Casey Jo Magee -- Assistant Women's Gymnastics Coach, Western Michigan University Broncos

(as of school year 2011-12) One of the most decorated gymnasts in Arkansas history, Casey Jo Magee joined Dave Kuzara's coaching staff at Western Michigan on December 13, 2011 to serve as an assistant for the Broncos during the 2012 season. Magee competed collegiately at Arkansas, where Kuzara was an assistant on the Razorback staff from 2007-09. Currently a senior international elite gymnast, Magee will continue her own training while in Kalamazoo with hopes of earning a spot on the U.S. National Team.
Magee totaled eight All-American nods at Arkansas, including four as a first-teamer as a senior in 2010 on uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and in the all-around. She recorded the highest finish ever by a Razorback at the NCAA Championships, placing second in the nation in the all-around with a 39.550, while recording top five finishes on the beam and bars. Magee won the individual title on the beam in the NCAA West Regional and was a semifinal winner on bars, beam and in the all-around.
Magee earned Second Team All-American status on vault and floor as a junior and on vault and bars as a sophomore. She also won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship on the beam, and NCAA South Central Regional titles on beam and floor, finishing second in the all-around, as a junior.
Over her career, Magee won 71 individual event titles, and led Arkansas to a fifth-place national finish in 2009 and a No. 11 finish in 2010. She holds the school record with a 39.675 in the all-around, and is tied for the school record on beam and floor with a 9.95 in each. A two-time First Team All-SEC and four-time Academic All-SEC honoree, she twice was named the team's Most Outstanding Gymnast.
Following her collegiate career, Magee was a student-assistant on the Razorback coaching staff in 2011, helping Arkansas to a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Magee also entered senior international elite status, having qualified and competed at the American Classic, U.S. Covergirl Classic and Visa Championships. The Visa Championships is the premier annual championships for USA Gymnastics and helps determine the U.S. National Team roster. Members of the National Team then compete for spots on the Olympic Team headed to London in 2012. Magee will again train for the Visa Championships, to be held in St. Louis this summer, as an all-arounder.

Courtney Mahon -- Head Women's Golf Coach, University of Missouri - Kansas City

*Gone

(as of golf season 2008-09) Courtney Mahon is in her first season (07-08) as the head women's golf coach at UMKC. Mahon comes to Kansas City after playing on the Futures Tour in the fall of 2007 after a successful collegiate playing career at the University of Arkansas.
With the Lady Razorbacks, Mahon was a four-year letterwinner, where she finished with a 76.91 scoring average over 133 career rounds. The scoring average is fifth lowest in the Arkansas recordbooks all-time, and the 133 rounds are tied for the most in school history. Additionally, all four of Mahon's career scoring averages rank among the top-20 in the Arkansas recordbooks.
While in Fayetteville, the Topeka, Kan., native helped the Lady Razorbacks to back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances. The 2004-05 squad became the first women's golf team in school history to compete at the Championship, where they finished in 11th place. A year later, the squad tallied a 10th place finish at the 2006 NCAA Championships.
On the amateur scene, Mahon claimed the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Missouri Women's Amateur Championships, as well as the 2005 Kansas Women's Amateur Championship. She also is a two-time KWGA State Champion, as she won the event in 2003 and 2004. Mahon also advanced through the first round of the U.S. Women's Open qualifying during the summers of '03 and '04.
Off the course, Mahon was a two-time Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll selection, and she was named to the 2005-06 SEC Community Service Team.
Mahon graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor of science degree in dietetics with a minor in psychology in May of 2007.

Gus Malzahn -- Head Football Coach, Arkansas State University Red Wolves

*Won the Frank Broyles Award in 2010

(as of football season 2012) Gus Malzahn was named the head football coach at Arkansas State University on December 14, 2011 after three years as the offensive coordinator at Auburn University. He served as the assistant head coach and co-offensive coordinator as well as quarterbacks coach at the University of Tulsa the previous two seasons (07-08) and was named offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Auburn on December 28, 2008.
During his two seasons at Tulsa, Malzahn's offenses were among the nation's finest, ranking first nationally in total offense in 2007 and second in 2008. Prior to his arrival at Tulsa, Malzahn was the offensive coordinator and receivers coach at Arkansas in 2006.
Malzahn spent the 2006 season as offensive coordinator and receivers coach at Arkansas. During his tenure, the Razorbacks finished with a 10-4 record, were SEC West Division Champions and were ranked 15th nationally.
Under Malzahn's direction, Arkansas not only had the nation's fourth-ranked rushing offense, but also ranked among the top-35 nationally in total offense and scoring offense. He was named the Rivals.com National Offensive Coordinator of the Year in 2006.
Malzahn spent 14 seasons as a successful Arkansas high school head coach, from 1991-2005, where he led five teams to the state championship game and won three titles.
Before becoming a college coach at Arkansas in 2006, Malzahn was the head coach at Springdale High School for five years (2001-05). He led the Bulldogs to two state championship game appearances, 2002 and 2005. Malzahn's 2005 team posted a 14-0 record, won the state's Class 5A championship, outscored its opponents 664-118 and was ranked among the top-10 teams in the country.
Prior to his stint at Springdale, Malzahn coached five years at Shiloh Christian High School where he transformed that program into one of the most dynamic offensive prep squads in the nation. He led the Saints to back-to-back state championships in 1998 and 1999.
Malzahn began his coaching career in 1991 at Hughes High School, where he stayed for five seasons including the final four years as the head coach. In 1992, Malzahn became the head coach and in 1994 his team reached the state championship game.

