His time in Champaign was long done, and yet Pat Bryant kept hanging around in the rain at Illinois this spring, just wanting ...

Mike Neu spent a couple of seasons coaching the New Orleans Saints quarterbacks for Sean Payton. In each of the two seasons Neu spent as the quarterbacks coach in New Orleans (2014-15), Drew Brees ...

In January, Mike Neu — once a scout and quarterbacks coach for Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints — took a senior offensive assistant job at Illinois. And he got to know Bryant well enough ...

MUNCIE – Mike Neu grew up in Indianapolis and matriculated as a passer at Ball State. But life often takes us to to new and far-off places, and while his chosen profession, coaching, usually ...

Of course, Payton was an undrafted rookie himself once — a standout at FCS Eastern Illinois who played quarterback for three ...

“I think it all traces back,” said former Saints scout Mike Neu, “to him being a little bit — having that underdog mentality.” In 2010, meandering down Midwestern freeways on another ...

Mike Uremovich enters his first season as Ball State's head coach in 2025. The program parted ways with Mike Neu after a 3-7 start to the year in 2024.