Michael Garrison -- Assistant Women's Cross Country / Track & Field Coach, University of Hawaii

(as of track & field seasons 2007-08) Veteran cross country coach Dr. Michael Garrison joined the University of Hawai`i track and field and cross country coaching staff for the 2007-08 in September 2007.
Garrison was recently the head coach of the Atlantic Coast Conference's University of Maryland cross country team for three years from 2004-07. He was also the assistant men's and women's track coach. Garrison guided the women's cross country team to their first-ever national ranking (29th) in October 2005.
Before he arrived at College Park, Garrison made his mark in Fayetteville, Ark., where he was an assistant women's track and field and cross country coach at the University of Arkansas for six years. He designed workouts for the runners and assisted in the long term development for the team and was in charge on travel and preparing the team for upcoming meets.
At Arkansas, Garrison mentored 15-time All-American Amy Yoder-Begley, who was also a two-time national champion and 15-time SEC champion. In 2000, she was an U.S. Olympic Trails Qualifier. The following year she was named the NCAA Women of the Year and was the SEC Female Athlete of the Year.
Under Garrison's tenure, the Lady Razorbacks were SEC cross country champions five times and placed in the NCAA Top 17 five times. Besides Yoder-Begley, Garrison coached eight other runners who earned 32 All-American honors in their events.
In his collegiate career, Garrison ran cross country at the junior college level for Diablo Valley College before transferring to University of California, Davis, where he ran cross country and track for the Aggies. He was also on the UC Davis cycling team and later coached the team from 1996-97.
While studying for his masters in sport management at Arkansas, Garrison was a graduate assistant, where he was a student-athlete academic counselor and tutor coordinator.

Joe Gibbs -- Head Coach / Team President, Washington Redskins

Throughout his Hall of Fame career head coach Joe Gibbs has faced adversity on numerous occasions and each time he has responded the only way he knows how: to work even harder.
On January 7, 2004, when team owner Daniel M. Snyder named Gibbs the Head Coach and Team President of the franchise, he welcomed back one of the most respected and successful figures in Washington Redskins and Washington sports history.
First coaching the team from 1981 to 1992, Gibbs turned the Redskins into an NFL dynasty. He led the Redskins to four Super Bowls--winning three titles--and accumulated a 124-60 record during regular-season play and an amazing 16-5 post-season record (.762 win percentage).
Gibbs took the helm of the Washington franchise as a rookie head coach in 1981 and it didn't take long to turn the Redskins into a winning machine.
After just his second season, he led his Redskins team to Super Bowl XVII, beating the Miami Dolphins 27-17. He returned to the Championship game in 1983 and was named NFL Coach of the Year. The Redskins went on to win Super Bowls XXII and XXVI under his watch, building a tradition of excellence that has remained unmatched to this day.
Four coaches have won three Super Bowls in NFL history. Only one, Joe Gibbs, has done it with three different quarterbacks, spread out over a nine-year period.
In all, Gibbs' Redskins recorded 11 winning seasons during his 12 years, taking the team to the playoffs eight times. In the history of the NFL, only Vince Lombardi and Bill Belichick have had better playoff winning percentages.
Gibbs began his coaching career at San Diego State, his alma mater, under Don Coryell. He joined the Aztecs staff in 1964 as a graduate assistant and coached the offensive line during a period when the team won 27 of 31 games, including an 11-0 mark in 1966.
In 1967, Gibbs joined Bill Peterson's staff at Florida State as offensive line coach and was part of a 15-4-1 record over two seasons. In 1969, John McKay brought Gibbs to USC and the Trojans went 15-4-1 over the next two years. The winning ways continued when Gibbs joined Frank Broyles' staff at Arkansas and the Razorbacks recorded a 14-8-1 mark over the 1971-72 seasons.
Gibbs and Coryell were reunited in 1973 when the latter named Gibbs offensive backfield coach for the St. Louis Cardinals. From 1973-77, the Cardinals were 42-27-1, earning two NFC East titles.
In 1978, Gibbs became Tampa Bay's offensive coordinator under McKay. After one season with the Buccaneers, Coryell called again in 1979 and tabbed him as offensive coordinator at San Diego.
His brilliant coaching career then caught the attention of Jack Kent Cooke, who named Gibbs the Washington Redskins' 17th head coach on January 13, 1981.
Gibbs took his rightful place among other NFL legends in 1996, when he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
His leadership skills have not been relegated to just the football playing field. In 1993, he left the Redskins and the NFL at the pinnacle of his career, looking to spend more time with his family and his NASCAR race team, established in 1991.

