Kyle Whittingham, the 2008 National Coach of the Year, has participated in more Utah victories than any coach in school history.

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In their fi rst season in the Pac-12 Utah has also excelled academically under Conference in 2011, the Utes were in conten on Whi ngham. Since he became head coach in for a berth in the league championship game 2005, his players have won three Academic un l the fi nal week of the regular season. They All-America cita ons and 163 academic all- bounced back to beat Georgia Tech in the Sun conference awards. Bowl and fi nish with an 8-5 record. The 2012 Whi ngham began his coaching career Utes fi nished strong, winning three of their fi nal in 1985-86 as a graduate assistant at his alma Kyle Whittingham, the 2008 National Coach of fi ve Pac-12 games. The highlight of the 2013 mater, Brigham Young. He spent one season the Year, has participated in more Utah victories season was a win over No. 5 Stanford and Utah as the at the College of than any football coach in school history. went 3-0 in non-conference play, sweeping the Eastern Utah in 1987, before a six-year s nt at Whittingham, who enters his 10th year as Utah’s in-state schools and improving Whi ngham’s Idaho State (1988-93). head coach with a 76-39 record, has contributed record against BYU to 6-3. A for Brigham Young from 1978- to 161 victories in 20 total seasons on the staff . Whi ngham has a solid reputa on for 81, Whi ngham earned fi rst-team all-WAC and developing NFL players and Utah was one of WAC Defensive Player of the Year honors in On Dec. 8, 2004, he was named the six Pac-12 schools with at least 25 players on 1981. He played in the fi rst four Holiday Bowls school’s 20th head coach. His fi rst victory came NFL rosters in 2013. As an assistant or head and was named Defensive MVP of the 1981 less than a month later when he co-coached coach, he has had 57 players make NFL rosters, game. In 2008, he was inducted into the Holiday (with Urban Meyer) the 2005 Fiesta Bowl win including 31 NFL dra picks (eight fi rst or Bowl Hall of Fame. A er his senior season, over Pi sburgh. His fi rst regular-season victory second-round selec ons) and 26 undra ed free Whi ngham played in the Hula and Japan was against Arizona in the 2005 season opener. agents. A school-record six Utes were dra ed Bowls. He played professionally with the Denver PLAYER BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S PLAYER He came to Utah in 1994 as the defensive in 2010, which was ed for fourth in the na on Broncos (1982 training camp) and the U.S. line coach and was promoted to defensive that year. Football League’s (USFL) Denver Gold (1983) and coordinator in 1995. His players have also earned numerous New Orleans Breakers (1984). He played on the Utah has registered three 10-win seasons collegiate awards. Whi ngham has coached ’ replacement squad in 1987. in Whi ngham’s fi rst nine years as the head nine All-Americans—among them seven fi rst- Whi ngham graduated from BYU in 1984 team selec ons and two second-team honorees. and added a master’s degree from the school

COACHES & STAFF & STAFF COACHES coach—in 2008, 2009 and 2010—earning fi nal na onal rankings of No. 2 in 2008 (Associated First-team All-Americans were Luther Elliss in 1987. Born Nov. 21, 1959, he was raised Press), No. 18 in 2009 (A.P. and Coaches) and (1994, consensus defensive lineman), Eric in Provo, Utah. He is married to the former No. 23 in 2010 (Coaches). Weddle (2006, consensus defensive back), Jamie Daniels. They have four children: Tyler, Whi ngham, who has compiled a 7-1 Louie Sakoda (2007, punter; 2008, unanimous Melissa, Alex and Kylie. Tyler played for the Utes bowl record (2-0 in BCS bowls) as the head consensus place kicker), Zane Beadles (2009, from 2009-11 and Alex is currently a redshirt coach, is the only person in the program who off ensive line), Shaky Smithson (2010, punt freshman for the Utes. was involved in all of Utah’s nine-consecu ve returner), (2012, defensive tackle) bowl wins from 1999-2009, which ed for the and Reggie Dunn (2012, kick returner). His second-longest bowl win streak in NCAA history. second-team All-Americans were Morgan Scalley He was the head coach for six of those wins and (2004, defensive back) and Caleb Schlauderaff the defensive coordinator for the fi rst three. (2010, off ensive line). Whi ngham’s Sun Bowl victory over Georgia Whi ngham’s players have won 58 fi rst- Tech in 2011 was the fi rst bowl win for the new team all-conference awards. In Utah’s fi rst three Pac-12 Conference. seasons in the Pac-12, Utah has had six fi rst- In 2008, Whi ngham engineered the best team all-conference players, among them two- season in Utah football history when the Utes me honoree Star Lotulelei (2011-12). Lotulelei fi nished 13-0 and routed Alabama—a team that won the 2011 Morris Award as the Pac-12’s had spent fi ve weeks at No. 1—in the Sugar best defensive lineman and went onto become Bowl. Utah fi nished the season with a No. 2 A.P. a fi rst-round pick in the 2013 NFL Dra . Utah’s ranking and Whi ngham was recognized as fi rst-team All-Pac-12 picks to date are Tony the Na onal Coach of the Year by the American Bergstrom (2011), Derrick Shelby (2011), Reggie Football Coaches Associa on (AFCA) and the Dunn (2012), Lotulelei (2011, 2012), Trevor Paul “Bear” Bryant Awards commi ee. Reilly (2013) and Tom Hacke (2013). The country’s only undefeated FBS team in Before joining the Pac-12, Whi ngham 2008, Utah beat four top-25 teams—two that coached a Mountain West Conference MVP RECORD BOOK BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD fi nished in the top 10. In addi on to his na onal every year from 2004-08: Defensive Players of awards, Whi ngham was named the Mountain the Year Scalley (2004) and Weddle (2005 and Kyle Whiƫ ngham has gone 7-1 in bowl games West Conference Coach of the Year. 2006), Special Teams MVP Sakoda (2006, 2007, since taking over as Utah’s co-head coach in the 2008), and Off ensive MVP Brian Johnson (2008). 2005 Fiesta Bowl.

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2004* Utah 1-0 0-0 MWC Fiesta (Pi sburgh) W 1994-present Utah INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2014 SEASON PLAYER BIOS 2005 Utah 7-5 4-4 MWC Emerald (Georgia Tech) W 2005- Head Coach 2006 Utah 8-5 5-3 MWC Armed Forces (Tulsa) W 2014- Head Coach 2007 Utah 9-4 5-3 MWC Poinse a (Navy) W Special Teams Coordinator 2008 Utah 13-0 8-0 MWC Sugar (Alabama) W 2009 Utah 10-3 6-2 MWC Poinse a (California) W 2005-13 Head Coach 2010 Utah 10-3 7-1 MWC Las Vegas (Boise State) L 2001-04 Defensive Coordinator 2011 Utah 8-5 4-5 Pac-12 Sun (Georgia Tech) W 2012 Utah 5-7 3-6 Pac-12 1998-2000 Defensive Coordinator 2013 Utah 5-7 2-7 Pac-12 Safe es 1997 Defensive Coordinator Utah Career Record: 76-39 Pac-12 Record: 9-18 Conference Record: 44-31 Bowl Record: 7-1 Linebackers *Co-head coach in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl 1995-96 Defensive Coordinator Safe es FROM WHITT TO THE NFL 1994 Defensive Line Player NFL Team PosiƟ on 1988-93 Idaho State Ma Asiata Minnesota (free agent) Running Back 1992-93 Defensive Coordinator Zane Beadles Denver (2nd round), Jacksonville Off ensive Line 1988-91 Linebackers/Special Teams Blaine Berger Arizona (free agent) Defensive Tackle 1987 College of Eastern Utah Tony Bergstrom Oakland (3rd round) Off ensive Line Defensive Coordinator Conroy Black Oakland (free agent), Detroit Defensive Back Jesse Boone Cincinna (free agent) Off ensive Line 1985-86 Brigham Young Andy Bowers Arizona (free agent) Defensive End Graduate Assistant Sam Brenner Miami (free agent) Off ensive Line Freddie Brown Cincinna (7th round), Minnesota Wide Receiver Martail Burne Minnesota (free agent), San Francisco Defensive End Brandon Burton Minnesota (5th round), Buff alo, Cincinna , Indianapolis RECORD VS. OPPONENTS Anthony Denham Houston (free agent)

