Titan Assistant Offered Coaching Job at Northridge

Bob Burt, defensive coordinator at Cal State Fullerton for the past six seasons, has been offered the job of head coach at Cal State Northridge.

If he accepts, he will be introduced at a news conference at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Northridge.

When contacted Wednesday night, Burt refused to say whether he had been offered the job, but said he is interested in it.

Burt, 44, was selected over more than 50 applicants. The field was trimmed to three Tuesday night, said Northridge Athletic Director Bob Hiegert. The others, Hiegert said, were former Northern Arizona Coach Joe Harper and Cal State Long Beach assistant Larry Reisbig.

Harper and Reisbig said they were informed by Hiegert Wednesday that the job had been offered to someone else.

Burt, 44, and Fullerton’s defense gained national attention in 1984 when the Titans (11-1) led the nation with 27 interceptions, were second in turnover ratio and fifth in rushing defense.

Northridge’s former coach, Tom Keele, was fired two weeks after the end of the 1985 season. He was 31-42-1 in seven years.