He also has served as the safeties and assistant defensive backs coach for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL).
[1] He attended Coffeyville Community College after high school and earned an undergraduate and graduate degree from Emporia State University while playing football.
[4] Between 2008 and 2015, Kruse worked with Gregg Williams during the summer periods as a guest coach in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints and the St. Louis Rams.
[1][5][6] From 2010 to 2014, Kruse was the head football coach at William Jewell College (leading their transition from the NAIA to the NCAA Div II level).
[1] In 2017 Kruse joined Williams full time with the Cleveland Browns, serving as the safeties and assistant defensive backs coach.