Reggie Dunn Pi sburgh (free agent), New England Wide Receiver Air Force 5-1 COACHES & STAFF Andre Dyson Tennessee (2nd round), Sea le, N.Y. Jets Defensive Back Alabama 1-0 Luther Elliss Detroit (1st round), Denver Defensive Line Arizona 2-2 Jonathan Fanene Cincinna (7th round) Defensive Line Steve Fifi ta Miami (free agent), New England Defensive Line Arizona State 0-3 Tevita Finau Philadelphia (free agent), N.Y. Jets Defensive Tackle Boise State 0-2 John Frank Philadelphia (6th round) Defensive Line Brigham Young 6-3 Quinton Ganther Tennessee (7th round), , Sea le, Buff alo Running Back California 2-1 SERIES HISTORY BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW RECORD BOOK Phil Glover Tennessee (7th round), Indianapolis Linebacker Colorado 2-1 Robert Johnson Tennessee (5th round) Defensive Back Ma’ake Kemoeatu Bal more (free agent), Carolina, Washington, Bal more Defensive Line Colorado State 5-1 Joe Kruger Philadelphia (7th round) Defensive End Georgia Tech 2-0 Paul Kruger Bal more (2nd round), Cleveland Linebacker Iowa State 1-0 Travis LaTendresse Kansas City (free agent) Wide Receiver Louisville 2-0 Star Lotulelei Carolina (1st round) Defensive Tackle Michigan 1-0 John Madsen Oakland (free agent), Cleveland Tight End Brice McCain Houston (6th round), Pi sburgh Defensive Back Montana State 1-0 Keith McGill Oakland (4th round) Defensive Back Navy 1-0 Bronzell Miller St. Louis Rams (7th round), Jacksonville Defensive End New Mexico 4-2 Koa Misi Miami (2nd round) Linebacker North Carolina 0-1 Jake Murphy Oakland (free agent) Tight End Northern Arizona 1-0 Tenny Palepoi San Diego (free agent) Defensive Line Arnold Parker Sea le (free agent) Defensive Back Northern Colorado 1-0 Sione Pouha N.Y. Jets (3rd round) Defensive Line Notre Dame 0-1 Bre Ratliff N.Y. Jets (free agent), Cleveland, Tampa Bay Quarterback Oregon 0-2 David Reed Bal more (5th round), Indianapolis, San Francisco Wide Receiver Oregon State 2-3 Trevor Reilly N.Y. Jets (7th round) Linebacker Pi sburgh 3-0 Antwoine Sanders Bal more (7th round), Miami Defensive Back San Diego State 5-1 Lauvale Sape Buff alo (6th round), Oakland, Tennessee Defensive Line Josh Savage Tampa Bay (free agent), Atlanta, Tennessee, New Orleans Defensive Line San Jose State 2-0 Caleb Schlauderaff Green Bay (6th round), N.Y. Jets Off ensive Line Stanford 1-0 Richard Seals N.Y. Jets (7th round), New Orleans, Buff alo Defensive Line TCU 3-3 Derrick Shelby Miami (free agent) Defensive End Tulsa 1-0 Sealver Siliga Denver (free agent), New England Defensive Tackle UCLA 2-3 Sean Smith Miami (2nd round), Kansas City Defensive Back Paul Soliai Miami (4th round), Atlanta Defensive Tackle UNLV 5-1 R.J. Stanford Carolina (5th round), Miami, Cincinna Defensive Back USC 0-3 Tevita Stevens Washington (free agent) Off ensive Line Utah State 6-1 Stevenson Sylvester Pi sburgh (5th round) Linebacker Washington 0-2 Pene Talamaivao Buff alo (free agent), San Diego Defensive Line Washington State 2-1 Kelly Talavou Sea le (free agent), Bal more Defensive Line Spencer Toone Tennessee (7th round) Linebacker Weber State 2-0 LT Tuipulotu New England (free agent) Defensive Line Wyoming 5-1 Eric Weddle San Diego (2nd round) Defensive Back Totals 76-39 Karl Williams Oakland (free agent) Running Back

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Freshman All-America teams were true freshmen safe es Brian Blechen in 2010 and Eric Rowe in COACHING EXPERIENCE 2011. Sitake’s protégés have gone on to impact 2005- Utah NFL rosters as well, including these 10 dra picks: Lotulelei was selected by Carolina in the fi rst round 2012- Assistant Head Coach of the 2013 dra with the 14th overall pick; Misi Defensive Coordinator (Miami) was taken in the second round; Keith McGill Linebackers Kalani Sitake (pronounced ka-lah-nee sih-TA-kay), was a fourth-round dra pick (Oakland); Johnson 2009-11 Defensive Coordinator a member of head coach Kyle Whittingham’s (Tennessee), Sylvester (Pi sburgh) and Brandon Linebackers original staff , will close out a decade at Utah in Burton (Minnesota) all went in the fi h round; and 2005-08 Linebackers the fall. Hired as the linebacker coach in 2005, Toone (Tennessee), R.J. Stanford (Carolina), Joe 2003-04 Southern Utah Kruger (Philadelphia) and Reilly () Sitake would become the fi rst native Tongan 2004 Off ensive Line were seventh-round picks. Shelby (Miami), Tevita Tight Ends defensive coordinator at an NCAA Football Bowl Finau (N.Y. Jets), Sealver Siliga (New England), Tenny 2003 Running Backs Palepoi (San Diego) and LT Tuipulotu (New England) Subdivision school in 2009. He added assistant Tight Ends head coach to his title in 2012. are undra ed free agents on current NFL rosters, while Chris an Cox (New England) played one 2002 Brigham Young season as an undra ed free agent. Graduate Assistant Sitake has maintained Utah’s long me Sitake has also earned a reputa on for his Defense tradi on as one of the top defensive teams in the recrui ng abili es and 247Sports named him to its 2001 Eastern Arizona na on even against the prolifi c off enses of the Pac- Class of 2012 Top 50 recruiters. 12 Conference. The Utes have fi nished in the top 25 Defensive Backs He came to Utah a er two seasons at Special Teams Coord.

PLAYER BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S PLAYER of the NCAA defensive sta s cal rankings 18 mes Southern Utah, where he coached the Thunderbird in his fi rst nine years, with 10 of those coming since running backs and ght ends in 2003 and the Utah joined the Pac-12 in 2011. off ensive line and ght ends in 2004. Those top 25 rankings by season are: 2009— BOWL GAMES He began his career at Eastern Arizona in pass effi ciency defense (9th), opponent third down 2001 as the defensive backs coach and special conversions (9th), pass defense (16th), total defense 2011 Sun Bowl teams coordinator, and coached two junior college (19th), scoring defense (23rd); 2010—opponent 2010 Las Vegas Bowl COACHES & STAFF & STAFF COACHES All-Americans (one fi rst team). In 2002, he went to fourth down conversions (3rd), rushing defense Brigham Young as a defensive graduate assistant. 2009 Poinse a Bowl (10th), opponent fi rst downs (10th), scoring defense 2009 (2008) Sugar Bowl (25th); 2011—intercep ons (6th), scoring defense 2007 Poinse a Bowl (19th), rushing defense (20th), pass effi ciency RECRUITING AREA 2006 Armed Forces Bowl defense (24th); 2012—opponent fourth down Los Angeles, Utah, Florida conversions (11th), recoveries (19th), 2005 Emerald Bowl rushing defense (22nd); 2013—sacks per game PLAYING CAREER (2nd), rushing defense (20th). Sitake started at fullback all four years of a Brigham In their fi rst Pac-12 season, the Utes led the Young career that spanned seven years. He played conference in scoring defense, pass effi ciency as a freshman in 1994, followed by an LDS Church defense, intercep ons and fourth-down conversion mission. He returned for the 1997 season and defense, while fi nishing third in total defense and started the fi rst three games before undergoing rushing defense. In 2012, Utah led the Pac-12 back surgery and redshir ng. He was a regular in the Conference in opponent fi rst downs and opponent star ng lineup in 1998, 1999 and 2000 – missing the fourth-down conversion defense, while placing last two games of 1999 a er breaking his leg against second in rushing defense and fi h in total defense. Wyoming. He was named BYU’s Football Scholar- Last year, Sitake’s defense led the Pac-12 in sacks Athlete of the Year in 1998, Impact Player of the per game and fi nished third in rushing defense and Year in 1999 and team captain and Most Valuable tackles for loss. Running Back in 2000. He went to the Cincinna Sitake has coached nine players to a total of Bengals as a free agent in 2001, but was forced to 10 fi rst-team all-conference awards (fi ve Mountain re re due to a back injury. West Conference, four Pac-12 Conference), a Morris Award winner and two Freshman All-Americans. EDUCATION Sitake’s fi rst-team all-MWC defenders were Brigham Young, 2000 linebackers Spencer Toone (2005) and Stevenson Bachelor of Arts in English Sylvester (2009), linemen Koa Misi (2009) and Chris an Cox (2010), and safety Robert Johnson PERSONAL DATA (2009). His Pac-12 fi rst-team all-conference Hometown: Laie, Hawaii and Provo, Utah defenders are all defensive linemen: Star Lotulelei Birthplace: Nukualofa, Tonga RECORD BOOK BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD (2011, 2012), Derrick Shelby (2011) and Trevor Reilly A ended Kirkwood HS in St. Louis, Mo. (2013). Lotulelei also won the Morris Award as the Family: Married to the former Timberly Friddle. Pac-12’s top defensive lineman in 2011. Making Daughters Skye and Sadie; son Kelaokalani (KK).

