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Division I-A 2003 Coaching Changes
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Team |
2002 coach |
2003 coach |
Alabama |
Dennis Franchione |
Mike Price/Mike Shula |
Ball State |
Bill Lynch |
Brady Hoke |
Baylor |
Kevin Steele |
Guy Morriss |
Bowling Green |
Urban Meyer |
Gregg Brandon |
East Carolina |
Steve Logan |
John Thompson |
Houston |
Dana Dimel |
Art Briles |
Kentucky |
Guy Morriss |
Rich Brooks |
Louisiana-Monroe |
Bobby Keasler/Mike Collins |
Charlie Weatherbie |
Louisville |
John L. Smith |
Bob Petrino |
Michigan State |
Bobby Williams |
John L. Smith |
Oregon State |
Dennis Erickson |
Mike Riley |
Texas A&M |
R.C. Slocum |
Dennis Franchione |
Tulsa |
Keith Burns |
Steve Kragthorpe |
UCLA |
Bob Toledo |
Karl Dorrell |
Utah |
Ron McBride |
Urban Meyer |
Washington |
Rick Neuheisel |
Keith Gilbertson (interim) |
Washington State |
Mike Price |
Bill Doba |
Wyoming |
Vic Koenning |
Joe Glenn |
OTHER COLLEGE HEAD COACHING CHANGES:
Anderson head coach Steve Barrows resigned to assume responsibilities
as defensive coordinator at Charleston Southern ... Steve
Roberts,
head coach at Arkansas State, was awarded a two-year contract extension
through 2007 ... Millsaps tabbed David Saunders as head coach ...
Brady Hoke was chosen as head coach at Ball State ... Rutgers awarded
Greg Schiano, head coach, a two-year contract extension through
the 2007 season ... Newberry selected Zak Willis has head coach
at Pikeville College for three years ...Courtney Messingham was
hired as head coach at Upper Iowa.
Norfolk State appointed Willie Gillus as head coach ...George
Small was awarded responsibilities as head coach at North Carolina A&T.
Steve Mooshagian was hired as head coach at Sacramento State ...
North Carolina Central hired Rodney C. Broadway as head coach ...
Carroll McCray was hired as head coach at Austin Peay ... Kentucky
Wesleyan named Brent Holsclaw as head coach ... Mike
Murray resigned
as head coach at Benedictine ... Shawn Halloran was hired as head
coach at Franklin & Marshall ... Wake Forest head coach Jim
Grobe was awarded a 10-year contract extension ... Phillip
Fulmer,
head coach at Tennessee, was awarded a one-year contract extension
through December 2009.
Fitz Hill, head coach at San Jose State, was awarded a contract
extension through 2006 ... New Mexico Highlands promoted John Fassel
to head coach ... Rose-Hulman appointed Ted Karras as head coach
... Heidelberg hired Brian Cochran as head coach ... Ted J. Stanley
was hired as head coach at Kenyon ... Whittier appointed Greg Carlson
as head coach ... Oregon State head coach Dennis Erickson resigned
to become head coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers ... Auburn's
Tommy Tuberville signed a new five-year contract to remain head
coach ... Prairie View A&M names C.L. Whittington head coach.
Widener promoted David Wood to head coach ... Craig Bohl was chosen
as head coach at North Dakota State ... Western Kentucky's Jack
Harbaugh resigned after 14 seasons as head coach. The school hired
Dave Elson to succeed Harbaugh ... Aaron Keen was selected as head
coach at Illinois College. Bluffton elevated offensive coordinator
Greg Brooks to head coach ... Shannon Stassen was promoted to head
coach at Minnesota-Crookston after serving in an interim capacity
during the 2002 season.
Central Florida awarded head coach Mike Kruczek a three-year contract
extension through 2007 ... Denver Johnson, head coach at Illinois
State, signed a four-year contract ... North Carolina State head
coach Chuck Amato was awarded a one-year contract extension, through
2007 ...VMI awarded Cal McCombs a three-year contract extension,
through 2007.
St. Peter's named Scott Kochman as head coach ... Lawrence Livingston
Sr. was hired as head coach at Earlham ... Greg Pscodna resigned
after seven seasons as head coach at Defiance to become the assistant
head coach and linebackers coach at Grand Valley State ... Robert
Taylor was promoted to head coach at Defiance ... Tom Eckert announced
his retirement as head coach from Northeastern State.
