Brick Haley -- Defensive Line Coach, Louisiana State University Tigers

(as of football season 2011) Brick Haley, a veteran defensive line coach who has spent time in both the NFL and the Southeastern Conference, was named the defensive line coach at LSU on January 9, 2009.
Haley came to LSU from the Chicago Bears where he served as the defensive line coach for the NFL franchise for two seasons (07-08). In addition to his stop in the NFL, Haley coached three years at Mississippi State and has also served as a defensive coordinator at the collegiate level at both Baylor and Troy.
In two years in the NFL with the Bears, Haley coached a defensive line that helped Chicago rank No. 5 in the league in rushing yards allowed per game in 2008. The Bears finished sixth in the NFL in sacks in 2007 with defensive end Tommie Harris earning a spot in the Pro Bowl that year.
Prior to his stint in the NFL, Haley spent three years as the defensive line coach at Mississippi State from 2004-06. At Mississippi State, Haley helped improve a Bulldogs defense that finished 41st in the nation in 2006 after finishing 113th a year before his arrival. Under Haley's watch, Bulldogs defensive end Titus Brown developed into a second-team all-SEC selection after leading the team and ranking fifth in the conference in sacks in 2006.
Before arriving at Mississippi State, Haley spent two years (2002-2003) as Georgia Tech's linebackers coach where he helped the Yellow Jackets to a pair of postseason bowl games. In 2003, he coached a first-team all-ACC performer after Tech's trio of starting linebackers finished the 2002 season as the team's top-three tacklers.
Previously, Haley was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Baylor (1999-2001) after coaching outside linebackers for one season each at Clemson (1998) and Houston (1997). The defensive line coach at Troy State from 1994-96, he was promoted to defensive coordinator following the 1996 campaign before leaving for Houston. Haley coached the defensive line at Austin Peay from 1991-93 after starting his college coaching career as a graduate assistant at Arkansas in 1990. His first coaching job was at Enterprise (Ala.) High School in 1989.
The Gadsden, Ala., native played linebacker at Alabama A&M from 1984-88 and was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005. He received Alabama A&M's Inspiration Award in 1987 and was named football MVP for the 1988 season.

Johnnie Harris -- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, Texas A&M Aggies

(as of basketball season 2011-12) Johnnie Harris joined Texas A&M in 2007 after three seasons at the University of Arkansas.
Prior to Arkansas, Harris served under Women's Basketball Hall of Famer Kay Yow at North Carolina State. Her first recruiting class at NC State was tabbed as one of the best in the nation, a trend that continued to follow at Arkansas. She joined Yow's coaching staff during the 2003-04 season as the Wolfpack returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in two years.
During her time at UA-Fort Smith, Harris brought in key players to the perennial junior college powerhouse that led to the school's most recent NJCAA Final Four appearance in 2004. Harris spent two seasons as the assistant coach at UAFS working with legendary head coach Louis Whorton and signed the No. 1 junior college class in the country. The Lady Lions went 34-8 during her two years on the JUCO level including an impressive 26-2 record in 2002-03 and a share of the Bi-State Conference title.
Originally from Pine Bluff, Ark., Harris began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock in 1998 earning a promotion to full-time assistant coach in 2000. Harris also coached AAU Basketball with the Arkansas Kamikaze.
A former student-athlete, Harris played at the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, before transferring to Arkansas Baptist for her final two seasons.

Khadija Head -- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, University of Pittsburgh Panthers

(as of basketball season 2010-11) Khadija Head joined the University of Pittsburgh in May 2010, after three yeards at MTSU. She was hired at Middle Tennessee on June 18, 2007. Head was the Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Arkansas for two years, 2006-07, and served as an on-court assistant coach in 2005-06.
The Atlanta, Ga., native helped Woodward Academy to a pair of Georgia state titles and a 108-11 record in four seasons.
During her four-year career at Murray State, Head was twice named to the Ohio Valley Conference Honor Roll and three times to the MSU Dean's List. A cum laude graduate in Organizational Communications in 2003, she earned a Black Coaches Association Postgraduate Scholarship and an NCAA Ethnic Minority Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics.
Head completed her master's degree in 2004 while serving on the staff of Laurel Heilman at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pa.
She then spent one year as a marketing and tournament intern with the Georgia State Soccer Association in Atlanta, assisting with the logistics of one of the largest and most prestigious youth soccer tournaments in the nation, the Atlanta Cup.
In 2005 Head worked at the Women's Basketball Coaches Association in Lilburn, Ga. She conducted and organized the 2005 WBCA All-American Game presented by Nike. Head also oversaw the management and distribution of Nike apparel for staff members, volunteers and participants during her time at the WBCA.

