Malik Tabet -- Head Men's Tennis Coach, Austin Peay State University

(as of tennis season 2010-11) Malik Tabet, a former two-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, was named Austin Peay State University's head tennis coach in August 2009.
The previous spring, the French national completed his fifth full season as Indiana State's women's coach and first as men's coach. However, in a cost-cutting move, both Sycamore tennis programs were indefinitely suspended in mid-May.
In a five-year period, he led the Sycamore women to three Missouri Valley regular-season championships (2005, 2006, 2008) and an NCAA tournament appearance in 2008 following the Sycamores' MVC tourney championship. His women's tennis was ranked as high as 59th in country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) in 2007 and 68th the following season.
Tabet was named Missouri Valley Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2008 while earning ITA Midwest Region Coach of the Year in 2007.
Tabet took over the Indiana State University women's program in January 2004. Before joining the Sycamores, Tabet served as an assistant coach of the women's tennis team at the University of Arkansas in 2003.
He also had experience as the men's associate head coach at the University of New Orleans from 2001-03. While with the Privateers, UNO jumped from seventh to third in just one season before earning a second-place finish in the Sun Belt Conference during his second year in charge.
As a college athlete Tabet played a significant role in propelling the University of Mobile (Ala.) to the 1997 NAIA National Championship. Ranked as high as fifth in the nation in singles, and 12th in doubles for the Rams during 1997, Mobile finished the 1998 season second in the NAIA national tourney, the same season Tabet was ranked as high as 10th in singles, and eighth in doubles. In 1997 and 1998 the University of Mobile won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championship with Tabet earning NAIA All-American each year.
After transferring to the University of West Florida his senior season, Tabet helped the Argonauts earn the 1999 Gulf South Conference Championship and a third-place finish at the 1999 NCAA Division II National Tournament. He was named a Division II All-American after attaining rakings in singles (No. 12) and doubles (No. 18) play.
After a successful college playing career, Tabet moved into coaching, landing the head position for both the West Georgia men and women's tennis teams from 2000-01.
Tabet also enjoyed a standout career as an international player, competing for the Algerian National Team from 1991-95, as well as the Algerian Davis Cup team. He won more than 90 tournaments in France.

Oronde Taliaferro -- Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, University of Oklahoma Sooners

(as of basketball season 2009-10) Oronde Taliaferro (o-RON-day tal-uh-FAIR-o) was named an assistant coach at OU on May 1, 2007.
Taliaferro, who spent the previous six seasons as an assistant coach under head coach Stan Heath at Arkansas (five years) and Kent State (one), hails from Detroit, Mich. He was Arkansas' recruiting coordinator and was labeled by Rivals.com in 2006 as one of the top 25 recruiters in the nation.
Prior to his one-year stint at Kent State, Taliaferro spent five seasons as boys' varsity head coach at Detroit Central High School where his teams posted a combined record of 101-25. During the 1997-98 season, he guided Central to a 23-4 record and the Class A state championship. He was also named Detroit News & Free Press "Dream Team" Coach of the Year.
A two-time Public School League Coach of the Year, he also coached Central to the state semifinals in his first season (1996-97) while the 2000-01 squad went 20-4 for his second 20-win season in five years.
Taliaferro attended Wayne State University (located in Detroit) and led the program to three Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference titles, three NCAA Division II Sweet 16 appearances and a combined record of 71-20. He helped the Tarters reach the Final Four in 1993 and set a school record for victories in 1993-94 (25-5). Taliaferro began his playing career at Albion (Mich.) College, playing as a freshman before transferring to Wayne State.

Charles Terry -- Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, East Central University Tigers

(as of basketball season 2010-11) Charles Terry is in his first season as the Tigers' top assistant under new head coach Joe Redmond.
Terry most recently served as head basketball coach at Lincoln (Mo.) for six years. Prior to that, he spent three years as the head coach at Oklahoma Panhandle State University in Goodwell.
Terry also had assistant coaching stops at Fayetteville High School (Ark.), Little Rock McClellan High School (Ark.), University of the Ozarks (Ark.) and Drury (Mo.).
He is a 1972 graduate of Emporia High School (Kan.) and was a junior college All-American at Hutchinson Community College (Kan.) where he played for the legendary Gene Keady.
After his two-year stint at Hutchinson, Terry played two seasons for another legend, coach Eddie Sutton, at the University of Arkansas. Terry was a two-time All-Southwest Conference selection for the Razorbacks.

