Mack Brown is entering his 15th as the head coach of the 46,000 in 2012. Brown also has added a Fan appreciation Day in the fall. Longhorns. with a mark at texas of 141-39 (.783), the 2008 Bobby Dodd national “Mack has helped bring back the pride in texas Football,” former Longhorns Coach of the Year and the 2009 Big 12 Coach of the Year has elevated the Longhorns all-american and nFL great said. “tradition is what makes the col- program to new heights. lege game so exciting, and Mack is doing a great job getting everyone excited about the 2005 paul w. “Bear” Bryant national Coach of the Year award winner, and wearing the burnt orange and white and being a Longhorn again.” coach of the 2005 BCs national Champions, he is one of a handful of coaches in the Brown also quickly built two other important bridges — one with legendary history of to lead two separate programs to a top Five national fin- former head coach and the other with the important constituency of ish. texas high school coaches. a member of the Longhorn hall of honor, Brown’s 227 career victories rank “Mack has done everything right from the first day he hit town,” Royal said. “he 13th on the nCaa all-time list, and he is one of just two active coaches to have has established strong ties with the high school coaches, built a tremendous bond reached the 200-victory plateau. he is also one of only two coaches nationally to with the lettermen and gained unbelievable support. direct his teams to 19 bowls in the last 20 seasons and 21 winning seasons in the last “with all of the great things he has done in public relations, what people have 22 years, along with being one of only five active coaches at FBs schools to have won learned is that he can coach, too. he is a dedicated football man and has assembled 100 games at their current school. his 141 wins at texas are the third-most in the an outstanding staff. together, they organize all the facets of the job. talk about ‘not nation in the last 14 years, and his 161 wins overall in the last 16 years are the most leaving a stone unturned’ … he turned over every rock as fast as he could. a major nationally, as are his 208 victories since 1990. state official in north Carolina told one of our top people Mack could be elected gov- those streaks are a reflection of the continuing success Brown has brought to a ernor, and he wasn’t kidding. Mack is that strong with people.” program that managed at least 10 wins just twice in the 14 years prior to his arrival the union with Royal, whom Brown idolized as a young player in high school, in 1998, but has done so nine times in his 14 seasons, including a streak of nine has been a meaningful relationship for both men. consecutive that is tied for the second-longest in nCaa history. Brown has also led “Mack’s like the Darrell Royal of the 21st century,” Ut all-american and 2002 the Longhorns to six seasons of at least 11 wins. College Football hall of Fame inductee Jerry sisemore said. “he’s hard-working and Under Brown, texas has won eight of its last 10 bowl games and has a 9-4 has a great concern for his athletes. the coaches and players work hard and support record overall, including a Ut record streak of 12 consecutive bowl appearances. one another and that’s exactly how Coach Royal ran things. Mack’s the real deal and in the 14 years prior to Brown’s arrival, texas went to seven bowls and was 2-5. it’s been fun to watch him build the program.” the nine bowl wins give Brown the most in texas history, passing Darrell Royal’s an enthusiastic supporter of tradition, Brown is just as passionate in his appre- eight. in addition, the streak includes a BCs national Championship, another BCs ciation of high school coaches, a group he treats with the utmost respect. the gre- national Championship game appearance and three BCs Bowl wins. garious coach has engaged the proud texas high school coaching community. Brown since Brown came to austin, the horns have finished the year ranked in the invites every high school staff to visit Ut practices and rapidly built powerful bonds top 15 in 10 of the last 12 years, which includes a string of 10 straight. they also in that community. Ut’s high school coaches clinic has gone from a couple hundred have seven top 10 finishes and five top Five rankings. prior to Brown’s arrival in coaches prior to his arrival to more than a thousand and become one of the state’s 1998, the last time texas had finished the year in the top 10 was 1983. in addition, most popular spring events. texas leads the nation in all time appearances in the BCs rankings with 93, which is eight more than Florida and Virginia tech. however excellence and consistency are nothing new to the coaching veteran of COACHING CONSISTENCY 39 years, including 28 as a head coach. establishing stability has been a trademark of Brown’s career, highlighted by his success at north Carolina and texas. he rebuilt CoaChes with 21 winning seasons in the Last 22 YeaRs UnC after a series of disappointing seasons and turned it into a nationally-elite MaCK BRown______teXas/noRth CaRoLina program. Frank Beamer ______Virginia tech Fresh off a season that saw north Carolina finish 11-1 and fourth nationally (Usa today/Cnn), Brown was hired as the 28th head coach in the storied history of CoaChes with 19 BowL appeaRanCes in the Last 20 YeaRs texas football on Dec. 4, 1997. he immediately developed a plan of attack, hiring a staff of veteran coaches who had familiarity with the southwest. Brown linked tradi- MaCK BRown______teXas/noRth CaRoLina tion with winning, education and entertainment. From his first season, he steadily Frank Beamer ______Virginia tech has restored pride in one of college football’s most historic programs and put the swagger back in being a Longhorn. Brown has brought enthusiasm back to the Ut program while wowing everyone from recruits to supporters and alumni. his down-home wit and wisdom are clearly energetic, thoughtful, engaging and enthusiastic. that passion has helped the Longhorns sign some of the nation’s finest recruiting classes year in and year out, while raising the enthusiasm and support for texas football to an all-time high. Beginning with an eight-city speaking tour of texas in 1998 – which turned into a revival as thousands of fans poured into crowded rooms to hear him speak – Brown rapidly invigo- rated the mood and spirit of the Ut faithful and hasn’t missed a beat since. Brown reunited the Longhorns lettermen, welcoming any and all to practices and began a lettermen’s reunion and golf tournament that has grown immensely each spring. thousands of former lettermen and their families return to campus for the annual Ut spring Jamboree that Brown has turned into a weekend event in austin. the Jamboree fea- tures a lettermen’s golf outing and reunion to go along with pregame festivities and the orange-white scrimmage. the 2008 Bobby Dodd national Coach of the Year weekend has set attendance records each year, topping out at 78 2012 Texas Football Guide • Coaches & Staff Head Coach