Years	School	Win	Loss	Tie
1992-95	Hughes	28	17	0
1996-00	Shiloh Christian	63	8	1
2001-05	Springdale	53	11	0
High Sch.	Totals	144	36	1

Mike Markuson -- Offensive Line Coach, University of Wisconsin Badgers

(as of football season 2012) Markuson was named the offensive line coach at Wisconsin on January 21, 2012. He spent the previous four years (08-11) at Ole Miss. Prior to that, Markuson spent ten years at Arkansas, in which time no other Southeastern Conference team was more effective at running the ball than the Razorbacks. In 2003, Markuson added the duty of running game coordinator, and the Hogs topped the SEC in rushing in four of the five campaigns under his watch.
The 2007 season saw the Razorbacks lead the SEC and end the season fourth in the nation in rushing offense with 286.54 yards per game. Additionally, Arkansas finished the season fifth nationally allowing only 13 sacks, which equated to just one sack per game for Razorback opponents.
In addition, Markuson helped the Razorbacks top the SEC in rushing in 2005, 2003 and 2002, while the 2004 squad finished second despite the loss of all six starters. The 2003 Arkansas running attack ranked fifth nationally, and All-American tackle Shawn Andrews was an Outland and Lombardi Trophy finalist.
With 28 years of collegiate coaching experience, including three as an offensive coordinator, Markuson began his coaching relationship with Houston Nutt at Oklahoma State where he was a graduate assistant in 1987 and 1988 while Nutt was the receivers coach.
The two were reunited in 1993 when Nutt was named head coach at Murray State and brought Markuson in to serve as his offensive line coach. They've been together since, including the 1997 season at Boise State where Markuson served as Nutt's offensive coordinator.

Darryl Mason -- Wide Receivers Coach, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns

(as of football season 2010) Darryl Mason joined Louisiana-Lafayette on January 25, 2007. He spent the previous three seasons (2004-06) with Tulane.
Prior to coming to Tulane, Mason completed his third stint at Northwestern State (La.) where he was the offensive coordinator and receivers' coach for two years, helping the Demons to the I-AA playoffs in 2002. His 2003 NSU offense broke the school and conference record for points in a season.
Mason also worked as receivers coach at Northwestern State from 1990-93 and again in 2000. The Demons boasted an all-Southland Conference receiver every year from 1990-92. Mason spent 2001 as receivers coach at UL-Monroe. Mason coached receivers at East Tennessee State from 1995-98, where he helped the Buccaneers to the 1996 I-AA playoffs. His ETSU receivers set 12 school records and the Bucs' B.J. Adigun earned I-AA All-America honors in 1997.
The Little Rock, Ark., native has also coached receivers at Southwest Missouri State (1987-88) and Weber State (1989), tight ends at UNLV (1993), outside linebackers at Idaho State (1994) and was the offensive coordinator at Cheyney (1999).
A 1977 prep All-American who was named Arkansas' high school Athlete of the Year in 1978, Mason was a three-year starter at tight end for coach Lou Holtz at Arkansas from 1978-81. The Razorbacks made four straight bowl appearances during his career, including the 1979 Fiesta and 1980 Sugar bowls. He captained the Arkansas team as a senior, won the Gordon Campbell Senior Spirit Award, and was named All-Southwest Conference.
Following his college career, Mason played in the United States Football League for four seasons. He started for the Birmingham Stallions from 1983-85 with 132 passes for 1,300 yards.
He earned a bachelor's degree from Arkansas in 1982 and began his coaching career in 1984 on Holtz' staff at Minnesota while still playing in the USFL.

Coak Matthews -- Head Swimming Coach, Henderson State University Red Wave

(as of school year 2009-10) One of the most decorated coaches in Henderson State history, Coak Matthews is in his 24th year (05-06) as the university's head swimming and diving coach.
Matthews, a 1995 inductee into the Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame, has won 22 conference championships. He has been named national diving coach of the year in 1990, national swimming coach of the year in 1994 and conference swimming coach of the year 14 times. 
Matthews guided the Red Wave swim team to the 2005 New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Championship and was named the NSISC Men's Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year. The Red Wave also recorded their best-ever finish at the NCAA Division II National Championships placing ninth.
Matthews has also been named a Master Coach by the College Swimming Coaches Association as well as a level 5 coach (highest level possible) in the category of the NCAA II by the American Swimming Coaches Association. During his collegiate coaching career, he has coached 3 national champions and over 135 All Americans. 
Matthews also sponsored the swim team at Arkadelphia High School from 1983 until 2003. He coached the Lady Badgers to two state championships and eighteen of his swimmers and divers at AHS have been named all-state.
Matthews graduated from Memorial High School in Houston, Texas, in 1973. He went on to attend the University of Arkansas, where he swam for the Razorbacks all 4 years.
Matthews earned his B.S.B.A degree in finance and banking from the University of Arkansas in 1977. After serving as the head coach for the Houston Swim Club in 1978 and the head coach for the Quail Valley Aquatic Club in Houston from 1979-82, Matthews came to Henderson State.
It 2003, Matthews became a member of the Reddie Hall of Honor.

