Denver Broncos coaches, football personnel and other staffers spent some of Friday assembling bicycles to be donated to area youth. The project was in memory of former Broncos assistant coach Greg Knapp, who died last month from injuries he suffered when he was struck by a car while cycling in San Ramon, California.
Knapp, who was the Broncos’ quarterbacks coach from 2013 to 2016, was 58.
The Broncos staffers, including head coach Vic Fangio, assembled bicycles in the team’s field house. Broncos players were given Friday through Monday off, but the coaches and other members of the team’s pro and college personnel staffs, as well as other support staff, took part.
The Broncos were to donate, in partnership with Wish for Wheels, the 75 bicycles assembled Friday to second-graders at a Denver elementary school. Each student who receives a bicycle will also receive a helmet and participate in a bicycle safety course.
Knapp was a longtime NFL assistant who spent four seasons with the Broncos — two on John Fox’s staff and two on Gary Kubiak’s staff. Knapp was with the Broncos when they lost Super Bowl XLVIII to the Seattle Seahawks to close out the 2013 season and when they won Super Bowl 50 over the Carolina Panthers to close out the 2015 season.