ASSISTANT COACHES:
Waynesburg College named Wayne Anderson as new wide receivers coach … Rich
Whitt was released as defensive coordinator and Charlie Coe was
released as receivers coach at Memphis ... Minnesota State-Mankato
chose Brooks Hollingsworth as offensive coordinator ... Utah added
Billy Gonzales as wide receivers coach, Dan Mullen as quarterbacks
coach, John Hevesy as offensive tackles and tight ends coach and
Greg Studrawa as offensive guards and centers coach ... Kyle Whittingham
and Bill Busch will continue at the school as defensive coordinator
and safeties coach, respectively ... Houston hired Mike Harris
as defensive coordinator and defensive line coach and Dave Aranda
as linebackers coach ... Baylor chose John Goodner as defensive
coordinator, Chris Lancaster as offensive line coach, Tom Adams
as defensive tackles coach, Larry Hoefer as safeties coach, Gerald
Carr as assistant head coach, Brent Pease as offensive coordinator,
Mark Nelson as special teams coordinator and defensive ends coach,
Harold Jackson as wide receivers coach and Wesley McGriff as cornerbacks
coach.
Wayne Bolt was added as defensive coordinator at Alabama-Birmingham
... North
Texas tabbed Bruce Bell as an offensive assistant and Eric Wolford
as offensive line coach ... UCLA selected Gary DeLoach as secondary
coach ... Shawn Simms was hired as running backs coach at Colorado
... Noah Brindise assumed offensive coordinator duties at East
Carolina ... Washington and Jefferson named Gary Smeck as an assistant
... Arkansas-Pine Bluff hired Monte Coleman as linebackers coach
and assistant special teams coach ... Joe Bernard was added as
offensive coordinator at Duquesne ... Saint Mary's (California)
hired Derek Mason as assistant head coach, defensive coordinator
and defensive backs coach; Lance Anderson as defensive line coach;
and Frank Robinson as linebackers coach ... Dave Cecchini was awarded
responsibilities as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and
receivers coach at Harvard ... Memphis selected Joe Lee Dunn as
defensive coordinator ... Terrance Graves resigned as defensive
coordinator at Southern.
Washington State awarded Robin Pflugrad with additional duties
as assistant head coach ... Wisconsin appointed Ron Lee as defensive
backs coach ... Ball State selected Ted Huber as assistant head
coach and guards and centers coach, Don Treadwell as offensive
coordinator and receivers coach, Jim Boccher as defensive coordinator
and safeties coach, Phil Burnett as defensive line coach, Jeff
Hecklinski as quarterbacks coach, Eric Lewis as secondary coach,
Mark Smith as linebackers coach, and Ed Stults as offensive tackles
and tight ends coach ... David Blackwell was hired as defensive
ends coach at Clemson ... Arkansas chose Roy Wittke as quarterbacks
coach and passing game coordinator to succeed David Lee. The school
also announced offensive line coach Mike Markuson accepted additional
duties as running game coordinator ... Charlie Williams was selected
ad wide receivers coach at South Carolina ... Jon Wauford resigned
as defensive coordinator at Miami (Ohio) ... Adams State chose
Tim Geiser as graduate assistant, weight training supervisor and
strength and conditioning coach.
North Alabama named Matt Wallerstedt as defensive coordinator ...
Charlie Partridge assumed responsibilities as defensive ends coach
at Pittsburgh ... Bill Cubit resigned as offensive coordinator
and quarterbacks coach at Rutgers ... Mike Archer was appointed
as defensive coordinator and Ron Caragher was tabbed as running
backs coach at Kentucky ... Southern Methodist added Blake Miller
as offensive line coach and chose Darrell Patterson as linebackers
coach ... John Rushing was named as secondary coach at Utah State
... Cincinnati chose Steve Shankweiler as offensive line coach
... Craig Ver Steeg was hired as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
coach at Rutgers ... Gary Goff Jr. was selected as wide receivers
coach and Mason Miller was appointed as running backs coach at
Southeastern Louisiana ... Montana State elevated Joe O'Brien to
assistant head coach.
Larry McDaniel was tabbed as defensive line coach at Kent State.