Kirk McConnell -- Volunteer Assistant Baseball Coach, University of Mississippi Rebels

(as of baseball season 2012) Kirk McConnell joined the Ole Miss baseball staff as a volunteer assistant coach on October 21, 2010.
McConnell joins the Rebels after four seasons at Northeast Texas Community College where he has served as the recruiting coordinator and coached outfielders, the base runners and served as the hitting instructor.
McConnell will coach the infielders and assist with the hitters at Ole Miss.
At Northeast Texas, McConnell helped lead an offense that hit over .315 and posted more than 100 stolen bases in each of his four seasons. The Eagle offense averaged 129 stolen bases a season during his time with Northeast Texas, and is coming of a 2010 season that saw the team lead Region 14 in hitting with a .342 average and runs scored.
Prior to joining the staff at Northeast Texas, McConnell worked at Southern Arkansas University, where he held the position of hitting coach in the fall of 2006.  McConnell’s duties included overseeing hitters, and assisting with outfielders, base running, and recruiting.
After completing his playing career, McConnell joined the Division I coaching ranks at Missouri State University.  He served as an assistant coach for one season, working with Bear hitters, outfielders, and base runners.
An All-State and two-time All-Conference performer at Magnolia High, McConnell began his collegiate career at the University of Arkansas, where he was a Freshman All-American Honorable Mention outfielder, helping the Razorbacks to two Regional Appearances and a Super Regional appearance as a two-year letterman.  McConnell then transferred to Missouri State University where he was an All-Conference and All-Region performer.  McConnell was also named the team Most Valuable player during his senior season as team captain for the Bears. Following his collegiate career, McConnell played professionally for two seasons with the River City Rascals of the Frontier Professional Baseball League.
McConnell spent two summers as Head Coach of the Columbia Angels (AR) with American Legion Baseball, leading the Angels to two District Championships and one State Championship.
McConnell earned his bachelor of arts in history from Missouri State University in May of 2006.

Marcia McDermott -- General Manager, Chicago Red Stars (Women's Pro Soccer)

(as of soccer season 2010) Marcia McDermott was named an assistant coach at the University of Illinois in July 2006 and moved on to be the general manager of Chicago in the Women's Professional Soccer League in January 2008. McDermott is a former head coach at Northwestern University and with the Carolina Courage of the WUSA.
McDermott brings a great deal of experience at a high level to the Illini squad as a former NCAA national champion during her playing career and a WUSA champion as a coach. She won three NCAA titles at North Carolina in 1983, '84 and '86 and led the Carolina Courage to a WUSA regular-season championship and Founder's Cup in 2002 as the only female coach in the league.
In addition, her hiring reunites the former coaching staff at the University of Arkansas, where McDermott was the head coach from 1990-92 with Rayfield as her assistant and current Illini assistant coach Dale Armstrong as a student assistant coach in 1991 and a graduate assistant in 1992.
McDermott has also served as head coach at Northwestern, where she led the Wildcats to a Sweet 16 berth in 1998 and was named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Central Region Coach of the Year in 1996 and 1998. She is very involved in the NSCAA as well, serving on the Women's Committee from 1994-2000, the Board of Directors from 1999-2000 and the Executive Committee in 2006.

Garrick McGee -- Head Football Coach, University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers

