Football Support Staff C i n c i n n a t i ,w h e re he served as defensive coordinator from 2000- Charles Baglio 02 . Coordinator of High School Relations As a player , Barnett earned four letters as a defensive back for Michigan State from 1986-89, se r ving as a co-captain in 1989. Charles Baglio, one of the most Barnett earned First Team All-Big Ten honors as well as Al l - successful high school football coach- America honors from the Sporting News in 1989 after helping es in Louisiana over the last 20 years, lead the Spartans to an 8-4 ove r all mark and a win over Hawaii in enters his second season with the the Aloha Bowl. Barnett rec o r ded 73 tackles and three interce p - LSU athletic department as ti o n s , including one in that he returned 35-yar ds for a touchdown Coordinator of High School Football against second-ranked Miami. Relations. Barnett was also a key member of Michigan State's 1987 Big Baglio came to LSU after coaching Ten Champion squad. The Spartans capped the 1987 season with at Independence High School for 34 years, 22 of which were as a 20-17 victory over Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl. head coach. While at Independence, Baglio posted a head Barnett finished his career with 154 tackles, six interceptions and coaching record of 205-69. He won nine district titles and led 13 pass brea k u p s . his team to the state championship game twice. Barnett was drafted in the fourth round of the 1990 NFL Draf t Baglio also had numerous players go on to play collegiate by the Cleveland Bro w n s ,w h e re he was coached by Nick Saban in f o o t b a l l , including former Tiger running back LaBra n d o n 1991 and 1992. Fr om there Barnett played with the New England Toefield,who is now a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Patriots for two years and then wrapped up his NFL career with NFL. the Minnesota Vikings in 1995 and 1996. Barnett played in 99 Baglio,who goes by the nickname of "Coach Bags",gradu- games during his NFL caree r , and he rec o r ded four interce p t i o n s . ated from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1967 with a B a r n e t t , a native of Cincinnati, O h i o , g raduated fro m degree in health and physical education and then followed that Michigan State with a degree in communications. up with a Master's degree from SLU in 1973 in supervision and Barnett and his wife Tam m y, ha ve two children , Todd and Tor i . administration. Baglio is a native of Independence,La. Scott Scherer James Coley Administrative Intern Graduate Assistant - Offense Scott Scherer, a former quarter- back at the University of Memphis, James Coley enters his first season joined the LSU staff over the summer with the Tigers after spending six sea- and will spend the 2003 season as an sons coaching in the prep ranks in administrative intern with the team. Miami. Coley joined the Tigers prior Scherer graduated in 2003 from to spring practice last March. Memphis with a degree in finance As a member of the Tiger coaching with emphasis in management. staff,Coley will work on the field with While at Memphis, Scherer lettered the LSU offense, while bre a k i n g for four years as a quarterback for the Tigers.Scherer was named down tape and assisting in game plans and scouting reports off a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 2002. the field. A native of Memphis, Tenn., Scherer started six games at Coley came to LSU after serving as offensive coordinator quarterback for the Tigers in 2000. He threw for 857 yards and and assistant head coach at Miami-Norland High School. In four TDs in 2000 and he capped his career by completing 86-of- 2003,Coley helped lead Miami-Norland to a 13-2 overall mark 156 passes for 865 yards. He played in 27 games during his and the Class 6A state title. Coley's offense was the most pro- career. ductive in Dade County, averaging 500 yards a game,250 rush- ing and 250 passing. Coley coached quarterbacks and wide receivers and was the Chad Walker passing game coordinator at Miami Senior High School in 1998 Recruiting Intern and 1999.In all,Coley had his quarterbacks earn First Team All- Dade County five times. Chad Walker enters his first season as Coley, a native of Miami, graduate from Florida State in a recruiting intern with the LSU foot- 1997. ball staff after returning to his alma mater last spring. Walker, a 2000 graduate in kinesi- Harlon Barnett ology from LSU, spent