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Consensus fi rst-team All-America selec ons, marking the fi rst me Missouri had two COACHING EXPERIENCE Consensus fi rst-team All-Americans in the same season. Senior center Adam Spieker was named 2014- Utah a fi nalist for the Rimington Award, which honors Off ensive Coordinator the na on’s best center. Tight Ends In 2008, the A.P. No. 19-ranked Tigers (No. 2009-13 Wyoming Dave Christensen, hired on Dec. 20, 2013 as the 16 Coaches’ poll) fi nished fourth in the na on in Head Coach off ensive coordinator and tight ends coach, brings passing off ense (330.4 yards per game), No. 6 in 2001-08 Missouri 29 years of college coaching experience to his scoring off ense (42.2) and No. 8 in total off ense Assistant Head Coach new job. His two most recent positions were at (484.1). Off ensive Coordinator Missouri, where he established himself as one of That season, the Tigers again had two Off ensive Line the top off ensive coordinators in the country, and Consensus fi rst-team All-Americans in Maclin and 1992-2000 Toledo at Wyoming, where he was the head coach from ght end Chase Coff man. Coff man also won the 1997-2000 Off ensive Coordinator 2009-13 and the 2011 Mountain West Coach of 2008 John Mackey Award as the na on’s top ght Off ensive Line end, while Maclin was a fi nalist for the Biletnikoff 1992-96 Off ensive Line the Year. Award, which honors the na on’s top wide 1990-91 Idaho State receiver. Off ensive Line He led Wyoming a bowl game in his fi rst The Tigers were na onally ranked off ensively Running Backs season—only the second Cowboy head coach to throughout Christensen’s tenure as the off ensive 1988-89 Washington accomplish that feat—and became the only UW coordinator, which followed a successful s nt at

Graduate Assistant COACHES & STAFF coach to win a bowl game in his fi rst season. Toledo. During his nine years as a Toledo assistant 1986-87 Eastern Washington A er going 3-9 in 2010, Christensen enjoyed (the last four as the off ensive coordinator), the Off ensive Line his best season as a head coach in 2011 when Rockets set numerous school records on off ense Defensive Line Wyoming fi nished third in the Mountain West while winning one Mid-American Conference 1985 Evere (Wash.) HS Conference behind No. 6 Boise State and No. 13 championship and two MAC West tles (tying for Off ensive Line TCU and he was named MWC Coach of the Year. SERIES HISTORY BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW RECORD BOOK another). Defensive Line He le Wyoming with a 27-35 overall mark. Christensen’s 24-year career as an assistant 1984 Sehome (Wash.) HS He became a head coach a er serving 17 also included s nts at Western Washington Off ensive Line years as an assistant for at Toledo (1983), Eastern Washington (1986-87), Defensive Line (1992-2000) and Missouri (2001-08). Christensen Washington (1988-89, graduate assistant) and 1983 Western Washington coached the off ensive line at both schools and Idaho State (1990-91). Running Backs was the off ensive coordinator from 1997-2008, including his en re stay at Missouri. Christensen devised and implemented one PLAYING CAREER of ’s most exci ng no-huddle, Christensen played off ensive line at Washington BOWL GAMES spread off enses at Mizzou, where he was named from 1980-82. the 2007 Na onal Off ensive Coordinator of the 2011 New Mexico Bowl Year by Rivals.com and was runner-up for the EDUCATION 2009 New Mexico Bowl 2007 Frank , honoring the na on’s Western Washington, 1985 2008 Alamo Bowl top assistant coach. Missouri played in the Big 12 Bachelor’s in sociology 2008 (2007) Co on Bowl Championship game in both 2007 and 2008 as the 2006 Sun Bowl champion of the Big 12 North. Eastern Washington, 1988 2005 Independence Bowl Missouri fi nished the 2007 season with a Master’s in college instruc on & sport science 2003 Independence Bowl No. 4 Associated Press ranking and Christensen’s 1995 Las Vegas Bowl off ense ranked No. 5 in the na on in total off ense PERSONAL DATA 1989 Freedom Bowl (490.3 yards per game), No. 8 in scoring off ense Hometown: Evere , Wash. (39.9) and No. 9 in passing off ense (314.1). Birthdate: Jan. 17, 1961 Missouri quarterback fi nished Family: Wife Susie. Children Ka e, D.J. and Emily. fourth in the Heisman Trophy ballo ng in 2007, when Christensen’s off ense scored a school- record 558 points, far surpassing the previous Missouri single-season record of 399 points. Also that season, ght end Mar n Rucker and freshman wide receiver were

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He logged a 63-9 record at Miami before heading to the NFL as the head coach of the COACHING EXPERIENCE Sea le Seahawks. He went 31-33 in four seasons in Sea le (1995-98), returning to the college ranks 2014- Utah in 1999 as the head coach at Oregon State. The 2014 Running Backs Beavers went 7-5 in 1999 for their fi rst winning 2013 Co-Off ensive Coordinator season in 29 years and followed up with an 11-1 Running Backs Dennis Erickson, who amassed a 179-96-1 record season in 2000 that culminated with a Fiesta Bowl 2007-11 Arizona State and won two national championships in 23 win against Notre Dame. Erickson fi nished his Head Coach seasons as a head college coach, is in his second OSU tenure with a 31-17 mark from 1999-2002 2006 Idaho year as a Utah assistant after coming out of a and returned to the NFL as the head coach of the Head Coach short-lived retirement. Erickson spent just one San Francisco 49ers. 2003-05 San Francisco 49ers season away from football before returning to the A er two seasons with the 49ers and a 9-23 Head Coach 1999-2002 Oregon State game. record, he again became Idaho’s head coach. Arizona State lured Erickson away a er just one Head Coach season with the Vandals and he led the Sun Devils 1995-98 Sea le Seahawks In addi on to coaching the Utah running Head Coach backs in 2013, he served as the co-off ensive to a share of the Pac-10 tle in his fi rst season. He went 31-31 at ASU from 2007-2011. 1989-94 Miami (Fla.) coordinator. His primary focus now is the running Head Coach backs, where Karl Williams became an undra ed Before becoming a head coach, Erickson was the off ensive coordinator at San Jose State 1987-88 Washington State free agent of the Oakland Raiders a er his senior Head Coach PLAYER BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S PLAYER (1979-81), Fresno State (1976-1978) and Idaho season in 2013. 1986 Wyoming (1974-1975), the off ensive backfi eld coach at Erickson won na onal tles in 1989 and Head Coach Montana State (1971-1973), Billings High School’s 1991 as the coach at Miami (Fla.) and was the 1982-85 Idaho head coach (1970) and a Montana State graduate 2000 SporƟ ng News Na onal Coach of the Year Head Coach assistant (1969). while at Oregon State. He has been the head 1979-81 San Jose State In 2005, he was inducted into the Miami