Danny Giles -- Graduate Assistant Baseball Coach, Union University

(as of baseball season 2002) Danny Giles is back for his second season (2002) as graduate assistant for the Bulldogs. Giles spent the 1999 and 2000 seasons at the starting second basemen for the Bulldogs. During his two seasons with Union, Giles hit .292 with 30 doubles, 11 homeruns, and 106 RBI's. He was selected second team All-Conference in 2000. Giles played his high school baseball at North Side High School as well as basketball and track. He was named Player of the Year at North Side during his junior and senior seasons. Giles was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 30th round on the 1996 Amateur Baseball draft. Danny attended the University of Arkansas where in 1997, he started 31 games as their shortstop. After his sophomore season, he transferred to Union to finish out his college career.

Fred Goldsmith -- Head Coach, Lenoir-Rhyne College Bears

Fred Goldsmith became Lenoir-Rhyne's 18th Head Coach in school history on November 28, 2006. He retired on May 3, 2011.
Goldsmith has twice been voted national coach of the year at the Division I level. He served as head football coach at Duke University (1993-1998) and Rice University (1989-1993).
While at Duke, he led the nation in football graduation rates four times and was named ACC Coach of the Year and Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year in 1994.
At Rice University, he led the conference in graduation rates five times.
In 1992, Rice had its first winning season in 29 years and Goldsmith was named Sports Illustrated National Coach of the Year.
He also served as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at the University of Arkansas from 1984 to 1988.
From 1982 to 1983, he was assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the United States Air Force Academy, where he received the academy's first Commander-in-Chief Trophy.
He served as defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Fla., from 1974 to 1979. Florida A&M was the nation's only undefeated team in 1977 and was named Black College National Champions that year. The Rattlers won the inaugural NCAA Division I-AA National Championship in 1978, as A&M led the country in scoring, rushing and total defense.
From 2001 to 2005, he was head coach of Franklin High School in Franklin, N.C. During that time, he led the team to the most wins in its history (47-15) and was named Coach of the Year in 2001.
From 1999 to 2001, he served as a color analyst for the Catamount Network of Western Carolina University. Goldsmith's early career included coaching positions at several high schools and universities.
He has previously served as a member of the NCAA Legislative Committee and Football Issues Committee, representing the ACC and all Division II through Division I programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
Goldsmith has been an active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for many years and is a highly sought-after public speaker.
He attended Western Carolina University for two years on a football scholarship and transferred to the University of Florida, where he earned a bachelor's degree in health and physical education in 1967 and a master's degree in education administration in 1972.

Jim Goodman -- Vice President of Football Operations / Player Personnel, Denver Broncos

