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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.






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