COACHES & STAFF & STAFF COACHES coach at six universi es—three of them Pac-12 Off ensive Coordinator schools (Washington State, Oregon State and Athle c Hall of Fame. 1976-78 Fresno State Arizona State)—and with two NFL teams (Sea le Off ensive Coordinator and San Francisco). PLAYING CAREER 1974-75 Idaho He is the only coach to win Pac-10 Coach of A two- me all-Big Sky quarterback who le ered Off ensive Coordinator the Year at three schools—sharing the honor in for Montana State from 1966-68, he was 1971-73 Montana State 1988 at Washington State, and winning it outright honorable men on All-American as a senior. Running Backs in 2000 at OSU and in 2007 at ASU. He was also 1970 Billings HS (Mont.) the Big Sky Coach of the Year while at Idaho and a EDUCATION Head Coach 1969 Montana State three- me Big East Coach of the Year at Miami. Montana State, 1970 Graduate Assistant He has coached 16 fi rst-team All-Americans Bachelor’s in physical educa on in his career (six consensus) and he has had players win the Heisman Trophy, the Outland BOWL GAMES Trophy, and the Lou Groza, Lombardi, Davey PERSONAL DATA Hometown: Evere , Wash. O’Brien, Johnny Unitas and Bronko Nagurski 2011 Las Vegas Bowl awards. Miami defensive tackle Russell Maryland Birthdate: March 24, 1947 Family: Wife Marilyn. Sons Bryce and Ryan. 2007 Holiday Bowl was the fi rst overall pick in the 1991 NFL Dra . 2002 Insight Bowl Erickson got his head coaching start at 2000 Fiesta Bowl Idaho, compiling a 32-15 mark from 1982-85 1999 Oahu Bowl before leaving for Wyoming. A er a 6-6 season 1994 Orange Bowl in Laramie, he was hired by Washington State, 1993 Fiesta Bowl where he went 12-10-1 from 1987-88. A 9-3 1992 Sugar Bowl season in 1988 that included a win over No. 1 1991 Orange Bowl ranked UCLA landed Erickson the job at Miami. He 1990 Co on Bowl coached the Hurricanes for six seasons (1989-94), 1989 Sugar Bowl winning two na onal championships and three 1988 Aloha Bowl RECORD BOOK BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD of four Big East Conference tles (Miami was an independent his fi rst two seasons).

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PLAYING CAREER A four-year star ng off ensive tackle at Toledo COACHING EXPERIENCE from 1997-2000, Harding set a school record with 46 consecu ve starts under then UT off ensive 2014- Utah coordinator and off ensive line coach Christensen. Off ensive Line Harding was a fi rst-team all-Mid-American 2009-13 Wyoming 2013 Co-Off ensive Coordinator Jim Harding begins his fi rst season as Utah’s Conference selec on as a senior in 2000, when he captained a Toledo team that fi nished with Off ensive Line off ensive line coach and his ninth year a 10-1 record and a No. 25 ranking in the fi nal 2012 Co-Off ensive Line overall under new off ensive coordinator Dave Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Run Game Coordinator Christensen. Harding spent the last fi ve seasons at polls. He was named the co-recipient of the Jim 2009-11 Co-Off ensive Line Wyoming with Christensen and was an off ensive Nicholson Award, presented each year to the 2002-04 Missouri graduate assistant under Christensen at Missouri Toledo player who contributes the most toward Off ensive Graduate Asst. from 2002-04. the team’s success. Toledo won or shared three 2005-08 Troy HS (Mich.) MAC divisional tles his four seasons, winning 2008 Head Coach At Wyoming, Harding coached the off ensive the 1997 and 1998 MAC West Division outright Defensive Coordinator line from 2009-13. A er four years as the co- and fi nishing as co-champions of the MAC West 2005-07 Defensive Coordinator off ensive line coach (he was also the run game in 2000. coordinator in 2012), Harding was promoted BOWL GAMES to co-off ensive coordinator and off ensive line EDUCATION coach in 2013. The Cowboys fi nished 22nd in the Toledo, 2001 2011 New Mexico Bowl COACHES & STAFF country in 2013 in total off ense, averaging 472.8 Bachelor’s in secondary educa on 2009 New Mexico Bowl yards a game. 2003 Independence Bowl Wyoming ranked second in the Mountain Missouri, 2004 West Conference and 38th in the na on in Master’s in career and technical educa on passing off ense in 2012, averaging 265.4 yards SERIES HISTORY BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW RECORD BOOK per game. The 2011 Cowboys ranked No. 11 in PERSONAL DATA the na on in fewest sacks allowed, with the line Hometown: Maumee, Ohio coached by Harding allowing only 12 sacks in 13 Birthdate: July 11, 1978 games. Family: Wife Meredith. Son Colton and Jackson. Among Harding’s all-conference players was center Nick Carlson—a three- me all-Mountain West Conference selec on who made the fi rst team in 2012. Off ensive tackle Clayton Kirvin was a 2011 second-team all-leaguer. From 2005-08, Harding coached at Troy High School in Troy, Mich. He was the head coach and defensive coordinator his fi nal season a er fi rst serving as the defensive coordinator.

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In his former posi on as the off ensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and recrui ng COACHING EXPERIENCE coordinator at Southern Utah, the Thunderbirds fi nished 21st in the NCAA FCS in total off ense 2005- Utah in 2004, averaging 412.5 yards per game. They 2014 Quarterbacks also averaged 270.5 passing yards per game 2012-13 Passing Game Coordinator (14th in the NCAA FCS) to set a school record. Wide Receivers After nine seasons spent coaching Utah’s wide Receiver Jerome Eason was named fi rst-team all- 2011 Wide Receivers receivers, Aaron Roderick assumed the role of conference. 2010 Co-Off ensive Coordinator quarterbacks’ coach in the spring. Even prior In his fi rst year as SUU’s off ensive Wide Receivers to the position switch, his infl uence on Utah’s coordinator, the Thunderbirds set school 2005-09 Wide Receivers passing game extended beyond his work with the records for passes a empted and completed, 2003-04 Southern Utah receivers. and also produced several single-game top-10 Off ensive Coordinator performances. Quarterbacks Last year, Roderick doubled as the passing Prior to SUU, Roderick coached the running Recrui ng Coordinator game coordinator, and in 2009 and 2010, he backs at Snow College in 2002 and was a graduate 2002 Snow College called plays down from the press box. He was assistant at BYU from 1999-2001, working with Running Backs the co-off ensive coordinator in 2010 when the the linebackers his fi rst year and the receivers his 1999-01 Brigham Young Utes fi nished 23rd in the na on in scoring off ense last two years. Graduate Assistant (33.1). Off ense PLAYER BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S PLAYER Before coming to Utah in 2005, Roderick RECRUITING AREA spent two seasons coaching the quarterbacks Orange County, Inland Empire BOWL GAMES at Southern Utah, where he also served as the off ensive coordinator from 2003-04. PLAYING CAREER 2011 Sun Bowl He leaves his job as the receivers’ coach A er an All-America junior college career at 2010 Las Vegas Bowl

COACHES & STAFF & STAFF COACHES with some notable accolades. Of Utah’s seven Ricks College from 1994-95, Roderick went to 2009 Poinse a Bowl receivers who have reached 1,000 yards in BYU, where he started as a receiver and returner 2009 (2008) Sugar Bowl a season, two were coached by Roderick. in 1997 and 1998 and made the academic all- 2007 Poinse a Bowl David Reed set Utah single-season records for conference team. 2006 Armed Forces Bowl recep ons (81) and yards (1,188) in 2009 and 2005 Emerald Bowl led the Mountain West Conference in receiving EDUCATION 2001 Liberty Bowl yards per game (91.4). Dres Anderson had 1,002 1999 Motor City Bowl receiving yards as a junior last year, led the Pac-12 Brigham Young, 1998 in yards per recep on (18.91) and fi nished fourth Bachelor’s in sociology in conference in yards per game (83.5). Reed was a 2009 fi rst-team all-MWC Brigham Young, 2002 selec on, while Anderson was honorable men on Master’s in sociology all-Pac-12 in 2013. Three Roderick-coached Utah receivers made second-team all-MWC: Brent PERSONAL DATA Casteel (2006), Freddie Brown (2008) and Jereme Hometown: Boun ful, Utah Brooks (2010). Birthdate: Dec. 20, 1972 Roderick also coached the Off ensive MVP Family: Daughter Rachel and son Quin. of the 2005 Emerald Bowl, receiver Travis LaTendresse, who set bowl records for recep ons (16) and yards (214) in a win over Georgia Tech. He currently has three players on NFL rosters: Reed, now with San Francisco, was dra ed in the fi h round by Bal more and played three seasons there and one at Indianapolis. Reggie Dunn (New England) and Anthony Denham (Houston) are both undra ed free agents on RECORD BOOK BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD current NFL rosters.

