Scott Reed -- Quarterbacks Coach, Stephen F. Austin State University
(as of football season 2004)
Kareem Reid -- Assistant Basketball Coach, Arkansas RiverCatz (ABA)
(as of basketball season 2006-07) Reid was named a player/coach for the Arkansas RiverCatz of the ABA in the early part of the 2006-07 season.
Bo Rein -- Football
Rein started his college career playing
for and then coaching under Woody Hayes at Ohio State University.
Rein became a regular member of the Ohio State coaching staff
in 1969 before becoming an offensive backfield coach at William
and Mary under Lou Holtz in 1970.
In 1971, he joined the staff of Purdue University and then went
to North Carolina State when Holtz became head coach there.
In 1975, Rein went to Arkansas as the offensive coordinator. At the end of the
season, North Carolina State offered Rein the head coaching job.
He kept it for four years and went 27-18-1. During his time there,
he took the Wolfpack to win the Peach Bowl in 1977, the Tangerine
Bowl in 1978 and his team won the 1979 Atlantic Coast Conference
championship.
Rein was hired as the then youngest ever head coach at LSU. He
would never coach a game there.
Rein's Cessna Conquest plane left Shreveport, La., on Jan. 10,
1980 for what was to have been a short hop to Baton Rouge. But
en route, controllers lost contact with the pilot. The plane climbed
to 41,000 feet, heading on a straight-line course to the Virginia
coast. Military jets intercepted the Cessna, but pilots could
see no signs of life within the cabin "only the glow of the
instrument panel's indicator lights". Three and a half
hours after the flight began, the plane fell out of the sky and
crashed into the Atlantic. No debris or remains were recovered.
Although the National Transportation Safety Board could not determine
the cause of the crash, observers speculated that sudden loss
of cabin pressure played a key role.
The Niles (OH) McKinley High School Red Dragons play in Bo Rein
Memorial Stadium.
Nolan "Notes" Richardson III -- Basketball
(as of basketball season 2002-03) Lead Tennessee State to a 10-19 in 2000-01, his first year as a head coach. Was 23-45 in his time at Tennessee State. The son of former Arkansas Head Coach Nolan Richardson and former assistant coach at Arkansas.
Mike Ritchie -- Director of Football Operations, East Carolina University Pirates
(as of football season 2003) Ritchie, a graduate of Arkansas Tech, brings a strong coaching and academic background to his administrative post with the Pirates. He has served the past four years as the Razorbacks' academic counselor for football, acting as a liaison between student-athletes and faculty members as well as assisting with on-campus recruiting visits. He spent the first part of his career in collegiate athletics as a basketball coach as he served one season as head men's basketball coach at Arkansas-Monticello, two seasons as head women's basketball coach at Hendrix College, and two seasons as head women's coach at Christian Brothers University. He has also had assistant coaching stints in women's basketball at Arkansas Tech, Arkansas State, and Arkansas-Monticello.
Wayne Robbins -- Baseball
Robbins was the head baseball coach for
the Razorbacks from 1966-1969, a position that he resigned after
completing his doctorate in the UA Graduate School. He was also Associate to the Dean
of Arts & Sciences while at UA. On January 1, 1970, he joined the staff of Senator
Strom Thurmond (R-SC) as Press Secretary. After three years with
Thurmond he served on the staffs of Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt
(R-Ark) and Senator Bill Brock (R-TN). In 1974 he became Director
of Federal Programs for the Tennessee Department of Education
in Nashville. Then followed one year as Dean of Students at Chattanooga
State Technical College before assuming the Vice-Presidency of
Belmont University in Nashville in 1976. In 1984 he became President
of the Cockroft Foundation which he founded and established in
Nashville. He retired from that position in December, 1999.
During parts of these years Robbins was a baseball scout for the
New York Yankees and the California Angels.
Stephen Robison - Student Assistant Coach, Baseball
Former Razorback outfielder Stephen Robison joined the Arkansas
coaching staff for the 2008 season as the fifth-year student assistant
for head coach Dave Van Horn. Robison assisted Van Horn and hitting
and outfield coach Todd Butler with instruction of the Hogs'
offense and outfield play. Robison helped setup and run practices.
He also assisted UA Director of Baseball Operations Clay Goodwin with
day-to-day administrative duties and was in uniform on game days.
Robison, an outfielder and sometimes second baseman was a four-year
letterman for the Razorbacks from 2004-07.
He was slated to graduate from the University of Arkansas
in May of 2008 with a degree in kinesiology and minor in general
business.
Sean Rochelle -- Defense Coordinator, Azusa Pacific University Cougars
(as of football season 2004) Sean Rochelle,
a former assistant coach at the University of Houston, University of Arkansas and Clemson University, is now in his third season
('04) as the defensive coordinator at Azusa Pacific.
The former director of football operations at Houston, Rochelle
returned to college football in 2001 after serving a year as an
educational consultant for New Urban Alliance based in Indianapolis,
Ind.
Rochelle fashions an impressive blend of coaching and academics.
Prior to his season at Houston, he served 5 years as the coordinator
of Student Athlete Support Services at Arkansas. He has a doctorate
in adult education and a master's degree in higher education administration,
both earned at Arkansas.
Rochelle played quarterback at NAIA-member University of Arkansas-Monticello,
from which he graduated in 1989, summa cum laude. He was a two-time
Academic All-American, twice an all-conference selection and garnered
Conference Player of the Year honors his senior season.
Like Shinnick, Rochelle began his coaching career as a graduate
assistant coach on Ken Hatfield's staffs at both Arkansas
and Clemson, beginning at Arkansas in 1989 and following Hatfield to Clemson the next
season.
