown defender in the secondary, recording 138 career tackles, 10.0 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, eight pass breakups, three interceptions, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. Michigan won 47 games, appearing in three Citrus Bowls, the 1999 Orange Bowl, and the 2002 Outback Bowl.

Following his playing career, June joined the coaching staff at Anacostia High School (D.C.) in 2001. He was promoted to head coach the following year, holding that position until accepting the head coaching job at nearby Charles Herbert Flowers High School before the 2015 season.