“Our goal is to win championships with nice kids MACK BROWN AT-A-GLANCE who are graduating. We may be in the entertainment hometown Cookeville, tenn. high school putnam County business on the weekends, but we are in the College Florida state ’74 education business during the week.” graduate degree southern Mississippi ’76 — Mack Brown Year in coaching 39th wife sally “i have never seen anyone make friends better or quicker with the high school Children Matt, Katherine, Barbara, Chris coaching community,” said eddie Joseph, former executive Vp of the texas high school Coaches association. “Mack is amazing. he has the ability to make everyone MACK BROWN YEAR-BY-YEAR feel at ease around him and makes the coaches from junior high on up feel comfort- Record at texas 14 years/141-39 (.783) able. i think the thing that makes him so great for the coaches to work with is that he 2011 texas 8-5 holiday has a passion for high school coaches. he has a great deal of respect for the coaches.” 2010 texas 5-7 with his team, the message was clear from the first meeting on the evening of 2009 texas (ap: #2; Usa today: #2) 13-1 BCs Dec. 4, 1997. he did not believe in rebuilding. he believed in winning. the standard 2008 texas (ap: #4; Usa today: #3) 12-1 Fiesta was simple. he expected that, together, he and the team would have fun. he expected 2007 texas (ap: #10; Usa today: #10) 10-3 holiday that, together, he and the team would do things the right way. he expected that, 2006 texas (ap: #13; Usa today: #13) 10-3 alamo together, he and the team would win. each year, Brown has built on that foundation 2005 texas (ap: #1; Usa today/: #1) 13-0 Rose (BCs) while accomplishing feats not seen in austin in decades. 2004 texas (ap: #5; Usa today/espn: #6) 11-1 Rose Brown’s 12 consecutive seasons of at least nine wins are a Ut first, as are his three 2003 texas (ap: #12; Usa today/espn: #11) 10-3 holiday back-to-back 11-win campaigns (2001-02, 2004-05, 2008-09), nine 10-victory seasons 2002 texas (ap: #6; Usa today/espn: #7) 11-2 Cotton in a row, and three 12-win seasons (2005, ‘08, ‘09). texas also set a school record with 2001 texas (ap: #5; Usa today/espn: #5) 11-2 holiday a streak of 12 straight bowl berths in Brown’s time, bettering the nine straight bowl 2000 texas (ap: #12; Usa today/espn: #12) 9-3 holiday games from 1977-85. Ut produced a streak of top 25 finishes for 12 years in a row, 1999 texas (ap: #21; Usa today/espn: #23) 9-5 Cotton a first since the horns earned eight final top 25 rankings in a row from 1968-75. the 1998 texas (ap: #15; Usa today/espn: #16) 9-3 Cotton Longhorns also created a streak of 10 straight top 13 finishes, which is a Ut record. the horns have claimed or shared the Big 12 south Division title in six of the last 14 1997 north Carolina (ap: #6; Usa today/espn: #4) 10-1 gator years, including four conference championship game berths and two Big 12 titles. 1996 north Carolina (ap: #10; Usa today/Cnn: #10) 10-2 gator in 14 seasons, Brown’s Longhorns squads have featured a heisman trophy win- 1995 north Carolina 7-5 Carquest ner, two runners-up and a third-place finisher, three Maxwell award winners, three 1994 north Carolina 8-4 sun wCFF player of the Year award winners, two winners, two 1993 north Carolina (ap: #19; Usa today/Cnn: #21) 10-3 gator thorpe award winners, two nagurski trophy winners, two o’Brien award winners 1992 north Carolina (ap: #19; Usa today/Cnn: #18) 9-3 peach a winner, a winner, two Manning award winners, a 1991 north Carolina 7-4 hendricks award winner, two Draddy/Campbell trophy winners, 52 all-americans, 1990 north Carolina 6-4-1 64 first-team all-Big 12 selections, five Big 12 offensive players of the Year, five Big 1989 north Carolina 1-10 12 Defensive players of the Year and 12 Big 12 Freshman of the Year honorees. 1988 north Carolina 1-10 During that time, Ut has established one of the nation’s premier offensive 1987 tulane 6-6 indep. attacks, while rejuvenating a once struggling Longhorns’ into one of the 1986 tulane 4-7 nation’s best. 1985 tulane 1-10 Defensively, Brown has transformed a unit that ranked 85th nationally in total 1984 oklahoma offensive Coordinator defense in 1997 into a group that led the nation in total defense (236.2 ypg) and led 1983 appalachian state 6-5 the Big 12 in rushing (89.5 ypg), passing (146.7 ypg) and scoring (13.7 ppg) defense 1982 LsU Coach in 2001. that came on the heels of a pair of seasons that saw Ut rank sixth nation- 1981 iowa state offensive Coordinator ally in total defense (286.7 ypg) in 1999 and seventh (278.3 ypg) in 2000. the 2008 1980 iowa state offensive Coordinator defense also led the Big 12 in total defense, scoring defense and rushing defense (third 1979 iowa state assistant Coach (wide Receivers) nCaa), while the 2009 unit led the nation in rushing defense (72.4 ypg) and was third 1978 Memphis state assistant Coach (wide Receivers) in total defense (251.9/first Big 12). in 2011, texas again led the Big 12 almost every 1977 southern Mississippi assistant Coach (wide Receivers) major statistical category including total defense (306.1 ypg)/11th nCaa), rushing 1976 southern Mississippi assistant Coach (wide Receivers) defense (96.2 ypg/sixth nCaa), pass efficiency defense (111.0/10th nCaa) and pass 1975 southern Mississippi assistant Coach (wide Receivers) defense (209.9 ypg), while finishing second in scoring defense by just .15 points per 1974 Florida state student Coach (wide Receivers) game. texas has led the Big 12 in scoring defense three times, in total defense seven 1973 Florida state student Coach (wide Receivers) times and four straight years and rushing defense seven times and five of the last six overall Record 28 years/227-113-1 (.667) seasons. the aggressive defensive style of the Brown era has seen the horns signifi- cantly increase their production in sacks, tackles for loss and turnovers forced in the last 14 seasons. in 2008, texas led the nation in sacks and then tied for second in “As a parent, when my son is 18 years old, and if he chooses 2009, a year it also led the nation in turnovers gained and . to play football and somebody comes to the door to talk on , the Longhorns have set 137 school records and featured the school’s only 3,000-yard passers (Colt McCoy, 2007, 08, 09/, 2005/, to him about molding him for the next four or five years, I 2002/, 1999), 2,000-yard rusher (, 1998), 1,000- want it to be Coach Brown or Coach Royal. I know that these yard receivers (, 2008/, 2008, 09/, 2002, 03/ parents, when they meet Coach Brown, don’t have any Kwame Cavil, 1999/ wane Mcgarity, 1998) and 1,000-yard passer/rusher (Vince question that their son is going to be guided, molded and Young, 2004 and 05) in a season. in 2008, Cosby and shipley combined to become the first duo in school history and just the 11th in nCaa history to each have 85-plus led in a way that they’ll be proud of.” catches and 1,000-plus receiving yards in the same season. Ut became just the sec- — Doug English, former Longhorns All-American ond team in nCaa Division i-a history to boast a 2,000-yard rusher and passer as and NFL All-Pro www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com 79 Mack Brown