Stan Heath -- Head Men's Basketball Coach, University of South Florida Bulls

(as of basketball season 2011-12) Stan Heath, whose brief head coaching career at the collegiate level has already included multiple postseason appearances, was named the head men's basketball coach at the University of South Florida on April 2, 2007.
Heath arrived at USF after serving as head coach at the University of Arkansas for each of the previous five seasons. While with the Razorbacks, Heath guided the program to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances (2006, 2007) and an overall record of 82-71. UA posted 20-win campaigns in each of the previous two seasons and 2006-07 was highlighted by a run to the championship game of the Southeastern Conference Tournament and subsequent participation in the NCAA's.
An outstanding recruiter throughout his career, Heath's signing classes have gained national recognition in recent years. National media outlets ranked his efforts among the top 15 in the country in 2003, 2004 and 2006. In his six years (Arkansas and Kent State University) as a head coach, he has directed a total of six players to all-league accolades on eight occasions and his rosters have featured a pair of freshman All-Americans, two conference defensive players of the year and one sixth man of the year.
Prior to Arkansas, Heath guided Kent State to a record-setting 2001-02 campaign in his first year as a head coach at the collegiate level. The Golden Flashes claimed the Mid-American Conference regular season and tournament titles en route to a 30-6 record and an appearance in the Elite Eight. KSU set a league record for wins that year, won 21 games in a row and defeated three nationally ranked opponents (No. 20 Oklahoma St., No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Pittsburgh) during its historic postseason run.
While an assistant coach for five seasons (1996-97 ­ 2000-01) under Tom Izzo at Michigan State, Heath helped the Spartans develop into one of the top programs in all of college basketball. During his tenure, MSU advanced to the Final Four on three occasions (1999, 2000 and 2001), highlighted by the national championship in 2000. The Spartans compiled an overall record of 132-37 during his stay in Lansing and also made one more Sweet Sixteen (1998) trip and participated in the National Invitation Tournament (1997).
The Detroit native has also made collegiate assistant coaching stops at Bowling Green State University (1994-95 ­ 1995-96), Wayne State University (1991-92 ­ 1993-94), Albion College (1989-90 ­ 1990-91) and Hillsdale College (1988-89). He began his coaching career at the prep level, working for one season (1987-88) at Lincoln High School in Ypsilanti, Mich.
A three-year letterwinner (1984-87) at Eastern Michigan University, Heath earned his bachelor's degree in social science in 1988. He went on to complete his master's work in sports administration in 1993 at Wayne State University.

Scott J. Heather -- Assistant Baseball Coach - Pitchers, Bucknell University Bison

(as of baseball season 2012) Former University of Arkansas pitcher Scott Heather begins his fourth season ('08) as pitching coach for the Bison. Last season, under Heather's direction, Bucknell's pitching staff had a collective ERA of 4.31, after posting a 4.30 mark in 2006, which was the team's lowest since 1983 (4.10).
Prior to joining the Bison, Heather served as an assistant coach for Arkansas-Fort Smith from 1999 to 2004.
Heather began his playing career at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Ariz., where he was MVP of the 1996 team that was ranked third nationally, before moving on to Arkansas. Heather lettered for the Razorbacks as a pitcher in 1997 and 1998, then became a student assistant in 1999 when Arkansas won its first Southeastern Conference championship. He also pitched professionally for the Duluth Dukes of the Northern League in 1998.

Todd Henry -- Assistant Gymnastics Coach / Recruiting Coordinator, North Carolina State Wolfpack

