Bill Rees

Position: Coordinator of Player Personnel Experience: Second Year

Veteran recruiting coordinator and NFL scout Bill Rees was promoted to Northwestern's coordinator of player personnel/assistant director of football operations prior to the 2010 season, and held that position until June of 2011 when he was hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a scout.

At Northwestern, Rees was in charge of coordinating the Wildcats' day-to-day recruiting efforts.

Rees joined Northwestern's staff in 2009 as the Special Teams Quality Control Assistant after 15 years in the NFL, where he served as a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs (1994-97), the Director of College Scouting for the Chicago Bears (1997-2001), the Director of College Scouting (2001-03) and the Director of Player Personnel (2003-04) for the San Francisco 49ers, the Director of Player Personnel/College Scouting for the Cleveland Browns (2004-08) and Director of Pro and College Scouting for the Chiefs (2008-09).

Prior to his stint in the NFL, Rees spent 15 years as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for UCLA from 1979-94. He began his career at Northwestern as a graduate assistant in 1976-77 before serving one year as an assistant coach for the Wildcats in 1978.

Rees is a 1976 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University with a bachelor's degree in history. He earned a master's degree in education administration from Northwestern in 1977. Rees and his wife, Susan, have three children: Danny, a senior punter and holder at UCLA; Meghan, a junior at Miami (Ohio); and Tommy, a freshman quarterback at Notre Dame.