TROpHY TIME dId YOu KNOW? Brown’s winners, finalists and semifinalists Mack Brown joined John Robinson (UsC) and Dan McCarney (iowa state) as Heisman Trophy Hendricks Award the only head coaches in nCaa Division i-a history who in the same season RB Ricky williams __1998 _____ winner De ___2008 _____ winner coached a 3,000-yard passer (Colt McCoy 2007-09 / Vince Young 2005 / Chris QB Colt McCoy ____2008 ___Runner-up De ___2009 _____ Finalist simms, 2002 / Major applewhite, 1999), 2,000-yard rusher (Ricky williams, QB Vince Young ____2005 ___Runner-up De ___2006 _____ Finalist 1998) and 1,000-yard receiver (Roy williams, 2002, 2003 / Kwame Cavil, 1999 / wane Mcgarity, 1998). QB Colt McCoy ____2009 __ third place De Cory Redding ___2002 _____ Finalist well as a 1,000-yard receiver in 1998. in his career at texas alone, Brown became one Maxwell Award Lombardi Award of just three head coaches in nCaa Division i-a history to lead a player to a 3,000- QB Colt McCoy ____2009 _____ winner De Brian orakpo ___2008 _____ winner yard passing season, a 2,000-yard rushing season and a 1,000-yard receiving season. QB Vince Young ____2005 _____ winner oL ___2006 _____ Finalist texas also has re-established its home field advantage and, as a result, domi- RB Ricky williams __1998 _____ winner Dt _2005 _____ Finalist nance under Brown. in his 14 seasons, the Longhorns have increased their season QB Colt McCoy ____2008 _____ Finalist LB _2004 _____ Finalist De Cory Redding ___2002 _____ Finalist ticket sales by nearly 45,000, up to a school-best 84,071 in 2010, and set school Walter Camp Player of the Year De greg ellis ______1997 _____ Finalist attendance records while playing in front of sellout crowds in 69 of the last 72 home QB Colt McCoy ____2009 _____ winner De ______2010 __ semifinalist games and have attracted the top 10 crowds in Ut history. with a full house on hand QB Colt McCoy ____2008 _____ winner ot Leonard Davis __2000 __ semifinalist the past 14 seasons, Ut has gone 72-13 in games at Darrell K Royal-texas Memorial RB Ricky williams __1998 _____ winner Dt _2000 __ semifinalist stadium, including a 41-9 mark in Big 12 home games. at one point, Ut had a streak of 21 consecutive victories (third-longest in Ut history) and the longest for Ut since Associated Press Player of the Year Lott Trophy it won 42 straight from 1968-76 (no. 6 in nCaa history). the Longhorns also set the RB Ricky williams __1998 _____ winner LB emmanuel acho _ 2011 ______Finalist marks for the Big 12’s longest intraconference winning streak (21 games) and the De sam acho ______2010 ______Finalist longest intraconference road winning streak (13). Cingular/ABC Sports Player of the Year De Brian orakpo ___2008 _____ Finalist texas has lost only 12 road games in Mack Brown’s 14-year tenure with two QB Colt McCoy ____2009 _____ winner LB Derrick Johnson _2004 _____ Finalist of them coming in his first three games at Ut. the Longhorns have won 47 of their QB Vince Young ____2005 _____ winner De sam acho ______2009 __ semifinalist last 54 true road games. the only losses during that stretch were a 42-38 shootout at RB __2004 _____ winner texas tech in 2002, a 45-42 defeat at Kansas state in 2006, a 38-30 loss at texas a&M Manning Award in 2007, a 39-33 loss with one second remaining at no. 7 texas tech in 2008, a 39-14 Sporting News Player of the Year QB Colt McCoy ____2009 _____ winner loss to KsU in 2010, a 17-5 defeat at Missouri in 2011 and a 48-24 setback at Baylor QB Colt McCoy ____2008 __ Co-winner QB Vince Young ____2005 _____ winner to end the 2011 regular season. the horns set a Ut-record streak with 17 consecu- RB Ricky williams __1998 _____ winner QB Colt McCoy ____2008 _____ Finalist tive road wins before falling to Kansas state in 2006. Ut also won 12 consecutive Chevrolet Offensive Player of the Year Davey O’Brien Award road games from 2000-02. texas is 52-12 (.813) overall on the road and 44-7 (.863) QB Colt McCoy ____2008 _____ winner QB Colt McCoy ____2009 _____ winner versus unranked road foes during the RB Ricky williams __1998 _____ winner QB Vince Young ____2005 _____ winner In 14 seasons under Mack Brown era. in fact, Ut is currently QB Colt McCoy ____2008 _____ Finalist Mack Brown, Texas has … riding a school-record non-conference Nagurski Trophy QB Colt McCoy ____2006 __ semifinalist road winning streak of 12, which betters 4 De Brian orakpo ___2008 _____ winner QB Chris simms ___ 2001, ’02__ semifinalist Won its first National Championship the previous mark of seven from 1956- since 1970 LB Derrick Johnson _2004 _____ winner QB Major applewhite _ 1999 ___ semifinalist 63. texas has won 35 of its last 42 Big 4 Won three BCS bowls and appeared in two 12 Conference road games, including a Biletnikoff Award Johnny Untias Golden Arm Award National Championship Games league-record 13 consecutive conference wR Jordan shipley __2009 _____ Finalist QB Colt McCoy ____2009 _____ winner road wins from 2002-06. the horns are wR Quan Cosby ____2008 __ semifinalist 4 Posted 12 consecutive seasons of at least 39-9 (.813) in league road contests under wR Roy williams __ 2002, ‘03__ semifinalist Outland Trophy nine wins at UT for the first time in school Mack Brown. wR Kwame Cavil ___1999 __ semifinalist oL Justin Blalock ___2006 _____ Finalist history Brown’s on-the-field success has had LB Derrick Johnson _2004 _____ Finalist an impact on the student-athletes’ future Butkus Award ot Leonard Davis __2000 _____ Finalist 4 Recorded at least 10 wins for nine opportunities as well. as of the 2012 nFL LB Derrick Johnson _2004 _____ winner oL Derrick Dockery _2002 __ semifinalist straight seasons (second-longest streak in LB sergio Kindle ___2009 _____ Finalist Dt Casey hampton _2000 __ semifinalist NCAA history) , two of his Longhorns have been LB Derrick Johnson _2003 _____ Finalist selected in the first round in six of the LB Kivuusama Mays _1997 ______Finalist Thorpe Award 4 Established itself as the only team past 12 drafts. when ot Mike williams LB _2011 __ semifinalist CB _____2006 _____ winner nationally to win at least nine games from () and CB LB Keenan Robinson _2010 __ semifinalist s ___2005 _____ winner 1998-2009. (san Diego Chargers) were selected LB Derrick Johnson _2002 __ semifinalist s earl thomas ____2009 _____ Finalist fourth and fifth, respectively, in 2002, 4 Earned or shared six Big 12 South Division LB D.D. Lewis _____2001 __ semifinalist CB Quentin Jammer _2001 _____ Finalist it marked the first time in Ut history titles and won two conference titles LB Brian simmons __1996 __ semifinalist CB Dré Bly ______1996, ’97 ___ Finalist that two Longhorns were chosen among CB __2003 __ semifinalist 4 Posted 10 straight Top 13 finishes for the the first five overall picks. Brown’s Draddy Trophy/Campbell Trophy CB Rod Babers _____2002 __ semifinalist first time in UT history Longhorns featured a pair of first-round De sam acho ______2010 _____ winner picks in 2004 when Roy williams (sev- C griffin ___2007 _____ winner Doak Walker Award 4 Featured a Heisman Trophy winner, 52 enth pick) was taken by the QB Colt McCoy ____2009 _____ Finalist RB Cedric Benson __2004 _____ winner All-Americans, 68 first-team All-Big 12 selec- and Marcus tubbs was selected by the LB emmanuel acho _ 2011 ___ semifinalist RB Ricky williams __1998 _____ winner tions, five Big 12 Defensive Players of the (23rd pick). the 2005 RB Ricky williams __1997 _____ winner Year, five Big 12 Offensive Players of the Year nFL Draft had Longhorns Cedric Benson Lou Groza Award RB __2007 __ semifinalist and 11 Big 12 Freshman of the Year honorees (fourth pick) and Derrick Johnson (15th pK hunter Lawrence _2009 ___ semifinalist RB hodges Mitchell _1999 __ semifinalist pK Kris stockton ___2000 __ semifinalist 4 Featured the only 3,000-yard passers, pick) in the first round. in the 2006 nFL Rimington Trophy 2,000-yard rusher, 1,000-yard receivers and Draft, Vince Young (third pick) and C Chris hall ______2009 _____ Finalist 1,000-yard passer/rusher in same season in Michael huff (seventh pick) were both school history first-round choices, and in 2007, Michael