(as of football season 2012) Garrick McGee, offensive coordinator at the University of Arkansas the past two seasons and a finalist for the 2011 Broyles Award that is presented to the nation's top assistant coach, was named head football coach at UAB on December 4, 2011.
McGee, a former Oklahoma quarterback, was a leading force behind Arkansas becoming one of the country's most prolific offenses in recent years. In his first season as the offensive coordinator in 2010, the Razorbacks earned the school's first BCS appearance in program history as the season culminated at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
The Arkansas offense escalated to an unprecedented level after McGee became the offensive coordinator in 2010. The unit set 11 UA single-season records in his first season, among those total yards (6,273), passing yards (4,338) and passing touchdowns (36).
Before joining the staff at Arkansas, McGee spent four seasons (2004-07) at Northwestern University, where he was the receivers and punt return coach his first two seasons and the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator in 2006 and 2007.
Directing the Wildcats' spread offense, McGee's 2007 unit led the Big Ten and was No. 11 in the nation in passing (307.9 yards per game) and led the Big Ten and was No. 31 in the country in total offense (427.7 yards per game).
McGee was the receivers and kickoff return coach for head coach John Robinson at UNLV in 2003.
In 2002, he was the receivers coach at Toledo, helping the Rockets earn a spot in the Motor City Bowl with a Mid-American Conference West Division title. Toledo was fifth in the nation in total offense with 472 yards per game, setting school records for total offense (6,752 yards) and passing yards (3,611).
A native of Tulsa, Okla., McGee began his coaching career at Langston (Okla.) University where from 1996-98 he coached defensive backs before moving to quarterbacks, receivers and special teams.
He was the receivers and kickoff return coach at Northern Iowa in 1999, helping UNI set school records for total offense (5,253 yards) and passing yards (3,722).
In 2001 and 2002, he was an offensive assistant and quality control coach with the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. He worked as an assistant to then-quarterbacks coach Bobby Petrino, helping quarterbacks and receivers with fundamentals and assisting in all phases of special teams.
Prior to the 2005 season, McGee was one of 10 coaches selected to participate in the NCAA Expert Coaching Academy. The program is designed to teach and reinforce various aspects of securing, managing and excelling in NCAA head coach positions at the I-A level. In the summer of 2010, he was one of 15 coaches to attend the NCAA Champions Forum in Anaheim, Calif. The goal of the Champions Forum is to link the coaches with athletics directors.
McGee attended Booker T. Washington High in Tulsa and played for his father, the late Larry McGee. He played at Arizona State in 1991 and 1992 under Petrino, went to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in 1993 and transferred to Oklahoma.
He played two years for the Sooners and ended his career fourth on OU's career passing list with 2,449 yards. He was named the Big Eight Newcomer of the Year by the league's coaches in 1994.
McGee earned an associate's degree from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in 1993 and his bachelor's from OU in 1996.

Justin McGrath -- Head Men's Tennis Coach, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs

(as of school year 2010-11) Justin McGrath, the 2006 Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Coach of the Year and head coach of both the men's and women's programs at Louisiana at Lafayette, was selected as head coach of the Cal Poly men's tennis program in August 2006.
McGrath spent the previous four years at Louisiana at Lafayette, where he led the men's program to national rankings each season, with the 2006 squad finishing No. 36.
McGrath led the Ragin' Cajuns to a conference championship in 2006 and they were runners-up in 2005 and '04.
His 2006 team earned a berth in the NCAA tournament while members of the 2005 team qualified as individuals.
Under McGrath's tutelage, Louisiana at Lafayette posted a 27-0 record on its home courts.
He led the women's program to its first national ranking (No. 73) in 2006 and posted a 14-6 overall record.
Before arriving at Louisiana at Lafayette, McGrath was an assistant men's coach at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville from 1999-2002.
While at Arkansas, his teams earned two NCAA Tournament bids (2001, 2002), two top-25 national rankings (2001, 2002) and helped former Razorback Oskar Johansson earn a No. 1 ITA national singles ranking in 2001.
Before Arkansas, he was a coach at John Newcombe's Tennis Academy in New Braunfels, Texas, from 1995 until 1999.
McGrath earned his bachelor of science degree in education from the University of Arkansas.

Bubbs Merrill -- Assistant Baseball Coach (Catchers & Infielders), McNeese State University

(as of baseball season 2012) McNeese State head baseball coach Terry Burrows rounded out his staff with the addition of Bubbs Merrill on July 5, 2007.
Merrill has been around quality and championship college baseball almost all his life.
Merrill played college ball at Nebraska and Arkansas, winding up his career by helping the Razorbacks to a share of the 2004 Southeastern Conference title and to a berth in the College World Series. He belted a home run in a regional game against Wichita State and batted .273 in his only season with Arkansas.
The new McNeese coach had started his collegiate career at Texarkana Community College and after batting .424 as a sophomore when he earned all-conference and all-region honors, he received a scholarship to Nebraska.
Merrill played one season at Nebraska, batting .241, and then transferred to Arkansas.
Following his senior year with the Razorbacks, he served the team as a graduate assistant coach and last year was a volunteer coach, assisting with the team's hitters and coaching the catchers.

Sytia Messer -- Head Women's Basketball Coach, Tennessee Tech University Golden Eagles

