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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