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Despite a difficult 5-7 season in 2010, “Mack’s like the Darrell Royal of the 21st century. texas still ranked sixth in the nation in MACK BROWN’S He’s hard-working and has great concern for his total defense (300.2 ypg) and pass defense ALL-AMERICANS (161.6 ypg), while acho, in addition to texas players in bold athletes. The coaches and players work hard and winning the Campbell trophy, wuerffel First-team all-americans support one another and that’s exactly how trophy and aRa sportsmanship award, De alex okafor ______2011 was also named second-team all-america C Chris hall ______2009 Coach Royal ran things.” by the walter Camp Football Foundation De sergio Kindle ______2009 — Jerry Sisemore, former UT All-American and and third-team all-america by the wR Jordan shipley ______2009 NFL All-Pro offensive associated press. he was also named s earl thomas ______2009 CFpa Defensive Lineman of the Year, was QB Colt McCoy ______2008, ‘09 a finalist for the Lott trophy, a semifinal- De Brian orakpo______2008 griffin (19th pick) and aaron Ross (20th pick) were selected in the opening round. ist for the Lombardi award and was a ot tony hills ______2007 Ut had four players selected in the first two rounds of the 2007 Draft with Justin unanimous first-team all-Big 12 selection. oL Justin Blalock ______2006 Blalock and tim Crowder chosen in the second round following griffin and Ross. in addition to acho, junior LB Keenan CB aaron Ross ______2006 that marked the most Longhorns chosen in the first two rounds since 1982. three Robinson was a semifinalist for the Butkus s Michael huff ______2005 members of his 1997 Carolina squad were picked in the first round of the 1998 nFL ot Jonathan scott ______2005 award. Draft, which tied for the most of any collegiate program. Dt Rodrique wright _____ 2005 Brown guided the 2009 Longhorns in the 28 drafts during Brown’s time as a head coach, the nFL has picked 105 QB Vince Young ______2005 to texas’ second national Championship of his student-athletes, and he has had a player selected in 27 straight drafts. he has RB Cedric Benson ______2004 game appearance in five years and also had 19 players (15 from Ut/four from UnC) selected in the first round in the last 15 LB Derrick Johnson __ 2003, ‘04 matched the school record of 13 wins. the drafts. over the past 15 years, Brown has had 68 players selected in the draft with 52 oL Derrick Dockery _____ 2002 lone loss came in the title game to no. 1 (76.5%) of those coming in the first four rounds. De Cory Redding ______2002 alabama after QB Colt McCoy was injured with all of the success on the field, the primary emphasis has remained the same CB Quentin Jammer _____ 2001 on the first series and did not return. with Brown’s squads — maintaining a high level of achievement in the classroom ot Mike williams ______2001 Despite the loss of the national player of and in the community. eighty percent of his players at north Carolina received their ot Leonard Davis ______2000 the year, texas was within three points degrees and he has increased the pace at texas, while more than a third of his players Dt Casey hampton ___ 1999, 2000 with the ball with just over three min- og Ben adams ______1998 at texas have regularly earned 3.0 grade point averages and achieved spots on the Big utes remaining, and following the game, ot Jay humphrey ______1998 12 Commissioner’s and athletics Director’s honor rolls. the polls kept the Longhorns ranked no. RB Ricky williams ______1998 over the last six years, the success in the classroom has reached an all-time high. 2 – their fourth top Five ranking in six CB Dré Bly ______1996, ’97 the Longhorns have led the Big 12 in academic all-conference selections in five of years. they also completed their ninth- De greg ellis ______1997 the last six seasons, and in three of those have had equal or more first-team selections consecutive 10-win season, which is the LB Brian simmons ______1997 than all but two Big 12 schools have had total selections. second-longest streak in nCaa history. Dt Marcus Jones ______1995 in 2010, De sam acho became texas’ second winner of the Campbell trophy, the texas offense ranked third in Fs Bracey walker ______1993 which has been likened to an “academic heisman.” acho also became the seventh scoring (39.3 ppg) and 22nd in passing Longhorns to be named two-time first-team academic all-america. texas registered offense (273.6 ypg), while the defense led Freshman all-americans two first-team academic all-america honorees in acho and ot adam Ulatoski in the nation in rushing defense (72.4 ypg), ot Josh Cochran ______2011 2009, after having also done so in 2007 with C Dallas griffin and Dt Derek Lokey. was third in total defense (251.9 ypg) CB ______2011 griffin went on to earn Ut’s first Campbell trophy, which at the time was named the and 12th in scoring defense (16.7 ppg), s earl thomas ______2008 Draddy trophy. QB Colt McCoy was a finalist for that award in 2009 and recognized along with leading the nation in turnovers te Jermichael Finley _____ 2006 as a national Football Foundation scholar-athlete, as were griffin and acho. in 2008, QB Colt McCoy ______2006 gained and interceptions, and ranking in RB Chris ogbonnaya also earned second-team academic all-america honors. ot adam Ulatoski ______2006 the top 10 in sacks, tFL and pass effi- alongside academics, Brown’s life skills program features numerous seminars LB Rashad Bobino ______2005 ciency defense. McCoy became Ut’s 20th to prepare student-athletes for life after football, while Longhorns players make De Brian orakpo______2005 unanimous all-american and won the countless visits to area children’s hospitals and serve as tutors and mentors at schools Dt ______2004 Maxwell award, walter Camp Football across austin. never has that been as evident as the last two years with acho, who ot Justin Blalock ______2003 Foundation national player of the Year was named the 2010 wuerffel trophy winner for all-around excellence, and the 2010 De tim Crowder ______2003 