(as of gymnastics season 2011) Todd Henry begins his first season ('07) with the Wolfpack as an assistant gymnastics coach after spending the last two seasons as the first assistant coach for the University of Arkansas, the first two seasons of the program. During his time at Arkansas, the Razorbacks boasted records such as; finishing 14th nationally, first in the SEC in 2003 in G.P.A., and fourth overall in attendance (4,900). Henry was also nominated for Regional Assistant Coach of the Year while the team was a NCAA regional qualifier in only their second year of existence. Henry was responsible for all aspects of coaching Division I gymnastics including; daily correspondence with student-athletes and parents, on site meet evaluations and in home visits, arrangement of team meals, and coordinating ground transportation for team events.
From 1996-2001, Henry produced three USA Jr. National all-around champions, three individual event champions, and seven Jr. National team members while with Tim Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics. As head men's team coach at Knoxville Gymnastics Training Center from 1991-1995, he achieved such accomplishments as producing the only two gymnasts from the state of Tennessee to ever compete at the United States National Championships, and developing the routine for the 1996 NCAA Division I National Rings Champion. Henry was the co-owner of Premier Gymnastics and Tumbling, where he developed and supervised strength and training pole-vaulting programs for 2000 Olympic silver medalist, Lawrence Johnson, and 20th world ranked Russ Bueller.
In his collegiate career at Ohio State, Henry was a scholarship athlete who earned four varsity letters under current head coach Miles Avery. He was also coached by 1996 and 2000 Olympic head coach Peter Kormann. Henry was a Big Ten championship team member in 1989, four-time NCAA championship team qualifier, and five-time U.S. National championships competitor. In 2002, Henry completed the Florida Ironman Triathlon in 11 hours and 50 minutes.

Reggie Herring -- Linebackers Coach, Houston Texans

(as of football season 2011) Reggie Herring was named the linebackers coach for the Houston Texans on February 11, 2011. He was named the Texas A&M defensive coordinator on January 4, 2008 but left for the Dallas Cowboys on February 9.
Herring completed his 25th season on the collegiate level and his 27th overall in 2007. He spent two seasons (2002-03) in Texas as the linebackers coach for the Houston Texans and head coach Dom Capers.
Herring comes to Texas A&M from the University of Arkansas where he served as defensive coordinator the past three seasons. He served as the interim head coach for the Razorbacks in the 2008 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.
During his time in Fayetteville, Herring and the Hogs won the 2006 Southeastern Conference Western Division and played in two bowl games, the Cotton and the Citrus.
In 2006, Herring was named as one of five finalists for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top assistant coach. He was also named the Master Coach Survey National Defensive Coordinator of the Week following Arkansas' 31-14 victory over Tennessee that same season.
Before going to Arkansas, Herring was the defensive coordinator at North Carolina State in 2004. The Wolfpack defense led the country in total defense allowing only 221.36 yards per game after ranking #89 the previous season. North Carolina State also led the country in pass efficiency defense (91.77), was second in total pass defense (119), 13th in rushing defense (102.36) and 25th in scoring defense (19.82).
Before Herring spent the two years in the NFL (2002-03) with the Texans, he was with Tommy Bowden and Tommy West at Clemson for eight years. From 1994-2001, he served as the linebackers coach and in 1997, he added the title of defensive coordinator. Herring was part of seven bowl teams at Clemson, four in the Peach Bowl, two in the Gator and one in the Humanitarian.
Herring's first coordinator experience came at TCU under head coach Pat Sullivan in 1992 and 1993.
Herring coached linebackers under head coach Pat Dye at Auburn from 1986-91. During those six years, the Tigers won three SEC Championships and made five bowl appearances including two trips to the Sugar Bowl and one each to the Citrus, Peach and Hall of Fame bowls.
Herring began his coaching career in 1981 as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma State under head coach Jimmy Johnson. Johnson promoted Herring to a full-time position coaching linebackers in 1982. He remained on the staff of Johnson and Pat Jones through the 1985 season. The Cowboys made four bowl trips during that time, two to the Peach and one each to the Independence and the Bluebonnet.
A Florida State Hall of Fame selection in 1989, Herring was a three-year starting linebacker for head coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State from 1978-80. He led the Seminoles in tackles all three years and is still the third-leading tackler in FSU history. He played in three bowl games, the Tangerine and the Orange as a junior and senior. Herring was a team captain his senior season.

Bill Herrion -- Head Men's Basketball Coach, University of New Hampshire Wildcats

(as of basketball season 2011-12) Bill Herrion, a former head basketball coach at East Carolina and Drexel University was hired as an assistant at Arkansas on April 18, 2005 and then moved on to New Hampshire on May 26, 2005.
Herrion was the head coach at East Carolina the previous six years, guiding the Pirates to a 70-98 record.
Before going to the Greenville, N.C., school in 2000, the three-time conference coach of the year led Drexel to a 167-71 (.702) record from 1992-99 with three trips to the NCAA Tournament and one to the NIT. In 14 years as a head coach, he owns a career record of 237-169 (.584).
Before going to Drexel, he was as assistant at George Washington in 1990 and '91, and at Boston University from 1985-89. He began his career as an assistant at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1982-83) and Merrimack (1984-85).
Herrion coached under Mike Jarvis at Boston and George Washington.
In addition to coaching on the college level, he spent the summer of 1995 as an assistant coach under Kelvin Sampson with the U.S. World Junior National Team that competed in Athens, Greece. In 1996, he was an assistant under Mike Montgomery on the USA Basketball 22-and-under National Team that played the U.S. "Dream Team" on national television and competed in the World Qualifying Tournament at San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1998, he traveled to Taiwan for a coaching stint with Nike Taiwan.