(as of basketball season 2011-12) Sytia Messer was named the head coach at Tennessee Tech on August 17, 2009. Messer came to TTU from Georgia Tech where she was associate head coach.
A native of tiny Waldo, Arkansas, Messer was a standout player at the University of Arkansas and was an assistant coach at Arkansas State and the University of Memphis, before spending the past five years on the staff at Georgia Tech.
Serving as the team's recruiting coordinator the past five seasons, Messer's classes have all ranked in the top-25 in the nation. The 2008-09 class, ranked as high as sixth by All-Star Girls Report, was one of the best in the nation and it included three star athletes from the state of Georgia.
The 2007-08 class was considered one of the best recruiting classes in school history. The Yellow Jackets inked the highest-ranked player ever to sign with the program, while the freshman class included three Street & Smith's honorable mention All-Americans.
Prior to joining the Yellow Jacket program, Messer served as an assistant coach at Memphis, working with the perimeter players and team rebounding while serving as the primary recruiter of junior college players.
Messer began her coaching career at Arkansas State, where she was an assistant coach under Brian Boyer for two years. At ASU, Messer was responsible for coaching guard play and team rebounding while serving as a recruiter of junior college and high school players.
As a player, Messer was a member of the Arkansas Razorbacks teams that advanced to the Final Four in 1998 and earned the 1999 WNIT Championship.
She finished her career ranked seventh on the Lady Razorbacks' all-time scoring list with 1,379 points. She was also 10th in career rebounding with 603, sixth in free throws made with 329 and fourth with 112 career three-pointers. A team captain in both her junior and senior seasons, Messer held the record for consecutive games and most games played at Arkansas with 128. A mark that stood until 2002.
Messer led her 1998 Razorback team to a 22-11 record and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament, where she was named the MVP of the West Regional and where the team eventually lost to national champion Tennessee in the Final Four. The previous season, she had helped her Arkansas team to its first victory over the Volunteers in the history of the program by holding 1997 and 1998 NCAA Tournament MVP Chamique Holdsclaw to a career-low five points in Fayetteville. Messer then led her team to the 1999 WNIT Championship and earned All-Tournament team honors during her senior campaign.

Ralph Micheli -- Tight Ends Coach, Minnesota St. University Moorhead Dragons

(as of football season 2011) Dean of both the Minnesota State University Moorhead coaching staff and the NSIC head coaching fraternity, Ralph Micheli returned to MSU Moorhead as an offensive line coach in 2010. . . Appointed head coach at MSU Moorhead on April 5, 1993 as a replacement for retiring Ross Fortier. Served as head coach until 2004.

BORN: January 20, 1948
HIGH SCHOOL: Bishop Noll Institute, Hammond, IN, 1966
COLLEGE: Macalester College, 1966-70, BS degree; Indiana University (NW), 1977, MS degree; University of Arkansas, 1974-76, Ed.D degree
COACHING: Bishop Noll Institute, Hammond, IN, assistant, 1970; Michigan City High School, Michigan City, IN, assistant, 1971; Lincoln High School, Cambridge City, IN, head coach, 1972-73; University of Arkansas, graduate assistant, 1974-75; Sul Ross State University, assistant coach, 1976-77; Tarkio (MO) College, head coach, 1978-80; Loras (IA) College, assistant coach, 1981-85; Sul Ross State, head coach, 1985-91; MSU Moorhead, assistant coach, 1992, 2010; MSU Moorhead, head coach, 1993-04.

Paula Miller -- Head Women's Swimming Coach, Ithaca College Bombers

(as of swimming season 2009-10) Ithaca's most successful women's swimming and diving coach, Paula Miller completed her 20th season with the program in 2004. Miller has guided the Bombers to 12 top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III championship, 14 NYSWCAA titles and 14 conference championships. She is a two-time NCAA Division III coach of the year, winning that award in 1987 and 1999.
The NYSWCAA's coach of the year in six of the past seven seasons, Miller has guided the Bombers to two fourth-place finishes at the NCAA meet (1987 and 1989). Miller came to Ithaca in 1984 as men's and women's head coach. She won 29 of 34 dual meets while coaching the men's team before she began to concentrate solely on the women's program. Her women's teams have won nearly 83 percent of their dual meets. Miller has coached 64 student-athletes to 429 all-American honors and seven members of the Ithaca Athletic Hall of Fame.
A 1973 graduate of Bridgewater State College, Miller was inducted into her alma mater's athletic hall of fame in 1990. She earned her master's degree and was an assistant coach at Indiana State University. Miller's previous head coaching experience includes stints at the University of Arkansas and California State University-Sacramento.

Years	School	Wins	Losses	Ties	Win %
1984-08 (24 yrs)	Ithaca	184	48	2	.786

Rick Minter -- Co-Defensive Coordinator, University of Kentucky Wildcats

(as of football season 2011) Rick Minter was hired at Kentucky in 2011. He spent one season ('10) at Indiana State. He was named defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Marshall University on February 1, 2008 and interim head coach for their 2009 bowl game.
Minter most recently served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Notre Dame from 2005-06 under Charlie Weis, helping the Irish to two BCS bowls - the Fiesta Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. He held the same position under Lou Holtz at Notre Dame during the 1992 and 1993 seasons, helping the Irish to back-to-back Cotton Bowl appearances.
Minter also brings a wealth of head coaching experience in Conference USA to Marshall. He was head coach at the University of Cincinnati from 1994-2003, posting 53 wins and leaving as the school's winningest coach. He guided the Bearcats to the Humanitarian Bowl in 1997 (the school's first bowl berth since 1951), the Motor City Bowl in 2000 and 2001 and the New Orleans Bowl in 2002. Minter's 2002 squad was the C-USA Co-Champions.
Minter coordinated Ball State's defense from 1985-91 and held the same post at South Carolina in 2004 where he rejoined Holtz. He has also coached at New Mexico State, North Carolina State, Louisiana Tech and Arkansas, where he was a graduate assistant under Lou Holtz.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education (1977) and a M.S. in Education (1978) from Henderson State (Ark).