award, Davey o’Brien award, Manning aRa sportsmanship award winner, along with being selected as a member of the Dt Rodrique wright _____ 2002 award and Unitas golden arm award. aFCa good works team. emmanuel acho then joined his brother as back-to-back DB Michael huff ______2002 he also became a two-time finalist for the honores on the good works team, giving texas four in the last six years along with RB Cedric Benson ______2001 heisman trophy. wR Jordan shipley was Vince Young and Colt McCoy. LB Derrick Johnson _____ 2001 a consensus all-america honoree and a on the field, Brown has led the Longhorns to one of the best records in the pK Dusty Mangum ______2001 finalist for the Biletnikoff award, while s wR B.J. Johnson ______2000 nation during his tenure, posting a 141-39 mark (.783) over 14 seasons. Despite earl thomas also earned consensus all- s Dakarai pearson _____ 2000 an offense filled mostly with freshmen and sophomore starters, Brown took the america honors and was a finalist for the De Kalen thornton ______2000 2011 team to an 8-5 record, capped by a win in the . the defense led thorpe award. Meanwhile, De/LB sergio wR Roy williams ______2000 the Big 12 in total defense, pass defense and rush defense, while De alex okafor Kindle became the first player in college QB Major applewhite ____ 1998 earned all-america honors from the aFCa, CB Quandre Diggs was the Coaches’ football history to be named a finalist for LB D.D. Lewis ______1998 Big 12 Freshman Defensive player of the Year and a CBssports.com Freshman all- both the Butkus award and hendricks CB Dré Bly ______1996 american, RB Malcolm Brown was selected the associated press Big 12 newcomer of the Year and RB/KR Fozzy whittaker was named CFpa Kick Returer of the Year. COACHING SuCCESS NCAA’S WINNINGEST COACHES nCaa Division i-a head coaching records since 1990 By victories last 16 years 1. MaCK BRown, teXas/n. CaRoLina _____161-42 ______.793 1. MaCK BRown, teXas/UnC ______208-65-1 ______.761 2. Frank Beamer, Virginia tech ______158-50 ______.760 2. Frank Beamer, Virginia tech ______198-77-1 ______.719 www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com 81 Mack Brown

earned national Freshman of the Year honors as he tied an nCaa record with 29 “Mack has done a great job recruiting with the high school passes. coaches, with the people on campus and the Longhorns let- Brown had the most successful season of his career in 2005, leading texas to termen. They are very proud that Mack Brown is the coach its first national Championship since 1970. texas made a return trip to the Rose Bowl for its first appearance in the BCs national Championship game, where the here, and for them to be in full support of his coaching abili- Longhorns ended UsC’s 34-game winning streak and extended their own winning ties, is a tribute to him. I feel exactly the same way because streak to 20 with a 41-38 victory. the team was led by Maxwell award winner he has done a marvelous job and the best is yet to come.” Vince Young. Young, who was also the heisman runner-up and Davey o’Brien and Manning award winner, finished his career as texas’ all-time winningest quarter- — Spike Dykes, former UT assistant coach back with a 30-2 record. texas’ offense set Ut records in points scored (652) and total and the winningest head coach in Texas Tech history yards (6,657), while ranking first in the nation in scoring (50.2 ppg), second in rush- ing (274.9 ypg) and third in total offense (512.1 ypg). texas was also highly ranked on award, and also was named first-team all-america, along with C Chris hall who was defense. Led by Ut’s first-ever thorpe award winner Michael huff, the Longhorns a finalist for the Rimington trophy. in addition, K hunter Lawrence was a semifinal- finished sixth in scoring defense (16.4 ppg) and 10th in total defense (302.9 ypg). ist for the groza award and De sam acho was a semifinalist for the Lott trophy. in 2004, the Longhorns managed their fourth consecutive 10-win season, while texas entered the 2008 season with less media acclaim than previous seasons, defeating six teams ranked in either the ap poll or espn/Usa today poll. it was also but by mid-season, a 45-35 win over no. 1 oklahoma propelled the team to its own their third 11-win season in four years and was capped with texas’ first BCs selection no. 1 ranking. it marked the first regular-season no. 1 ranking for the program and a 38-37 Rose Bowl Championship over n o. 13 Michigan. since oct. 8, 1984, and began the toughest four-game stretch in the history of college Ut was led by all-americans on both sides of the ball in senior football where the Longhorns would face a team ranked in the top 11 in every game. and Doak walker award winner Cedric Benson and senior linebacker, nagurski the team finished within one second of completing the gauntlet before falling at no. trophy winner and Butkus award win- 7 texas tech on the last play from scrimmage. ner Derrick Johnson. Behind Benson, the TuRNING IT AROuNd Despite the difficult loss, the team rebounded to win all of its remaining games, offense ranked second nationally in rush- capped by a thrilling 24-21 win over no. 10 ohio state in the Fiesta Bowl, providing ing offense (299.2 ypg), seventh in total appalachian state texas a school-record fifth-consecutive bowl win, including three BCs bowls. the offense (464.4 ypg) and 12th in scoring pre-Brown Under Brown Longhorns finished the season ranked no. 4 in the ap poll and no. 3 in the Usa offense (35.3 ppg). the Longhorns rushed 1981: 3-7-1 1983: 6-5 today Coaches poll. for over 300 yards six times, the most since 1982: 4-7 on offense, texas averaged 42.4 points per game (fifth nCaa), 475.8 total yards 1977, and put up at least 400 yards in nine tulane (ninth nCaa) and 308.3 passing yards (seventh nCaa), led by McCoy, who set the of their 12 games. pre-Brown Under Brown nCaa single-season record for completion percentage (77.6). McCoy earned first- with Johnson taking the lead, the 1982: 4-7 1985: 1-10 team all-america honors and was named the walter Camp Football Foundation defense ranked 18th nationally in scor- 1983: 2-9 1986: 4-7 player of the Year and runner-up for the heisman trophy. on defense, texas led the ing defense (17.9 ppg), 16th in rushing 1984: 3-8 1987: 6-6% nation in sacks and led the Big 12 in scoring defense (18.8 ppg), total defense (342.9 defense (107.4) and 32nd in turnover mar- % led tulane to just its fifth bowl game in more than 40 years. ypg) and rushing defense (83.5 ypg/third nCaa). De Brian orakpo became Ut’s gin (+5). they held teams to 14 points or 19th unanimous all-american and won the nagurski trophy, Lombardi award and less on six different occasions. north Carolina hendricks award. shipley also earned third-team all-america honors, while wR Under his guidance in 2003, texas pre-Brown Under Brown Quan Cosby was a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff award. rallied from a 4-2 start to post six 1984: 5-5-1 1988: 1-10 in 2007, the Longhorns capped their seventh consecutive 10-win season with a straight victories and finished with a 