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As a senior in 2004, he captained a Utah team that went 12-0, won the Fiesta Bowl as the COACHING EXPERIENCE fi rst non-BCS team to play in a BCS bowl game and fi nished No. 4 in the na on. 2008- Utah Scalley was a two- me fi rst-team Academic 2009- Safe es All-American (2003-04), the 2004 Anson Mount Recrui ng Coordinator Scholar Athlete of the Year and the 2004 MWC 2008 Safe es Former Utah All-American Morgan Scalley is now Scholar Athlete of the Year. He was awarded two 2006-07 Utah in his seventh year coaching the safeties and post-graduate scholarships, including one from 2007 Graduate Assistant his sixth year as Utah’s recruiting coordinator. the NCAA. Defense Scalley, a second-team All-America safety for He was presented with the inaugural 2006 Administra ve Assistant Utah’s 2004 Fiesta Bowl team, is in his ninth year Pat Tillman award during the 2005 East-West overall on the staff , having fi rst apprenticed as an Shrine Game, recognizing him for his character, BOWL GAMES administrative assistant in 2006 and a graduate intelligence, sportsmanship and service. assistant working with the linebackers in 2007. A er gradua ng Magna Cum Laude from the U. with a 3.96 GPA, Scalley earned a master’s 2011 Sun Bowl degree in business. 2010 Las Vegas Bowl He has tutored three of the best safe es in 2009 Poinse a Bowl school history since taking over the posi on six 2009 (2008) Sugar Bowl years ago. Robert Johnson was a fi rst-team all- EDUCATION 2007 Poinse a Bowl Mountain West Conference selec on in 2009 and Utah, 2004 2006 Armed Forces Bowl a fi h-round dra pick of the Tennessee Titans. Bachelor’s in mass communica on COACHES & STAFF Current Ute starters Brian Blechen and Eric Rowe 2003, 2004 Academic All-American were named Freshman All-Americans in 2010 and Graduated Magna Cum Laude 2011, respec vely. Scalley has also achieved success as a Utah, 2006 recruiter. In 2010, online recrui ng service Rivals. Master’s in business administra on SERIES HISTORY BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW RECORD BOOK com tabbed him as its top non-BCS recruiter of the year and one of the Top 25 recruiters in PERSONAL DATA the na on overall. In 2011, Rivals.com again Hometown: Salt Lake City recognized Scalley, this me as one of the Birthdate: Oct. 8, 1979 top recruiters in the Pac-12 and a ‘recrui ng Family: Married to the former Liz Herrscher. coordinator on the rise.’ Daughters Madeline and Emma and son Andrew. Rivals.com ranked Utah’s 2010 recrui ng class as the best by a school from a non- automa c qualifying conference and 32nd overall. Rivals rated Utah’s 2012 recrui ng class as the country’s 25th best while Scout.com gave the Utes a No. 32 ranking.

RECRUITING AREA Houston

PLAYING CAREER Scalley was the MWC co-Defensive Player of the Year, a unanimous fi rst-team all-conference selec on and a second-team A.P. and SI.com All-American as a senior in 2004. A four-year le erman from 2001-04, he was a second-team all-MWC defensive back in 2003 and an honorable men on all-MWC punt returner in 2001 and 2002.

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RECRUITING AREA Los Angeles COACHING EXPERIENCE

PLAYING CAREER 2012- Utah Cornerbacks A four-year le erman for the Utes from 1990- 93, Shah started three seasons at strong safety Having successfully transitioned from law practice before he incurred a career-ending neck injury PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE to football practice, Sharrieff Shah—in his third three games into his senior season. An honorable year coaching Utah’s cornerbacks—was cited by men on all-WAC safety in 1991 and 1992 and a 2006-11 Trial A orney ESPN.com in June 2014 as one of “10 coaches who team captain, Shah s ll holds the school record Siegfried & Jensen for sacks in a game (4) and ranks second all- me adapt and thrive.” 2001-06 Commercial Li gator at Utah in tackles for loss in game (5) and tackles Parsons, Behle & La mer for loss yards in a game (30). He was named the 1996-02 NFLPA Cer fi ed Agent In his fi rst season on the staff , a cast Sports Illustrated Na onal Defensive Player of of senior backs showed a nose for the ball, the Week, as well as WAC Player of the Week, in accoun ng for half of Utah’s intercep ons, Utah’s 1991 win over Oregon State. His 12 total recovering three , recording 10 tackles tackles in that game included fi ve tackles for a for loss and four sacks. Last fall, Shah broke in an loss of 30 yards, four sacks (19 yards) and two en rely new group of corners and successfully forced fumbles. He also ran indoor track for the transi oned former safety Keith McGill into an Utes, compe ng in the 60-yard dash and long PLAYER BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S PLAYER NFL dra pick at cornerback. McGill, who was jump from 1990-92. He qualifi ed for the WAC selected by Oakland in the fourth round of the Indoor Track and Field Championships all three 2014 NFL dra , was the fi rst Pac-12 cornerback years. dra ed. He led the Pac-12 with 12 pass breakups as a senior, which ed for the fourth most in school single-season history. EDUCATION COACHES & STAFF & STAFF COACHES In the interim between his playing days Utah: 1993 at Utah as an all-conference safety and his law Bachelor’s in poli cal science career, Shah stayed closely tethered to the game. From 1996-2002, he was cer fi ed as an Utah: 1995 agent through the Na onal Football League’s Master’s in exercise and sport science Player Associa on (NFLPA) and trained players for the NFL combine. From 2000-11, he was the Utah: 2001 sideline reporter for ESPN 700, Utah’s fl agship Juris Doctorate radio sta on. Before that, he spent three years as a sideline analyst for local television sta ons KUTV PERSONAL DATA and KJZZ in their Ute broadcasts. Birthdate: January 29, 1971 As an NFL agent, he nego ated mul -million Hometown: Los Angeles dollar contracts and represented players in the Family: Married to the former Jennifer Lui. Sons NFL, CFL and NFL Europe. Among his clients was Sharrieff Jr. and Omar. Sharrieff Jr. is a sophomore his brother Karim Abdul Jabbar (now known as linebacker with the Utes. Abdul Karim-Al Jabbar), an NFL running back for the , Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts from 1996-2000. From 2006-11, Shah was a trial a orney with Siegfried & Jensen, the largest personal injury law fi rm in the state of Utah. He specialized in medical malprac ce and catastrophic automobile accidents. Before that, he was a commercial li gator with Parsons, Behle & La mer from 2001- 06.