James Mitchell -- Director of Player Development, Duke University Blue Devils

(as of football season 2011) James "Mitch" Mitchell was named Director of Player Development for the Duke football program on January 16, 2009.
Mitchell joined the Duke staff after serving six years as the team chaplin for the football, men's basketball and women's basketball programs at the University of Tennessee. Prior to his tenure with the Volunteers, Mitchell served as a National Director for Pro Athletes Outreach where he worked with both the NFL and Major League Baseball. Other professional experience includes a stint as an Area Representative for the Fellowship of Athletes in Nashville, Tenn., and service as a Pastor of College/Career at Antiock Bible Church where he was the Director of Youth Departments while working as the chaplin for the men's basketball and women's volleyball teams at the University of Washington.
A 1985 graduate of the University of Central Arkansas, Mitchell also has an extensive background in college football having held assistant coaching positions at Central Arkansas, Arkansas (under Ken Hatfield), Southwest Baptist, Savannah State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Tennessee State. He also earned a master's degree in education from Southwest Baptist in 1989.

John Mitchell -- Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Line, Pittsburgh Steelers

(as of football season 2011) John Mitchell begins his 11th season (2005) as the Steelers defensive line coach.
Mitchell is in his 31st season of coaching, including 16 years at the college level and two in the United States Football League. This is his 13th season as an NFL coach. Mitchell joined the Steelers' coaching staff Jan. 31, 1994.
In his seven years with the Steelers, Mitchell has been instrumental in the development of Kimo von Oelhoffen and Aaron Smith, and other productive Steelers such as former All-Pro nosetackle Joel Steed, Kevin Henry and Orpheus Roye.
A former All-America defensive end for Alabama, Mitchell's early years in coaching were spent studying under two of college football's greatest coaches.
Mitchell began his coaching career in 1973 as defensive line coach under Paul ''Bear'' Bryant at Alabama. After four years at Alabama (1973-76), Mitchell spent six seasons as defensive line coach at Arkansas (1977-82) on Lou Holtz's staff.
In 1983, Mitchell made his first move to the professional level. From 1983-85 he served as defensive line coach for the USFL's Birmingham Stallions and returned to the college ranks in 1986 as defensive ends coach at Temple.
Mitchell began a four-year stint in 1987 as linebackers coach at Louisiana State (1987-90) under current Steelers linebacker coach Mike Archer, who was the head coach. In 1990, Mitchell became the first African-American defensive coordinator in Southeastern Conference history when he was named Louisiana State's defensive coordinator, while continuing to coach linebackers.
Mitchell joined the NFL ranks in 1991 with the Cleveland Browns, where he tutored two Pro Bowl defensive tackles, Michael Dean Perry and Rob Burnett. Mitchell accepted his current appointment following three seasons coaching the defensive line for the Browns.
A two-time Junior College All-American defensive end at Eastern Arizona Junior College in 1969-70, Mitchell then transferred to Alabama where he became the first African American to play for the Crimson Tide. A starter at defensive end from 1971-72, Mitchell earned All-America honors in 1972. He earned a bachelor's degree in social work in 1977.

Matt Mitchell -- Head Men's Basketball Coach / A.D., Westminster College Blue Jays

(as of 2011-12 school year) Matt was named the Interim Athletics Director at Westminster on November 5, 2004. The Westminster men's basketball team is 61-88 in Matt's six years (1998-04) as head coach. He was also the Men's & Women's Golf Head Coach for awhile. Mitchell, who graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1987, was a walk-on for Eddie Sutton for one year and Nolan Richardson for one year.

Orlando Mitjans -- Assistant Football Coach (Cornerbacks), Georgia Southern University Eagles

(as of football season 2011) Orlando Mitjans was named cornerbacks coach at Georgia Southern on March 11, 2010. He had re-joined the Tennessee State staff in 2009 after one year as defensive coordinator at Florida A&M (2008) and two years (06-07) as the secondary coach at Eastern Kentucky.
Mitjans, who has more than 20 years of coaching experience, spent 2005 as Tennessee State's defensive coordinator and secondary coach. In that capacity, Mitjans' defense ranked third in the OVC in both total defense and pass defense, while three of his players were named to the all-conference team.
Prior to arriving at Tennessee State, Mitjans spent six seasons on the Towson coaching staff. He served as the Tigers' running backs coach for two years before moving to the secondary for another four seasons. Mitjans was given the additional title of defensive coordinator in the summer of 2002.
A 1982 graduate of Northeastern, Orlando began his collegiate career at Arkansas where he saw action as a running back in the 1979 Fiesta Bowl. Mitjans played safety for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League before entering the coaching profession. In addition to his tenure at Tennessee State and Towson, Mitjans has spent time coaching at Northeastern (83-84), Cheyney (92-94), Kent State, C.W. Post and Morgan State. He has also worked NFL summer camps with the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets and St. Louis Rams.