Jay Terry -- Head Softball Coach, Northeast Texas Community College Eagles

(as of softball season 2011-12) Jay Terry joined Northeast Texas Community College in August 2008. He had previously returned to the Longview area as the head volleyball and softball coach at LeTourneau University in 2003. His volleyball team was 6-24 in 03-04. From 2004-06 he was only the head softball coach. Terry grew up in Longview and graduated from Longview High School in 1984.
His previous coaching experience includes nine different scholastic schools. His previous collegiate coaching experience was with the University of Arkansas baseball team when he was the graduate assistant coach for the 1990 Southwest Conference championship team under head coach Norm DeBriyn.
He has worked in education for many years as a teacher, athletic director and coach. His first eight years were in the public school system and then he decided to change to the private Christian school system.
Terry graduated from the University of Arkansas in December of 1989 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Secondary Education. He has since continued his education by acquiring a Masters of Science degree in Educational Technology from the University of Texas at Tyler in August of 1999.

John Thompson -- Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator / Inside Linebackers, Georgia State Panthers

(as of football season 2011) Thompson joined Georgia State in July 2008 after one season as DC at Ole Miss. He had joined Ole Miss on January 15, 2007 from his alma mater, the University of Central Arkansas, where he had been the athletics director since last May 2006. Thompson was hired to lead the UCA athletic program in its first year as an NCAA Division I program.
Recognized as a top defensive mind, Thompson served two years (2003-04) as head coach at East Carolina University.
Thompson served as the defensive coordinator at Florida, Arkansas, LSU, Memphis, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana Tech and Northwestern State, and co-defensive coordinator at South Carolina.
A native of Forrest City, Ark., Thompson began his coaching career in the high school ranks in 1977 while pursuing his bachelor's degree at UCA. He graduated from UCA in 1978 and continued to coach high school football until moving on to the college ranks at the University of Arkansas as a graduate assistant for then-head coach Lou Holtz in 1982.
Thompson was the defensive coordinator at Northwestern State from 1983-86. He went to Alabama to coach the linebackers for Bill Curry in 1987 before returning to Northwestern State for the 1988 and '89 seasons. In 1990, he became defensive coordinator at Louisiana Tech.
He was the mastermind behind the dominant Southern Mississippi defense of the mid-1990s as he took over as defensive coordinator for the Golden Eagles in 1992 and was given the additional title of assistant head coach in 1993. He remained with that program until 1998.
He had comparable accomplishments in 1999 as defensive coordinator at Memphis as his Tiger defense ranked 11th nationally in scoring defense and 20th in total defense.
In December, 1999, Thompson made his move to the SEC when he was named Nick Saban's first defensive coordinator at LSU. Afforded with the opportunity to move back to his home state, Thompson was co-defensive coordinator at Arkansas in 2000, as the Razorbacks were second in the nation in pass defense and led the SEC in both pass defense and total defense. As the sole defensive coordinator in 2001, Thompson helped lead Arkansas to the 2002 Cotton Bowl.
Thompson was appointed defensive coordinator at Florida in 2002 and the Gators advanced to the Outback Bowl against Michigan. Allowing just 162.4 passing yards per game, his Florida pass defense ranked seventh in the nation and was the best by a Gator team since 1989.
Thompson's playing career includes time as a prep quarterback at Forrest City High School and two seasons as a defensive back at Central Arkansas.

Chad Tidwell -- Assistant Baseball Coach (Pitching), University of New Mexico Lobos

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(as of baseball season 2010) Chad Tidwell was hired at New Mexico in August 2007 after one season ('06) as recruiting coordinator and pitching coach at New Mexico State. After graduating from Belton (Tx) High School in 1992, he was awarded a pitching scholarship at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. Throughout his two years at McLennan, he compiled a 19-5 record. Tidwell was selected to the All-Conference team in 1993 and 1994. In 1994 he was also voted onto the Texas-New Mexico All Star Team. He then spent his remaining two years as an Arkansas Razorback. At the University of Arkansas, Tidwell pitched his way to a 13-2 record. His senior year he was voted to the Southeastern Conference All-Academic team. Tidwell received the George Dickey Award for his outstanding senior leadership. After Tidwell completed his eligibility, he began his coaching career under legendary Norm DeBriyn at the University of Arkansas. Tidwell moved back to Texas as assistant coach at Northeast Texas in 1998. In his first year at Northeast he helped the Eagles to a 42-18 record He became the interim head coach in 1998, before being hired full-time as the head coach for NTCC. He was named 2003 Region XIV Coach of the Year. Tidwell also served as the Athletic Director at Northeast Texas for four years.

Trenia Tillis-Jones -- Head Women's Basketball Coach, Tyler Junior College Apaches

(as of basketball season 2011-12)

COACHING EXPERIENCE

* Assistant Women's Basketball: Coach, Tyler Junior College, Summer 1996
* Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, University of Arkansas, 1996-2000
* Head Women's Basketball Coach, Tyler Junior College, 2000-Present.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE

* Stephen F. Austin State University, 1989-94
* BARCA Professional Basketball, Barcelona, Spain, 1994-95

PERSONAL
Trenia received her bachelor of science in rehabilitation degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1993 and her master of education in counseling degree from SFA in 1997. She instructed numerous basketball camps and has been a volunteer counselor for Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale, Arkansas.