the 2002 sea- Graduate Assistant - Defense son as a defensive graduate assistant at Louisiana-Monroe. He served as a Harlon Barnett, a former all- defensive graduate assistant at West America defensive back at Michigan Virginia in 2001 after a stint as a student assistant with the LSU St a t e , joins LSU as a graduate assistant football team in 2000. this season. Walker, a New Orleans, La., native, is a newlywed as he Ba r n e t t , who played seven yea r s married the former Robyn Noska in June of 2003. with three teams in the NFL, will wor k on the field with the Tiger defense as well as assisting with scouting rep o r t s and film brea k d o w n . Barnett comes to LSU from Princeton High School in 2003 LSU FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 1 2 9 Equipment Staff Jeff Boss THE SHILLINGS F I L E Equipment Manager One of the most recognizable faces YEAR AT LSU: . .12th (appointed July, 1991) on the LSU campus, Jeff Boss enters BIRTHDATE: . .March 16, 1933 his 24th year with the LSU football CHILDREN: . .Kevin (43), Deirdre (39) s t a f f . B o s s , who serves as LSU’s HIGH SCHOOL: . .St. Amant Equipment Manager, is responsible HOMETOWN: . .St. Amant, La. overseeing all equipment-re l a t e d activities for the LSU A t h l e t i c Department. Boss is also responsible Greg Stringfellow for issuing and maintaining all foot- Assistant Equipment Manager ball equipment, in addition to supervising LSU's new locker room facilities as well as LSU’s practice facilities, both indoors Gr eg Stringfellow begins his sixth and outdoors. year as a fulltime member of the LSU In his 24th year with the LSU program, Boss is an active equipment staff after serving as a stu- member in the Athletic Equipment Managers Association. He dent equipment manager for five was selected the winner of the Glenn Sharp Award in 1990, yea r s . given annually to the Equipment Manager of the Year as chosen As a member of the LSU by that organization. His years of expertise in the field have also Equipment Staff, Stringfellow wor k s aided him in the design and development of a football shoe,the alongside Jeff Boss in the orde r i n g "Boss Shark," which was nationally marketed for intercollegiate and maintaining of equipment and play by the Nike Shoe Company. facilities for the LSU football team as well as LSU’s 19 other Before coming to LSU in 1980, he served five years as a sp o r t s . teacher and football coach at Morgan City High School. He Stringfellow lettered two years in football at McGill-Too l e n previously held similar positions at Kaplan High School in High School in Mobile, Al a . , be f o r e coming to LSU where he 1974-75. earned a degree in construction management in 1997. He began his athletic administration career at Franklin Stringfellow is a member of the Athletic Equipment Junior High in 1972 before serving as athletic director and head Managers As s o c i a t i o n . football coach there in 1973-74. While at Franklin, he coached former LSU and Atlanta Falcon great Lyman White. T H E S T R I N G F E L L OW F I L E Boss earned a master's degree of Education in Administration and Supervision. He is married to the former YEAR AT LSU: . .Sixth (fulltime, appointed Jan. 4, 1998) Karen Ibert of Franklin,La,and the couple has a daughter, B.J. BIRTHDATE: . .May 17, 1973 HIGH SCHOOL: . .McGill-Toolen HOMETOWN: . .Mobile, Ala. T H E B O S S F I L E COLLEGE: . .LSU '97 YEAR AT LSU: . .24rd (appointed Feb. 1, 1980) Mike Boniol BIRTHDATE: . .May 1, 1949 Assistant Equipment Manager WIFE: . .Karen CHILDREN: . .B.J. Mike Boniol, the student manager HIGH SCHOOL: . .LaGrange for three of LSU's national champi- HOMETOWN: . .Lake Charles, La. onship baseball teams under Skip COLLEGE: . .McNeese State '71 (Physical Education) Be r t m a n , enters his second year as an POSTGRADUATE: . .McNeese State '72 (Master's in assistant equipment manager with the Education) athletic department. Boniol rejoined the Tigers after spending a six-month stint as an equipment manager intern with the Ferrell Shillings Miami Dolphins in 2001 followed by working as assistant equip- Assistant Equipment Manager ment manager with the Barcelona Dragons in NFL Europ e . Bo n i o l , known across campus as "Bones" oversees all equip- Fe r r ell Shillings enters his 12th sea- ment related activities for LSU's Olympic sports as well as wor k - son with the LSU equipment staff after ing with the Tiger football team.