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PLAYING CAREER Stubblefi eld was a 2004 Consensus All-American COACHING EXPERIENCE at Purdue and a fi nalist for the Biletnikoff Award. His 316 career recep ons from 2001-04 set an 2014- Utah NCAA record and his 3,629 career receiving yards Wide Receivers ranks second in Big Ten history. His 16 2013 Wake Forest Wide Receivers Taylor Stubblefi eld, a former Consensus All- recep ons in 2004 set a Purdue single-season record. His record-se ng performance against 2012 New Mexico American and an NCAA record-setting wide Washington State in the 2001 Sun Bowl (nine Wide Receivers receiver during his playing days, is Utah’s new recep ons, Sun Bowl-record 196 yards, two 2011 Central Michigan receivers coach. Stubblefi eld, who spent the 2013 , Sun Bowl-record 244 all-purpose Wide Receivers season in the same capacity at Wake Forest, brings yards) earned him a spot on the Sun Bowl’s 75th 2009-10 Illinois State a diverse coaching background to the U. anniversary team. A er college, Stubblefi eld Wide Receivers spent the 2005-06 seasons in the professional 2008 Eastern Michigan In his seven seasons as a receivers coach ranks with the , the Canadian Graduate Assistant at the NCAA level, Stubblefi eld has worked on Football League’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the St. Wide Receivers the East and West coasts, the Midwest and the Louis Rams. 2007 Central Washington Mountain West. Wide Receivers “Taylor will be an asset for us both on the EDUCATION fi eld and through his recrui ng es across the Purdue, 2005 country,” said head coach Kyle Whi ngham when Bachelor’s in organiza onal leadership and COACHES & STAFF he announced the hiring on Feb. 12, 2014. supervision The Yakima, Wash., na ve’s coaching meline began at Central Washington (2007), PERSONAL DATA followed by s nts at Eastern Michigan (as a Hometown: Yakima, Wash. graduate assistant in 2008), Illinois State (2009- SERIES HISTORY BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW RECORD BOOK Birthdate: Jan. 21, 1982 10), Central Michigan (2011), New Mexico (2012) Wife: Georgia and Wake Forest (2013). Last season at Wake Forest, his leading receiver, Michael Campanaro, was named second- team all-Atlan c Coast Conference and was a seventh-round NFL dra pick. While at Central Michigan, Stubblefi eld coached three third-team all-Mid-American Conference receivers in Titus Davis, Courtney Williams and Cody Wilson. Davis was a Phil Steele Freshman All-American. In his two years at Illinois State, Stubblefi eld mentored three all-Missouri Valley Football Conference honorees, including fi rst-team wide- out Eyad Salem. Salem set a school record for recep ons in a season with 92. Stubblefi eld also had two receivers named to the MVFC all- Newcomer team during his me at Illinois State.

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Tuiaki got his coaching start as an assistant at Kearns High School (Utah), where he coached COACHING EXPERIENCE the wide receivers and outside linebackers in 2006 and was the off ensive coordinator in 2007. 2012- Utah He also taught sophomore English at Kearns 2013 Defensive Line during those two years. 2012 Tight Ends Fullbacks Ilaisa Tuiaki (pronounced ee-lye-sa too-ee-ah- RECRUITING AREA 2009-11 Utah State kee) is in his third season as an assistant at Dallas, Central Valley California, Hawaii and 2011 Running Backs Utah and his second as the defensive line coach. American Samoa Recrui ng Coordinator While Tuiaki has coached four positions at Utah, 2009-10 Running Backs including one season as a graduate assistant, he Special Teams Coordinator PLAYING CAREER 2008 Utah has made his biggest imprint on the defensive Tuiaki was a four-year star ng running back while line. Graduate Assistant playing for Snow College and Southern Utah. Defense He was a team captain at SUU. An academic all- He coached two of Utah’s three All-Pac-12 2006-07 Kearns High School conference player, he was a two- me winner of a 2007 Off ensive Coordinator picks last year in defensive end Trevor Reilly and Utah Coali on for the Advancement of Minori es defensive tackle Tenny Palepoi. Reilly, who led 2006 Receivers in Higher Educa on (UCAHME) scholarship. Outside Linebackers Utah and ranked in the top fi ve in the conference Addi onally, Tuiaki played rugby at SUU and was in tackles, sacks and tackles for loss, was fi rst- his club team’s captain. PLAYER BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S PLAYER team All-Pac-12, while Palepoi made the second BOWL GAMES team. They are two of three Tuiaki-coached EDUCATION Southern Utah, 2006 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl defensive linemen from 2013 who are now on 2009 (2008) Sugar Bowl NFL rosters: Reilly was a seventh-round dra pick Bachelor degrees in English and physical educa on.

COACHES & STAFF & STAFF COACHES by the New York Jets, and Palepoi (San Diego) and LT Tuipulotu (New England) were both undra ed free agents. In addi on, two players he coached PERSONAL DATA his fi rst season at Utah when he oversaw the Birthdate: Dec. 6, 1978 ght ends and fullbacks are now on NFL rosters Hometown: Provo, Utah as undra ed free agents (Jake Murphy and Karl Family: Married to the former Viola Wolfgramm. Williams). They have fi ve children: sons Laveatu’u and Lolo Tuiaki’s fi rst college coaching experience and daughters Uini, Leisinia and Heilala. was as a Utah graduate assistant helping with the strong side linebackers in the 2008 Sugar Bowl season. He returned to the U. in 2012 in a full- me capacity. Between his two s nts in Salt Lake City, Tuiaki spent three seasons at Utah State as the running backs coach from 2009-11. He was also the special teams coordinator from 2009-10 and was the Aggies’ recrui ng coordinator in 2011. With Tuiaki coaching the running backs, Utah State led the Western Athle c Conference and ranked sixth in the na on in rushing in 2011, averaging 282.7 yards per game. Robert Turbin was named the 2011 WAC Off ensive Player of the Year, rushing for 1,517 yards while averaging 6.1 yards per carry, and scoring a school-record 19 touchdowns. That same season, Michael Smith was named co-MVP of the Famous Idaho Potato RECORD BOOK BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD Bowl and was MVP of the fi rst Players All-Star Classic in Li le Rock, Ark.

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ROBERT CONLEY Last fall, he helped lead Madison High to a Sound before accep ng a graduate assistantship at 12-0 record and the Idaho 5A championship. Dale Wyoming that summer. Defensive Graduate Assistant also taught defensive back skills and fundamental Danielson was a three- me all-conference training as the founder of Xtra Yard Training and off ensive lineman for Occidental College, where he Robert Conley, a former INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2014 SEASON PLAYER BIOS Performance. le ered from 2007-10. He was a team captain and four-year star ng right guard Dale le ered four years for the Utes from Occidental’s Most Valuable Off ensive Lineman as a for the Utes, is in his third 2006-09 and started at strong safety his last two senior. He also par cipated in track at Occidental. season as a Utah graduate seasons. He was the Defensive MVP of the 2007 Danielson earned a bachelor’s degree in assistant coach. A er two Poinse a Bowl and was named the Mountain West sociology from Occidental in 2011 and is currently years as an off ensive line assistant, Conley is now Conference Defensive Player of the Week in 2009 taking graduate courses at Utah in educa onal working with the linebackers. vs. San Diego State. Dale played in four bowl wins psychology. A na ve of Snohomish, Wash., the In his fi rst two seasons, Conley helped for the Utes, and started against Navy in the 2007 25-year-old Danielson was born March 22, 1989. develop second-team All-Pac-12 Conference Poinse a Bowl, Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl off ensive lineman Sam Brenner, along with and California in the 2009 Poinse a Bowl. honorable men on selec ons Jeremiah Poutasi, He earned a bachelor’s degree in parks, SARTAJ KHAN Tevita Stevens and Vyncent Jones. Brenner (Miami recrea on and tourism in 2010 and is now in Dolphins) and Stevens (Washington Redskins) both Off ensive Graduate Assistant graduate school at the U. in the educa onal went on to the NFL as undra ed free agents. psychology program. First-year Utah graduate Conley spent the 2011 season as a graduate He and his wife Kaylee have three boys assistant off ensive coach assistant off ensive line coach at Utah State. (Bridger, Jaxon and Jayden) and two girls (Brielle Sartaj Khan (pronounced Before embarking on a coaching career, he and Kenzli). The Irving, Texas, na ve was born Dec. sar tahj con) begins his was a fi rst-team all-Mountain West Conference 18, 1986. third season with new Ute off ensive lineman and third-team Rivals.com All- off ensive coordinator Dave Christensen. Khan, who American for Utah’s 2009 Sugar Bowl champion will help coach the Ute receivers, was a graduate team. He was honorable men on all-MWC in 2006 assistant under Christensen at Wyoming in 2012 and second team in 2007. NICK DANIELSON and 2013, fi rst as an administra ve assistant, Conley received a bachelor’s degree in Off ensive Graduate Assistant followed by an off ensive assistantship. economics from the U. in 2008 and is now pursuing Last season, he helped coach honorable a master’s degree in sports management. The Nick Danielson came men on all-Mountain West receiver Robert 28-year-old na ve of LaMarque, Texas, was born on from Wyoming to Utah Herron, who became a sixth-round dra pick of the April 17, 1986. with new Ute off ensive coordinator Dave Christensen Tampa Bay Buccaneers. and will serve as an off ensive From 2010-11, Khan was as an assistant boys’ COACHES & STAFF JOE DALE graduate assistant—the same tle he held at basketball coach at Sheridan High School (Wyo.). Wyoming in 2012 before spending last season as He also helped coordinate the Sheridan High Defensive Graduate Assistant the ght ends coach. strength and condi oning program. At Utah, Danielson will help coach the Khan earned a bachelor’s degree in physical Former Utah safety off ensive line under another former Wyoming educa on from UNLV in 2010, where he was Joe Dale has returned to the SERIES HISTORY BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW RECORD BOOK colleague, Jim Harding. a program supervisor for the UNLV Student team as a defensive graduate Danielson’s fi rst job was as a player-coach for Recrea on and Wellness Center and a member assistant. Dale is in his fi rst the Arlanda Jets in Märsta, Sweden in 2011. He also of the American Alliance for Health, Physical season assis ng with the helped coach the Jets’ U11, U13 and U15 junior Educa on, Recrea on and Dance. He also was an secondary, a posi on he has coached for the past teams. assistant head coach for the Youth Football three seasons (2011-13) at Madison High School in He spent the spring of 2012 as an assistant League for two seasons. Rexburg, Idaho. off ensive line coach at the University of Puget The 26-year-old Sheridan, Wyo., na ve was born Nov. 4, 1987.