He returned to his alma mater in 1991 and served 3 seasons as
Arkansas-Monticello's defensive coordinator. The Boll Weavers
advanced to the 1993 NAIA semi-finals of the playoffs and earned
a spot in the Aztec Bowl.
Along with his duties on the field, Rochelle coordinates the Cougars'
recruiting efforts and teaches within the university's physical
education department.
Bobby Roper -- Football
An All-Southwest Conference defensive player
at Arkansas in 1964 & 1965.
Bobby began his career as a graduate assistant at Alabama under
Paul "Bear" Bryant, then coached at Wichita State, The
Citadel, Virginia, Iowa State (at least 1972), Pittsburgh (1973-?),
Tennessee (defensive coordinator from 1977-79), Oregon State (early
'80s), and Texas A&M (early '80s). He retired from the coaching
profession after the 1984 season.
Tom Rossley -- Offensive Coordinator, Green Bay Packers
(as of football season 2005)
Originally named to his post January
26, 2000, the 55-year-old Rossley has had a long association with
success during his coaching career, a dossier that includes six
seasons as a head coach at the major college level and five seasons
as an offensive coordinator.
Prior to joining the Packers, Rossley served on the staff of the
Kansas City Chiefs as quarterbacks coach in 1999. Under his direction,
Elvis Grbac finished with the AFC's fifth-best passer rating (81.7)
and the conference's second-best, third-down rating (89.3), the
latter a key component of the Chiefs' successful 39.5 percent
third-down conversion mark, the NFL's sixth best.
The Painesville, Ohio, native earlier had made his first foray
into the NFL in 1990 as the quarterbacks coach of the Atlanta
Falcons.
In 1991, Rossley moved on to become head coach at Southern Methodist
University, where he had served earlier as an assistant coach.
His daunting assignment was to rebuild a program which recently
had been shut down by the NCAA's death penalty. After an initial
1-10 season, the Mustangs posted a 5-6 record in 1992, the school's
largest one-season turnaround since 1968, earning Rossley Southwestern
Conference 'Co-Coach of the Year' honors in the process.
Later, between his second stint at SMU and his time in Kansas
City, Rossley enjoyed a two-year stretch with the Chicago Bears
(1997-98), beginning his first season as a talent evaluator in
the team's personnel department before finishing the season as
wide receivers coach. In 1998, Rossley oversaw the Bears' tight
ends.
Also serving in the college ranks as an offensive coordinator,
Rossley first worked in that capacity during two seasons at Holy
Cross (1986-87) on the same staff with his current boss, Mike
Sherman. Under Rossley's guidance, the Crusaders went a combined
21-1, including an 11-0, Division I-AA national championship season
in 1987 that saw the team lead the nation in both points (46)
and yards (522) per game.
Rossley then held the same position for two seasons at SMU (1988-89),
his first stint at the university. Serving under Forrest Gregg,
a Hall of Fame offensive tackle for the Packers who later would
coach the same NFL team for four seasons, Rossley directed the
Mustangs to the nation's ninth-ranked passing attack in 1989.
Entering the college coaching ranks on a full-time basis in 1976
as an offensive assistant at Rice University, Rossley had the
opportunity to work with future NFL quarterback Tommy Kramer,
who later would enjoy a 14-year pro career with Minnesota (1977-89)
and New Orleans (1990). After a one-year stint as wide receivers
coach at his alma mater, Cincinnati, in 1977, Rossley returned
to Rice for a second tour of duty (1978-81), this time as the
school's passing game coordinator.
Rossley's first professional coaching job would follow in 1982,
when he served as running backs/wide receivers coach for the Canadian
Football League's Montreal Concorde. After three seasons in Montreal,
he moved south to become offensive coordinator for the San Antonio
Gunslingers of the United States Football League in 1985. He later
served a season (1987) on the offensive staff of the Arena League's
Denver Dynamite. A standout player as a collegian at the University
of Cincinnati, Rossley was a two-year letter winner (1967-68)
at wide receiver after beginning his career as a quarterback.
He garnered All-America honors in 1968 after ranking second in
the nation with a school-record 80 receptions, also setting the
Bearcats' single-game records for receptions (13) and receiving
yards (254) in the process.
Rossley began his coaching career in the fall of 1969 at Chardon
(Ohio) High School. He later coached two years at Eastlake (Ohio)
North High School (1970-71) and three seasons at Lake Worth (Fla.)
High School (1973-75). A one-year stint as a graduate assistant
at the University of
Arkansas came in 1972, a season that
saw him work with future 17-year NFL quarterback Joe Ferguson.
Kenny Roth -- Assistant Athletic Director (Marketing & Promotions), Murray State University Racers
(as of school year 2004-05) Roth, a former
men's basketball assistant for the Racers, is beginning his second
year (2001-02) as the director of the RACER Foundation.
He has spent the last five years in a managerial role at Continue
Care of Murray. Prior to entering the home health care industry,
Roth served an assistant coach under Scott Edgar at MSU from 1991-95.
Prior to his coaching stint at Murray State, Roth was an assistant
coach at Georgia State, where he helped lead GSU to the NCAA Tournament
in 1991. In addition to coaching at Murray State and Georgia State,
Roth also coached at Armstrong State College and North Greenville
(S.C.) College.
He began his coaching career as a student assistant coach at his
alma mater, the University
of Arkansas. A 1985 Arkansas graduate, Roth
coached under both Eddie Sutton and Nolan Richardson.
Born March 23, 1962 in Little Rock, Ark., he graduated from Harrison
High School in 1980. His father, Jim Roth, was a three-year letterman
in football at the University
of Arkansas, starting at tackle as a
senior on the Razorbacks' 1954 Southwest Conference championship team.
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