Sidney Moncrief -- Assistant Coach, Milwaukee Bucks

(as of basketball season 2011-12) Sidney Moncrief joined the Milwaukee Buck as an assistant coach on August 15, 2011. He was named shooting coach for the Golden State Warriors on October 2, 2007 after one year (06-07) as head coach of the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBA Development League. He left Golden State in January 2009 to become a consultant for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association. The eleven-year NBA veteran, was a five-time All-Star and the first recipient of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.
A native of Little Rock, Ark., Moncrief attended the University of Arkansas from 1975-1979 and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in education while enjoying a stellar collegiate basketball career. He averaged 16.9 points and 8.3 rebounds and helped the Razorbacks win three Southwest Conference championships and advance to the 1978 Final Four. A two-time All-America selection, Moncrief holds a prominent place in the Arkansas record books, ranking first in career free throws and rebounds, second in career points, and third in career field goals.
After completing his college career, Moncrief was selected fifth overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1979 NBA Draft. He went on to play 10 years with the Bucks before playing a final season with the Atlanta Hawks. In addition to winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in 1983 and 1984, Moncrief was a five-time All-NBA Defensive Team selection. Moncrief, once called "the most beloved athlete in the history of Arkansas", owns a similar spot in the hearts and minds of Bucks fans. His #4 was raised to the rafters on January 6, 1990, at the Bradley Center. Among the seven Bucks whose numbers hang in the rafters, Moncrief is the only one who played in the facility.
At the conclusion of his professional career, Moncrief forged a career as a successful entrepreneur, serving as president of Sidney Moncrief Pontiac-Buick-GMC in Sherwood, Ark. and Sidney Moncrief Hyundai in Pine Bluff, Ark. Moncrief began his coaching career in 1999 as the head men's basketball coach for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock before serving three seasons as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks.

Year	Team	Wins	Losses
2006-07	Fort Worth (NBDL)	29	22

Tim Montez -- Associate Head Baseball Coach / Pitching, Jacksonville University Dolphins

(as of baseball season 2012) Tim Montez joined Jacksonville University on July 11, 2005 after three seasons (2003-5) at Fresno State University. His primary duties include the roles of pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.
Montez came to Fresno State after spending five seasons as assistant at the University of Arkansas under head coach Norm DeBriyn.
In his five years at Arkansas, Montez built a reputation for recruiting some of the top pitchers in the country, evident by the Razorbacks' steady decline in team ERA throughout his years there. Arkansas' ERA dipped nearly a full run in his first season, going from an all-time high of 6.20 the season prior to his arrival to 5.28 in 1998. It dipped to 5.12 in 1999 as he guided his hurlers to a school-record 22 conference victories en route to Razorbacks' first SEC overall and Western Division titles. The team's ERA continued its steady decline under Montez, as the 2001 staff recorded a 4.65 ERA.
In addition to the Razorbacks' team accomplishments under Montez, the team's pitchers flourished individually. Montez helped David Walling develop into one of the best pitchers to wear a Razorback uniform before the New York Yankees took him with the 27th overall selection in the first round of the 1999 First Year Player Draft. Walling was followed in the draft by Dan Wright, now pitching for the Chicago White Sox.
Under Montez's direction, each of Arkansas' recruiting classes from 1998-01 was ranked among the top 25 in the nation by Collegiate Baseball.
Montez has been part of successful programs throughout his playing and coaching career. Prior to joining Arkansas, he served for one season as the pitching coach at Cal State Northridge under Batesole. CSN compiled a 42-20 record in his tenure, thanks in large part to a pair of 11-game winners on the mound, Benny Flores and Erasmo Rameriz.
A native of Southern California who grew up in Whittier, Montez has always been one step ahead of the game, especially in his coaching career. During a redshirt season at Pepperdine, he found time to coach Esperanza High School to the playoffs with a sparkling 1.86 ERA.
Montez's talents were recognized by then Pepperdine coach Andy Lopez who brought Montez to the Malibu, Calif., school. Montez directed the Waves' pitching staff from 1989-90 and helped Pepperdine post a 78-42-1 record over that two-year period, including a conference title. His staff posted the best ERA in the West Coast Conference in consecutive seasons while leading the Waves to a NCAA West Regional appearance in 1989. Pepperdine boasted the conference pitcher of the year in both seasons along with two freshmen All-Americans.
Montez returned to the high school baseball circuit in 1991 as an assistant coach at Montclair Prep High School in Van Nuys, Calif., where he coached Brad Fullmer, now with the Anaheim Angels, and Russ Ortiz, now with the San Francisco Giants. There he helped mold one of the top prep squads in California, one that captured a state championship in 1991. Montclair posted a 59-12 record in the three seasons of Montez's tenure.
In 1994, Montez returned to the collegiate ranks as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at UC Santa Barbara. There he helped lead the Gauchos to the NCAA West Regional in 1996 and signed one of the top recruiting classes in 1995-96, which included Mike Young of the Texas Rangers and Barry Zito of the Oakland Athletics.
Montez moved on to Cal State Northridge for one season before joining Arkansas for the 1998 campaign.
He first made a name for himself as a two-sport star at Saint Paul (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) High School. He earned all-state honors in both football and baseball as a quarterback and pitcher, respectively. He was named his high school's athlete of the year his senior season.
A four-year letterwinner at Pepperdine, Montez posted a 19-11 record on the mound while collecting three saves and helped the Waves to a Southern California Baseball Association championship his senior year. He earned all-conference recognition after tallying a 6-3 record and a career-best 2.80 ERA his sophomore season.
Montez was a first-round draft pick of the Mexican League's Mexico City Reds. He played two seasons before returning to the United States to begin coaching.