Kelley Hester -- Head Women's Golf Coach, University of Georgia Bulldogs

(as of golf season 2010-11) Kelley Hester was named head women's golf coach at the University of Georgia on June 7, 2007.
Hester was a three-time All-SEC selection for the Bulldogs (1994, '95 and '96) as the former Kelley Richardson. In five seasons as head coach at Arkansas, Hester led the Lady Razorbacks to their best team and individual finishes in school history. Arkansas posted its first top-10 effort at the 2006 NCAA Championships, and Stacy Lewis captured individual medalist honors at the 2007 NCAA Championships.
A native of Macon, Ga., Hester was a member of Georgia teams which captured 1993 and 1994 SEC Championships and finished fourth at the 1993 NCAA Championships. She posted 21 top-20 individual finishes in 40 events played from 1993-96.
Hester played professionally on the Futures Tour for two years (1996-97) and worked as an assistant pro at Idle Hour Club in Macon before entering the collegiate coaching ranks. She was the head coach at Mercer for one season in 1998 and then returned to Athens as assistant coach for the Bulldogs in February 1999.
In January 2001, Hester was named the initial head coach for the Nevada-Las Vegas women's golf program. While with the Rebels, she inked back-to-back highly touted recruiting classes, the foundation for the team which earned an NCAA bid in UNLV's second season of competition.
Hester was named Arkansas' head coach in the summer of 2002 and immediately provided improved results in Fayetteville. In their first seven seasons of intercollegiate competition, the Lady Razorbacks had won two team titles, had captured one individual title and had made just one NCAA Regional appearance. Under Hester, Arkansas secured five team wins, garnered 13 individual crowns and earned NCAA bids in each of her five campaigns at the helm. Arkansas advanced to its first NCAA Championships in 2005 and placed 11th before cracking the top 10 a year later. Hester also coached Lewis to the 2007 NCAA individual title, highlighted by a 6-under 66 in the final round.
Hester graduated cum laude from UGA with a degree in journalism in 1995 and received her master's in sport management from Arkansas in 2005. She is an LPGA Teaching and Club Professional member as well.

Roger Hinshaw -- Defensive Coordinator / Safeties, Lamar University Cardinals

(as of football season 2010) Roger Hinshaw joined the Lamar coaching staff in 2009 with 30 years of college coaching experience.
Hinshaw came to Lamar following a year as the assistant director of football operations at Duke University.
Prior to his stint in Durham, he enjoyed a 23-year coaching relationship with Ken Hatfield, working alongside the national coach of the year at Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson and Rice. Over those 23 seasons, Hatfield and Hinshaw helped the four respective programs to a combined record of 138-101-3 with 10 bowl appearances and four conference championships. Hinshaw spent the 2006 season as the defensive coordinator at Angleton (Texas) High School.
While at Rice from 1994-2005, his primary recruiting areas included east Texas, the Golden Triangle and Louisiana. He coached defensive backs for 12 of his 13 years at Rice.
In 1990, the Clemson defensive unit was first in the country in total defense and outside linebacker Levon Kirkland was a finalist for the Butkus Award. In 1991, the Tigers were fourth in total defense and Kirkland earned All-America recognition.
During four of the six years he was at Arkansas, the Razorbacks ranked in the top 20 in the nation in total defense.
Hinshaw has coached in 10 bowl games -- Independence (1983), Liberty (1984), Holiday (1985), Orange (1987), Liberty (1987), Cotton (1989), Cotton (1990), Hall of Fame (1991), Citrus (1992) and Peach (1993). In addition, Hinshaw was a part of 10-win campaigns at three schools -- Air Force (1983), Arkansas (1985, 1988 and 1989) and Clemson (1990) -- as well as conference championship squads at Arkansas (1988 and 1989), Clemson (1991) and Rice (1994).
Hinshaw began his coaching career at Watauga HS in Boone, N.C., shortly after earning his B.S. in health and physical education from Appalachian State (1972). Hinshaw served two years as an assistant at Watauga before going back to Appalachian State to work on an M.S. in physical education and also serve as a graduate assistant coach (1974).
He then moved to Georgia, serving two years as the defensive coordinator of Newton County High (1975-76), then one year as secondary coach (1977) and one season as defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Newnan HS in 1978.
The Burlington, N.C., native moved to Alabama the following year, working one season as the secondary coach and three years as defensive coordinator at the University of West Alabama.