Sarah Trew -- Head Women's Golf Coach, Florida Gulf Coast University

(as of golf season 2011-12) Sarah Trew was named the new head women’s golf coach at Florida Gulf Coast University on June 16, 2011.
Trew took over the reins of the FGCU program following five seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Kansas. With the Jayhawks, Trew assisted with producing four team tournament championships and a program-best fifth-place finish at the 2009 Big 12 Conference Championship.
Trew also assisted in coaching four individual tournament champions at KU, highlighted by 2007 Big 12 Conference champ Amanda Costner, who was the first individual Big 12 champion in school history. Coster was also named the Big 12 Sports Person of the Year and began a string of three straight years that a Jayhawk earned first team All-Conference status.
A 2006 graduate of the University of Arkansas with a double major in criminal justice and sociology, Trew was a three-year letterwinner for the Razorbacks and a SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient from 2003-06. During her tenure in Fayetteville, Trew was instrumental in developing the program into a top-10 power while helping the team to its first-ever NCAA Championship appearance in 2005. In 2006, the Razborbacks returned to the NCAA Championship, finishing 10th overall after the four-round tournament in Columbus, Ohio. Trew currently holds the 14th-lowest career stroke average in Arkansas' women's golf history.
Prior to becoming a member of the Razorbacks, Trew competed at the University of Georgia from 2002-03 where she played one season for the Bulldogs and redshirted another.
Following graduation, Trew turned professional in July 2006 and competed in select events. Trew was a qualifier for the 2006 and 2007 finals of the Re-Max World Long Drive Challenge, finishing 11th in 2006 and earning a district championship with a 325-yard drive.

Adam Tribble -- Assistant Track & Field / Cross Country Coach, University of Alabama Crimson Tide

(as of 2011-12 school year) Adam Tribble was named an assistant track and cross country coach at Alabama on June 20, 2011. Previously, he had joined the Oregon State women's track program on August 25, 2009.
Tribble came to Oregon State after spending five years at Arkansas as an assistant coach. Prior to joining the Razorback staff, he served in the same capacity at the University of Georgia.
He helped coach the Razorbacks to three straight SEC Cross Country Championships over the past three seasons with the team tallying a pair of runner-up finishes as well the prior two years. Arkansas never fell out of the top 20 at the NCAA Championships under his watch and finished as high as fifth in 2006.
While a student at Georgia, Tribble was a two-year captain of the Bulldog track and field team, earning All-Region honors in cross country. During that time, he also found time to assist with the Athens Christian School in 2000 and act as lab assistant for an endurance and research study in 2001. He also finished 46th in the U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon in 2008.
A 2002 graduate of Georgia with a degree in health and physical education, Tribble immediately went to graduate school at his alma mater and earned a master's in movement studies.

Bob Trott -- Defensive Coordinator, University of Richmond Spiders

(as of football season 2011) Bob Trott was named defensive coordinator at Richmond on March 1, 2010. A long-time coaching veteran at both the college and professional level, Trott brings 33 years of experience to the Richmond staff..
Prior to his 2009 stint at UVa, Trott spent the previous four years as a defensive assistant/linebackers coach for Romeo Crennel at the Cleveland Browns. His coaching resume includes other NFL experience with the New England Patriots from 1993 to 1995 and the New York Giants from 1991 to 1992. At both of those franchises, he worked as a defensive assistant while Al Groh was the team's defensive coordinator for at least one season.
A 1976 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Trott was a three-year letterman at safety for the Tar Heels.
Trott's college coaching resume also includes stops as the defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach at Louisiana-Monroe from 2003-2004, as the defensive coordinator at Baylor (2002), Duke (1996-2001), Clemson (1990) and Arkansas (1989), as a defensive assistant at Air Force (1978-83) and as the graduate assistant at UNC (1976-77).
Trott's resume includes 12 bowl appearances as a player or coach. At Arkansas, the Razorbacks won Southwest Conference titles in 1988 and 1989. His only season as the defensive coordinator at Clemson, the Tigers led the nation in total defense, allowing just 217 yards per game.
Trott hails from Kannapolis, N.C., where he attended A.L. Brown High School. He played safety at North Carolina, and served as a senior captain in his final season. He also excelled in the classroom, making the Academic All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team in 1975. He received a bachelor's degree in business from UNC in 1976 and in 1982 was awarded a master's degree in education.

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