The school also announced that Lonnie Messick will move to inside
linebackers coach, Ron Wright will move to outside linebackers
coach and Mike Drake, offensive coordinator for the past two seasons,
will become special assistant coach in charge of defensive backs
... Dale Perine was selected as defensive line coach at Jackson
State ... Ronnie Vinklarek assumed responsibilities as offensive
line coach at Middle Tennesssee ... UCLA hired Brian Schneider
as linebackers and nickel backs coach and appointed Robert Lopez
as director of football operations ... David Elson was tabbed as
an assistant coach at West Virginia ... Toby Strange was named
as quarterbacks coach at Citadel ... Jackson State added Leon Perry
as offensive coordinator and Mike Talbert as linebackers coach
... Chris Rorke was added as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
coach at Lehigh ... Tony Nathan was tabbed as running backs coach
at Florida International ... Harvard chose John Butler as linebackers
coach and special teams coordinator ... Michigan added Jim Boccher
as special teams coach, Steve Morrison as graduate assistant coach
and Bill Sheridan as defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator
... Jonathan Sarratt was awarded responsibilities as wide receivers
coach at Citadel.
Vic Koenning was hired as defensive coordinator and linebackers
coach at Troy State ... Ross Els was appointed as defensive coordinator
at New Mexico State ... Colorado State added Steve Stanard as defensive
coordinator, Darrell Funk as tight ends and special teams coach
and James Ward as secondary coach ... Montana State chose Marcel
Yates as secondary coach, Mike McCafferty as defensive assistant,
Brandon Vancleeve as tight ends coach and Jason McEndoo as offensive
line coach.
Northern Illinois selected Matt Canada as offensive coordinator
... Dan Cozzetto was hired as offensive line coach at Washington
... Kevin Sumlin was chosen as an assistant at Oklahoma ... Quincy
added Nathan Naggi as defensive coordinator ... Arizona tabbed
Mike Deal as offensive coordinator and Jeff Hecklinski as quarterbacks
coach ... Utah added Brent Myers as assistant head coach and guards
and centers coach ... Tim Walton was hired as defensive backs coach
at LSU after serving as defensive backs coach at Syracuse for one
season. The school also announced Lance Thompson, defensive line
coach last year, was named as assistant head coach, tight ends
coach and recruiting coordinator. Derek Dooley, recruiting coordinator
and tight ends coach for three years, assumed duties as running
backs coach and special teams coordinator ... Washington tabbed
John Pettas as quarterbacks coach ... Earnest Collins was selected
as cornerbacks coach at Kansas. The school also announced assistant
coach Clint Bowen will move to safeties coach after serving as
running backs coach and Pat Henderson, secondary coach last year
was named as running backs coach ... George Pugh resigned as tight
ends coach at Arkansas.
Eastern Washington tabbed Beau Baldwin as offensive coordinator
and quarterbacks coach ... New Mexico added Clayton Carlin as defensive
backs coach, special teams coach and recruiting coordinator ...
Ron Burton was appointed as defensive line coach at Air Force ...
Greg McMackin resigned as defensive coordinator at Texas Tech to
become associate head coach for defense and linebackers coach for
the NFL's San Francisco 49ers ... Air Force selected John Reagan
as offensive line coach ... Karl Morgan was tabbed as defensive
coordinator and defensive line coach and Timothy Edwards was named
as linebackers coach at Hampton ... Arkansas chose Clifton Ealy
as tight ends coach ... Todd Bradford was appointed as receivers
coach at BYU ... Pittsburgh hired Dino Babers as running backs
coach ... Ashley Anders assumed duties as defensive coordinator
in addition to serving as linebackers coach at Valdosta State ...
Bill Lazor resigned as offensive coordinator at Buffalo (New York)
to become an assistant coach with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.
Ted Gilmore was added as wide receivers coach at Colorado ... Georgia
Tech named Wayne Geis as passing game coordinator and wide receivers
coach, Patrick Nix as running game coordinator and quarterbacks
coach, Tommie Robinson as tight ends coach, and Curtis Modkins
as running backs coach ... Bucknell hired Tripp Merritt as associate
head coach and defensive coordinator, Ian Shields as offensive
coordinator, Jared Backus as linebackers coach and Steve Perry
as defensive backs coach ... Todd Littlejohn was selected as defensive
backs coach at Syracuse ... Columbia added John DeFilippo as quarterbacks
coach, Sean Ryan as special teams coach, Mike Siravo as linebackers
coach and recruiting coordinator, Tim Weaver as defensive coordinator
and defensive line coach and Shawn West as defensive assistant
primarily in charge of backs.
Purdue chose Phil Elmassian as defensive backs coach ... Southern
California promoted Ed Orgeron to assistant head coach, Tim Davis
to offensive line coach, and Rocky Seto to assistant in charge
of safeties ... Greg Adkins was named as tight ends, assistant
offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Tennessee ...
