BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Western Kentucky University head football coach Bobby Petrino solidified his 2013 coaching staff by hiring Jeff Brohm as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator, and Nick Holt as the defensive coordinator, Petrino announced on Wednesday. The announcement of Brohm and Holt gives WKU nine assistant coaches, as seven were announced by Petrino on Tuesday. Together, Brohm (a 1989 Trinity High School graduate) and Holt have combined to coach in 16 bowl games, including six BCS bowl games, with Holt also winning a national championship with Southern California. The two have 34 years of combined coaching experience, with collegiate coaching stints ranging from Arkansas, Illinois, Louisville, Southern California and Washington, among others. Both Brohm and Holt have also competed at the highest level as players, as Brohm starred for the University of Louisville as a quarterback from 1989-93, spending eight seasons in the National Football League after his college playing days were over. Holt was a linebacker for Pacific for four seasons before beginning his coaching career immediately following his playing career. Brohm comes to the Hill owning experience as an offensive coordinator at both Louisville and UAB, as he served as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator in 2008 at Louisville, and most recently served as the offensive coordinator at UAB in 2012. Brohm re-joins Petrino at WKU after serving under him at Louisville for three seasons. Brohm will work primarily with the WKU quarterbacks, while also serving as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator. “It is great to have Jeff back,” Petrino said. “He is a tremendous teacher and is a guy that played the position at the highest level. He does an excellent job in game planning and understands what a quarterback needs to do to be successful. He has a great overall knowledge of the entire offense and we won’t miss a beat because we have been together before.” Brohm is known for his development of quarterbacks, as he spent two years at Illinois before making the move to UAB in 2012. In his second year working with Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase, Brohm guided the sophomore to improved numbers in passing yardage, completion percentage and passing efficiency in 2011. Scheelhaase’s 138.0 rating was the fourth-best season mark in Illini history. Brohm began molding Scheelhaase in 2010 and he quickly showed results, throwing 13 touchdowns and one interception over the last seven games of the season after throwing four touchdowns and seven interceptions in the first six games. Scheelhaase also broke the Illinois records for rushing by a quarterback and by a freshman with 868 yards. Brohm also has Sun Belt Conference experience, spending the 2009 season as the quarterbacks coach at Florida Atlantic, where he was reunited with his college coach, Howard Schnellenberger. While Brohm was at FAU, the Owls averaged 27.4 points per game, 279.7 yards passing per contest and 432.1 yards of total offense per game. During his time at Louisville, the Cardinals’ passing attack flourished, including a record-breaking season in 2007 with Brohm’s younger brother, Brian, as quarterback. Brian Brohm threw for 4,024 yards including 30 touchdowns, on his way to repeating second team All-Big East accolades. Brian finished second in the nation in passing efficiency and completed 68.8 percent of his throws in 2006. In his first season as an assistant coach at Louisville, Jeff Brohm guided quarterback Stefan LeFors to a No. 1 national ranking in passing efficiency and completion percentage, and watched as the southpaw narrowly missed setting NCAA records in both categories. As a player, Jeff Brohm led Louisville as a quarterback for four years before making the jump to the NFL in 1994 with the San Diego Chargers, who played in Super Bowl XXIX. He also played for the San Francisco 49ers from 1995-97, where he was the backup quarterback to Hall of Famer Steve Young in 1997. In all, Brohm played eight seasons in the NFL.