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College Football Transactions:

Minnesota State Mankato hired Jeff Jamrog as head coach... Oklahoma State awarded head coach Les Miles a one-year contract extension through 2010... Darrell Alt was elevated to interim head coach at Juniata. Alt has been an assistant coach... Gabe Luvara accepted additional responsibilities as offensive coordinator at Duquesne. Luvara will continue as offensive line coach. The school also announced Donte Small as running backs coach, Tim Pichette as defensive backs coach and Randy Vulakovich as receivers coach... Minnesota Duluth appointed Tony Biesiot as defensive line coach... Upper Iowa named Greg Davis as offensive line coach... Jacksonville promoted linebackers coach Craig Hauser to defensive coordinator to replace Shap Boyd. The school also named Adam Borrell as secondary coach, special teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator...

Chris Ostrowsky was tabbed as offensive coordinator at Widener... Minnesota State Mankato named Dan McLaughlin as defensive coordinator... John Pate was promoted to associate head coach at Georgia Southern... Tusculum’s Jamie Reed resigned after four seasons as running backs coach to become offensive coordinator at Morehouse... Washington and Lee chose Bert O’Neal as offensive coordinator... Bill Barrale was named as quarterbacks coach and Dan DiCenzo was named as defensive backs coach at Williams... Bridgewater State hired John Gendron as linebackers coach... Tennessee Tech appointed Marty Steward as linebackers coach and appointed John Chandler as running backs coach... Bill D’Ottavio was selected as cornerbacks coach at Tulane. Worcester Polytechnic added Jonathan Woods as outside linebackers coach, Jared Powers as running backs coach, Steve Meyer and Tim Sample as offensive line coaches and Michael Bernard as defensive line coach... Bloomsburg added Tom Pajic as offensive coordinator and quarterback and receivers coach, Chet Henicle as defensive secondary coach and Ed T. Rush as part-time special teams and kicking coach... Bob Kubiak was chosen as running backs coach and Eric Soulier was appointed as defensive line coach at Kalamazoo... Bill Lacey was appointed as an assistant coach at Villanova... James Madison selected J.C. Price as an assistant coach...Western Illinois awarded defensive coordinator duties to Vince Okruch. For the past five seasons, Okruch has been an assistant coach at Colorado, most recently serving as defensive coordinator... Rich McGeorge was tabbed as offensive line coach at North Carolina Central. McGeorge was running game coordinator and offensive line coach at Duke during the 2002 and 2003 seasons... Southeast Missouri State tabbed Tim Billings as an offensive assistant coach... Mike Dailey resigned as an assistant coach at Westminster (Missouri)... Cornell College appointed Len Felton as assistant defensive backs coach... Corey Wenger was named as offensive coordinator at Hamilton... Rensselaer appointed Chad Martinovich as an assistant coach... Scott Weaver was selected as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan... Southeastern Oklahoma named Bo Atterberry as defensive coordinator. (Courtesy: NCAA News)

Please send all coaching transactions – high school, college, or professional – to AFM’s Managing Editor Rex Lardner: rlardner@lcclark.com