10-3 1985: 5-6 1989: 1-10 52-34 holiday Bowl victory over no. 12 arizona state, while also securing their fourth record and no. 12 national ranking. the 1986: 7-4-1 1990: 6-4-1 bowl win in consecutive years, a Ut first. Longhorns were led by a balanced offense 1987: 5-6 1991: 7-4 1992: 9-3 the Longhorns finished the season with a no. 10 national ranking in both polls, and defense that was one of only four pro- 1993: 10-3 marking the fifth time in seven seasons they had finished in the top 10. grams nationally that ranked among the 1994: 8-4 along with Dallas griffin winning the Draddy trophy and the two academic nCaa’s top 25 in total offense and total 1995: 7-5 all-americans, ot tony hills earned first-team all-america honors from the walter defense. texas averaged 232.5 rushing 1996: 10-2 Camp Football Foundation, RB Jamaal Charles was named a semifinalist for the Doak yards per game (8th nCaa) and produced 1997: 10-1 walker award, s earned all-america honors from espn.com and its most yards on the ground (3,023) since Dt Frank okam was named third-team all-america by the associated press. texas texas pre-Brown Under Brown+ finished in the top 20 in both rushing defense (6th/93.4 ypg) and rushing offense MACK’S MILESTONE 1996: 8-5 1998: 9-3 (17th/207.5 ypg), while also finishing in the top 20 in total offense (13th/462.9 ypg) with a victory against texas a&M in 2008, 1997: 4-7 1999: 9-5 and scoring offense (14th/37.2 ppg). Mack Brown became the first head coach 2000: 9-3 the 2006 Longhorn season continued the validation of a premier football pro- in Ut history to reach the 200-victory pla- 2001: 11-2^* gram that had achieved back-to-back Rose Bowl victories, including the BCs national teau (227-113-1/.667) during a career. Brown 2002: 11-2^* 2003: 10-3* Championship. became just the 19th coach, who has spent 2004: 11-1* at least 10 years at a nCaa Football Bowl Ranked no. 2 in the country as defending national Champions, texas lost to 2005: 13-0*$ subdivision (FBs) school, to win 200 games no. 1 ohio state in the second game of the year, but fought their way back to a no. 4 2006: 10-3* and the seventh-youngest coach to do so. he national ranking before an injury to McCoy helped lead to narrow losses in the final 2007: 10-3* also is one of only two active coaches, who 2008: 12-1* two games of the regular season. have spent at least five years at an FBs school, 2009: 13-1* still, they bounced back with a come-from-behind victory over iowa in the to reach the 200-victory mark. in addition, 2010: 5-7 to earn a 10-3 record. the season included victories over both oklahoma Brown is one of only five active coaches at FBs 2011: 8-5 and nebraska, the two teams that played for the Big 12 championship, after the schools who have won 100 games at their cur- Longhorns’ late season losses. rent school (141-39/.783). of the 80 coaches + best coaching start in school aaron Ross won the thorpe award as the nation’s top defensive that have ever won 100 games at a FBs school, history ^ first back-to-back 11-win seasons back, and offensive lineman Justin Blalock was a finalist for both the outland trophy Brown is the 12th fastest to reach the cen- tury mark (124 games) and the fourth-fastest in school annals and the Lombardi award. Ross and Blalock earned first-team all-america honors, * only team nationally with nine con- among active coaches. secutive seasons of at least 10 wins while hendricks award finalist tim Crowder and Lott trophy semifinalist Michael $ national Champions griffin were recognized as second-team all-americans. McCoy, a redshirt freshman, 82 2012 Texas Football Guide • Coaches & Staff Head Coach

1977. it also averaged 206.6 passing yards per game to mark just the third time in school history that the horns averaged 200 yards rushing and passing in the same “What makes Coach Brown so successful is the way he car- season. Led by its first-ever Butkus award finalist and consensus first-team all- ries himself. He’s a player’s coach. He gets very involved american, LB Derrick Johnson, Ut’s defense ranked 25th nationally allowing 329.9 yards per game. with practice and really likes being around the guys. He Brown’s 2002 squad found itself once-again mentioned among the national title knows his stuff and works you hard, but no matter what is contenders until late in the season. with an 11-2 record and a no. 6 final ranking, going on in your life, he’s a guy you can talk to.” the horns posted back-to-back 11-win seasons for the first time in school history and consecutive top 10 finishes for the first time since 1977-78. texas capped the year — Quentin Jammer, Longhorns All-American cornerback with a 35-20 victory over LsU in the Cotton Bowl. the Longhorns also won or shared and 2002 NFL first-round draft pick the Big 12 south title for the third time in the last four seasons. Led by first-team all-american and Lombardi trophy finalist De Cory Redding with no. 8 oregon in the holiday Bowl and closed out the year with a 9-3 record (7-1, and first-team all-Big 12 performers LB Derrick Johnson and CB Rod Babers, the Big 12) and a final no. 12 national ranking, its best finish in the polls since 1983. Longhorns defense finished the year ranked among the nation’s top 16 for the fourth texas’ explosive offense ranked 14th nationally in total offense (439.0 ypg) and straight year. eighth in scoring (38.6 ppg.). RB hodges Mitchell, a first-team all-Big 12 choice for on offense, QB Chris simms and wR Roy williams had record-setting years a second consecutive year, led the way. Mitchell rushed for 1,118 yards, and for the and RB Cedric Benson posted a second straight 1,000-yard rushing season. williams second year in a row, he established himself as the only player in Ut history to gain and consensus first-team all-american oL Derrick Dockery both earned first-team 1,000 rushing and 300 receiving yards in a season. his path was paved by consensus all-Big 12 honors as the horns averaged 33.8 points per game (16th nCaa). first-team all-american and outland trophy finalist ot Leonard Davis. with the in 2001, Brown saw his efforts in rebuilding the Ut program into a national loss of nearly every pass catcher from 1999, the greatest challenge Brown and his power reach new heights and provide promising hope for the future. the Longhorns offensive staff faced in 2000 was honing the skills of a stable of young wide receivers. came within three points of a possible berth in the national Championship game for that project was a success as true freshmen B.J. Johnson and Roy williams rewrote the first time in decades. texas opened the season with its first preseason top Five the Longhorns record books while each earned second-team Freshman all-america ranking since 1983 and with wins in its final six games, claimed the Big 12 south title honors. for the second time. the horns were ranked among the nation’s top 10 in 16 of the texas’ revitalized defense was led by two-time first-team all-american and Big 17 polls in 2001 and only a narrow 39-37 defeat at the hands of no. 9 Colorado in 12 Defensive player of the Year Dt Casey