East Carolina selected Rick Stockstill as offensive coordinator
and quarterbacks coach, Lonnie Galloway as wide receivers coach
and Art Kaufman as defensive line coach ... Lyle Setencich was
named as defensive coordinator at Texas Tech. The school also elevated
former linebackers coach Ruffin McNeill to assistant head coach,
special teams coordinator and defensive assistant coach ... Arizona's
Larry MacDuff resigned as defensive coordinator to become special
teams assistant with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers ... Ryan Shirley
was appointed as a secondary coach at Valdosta State ... Jeff McNamara
was appointed as assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Carthage
... Terry Peebles was added as offensive coordinator at Hanover.
Iowa chose Eric Johnson as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator
... Ball State named Eddie Faulkner as administrative assistant
for football ... Shaine Miles was selected as an assistant coach
at Marshall ... David Mitchell was chosen as running backs coach
at Purdue ... Mike Roach was tabbed as defensive coordinator and
defensive backfield coach at Texas-El Paso ... North Dakota State
released Bruce Saum as offensive line coach, Johnny Cox as wide
receivers coach and Glenn Caruso as offensive coordinator and running
backs coach.
Bruce Tall was added as defensive line coach at West Virginia ...
Concord added Mike Gutelius as defensive coordinator, Charles Stansbury
as offensive line coach and Scott Pollack as defensive line coach
... North Carolina State chose Michael Barry as offensive line
coach ... Southwest Missouri State elevated assistant coach Donny
Simmons to offensive coordinator ... Garrick McGee was named as
wide receivers coach at UNLV ... Army tabbed Denny Creehan as special
teams coordinator ... Eddie Faulkner was selected as football administrative
assistant at Ball State ... Buffalo (New York) named Miles Aldridge
as defensive backfield coach ... Kevin Ramsey was hired as cornerbacks
coach at Arizona State ... Stanford named A.J. Christoff as co-defensive
coordinator and secondary coach and named Bill Cubit as quarterbacks
coach. The school also announced wide receivers coach David Kelly
was promoted to offensive coordinator and defensive line coach
Dave Tipton was named as assistant head coach and associate recruiting
coordinator. Special teams coach and tight ends coach Tom Quinn
assumed additional duties as recruiting coordinator and assistants
Matt Doyle and Keith Buckley were awarded additional responsibilities
as associate directors of football operations.
Western Carolina's Cary Godette resigned as assistant head coach
to become defensive line coach for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.
The school promoted special teams coordinator and linebackers coach
Matt Rhule to assistant head coach and named tight ends coach Myron
Jackson as defensive line coach. Todd Varn, running backs coach,
was chosen as offensive coordinator ... Tony Thompson was hired
as defensive coordinator at Franklin and Marshall ... Charlie Sadler
was appointed as defensive line coach at Texas Tech ... Syracuse
hired Todd Littlejohn as defensive backs coach to replace Tim Walton.
Elon chose Shanard Smith as secondary coach ... Jim Turner was
awarded duties as offensive line coach at Temple ... Troy State
selected Jeff Fela as offensive line coach ... Bob Trott was named
as defensive coordinator at Louisiana-Monroe ... Arizona tabbed
Craig Bray as inside linebackers coach and Mike Borich as wide
receivers coach ... McNeese State's Bob Howell resigned as an assistant
... D.J. Vokolek resigned as defensive coordinator at Nebraska-Omaha
to assume similar responsibilities at Northern Iowa ... Bob DeBesse
was chosen as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at
Purdue. Also, Mark Hagen, defensive tackles coach, accepted additional
duties as special teams coach ... Franklin & Marshall named
Kyle Smesko as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach ...
North Dakota State tabbed Dan Enos as offensive coordinator, Patrick
Perles as offensive line coach, Jimmy Burrow Jr. as defensive coordinator,
Jeffrey McInerney as defensive line coach and Van Malone as wide
receivers coach ... Bill Kirelawich was named as defensive line
coach at West Virginia ... North Carolina Central added Damon Frenchers
as defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator, Robert Massey
as wide receivers coach, Trei Oliver as defensive backs coach and
special teams coordinator, Linwood Ferguson as quarterbacks coach
and offensive coordinator, and Andrew O'Daniel as offensive line
coach.