NICK ALAIMALO VINCE CONTI RANDY COY JR. COREY DODDS SIONE MAHE KAMERON YANCY ROBERT BLECHEN SIONE KINIKINI Off ensive Off ensive Defensive Defensive Defensive Defensive Recruiting Recruiting Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant

GREG ARGUST BETH BRENNAN HELEN BUCHANAN MARK BURK TODD CAMPBELL PABLO CANO MIKE CORBETT MATT DIMMITT Associate Director of Coordinator of Executive Assistant to Rice-Eccles & JMHC Videographer Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Football Video Strength & Conditioning Football Academics the Head Coach Director Player Personnel Football Operations Coordinator

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DOUG ELISAIA JEFF RUDY FRED WHITTINGHAM JR. Director of Strength & Director of Football Director of Player Conditioning Operations Personnel

Doug Elisaia Ninth-year Director Fred Whi ngham Jr. (pronounced ell-ee-sy-a) is of Football Opera ons Jeff is in his third year as the in his ninth year as Utah’s Rudy is involved with almost Director of Player Personnel director of strength and every aspect of the program for the Ute football program. condi oning and his 10th year overall. He came that occurs outside the sidelines. Coordina ng the Whi ngham’s du es include managing all aspects to Utah in 2005 as an assistant strength coach and logis cs of the football program and overseeing the of recrui ng administra on and organiza on, became the director a year later. football budget are his two primary responsibili es, direc ng camps and clinics, and serving as the NFL Elisaia is a member of the Na onal Strength but Rudy also assists with recrui ng, team travel, liaison for the team. and Condi oning Associa on and the Collegiate camps and clinics, marke ng and public rela ons, A former fi rst-team Academic All-America Strength and Condi oning Coaches Associa on. special func ons and administra ve projects. football player for , He came to the Utes from Kentucky, where Rudy, who was involved every step of the Whi ngham was a team captain, a two- me from 2002-04 he was the assistant strength and way with the construc on of the Spence & Cleone academic all-conference selec on and was named condi oning coach for the Wildcat football team Eccles Football Center that opened in the summer BYU’s Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete for all and also worked with the baseball team. of 2013, is in his 10th year overall at Utah having sports in 1990. He graduated from BYU with a From 2000-01, he was employed by Wayne spent the 2005 season as a program assistant. bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in State as the defensive line coach and football Before joining the Utah staff , Rudy was the communica ons. team’s strength and condi oning coach. He served athle cs director and off ensive coordinator at Whi ngham played professionally for the Los in a similar capacity at McPherson College for the Ontario High School in California from 2003-05. He Angeles Rams’ prac ce squad in 1990 and in the 1998-99 seasons. coached the off ensive line at Chaff ey College from World League of in 1991 for the Elisaia played defensive tackle at Iowa 2000-03, during which me the team played in the San Antonio Riders and as a member of the Team Wesleyan from 1991-95 and led the team in Southern California Bowl three mes (2000-02). Dallas prac ce squad. tackles as a senior while earning NAIA Academic From 1998-00, Rudy coached the off ensive line at Prior to joining the Utah football staff , All-America honors. The three-year team captain Bonita High School (Calif.), helping the team to the Whi ngham spent nearly 20 years with the graduated in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in 1999 C.I.F. state championship. In 1997, he was an McGraw-Hill companies and Simon & Schuster physical educa on and a minor in athle c training assistant coach at Cedar High School in Utah. as a sales and marke ng execu ve in the higher PLAYER BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S PLAYER and coaching. Rudy played football at Southern Utah where educa on publishing industry. He directed Born in Redwood City, Calif., Elisaia was raised he was an honorable men on all-America West McGraw-Hill Higher Educa on’s West Sales Region, in Pago Pago, American Samoa. As a senior at Conference off ensive lineman and SUU’s two- me encompassing universi es and colleges west of Leone High School, he was named the American African-American Scholar-Athlete of the Year. the Mississippi and accoun ng for annual sales Samoa High School Athle cs Associa on’s Scholar- Rudy graduated from SUU in 1998 with a revenues of $100 million. Athlete of the Year. He was recognized by the bachelor’s degree in physical educa on. He earned Fred Whi ngham Jr. is the brother of Utah COACHES & STAFF & STAFF COACHES government of American Samoa as the Outstanding a master’s degree in administra on of physical head football coach Kyle Whi ngham and son Off ensive Lineman at the Samoan Goodwill Games, educa on from Azusa Pacifi c in 2006. The 40-year- of the late Fred Whi ngham Sr., a Utah assistant held in Honolulu. old na ve of Ontario, Calif., is married to the coach in the 1990s. He has three children: Ashley, The 42-year-old Elisaia and his wife Leata former Brandie Blood. They have a son Dalton and Samuel and Rachel. have four children: daughters Safua, Seleisa and daughters Peyton and Kayton. Colleen; and son, Samuelu.

ADAM FRY DR. PAT GREIS CODY HEIDBREDER JORDAN HICKS JEREMY LAPAN JOE MCBETH TIM PAGOAGOA DR. DAVE PETRON Executive Secretary Team Physician Assistant Strength & Conditioning Administrative Assistant Massage Therapist Team Physician Equipment Manager Coach Assistant Athletic Trainer RECORD BOOK BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD DAVE ROGERS KELLY SHARITT RON SNARR NU’U TAFISI JANICE WHATCOTT SKIP WHITMAN SCOTT WILLIS ERIC YOCHEM Director of Football Director of Director of Strength & Conditioning Offi ce Assistant Director of Broadcast Strength & Conditioning Head Football Digital Media Equipment Operations Athletics Fields Coach and Video Services Coach Trainer

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CHRIS HILL, Ph.D. ATHLETICS DIRECTOR / SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT | 28TH YEAR INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2014 SEASON PLAYER BIOS