hampton. an outland trophy semifinalist the Big 12 Championship game prevented Brown’s team from likely playing for the and first-team all-america in 1999, hampton became the first lineman in Ut history national title. with a 47-43 victory against no. 21 washington in the holiday Bowl, to lead the team in tackles in back-to-back seasons and finished his career then ranked texas posted a school record-tying 11 victories (11-2) for the first time since ‘83 and second on Ut’s all-time tackles for loss list (54). he was joined by Jammer on the first- just the fifth time in school history. the win also secured the program’s first top 10 team all-Big 12 unit, as texas led the nation in pass efficiency defense (88.3 rating) finish since that year. and ranked seventh in total defense (278.3 ypg). Led by unanimous first-team all-american and Ut’s first-ever thorpe award Despite the loss of heisman trophy winner Ricky williams, all-Big 12 wide finalist CB Quentin Jammer and all-americans LB D.D. Lewis and Redding, receiver wane Mcgarity and four starters from a veteran offensive line, Brown’s 1999 the Longhorns topped the nation in total defense (236.2 ypg). Jammer, the first squad registered a 9-5 record and claimed the Big 12 south Division Championship. Longhorns’ defender since in 1984 to earn unanimous first-team all- the offense set a school record with 3,580 passing yards and registered the second- america honors, and Lewis shared team MVp honors. the Longhorns were one of most total yards in school annals (5,336). Defensively, Ut began its climb back among only two teams nationally that ranked among the nCaa’s top 10 in all five major the nation’s best, ranking sixth in total defense (286.7 ypg). statistical categories. true freshman LB Derrick Johnson was tabbed the sporting wR Kwame Cavil set Ut and Big 12 records with 100 receptions for 1,188 yards news’ Freshman of the Year and named the holiday Bowl Defensive MVp. en route to second-team all-america and first-team all-Big 12 honors that year. offensively, texas’ balanced attack was led by a passing game that posted, at the sophomore quarterback Major applewhite set Ut marks with 3,357 passing yards time, the fourth-most yards (3,003) on Ut record and a scoring attack that ranked and 21 tDs while earning co-Big 12 offensive player of the Year recognition. Mitchell first in the Big 12 and sixth nationally (39.2 ppg). ot Mike williams earned first-team became the first back in Ut history to rush for 1,000 yards and record 300 receiving all-america honors and was joined by wR Roy williams as first-team all-Big 12. yards en route to first-team all-Big 12 honors and earned a spot among the Dr pepper true freshman RB Cedric Benson set freshman records for rushing yards (1,053) and Doak walker award semifinalists. og Roger Roesler earned first-team all-Big 12 rushing tDs (12) en route to Big 12 offensive Freshman of the Year honors. recognition and third-team all-america honors. in 2000, Brown’s youthful Longhorns overcame a pair of tough losses as well as De aaron humphrey, who posted 20 sacks in his two years under Brown and injuries that sidelined its first, second and third-string tight ends and slowed its all- finished his career then ranked third on Ut’s all-time tFLs list (50.5), also ranked america candidate at defensive tackle — shaun Rogers. Despite starting as many as eighth on the Longhorns all-time sack chart (24.5) and earned Longhorns MVp hon- five true freshmen and featuring a 44-man depth chart that included 36 underclass- ors in 1999. De , a 2000 nFL Draft pick of the , had men, Ut rallied from a 3-2 start to run off six consecutive victories. Ut lost a shootout 19 tFLs in 1999 and 40 for his career (no. 8 on Ut’s all-time list at the time).

MACK BROWN ANd THE NFL dRAFT (AS OF THE 2012 NFL dRAFT) 4 Dating back to 1986 when he was the head coach at tulane, Mack Brown has had a player selected in 27 straight nFL Drafts. in fact, Brown has had a player selected in the nFL Draft in 27 of the 28 drafts as a head coach. 4 Mack Brown has coached 19 players (15 texas/four north Carolina) who have been drafted in the first round in the past 15 nFL drafts. 4 Mack Brown has coached a first-round selection in 11 of the last 17 nFL drafts. 4 Mack Brown has coached 68 nFL draft picks over the last 15 years. 4 of Mack Brown’s 68 nFL draft picks the last 15 years, 52 picks have been chosen in the first four rounds of the drafts. 4 in 28 drafts as a head coach at texas (1998-current), north Carolina (1988-97), tulane (1985-87) and appalachian state (1983), Mack Brown has seen 105 of his former players selected in the nFL Draft. MACK BROWN’S NFL dRAFT pICKS YEAR-BY-YEAR (AS A HEAd COACH) 2012 (3 Ut); 2011 (4 Ut); 2010 (6 Ut); 2009 (4 Ut); 2008 (5 Ut); 2007 (7 Ut); 2006 (6 Ut); 2005 (3 Ut); 2004 (4 Ut); 2003 (4 Ut); 2002 (2 Ut); 2001 (3 Ut); 2000 (1 Ut); 1999 (3 Ut/6 UnC); 1998 (7 UnC); 1997 (5 UnC); 1996 (2 UnC); 1995 (5 UnC); 1994 (4 UnC); 1993 (4 UnC); 1992 (5 UnC); 1991 (1 UnC); 1990 (2 UnC); 1989 (3 UnC/2 tulane); 1988 (2 tul); 1987 (1 tul); 1986 (1 tul)

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in 1998, running back Ricky williams ran away with virtually every major col- TOp ACTIvE NCAA dIvISION I-A lege football award. williams claimed the heisman trophy, Maxwell award, walter COACHING vICTORY LEAdERS Camp and associated press player of the Year honors and the Dr pepper Doak (Victories at nCaa Division i-a/FBs programs only) walker award as texas rebounded from a 4-7 season to finish 9-3 and ranked 15th nationally. after starting the year with a 1-2 record, the Longhorns won six consecu- 1. MaCK BRown, teXas ______221 tive games and eight of their final nine contests, including snapping no. 7 nebraska’s 2. Frank Beamer, Virginia tech ______209 47-game home winning streak with a 20-16 victory. Brown’s first Ut team capped the year with a 38-11 victory against no. 25 Mississippi state in the Cotton Bowl, the BIG 12 ACTIvE COACHING vICTORY LEAdERS Longhorns’ first new Year’s Day bowl victory since 1981. williams led the nation in rushing with a school-best 2,124 yards and set a school record with 28 rushing tDs. the Longhorns tallied the fourth-most yards of heaD CoaCh (YeaRs) ReCoRD offense in school history (5,177) at the time. wR wane Mcgarity, te Derek Lewis 1. MaCK BRown, teXas (28) ______227-113-1 and offensive linemen Ben adams and Jay humphrey all earned first-team all-Big 12 2. Bill snyder, Kansas state (21) ______159-83-1 honors for an offense that was among the best in Ut history. adams and humphrey also were tabbed first-team all-american. BROWN’S CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL Defensively, the youthful Longhorns featured a predominantly underclassmen Big 12 offensive First-team all-Big 12 (cont.) unit but re-established themselves after ranking 85th in total defense (399.2 ypg) and player of the Year LB D.D. Lewis ______2001 104th in scoring defense (33 ppg) in 1997. QB Colt McCoy ______2009 ot Mike williams ______2001 Born in Cookeville, tenn., Brown was a three-sport star at putnam County high QB