Eastern Illinois tabbed Derrick Jackson as defensive line coach
... Steve Farmer was chosen as offensive line coach at Eastern
Michigan ...Western Michigan hired J.C. Harper as defensive line
coach, Tony Kimbrough as tight ends coach and Charley Molnar Jr.
as quarterbacks coach ... Youngstown State appointed Ken Conatser
as special teams coordinator and Jerry Olsavsky as linebackers
coach ... James Madison selected Amos Jones as tight ends coach
and special teams coordinator and Casey Creehan as defensive ends
coach. The school also reassigned Curt Newsome as assistant head
coach and offensive line coach and Eddie Davis as offensive coordinator
and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach ... D.J. Durkin and Chad
Klunder were selected as graduate assistant coaches at Notre Dame
... Cincinnati named Mike Kolakowski as co-defensive coordinator,
Scott Pethtel as special teams and tight ends coach and Ted Gill
as defensive line coach. The school also promoted Phil Dorn to
assistant head coach and running backs coach and elevated Mark
Criner to co-defensive coordinator.
Adam Waugh was selected as an assistant coach at Army ... Eastern
Illinois named Noah Joseph as defensive secondary coach ... Jacksonville
tabbed Andy McLeod as offensive coordinator and offensive line
coach, Byron McCall as defensive line coach, Luther Price as offensive
assistant coach, Luke Ewalt as quarterbacks coach and Matt Gilliam
as receivers coach ... Towson announced Phil Albert as offensive
coordinator ... Temple added Jim Turner as offensive line coach
to replace John Reagan ... Western Illinois selected Richard Solomon
as defensive backs coach ... Ken Jones, Granville Eastman and Daniel
Williams were added as assistants at Austin Peay ... Casey Vogt
was named as offensive line coach at Gannon ... Lafayette tabbed
Michael Columno as an assistant coach ... John Zernhelt was appointed
as offensive coordinator at Citadel ... Nebraska added Carl Pelini
as a graduate assistant.
Carthage appointed Adam Walker as an assistant football coach and
assistant track and field coach ... North Carolina State named
Noel Mazzone as offensive coordinator and tight ends coach ...
Albany (New York) added Jason Martin as defensive line coach, Billy
Crocker as running backs coach and Nick LaFontaine as tight ends
coach ... San Jose State announced Chris Wilkerson as defensive
coordinator and safeties coach, Charlie Roche as offensive coordinator,
Edmund Jones as cornerbacks coach, Barry Lunney as quarterbacks
coach and Keith Allen as defensive ends coach. San Jose State also
promoted Kyle O'Quinn to assistant director of athletics/director
of football operations ... Miles Aldridge was added as defensive
backfield coach and Rob Best was appointed as quarterbacks coach
at Buffalo (New York) ... South Dakota State hired Douglas A. McFadden
as secondary coach ... Chris Pincince assumed duties as offensive
coordinator at Ursinus ... Jeffrey Phelps was named as an assistant
at DePauw ... Nick Toth was tabbed as an assistant coach at Ohio.
Whittier announced B.J. Hammer as an assistant ... Michael Faustino
was chosen as defensive coordinator at Utica ... Kurt Ramler was
named as offensive coordinator at Heidelberg ... Colgate named
Chris Young as wide receivers coach ... Todd Cunningham was tabbed
as quarterbacks coach at Presbyterian ... Alabama hired Dave Rader
as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach ... Wayne State
(Michigan) named Fred Schultz as defensive line coach.
Kasey Dunn, assistant head coach at Alabama, was reassigned within
the athletics department ... Grove City promoted Rob Skaricich
to defensive coordinator after he most recently was defensive backs
coach. The school announced Brock McCullough as defensive backs
coach ... Glenn Caruso was hired as offensive coordinator and offensive
line coach at Wisconsin-Eau Claire ... Steve Hellyer was chosen
as director of football operations at Kentucky ... Alabama selected
Charlie Harbison as wide receivers coach.
San Diego hired Tim Drevno as offensive coordinator and offensive
line coach, Michael Fuller as tight ends coach and Shaun Murgel
as defensive line coach ... Marion "Butch" Posey was
chosen as defensive coordinator at Delaware State ... Greg Breitbach
was named offensive coordinator at the University of Wisconsin
at Stevens Point ... Arizona's Mike Borich resigned as wide receivers
coach ... Alabama appointed Joe Kines as assistant head coach ...
Donnie Kirkpatrick was chosen by Western Carolina as the new wide
receivers coach ... Iowa Wesleyan named Brian Kerbel as an assistant
coach ... Southern Miss named Rip Scherer as offensive coordinator.