(as of football season 2008) Jim Goodman is in his 11th year with the Denver Broncos in 2008 and begins his first season as the club's Vice President of Football Operations/Player Personnel, a position he was named to on May 6, 2008. Goodman spent the previous two seasons as Denver's director of player personnel after four years (2002-05) as its director of college scouting.
In his first four years (1998-2001) with the Broncos' organization, Goodman worked as an area scout evaluating the South region.
Goodman is in charge of managing the Broncos' overall scouting process and all aspects of its year-round schedule as well as coordinating the work of the club's area scouts. He also is involved in the overall acquisition of players and in overall personnel department matters.
Goodman was hired by the Broncos in May 1998 after four successful seasons on the coaching staff of Rice University, where his duties also included coordinating the program's recruiting efforts. Goodman coached the tight ends and special teams all four years (1994-97) and added the duties of wide receivers coach for the 1997 season.
Goodman was an associate athletic director in charge of football recruiting at Clemson University from 1991-93 and also coached the team's kickers. He earned consideration among the nation's top-10 recruiting coordinators by the Chicago Sun-Times for his work at Clemson. Goodman was an assistant athletic director in charge of recruiting and high school relations at the University of Florida from 1989-90 and was recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach at the University of Arkansas from 1986-88.
Goodman began his coaching career at Vanguard High School (1974-75) in Ocala, Fla., before moving into the collegiate ranks at the University of North Alabama (1976-78). He then was head coach and athletic director at Marion (Ala.) Institute Junior College (1979-80), where his teams ranked in the top 15 in the national polls both seasons. He also coached the school's baseball team.
Goodman coached outside linebackers at the U.S. Air Force Academy under Ken Hatfield in 1981 before accepting the head coaching position at Valdosta (Ga.) State (1982-84), where he also served as associate athletic director before accepting the full-time athletic director's position in 1985. As coach, he started a program from scratch and fashioned a 15-16-1 record over three years with a squad that included former Atlanta Falcons All-Pro linebacker Jesse Tuggle.
Goodman holds an associate's degree from Chipola Junior College (1972), a bachelor of science in physical education from Florida (1974) and a master's in education administration from North Alabama (1977).
A native of Blounstown, Fla., where he attended Blounstown High School.

Sam Goodwin -- Athletic Director, Henderson State University Reddies

*Retired in March 2010

(as of school year 2009-10) Sam Goodwin was named Henderson State University's director of athletics on May 9, 2000. Goodwin, a 1966 graduate of Henderson State and a member of the Reddie Hall of Honor, had spent the previous 17 years as head football coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La.
Prior to coaching at Northwestern, Goodwin spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas, where he coached running backs and quarterbacks under Lou Holtz. Goodwin helped the Razorbacks make appearances in the Gator Bowl and the Bluebonnet Bowl.
Goodwin was the head coach at Southern Arkansas University in 1979 and 1980, and he was the head coach at Parkview High School in Little Rock, Ark., from 1970-78. He also coached at Hall High School in Little Rock, serving as head track coach and defensive coordinator for two seasons on teams that went 19-1-1.
Goodwin's first job was at Forest Heights Junior High School in Little Rock, where he was head track coach and head football coach in 1966 and 1967. His football teams were 14-2 those two years.
During his nine seasons at Parkview, Goodwin won 72 percent of his games and led the Patriots to five state championships. As a collegiate coach, Goodwin won 111 games, including a school-record 102 at Northwestern State. He is also the Southland Conference's all-time leader in victories and is a two-time winner of the league's coach of the year award.
Goodwin's Northwestern State teams won four Southland Conference titles (1984, 1988, 1997 and 1998), and 38 of his players at Northwestern State reached the National Football League.
A native of Pineville, La., Goodwin attended Pineville High School and played on a state championship football team in 1960.
Goodwin came to Henderson State as a walk-on who developed into an All-Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference player on offense and defense. He earned NAIA All-America honors as a guard in 1965, and he was voted to the AIC's All-Decade team by Dave Campbell's Arkansas Football Magazine.
Goodwin was also a three-time AIC champion in the discus, setting a conference record in 1965.

Matt Graves -- Secondary Coach, Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks

(as of football season 2007) Hired at SFA on January 15, 2005.

ECU: Defensive backs coach for two years (03-04)

Prior to ECU: 1999-2002 Arkansas. (Volunteer assistant (2 years), graduate assistant (2 years), while at Arkansas, worked with outside linebackers, strong safeties, defensive line, and secondary)

Of Note: Helped Arkansas win SEC Western Division championship in 2002 ... Contributed to Arkansas defense which led the SEC in pass defense in 2000 ... Was involved in four bowl games (1999 and 2001 Cotton Bowls, 2000 Las Vegas Bowl, 2002 Music City Bowl).

Playing Career: Lettered two years at wide receiver/defensive back at Redwater High ... Also lettered twice in basketball and baseball.

Education: Arkansas (2001)

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