West Region Athle c Director of the Year, fi nalist for the 2011 Athle c Director of the Year by HIGHLIGHTS SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily, 2011 Utah YMCA Man of the Year, 2004 Mountain Men’s Basketball West Conference’s Commissioner’s Award, 1981 NCAA Tournament 13 mes Milton Bennion Fellowship, 1984 Utah Recrea on Final Four 1998 (runner-up) Therapy Associa on Outstanding Service award Elite Eight 1997, ’98 Just 37 years old when he was appointed as and 1996 Utah MS Sportsperson of the Year. Sweet 16 1991, ’96, ’97, ’98, ’05 Utah’s director of athletics, Chris Hill, Ph.D., has The former Rutgers’ basketball captain Conference Champion 12 mes was inducted into the Jersey Shore Hall of Fame spent the last 27 years developing the school’s Football athletics department into one of national in 1998. In 2001, the Na onal Consor um for Bowl Record 11-4 Academics and Sports awarded him its Degree prominence. BCS Bowl Record 2-0 Comple on and Outreach and Community Conference Champion 5 mes Service Honor Award. He currently serves on the He was instrumental in Utah’s invita on Catholic Community Services Board of Directors. Women’s GymnasƟ cs to join the Pac-12 Conference in the summer of The New Jersey na ve has served in fi ve NCAA Champion 1990, ’92, ’94, ’95 2010, a move preceded by the football team’s capaci es at the U., star ng in 1973-74 as a NCAA Runner-up 2000, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 historic BCS appearances in the 2004 and graduate assistant basketball coach on Bill NCAA Super Six 18 mes 2008 seasons. Utah has won nine NCAA team Foster’s staff . A er coaching boys’ basketball at championships during Hill’s tenure—fi ve by the Salt Lake’s Granger High from 1975-79 (he was Women’s Basketball ski team and four by the gymnas cs team—and the 1975 4A Coach of the Year), Hill returned to NCAA Tournament 15 mes Elite Eight 2006 has fi nished as the na onal runner-up 15 mes. the U. as an assistant coach to Jerry Pimm (1979-

Sweet 16 2001, ‘06 COACHES & STAFF Those runner-up fi nishes include a No. 2 na onal 81). From 1983-85, he taught in the University’s Conference Champion 10 mes ranking by the football team a er its victory over special educa on department before coming Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, and by the 1998 back to athle cs as the Crimson Club director Skiing men’s basketball team. (1985-86). In 1987, he became the director of NCAA Champion 1988, ‘93, ’96, ’97, 2003 He has hired three coaches who won athle cs. NCAA Runner-up 9 mes

Na onal Coach of the Year honors at Utah: Hill was the execu ve director of United SERIES HISTORY BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW RECORD BOOK football coaches Urban Meyer (2004) and Kyle Cerebral Palsy of Utah from 1981-85, during Volleyball Whi ngham (2008), and men’s basketball coach which me he developed a housing project for NCAA Sweet 16 2001, ‘08 Rick Majerus (1998). people with severe physical disabili es. NCAA Tournament 11 mes Hill has served on several na onal As an undergraduate, Hill won three le ers SoŌ ball boards, including the NCAA Division I Men’s in basketball at Rutgers and co-captained the College World Series 1991, ’94 Basketball Commi ee (2004-09), chair of the 1971-72 team. His bachelor’s degree from NCAA Tournament 11 mes NCAA Championships/Compe on Cabinet Rutgers is in math educa on (1972). He holds a (1997-98) and the NCAA Management Council master’s in educa on (Utah, 1974), and a Ph.D. in Soccer Administra ve Commi ee. He was on NACDA’s educa onal administra on (Utah, 1982). NCAA Tournament 6 mes execu ve commi ee from 2002-06. His wife Kathy, a faculty member in the The football program, which had not U.’s Department of Special Educa on in severe Baseball played in a bowl game since 1964 prior to disabili es, received the 2010 College of NCAA Tournament 2009 Hill’s appointment as athle cs director, is 11-4 Educa on Service Award and the 2012 ASUU in bowl games during his term. Utah’s other Student Choice Award for Excellence in Teaching. athle c programs have also thrived under his They have two children, Aly and Christopher; two HILL’S FACILITY LEGACY leadership. The men’s basketball team has granddaughters, Addie and Lily, and a grandson, George S. Eccles Tennis Center (1989) played in 13 NCAA Tournaments—advancing Jack. to the Sweet 16 fi ve mes and the Elite Eight Ute Baseball Field (1994) Aly played soccer for the University of Volleyball Crimson Court (1994) twice. In 1998, the Runnin’ Utes advanced to Oregon and has a master’s degree in social the NCAA Championship game against Kentucky. Ute Soccer Field (1995) work from Utah. She teaches students with Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998) The women’s basketball team has 15 NCAA severe disabili es in the Salt Lake City School appearances, playing in the Sweet 16 twice and Dumke Gymnas cs Center (1998) District. Christopher has a bachelor’s degree in Burbidge Athle cs Academic Center (2001) the Elite Eight in 2006, and was the 2013 WNIT organiza onal communica on and a law degree runner-up. The gymnas cs team has made 18 Spence Eccles Field House (2004) from the U.’s S.J. Quinney School of Law. He Alex Smith Strength & Condi oning Center (2009) NCAA Super Six appearances while qualifying for is employed by ESPN and is married to Darci the NCAA Championships all 27 years of Hill’s McCarthey Family Track & Field Complex (2010) Motoki, who received her B.A. in psychology and McCarthey Football Prac ce Fields (2012) tenure as AD—and the ski team has fi nished fi rst philosophy from College and her M.A. in or second in the na on 14 mes under his watch. Ute So ball Stadium (2013) psychology from Claremont University. She is a Spence & Cleone Eccles Football Center (2013) He has received a number of awards, consultant for Accenture. including: 2011 Na onal Associa on of Collegiate Jon M. & Karen Huntsman Basketball Center (2015) Directors of Athle cs (NACDA) Under Armour

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DAVID W. PERSHING, Ph.D. PRESIDENT | 3RD YEAR

commitment to the undergraduate experience of Accidental Fires and Explosions, fueled by a with new ini a ves and programs aimed at $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of enriching academic excellence on campus. Energy. A gi ed teacher and prolifi c researcher, President Pershing holds a bachelor’s President Pershing is the recipient of the degree from and a Ph.D. ’s Dis nguished Teaching from the University of Arizona, both in chemical David W. Pershing proudly celebrates more and Dis nguished Research Awards and the engineering. than three decades of service to the University U’s Rosenbla Prize for Excellence. He has of Utah. Named as the 15th President in 2012, authored more than President Pershing leads a diverse team of 80 peer-reviewed faculty and staff as the chief executive at one of publica ons, won more the world’s top research universities. than 20 research grants totaling approximately President Pershing joined the University $60 million, and earned of Utah as an Assistant Professor of Chemical fi ve patents. He was Engineering in 1977. He was named a named Engineering Presiden al Young Inves gator by the Na onal Educator of the Year by Science Founda on in 1984, became Dean of the Utah Engineering the College of Engineering in 1987, and named a Council in 2002 and

PLAYER BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS 2014 SEASON HERE’S PLAYER Dis nguished Professor of Chemical Engineering is a winner of the in 1995. In 1998, Dr. Pershing was named Senior Governor’s Medal for Vice President for Academic Aff airs responsible Science and Technology. for approximately 1,000 faculty and 25,000 He was director of the President David W. Pershing fl ashed a “U” while speaking at the students in the colleges of the main campus. University of Utah’s University of Utah’s 2014 Commencement ceremony with former Ute Now as President, Dr. Pershing con nues his Center for Simula on quarteback Alex Smith (lower leŌ ), a featured speaker, looking on. COACHES & STAFF & STAFF COACHES

ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT SENIOR STAFF

LIZ ABEL ANN ARGUST MARY BOWMAN KYLE BRENNAN KATE CHARIPAR KRIS GROSS Sr. Assoc. A.D./Communications Assoc. A.D./External Relations Sr. Assoc. A.D./SWA/SA Support Sr. Assoc. A.D./Administration Asst. A.D./Compliance Executive Assistant to the A.D. RECORD BOOK BOWL HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY 2013 IN REVIEW SERIES HISTORY HISTORY BOOK BOWL RECORD MANNY HENDRIX KAREN PAISLEY STEVE PYNE STEVE SMITH ERIK WEIERHOLT DAVID WOODBURY Assoc. A.D./Development Faculty Respresentative Dir. of Events and Facilities Chief Financial Offi cer Dir. of Academic Services Dir. of Ticket Operations

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