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Messingham leaving MSU for OC position at NDSU

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Courtney Messingham is reuniting with an old friend in Fargo.

Montana State’s offensive coordinator for a single season is joining Chris Klieman’s staff in the same capacity at North Dakota State, Skyline Sports confirmed on Monday night. The hire was first reported by NDSU Broadcast on Twitter. Tim Polasek took a job as an assistant at Iowa after two seasons as NDSU’s offensive coordinator. Messingham’s hiring is pending a background check.

Messingham played quarterback and defensive back at Northern Iowa between 1985 and 1989. Klieman played in the UNI from 1986 until 1990. Messingham and Klieman grew up together in Waterloo, Iowa.

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About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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