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The names you should know
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Pat Coleman, KC Keeler, Steve Pohl


Pat Coleman
Publisher & Editor, D3Football.com


Why You Should Know Him: Pat Coleman has been following Division III football since the early 90s, ever since the likes of Duquesne, Iona and Georgetown played D-III. He is a 1994 graduate of Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and has been in and out of the Sports Information biz ever since, as both full-time and interim SID at a number of institutions.

D3football.com is the only home for news about Division III football. Just finishing its sixth season, D3football.com has reached into hundreds of programs and now has a rabid following. The D3Football.com front page was viewed more than two million times during the three-month 2002 season alone. That was nearly twice as many as the same period in 2001.

The Web site has numerous features, polls and visitor feedback. Pat Coleman and D3Football.com have also been very instrumental in helping American Football Monthly in gathering information for nominees for Division III Schutt Sports Coach of the Year, AFM’s Coordinators of the Year and AFM’s annual “Hot” list.

Coleman’s previous publishing experiences have included Cardinal Football Digest, a publication about Catholic University football, which lasted five years. He is also the editor and publisher of another Division III-related site, D3Hoops.com. In addition, Coleman is also the assistant operations editor at Sports Weekly.

What They Are Saying: “This is obviously a labor of love. I think that Division III athletics are college sports at its best and it needs more attention. And at D3Football.com, that is what we try to do.” – Pat Coleman, Publisher/Editor, D3Football.com


KC Keeler
Delaware Head Coach


Why You Should Know Him: When you only have three head coaches since World War II, you know you’ve got a consistently winning program...KC Keeler, Delaware’s Head Coach, became the fourth two years ago, following three legends: Bill Murray, Dave Nelson, and Tubby Raymond.

All three are in College Football’s Hall of Fame. Murray coached before and after World War II wile Nelson arrived in 1951 as Delaware won their first Lambert Cup a few years later. Raymond became Head Coach in 1966 and over nearly four decades won 300 games and three National Championships. Keeler, when he became Head Coach two years ago, seemed to have his work cut out for him.

In only his second season Keeler continued the tradition of Blue Hen football, winning the Division l-AA National Championship last December. It was Delaware’s sixth national title in their storied program.

Keeler has, in a relatively short period of time, become a major player in the college coaching profession: in addition to a championship at Delaware, he honed his skills as a Head Coach at Rowan College where he compiled an 88-21-l record, winning nearly 81% of games played.

A native of Emmaus, PA Keeler was a three-year letter for Delaware as a linebacker for Tubby Raymond, 1978-80. The 1979 team won the Division II National Championship, defeating Youngstown State 38-21in the title game.

What they’re saying: “As a player, KC was very aggressive, an emotional guy, but a natural leader. I’m excited about the future of Delaware football.” – Former Delaware Head Coach and member of the College Football Hall of Fame, Tubby Raymond.


Steve Pohl
Oregon’s Director of Video Services
and President, CSVA


Why You Should Know Him: Steve Pohl is currently in his ninth season as Oregon’s Director of Video Services. In that capacity he assists the football program with its video evaluation of practices and games as well as coordinating video projects for recruiting and instructional tapes.

Additionally, Steve serves as President of the Collegiate Sports Video Association which consists of 120 members at the present time but is expected to grow substantially in the next few years. “There are more and more football programs that have a video coordinator and we want to have our organization grow accordingly,” says Pohl. “We want, as well, to be a sounding board for high school coaches.”

More and more colleges at all levels are using a video coordinator to help facilitate the breakdown of tape for all members of a coaching staff. The concept being that with specific tape available for a position coach, he’s more in a position to be prepared for his team’s next opponent.

Pohl, a Cincinnati native, began his video production career while an undergraduate student at Georgetown, then working as a sports producer for Fox Sports from 1988-92. After obtaining his B.S. degree in communications in 1992, he continued his studies in elementary education at Illinois, earning his master’s degree in 1996. To learn more about the CSVA log onto www.csva.com

What They Are Saying: “Our overall goal of the CSVA is to get to know each other, help with each other’s issues and increase membership throughout Division II and Division III” – Steve Pohl, CSVA President






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