Dan Hipsher -- Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach, University of Alabama Crimson Tide

(as of basketball season 2010-11) Dan Hipsher was hired at Alabama on April 25, 2009. Coming from the University of South Florida, Hipsher brings a wealth of coaching experience to Alabama with 29 years in the collegiate coaching ranks, 15 of those as a head coach at three different institutions. Prior to joining the USF staff, Hipsher was an assistant coach at Arkansas following a nine-year stint as head coach at the University of Akron (1995-2004) where he was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year in 1998.
Before rebuilding the Zips' program, he spent two seasons at Stetson and earned Trans-America Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1995. Hipsher began his 15 years as a head coach with a four-year tenure at Wittenberg College where he posted a 97-18 record, three-straight conference titles and three NCAA Division III Tournament appearances.
In addition to his assistant coaching experiences at USF, Arkansas and Dayton, he also spent time on staffs at Miami (Ohio) and Miami-Dade Community College. Hipsher graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology. He was a two-time captain and academic All-American for the Falcons.

Eric Hoos -- Head Men's Golf Coach, University of Denver Pioneers

(as of golf season 2010-11) Eric Hoos enters his third season (2002) as the head coach of the Denver men's golf team. His rebuilding project for the program reinstated in 1996 nearly complete, he led the Pioneers to a third place showing at the Sun Belt Championships, by far the highest finish by the team in its three years in the conference. His golfers also won three individual titles in the spring of 2001, including Erik Billinger's one-stroke victory in the Sun Belt Championships that enabled him to become the first Denver golfer to play in the NCAA Regionals.
Prior to taking over the reigns at Denver, Hoos completed a two-year stint as the assistant coach of the men's golf program at the University of Colorado. At Colorado, he gained valuable experience through his coaching responsibilities that included recruiting, instructing and other aspects of running a collegiate program.
Hoos also has an accomplished professional career that began in 1986. He has played on the South African PGA, Space Coast, Tommy Armour and Golden State tours. His most successful stint was on the NIKE Tour, which he played on since its inception in 1990.
Hoos is also experienced in fitting and modifying golf clubs for all levels of players and has worked with both public and professional clinics and Pro-ams.
A 1986 graduate of the University of Arkansas, he earned a bachelor's degree in marketing and was a two-year letterwinner in golf for the Razorbacks.
He came to Arkansas as a junior from Scottsdale Community College in Scottsdale, Ariz. While there, he finished 13th in the National Junior College Championships and helped his team win the National Junior College title. Hoos is a graduate of Fairview High School in Boulder, Colo., where he lettered in golf and was ranked among the top Colorado high school golfers.

Mark Hutson -- Offensive Line Coach, Tulane University Green Wave

*Named interim head coach on October 18, 2011

(as of football season 2011) Mark Hutson, former Oklahoma All-American and Dallas Cowboy offensive lineman, was named offensive line coach at Tulane in January 2007. He spent the previous four seasons at Eastern Illinois, the last of those as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator.
Hutson was the offensive line coach and student-athlete academic liaison at the University of Tulsa from 2000-2002. Prior to that he was a tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at Arkansas (1998-99), special teams and recruiting coordinator at Boise State (1997) and tight ends coach/special teams coordinator at Murray State (1993-96).
During his tenure at Arkansas, he was named the Southeastern Conference Special Teams 'Coach of the Year' for the Razorbacks who competed in the Citrus Bowl and Cotton Bowl in the 1998 and 1999 seasons, respectively.
Hutson was a two-time All-American offensive lineman at Oklahoma (1986-87) and a member of the 1985 Sooner national championship team which made four consecutive appearances in the Orange Bowl (1985-88) during his playing career. A third round NFL draft choice by Dallas, Hutson spent two years (1988-89) with the Cowboys organization. He is a 1989 graduate of Oklahoma, and has done post-graduate studies at Oklahoma (1990-91) and Arkansas (1992).

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