Jerry Moore -- Head Coach, Appalachian State University Mountaineers

*Won the 2005, 2006 & 2007 NCAA Division I-AA National Championship

*Named the 2005 & 2006 AFCA Region 2 Coach of the Year

(as of football season 2011) Having established Appalachian as one of the elite programs in I-AA football, Jerry Moore enters his 17th season ('05) as head football coach at Appalachian State University.
Moore earned his undergraduate degree in finance and economics from Baylor in 1961. In 1965, Moore began an eight-year stint with Hayden Fry at Southern Methodist. Following the 1972 season, Moore joined Tom Osborne's staff at Nebraska as receivers coach and began his duties with Nebraska in time for their Orange Bowl victory over Notre Dame on Jan. 1, 1973. It would mark the first of seven-straight bowl appearances for Moore at Nebraska where he coached for six seasons. He was named offensive coordinator in 1978. In 1979 Moore accepted the head coaching position at North Texas, replacing Hayden Fry. In his two seasons in Denton, Moore was 11-11. On Jan. 4, 1981, Moore assumed the head coaching duties a Texas Tech. In his five seasons with the Red Raiders, his squads were 16-37-2.
Following his five years at Texas Tech, Moore entered private business and spent two years away from football before joining Ken Hatfield's staff at Arkansas for the 1988 season. The Razorbacks captured the Southwest Conference crown and played in the Cotton Bowl. Arkansas finished among the nation's top 10-ranked teams, posting a 10-2 overall record. Following the Cotton Bowl, Hatfield named Moore the Razorbacks' recruiting coordinator.

Dahrron Moss -- Assistant Football Coach (Defensive Backs), Arkansas War Cats (WFL)

(as of football season 2010) Moss has been an assistant coach for the Arkansas War Cats of the World Football League since 2008. He lettered at Arkansas from 1996-99.

Matilda Mossman -- Head Women's Basketball Coach, University of Tulsa

(as of basketball season 2011-12) Matilda Mossman was named the head women's basketball coach at the University of Tulsa on March 22, 2011. Most recently a prep coach in Oklahoma, Mossman previously held head coaching stints on the collegiate level at both the University of Arkansas and Kansas State University.
In over 16 years as a head coach, Mossman has compiled a 341-148 record for a .697 winning percentage. She has served as a head collegiate coach for eight years, while coaching on the high school level for the last nine seasons.
Mossman spent the past nine years as the head basketball coach at Norman, where her teams compiled an overall 191-53 record for a .796 winning percentage. Her teams qualified for the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association (OSSAA) Class 6A state tournament in each of the last eight seasons.
Her prep teams won eight straight regional championships and advanced to the state semifinals six times, while winning 20+ games in seven of those seasons. Mossman led Norman High School to the state title in 2005 with an overall 25-3 record.
This past year, Mossman coached the Norman team to a 19-9 record and advanced to the state quarterfinals. A year earlier, Mossman's team posted a 23-6 record and finished as the Class 6A state runner-up. Her teams also made the state semifinals in 2003-04, 2005-06, 2007-08 and 2008-09.
She was named the conference coach of the year three times, while earning regional and district coach of the year accolades twice.
Before her appointment at Norman High School, Mossman spent one year as the assistant girls basketball coach at Norman North High School. Before moving to Norman, Mossman spent seven years (1994-2001) as a health & physical education teacher and girls basketball coach at Normal (Ill.) Community High School.
Mossman began her coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at her alma mater, Western Kentucky University, in 1979. The next season, Mossman served as an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas.
A year later, at age 24, Mossman was promoted to the head coaching position at Arkansas. She was a member of the same athletic department staff with athletic director Frank Broyles, head football coach Lou Holtz and men's basketball coach Eddie Sutton.
With three freshmen starters, Mossman's first Lady Razorback squad in 1981-82 compiled a 26-10 record and advanced to the "Sweet 16" of the final AIAW National Tournament. It was the first of three straight 20-win seasons at Arkansas. Mossman posted four winning seasons in five years at Kansas State, while her 1987 Wildcat team won the Big Eight Conference Championship and posted an overall 22-9 record. She was named the Big Eight Conference Coach of the Year for the 1986-87 campaign.
Following her stint at Kansas State, Mossman served as an assistant coach at Illinois State under WBCA Hall of Fame Coach Jill Hutchison for three seasons (1991-94). She left the collegiate coaching profession following the 1993-94 season to spend time raising her two sons, while also teaching and coaching in Illinois.
Mossman earned a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1979 and her graduate degree in education in 1980, both from Western Kentucky.

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