Drew Brees returns to Purdue as assistant coach

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Drew Brees will return to Purdue to serve as an assistant coach during the Boilermakers' upcoming bowl game against LSU, vice president and director of athletics Mike Bobinski announced Thursday.The program said Brees -- who led Purdue to their second-ever Rose Bowl in 2000 before going on to play 20 years in the NFL -- was hired as a countable assistant coach per NCAA guidelines, giving him the ability to work on the field with the players and participate in recruit