Colt McCoy ______2008 ot Leonard Davis ______2000 QB Vince Young ______2005 Dt Casey hampton ______1999, 2000 school, where he lettered three times in football. he went on to attend Vanderbilt QB Major applewhite______1999 RB hodges Mitchell ______1999, 2000 (1969-70) and graduated from Florida state. he lettered twice as a running back for RB Ricky williams ______1998 QB Major applewhite______1999 the seminoles (1972-73). an injury sidelined him for much of the 1973 season and wR Kwame Cavil ______1999 that led to the start of his coaching career as he became a student coach. he completed Big 12 Defensive og Roger Roesler ______1999 player of the Year Dt shaun Rogers ______1999 his bachelor’s degree in education in 1974. De Brian orakpo ______2008 og Ben adams ______1998 Brown began his full-time coaching career in 1975 at southern Mississippi, CB aaron Ross ______2006 ot Jay humphrey ______1998 where he worked with the receivers for three seasons. he earned a master’s degree in s Michael huff ______2005 te Derek Lewis ______1998 LB Derrick Johnson ______2004 wR wane Mcgarity ______1998 administration from southern Miss in 1976. Brown then coached the wide receivers Dt Casey hampton ______2000 RB Ricky williams ______1998 at Memphis state in 1978 and at iowa state in ‘79. he was promoted to offensive coor- dinator at iowa state in 1980, and in his time at ames, the Cyclones broke 17 school aCC Defensive First-team all-aCC player of the Year DB Dré Bly ______1996, ’97 and Big eight Conference offensive records and produced league leaders in rushing Dt Marcus Jones ______1995 De greg ellis ______1995, ’96, ’97 and total offense. Brown went on to lead the at LsU in 1982, when the De ______1997 tigers went 8-2-1 and played nebraska in the orange Bowl. First-team all-Big 12 LB Kivuusama Mays ______1995, ’97 LB emmanuel acho______2011 C Jeff saturday ______1996, ’97 in just his 10th season of full-time coaching, Brown had become a head coach, CB Carrington Byndom ______2011 DB Robert williams ______1997 taking over the appalachian state program in 1983. at the age of 32, he directed the De alex okafor ______2011 KR Leon Johnson ______1996 Mountaineers to their first winning record in four years with a 6-5 slate. after one s Kenny Vaccaro ______2011 te Freddie Jones ______1995, ’96 season, he left to become offensive coordinator at oklahoma. in his only year on KR Fozzy whittaker ______2011 QB Chris Keldorf ______1996 De sam acho ______2010 LB Brian simmons ______1996 Barry switzer’s staff, the sooners were 9-2-1, won the Big eight title and earned a QB Colt McCoy ______2009 De Marcus Jones ______1994, ’95 berth in the orange Bowl. wR Jordan shipley ______2009 te greg DeLong ______1994 Brown helped oklahoma develop its best passing attack in years, as he coached s earl thomas ______2009 ot ethan albright ______1993 ot adam Ulatoski ______2009 RB Curtis Johnson ______1993 quarterbacks Danny Bradley, a first-team all-Big eight selection, and , LB sergio Kindle ______2008 DB Bracey walker ______1993 a three-time Champion signal caller with the . Dt Roy Miller ______2008 RB natrone Means______1991, ’92 Brown became head coach at tulane in 1985 and quickly went about rejuvenat- Dt Brian orakpo ______2008 C Randall parsons ______1992 ot adam Ulatoski ______2008 p Mike thomas ______1992 ing the green wave’s sagging football fortunes. tulane had suffered three consecu- RB Jamaal Charles ______2007 og Brian Bollinger ______1991 tive losing seasons before Brown’s arrival, but by his third season in 1987, he led the s Marcus griffin ______2007 LB tommy thigpen ______1991 green wave to a 6-5 mark and a berth in the independence Bowl (just the program’s ot tony hills ______2007 LB Dwight hollier ______1990 oL Justin Blalock ______2004, ’05, ’06 og pat Crowley ______1988, ’89 fifth bowl game since 1940). that season, the green wave set school records for total De tim Crowder ______2005, ‘06 DL Cecil gray ______1989 offense and points, ranking 11th nationally in scoring (32.5 ppg). that remarkable s Michael griffin ______2006 C Jeff garnica ______1988 season earned Brown a spot in the independence Bowl hall of honor in 2002. he also CB aaron Ross ______2006 RB Kenard Martin ______1988 served as athletics director his final two years at tulane. C ______2006 og ______2006 Big 12 offensive in 1988, Brown took over a north Carolina program that had suffered two los- wR ______2006 Freshman of the Year ing seasons in its previous three years and three non-winning seasons in its previous og ______2005 RB Malcolm Brown ______2011 four years. while rebuilding the foundation, Brown’s tar heels squads posted back- CB ______2005 QB Colt McCoy ______2006 LB aaron harris ______2005 RB Jamaal Charles ______2005 to-back 1-10 seasons in 1988 and ‘89. in 1990, Carolina was 6-4-1 and the tar heels s Michael huff ______2004, ’05 QB Vince Young ______2003 were beginning a run of eight consecutive winning seasons and six straight bowl oL Jonathan scott ______2004, ’05 RB Cedric Benson ______2001 game appearances. UnC’s 54-18 (.750) record during his last six years ranked as the te David thomas ______2005 wR Roy williams ______2000 Dt Rodrique wright ______2005 QB Major applewhite______1998 ninth-best nationally during that period. his final two seasons were the most impres- QB Vince Young ______2005 sive. he compiled a 20-3 (.870) mark and led the heels to a no. 4 final ranking in the RB Cedric Benson ______2004 Big 12 Defensive Usa today/espn poll and no. 6 ranking by the ap in 1997. LB Derrick Johnson ______2002, ’03, ’04 Freshman of the Year te Bo scaife ______2004 CB Quandre Diggs ______2011 at UnC, Brown recruited and coached several of the finest players in school his- og tillman holloway ______2003 De Brian orakpo ______2005 tory. From his 1997 squad, De greg ellis (no. 8, Dallas Cowboys), LB Brian simmons Dt Marcus tubbs ______2003 Dt Rodrique wright ______2002 (no. 17, ) and Dt Vonnie holliday (no. 19, ) CB nathan Vasher ______2003 LB Derrick Johnson ______2001 earned all-america recognition and were selected among the first 19 picks in the CB Rod Babers ______2002 De Cory Redding ______1999 oL Derrick Dockery ______2002 1998 nFL Draft. De Cory Redding ______2001, ’02 aCC Rookie of the Year along with that trio of first-rounders, Brown also helped develop several other wR Roy williams ______2001, ’02 RB Leon Johnson ______1993 tar heels standouts. Marcus Jones, a consensus first-team all-america defensive CB Quentin Jammer ______2000, ’01

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“I have never seen anyone make friends better or MACK BROWN’S NFL FIRST ANd quicker with the high school coaching community.” SECONd-ROuNd dRAFT pICKS (AS OF 2012) — Eddie Joseph, former exec. vice president, (texas in bold italics) Texas High School Coaches Association 2011 2nd aaron williams, CB ______Buffalo Bills tackle, earned aCC Defensive player of the Year honors in 1995. 2010 1st earl thomas, s ______seattle seahawks Corey holliday, the leading receiver in tar heels history, was a CFa/hitachi 2nd sergio Kindle, LB ______Baltimore Ravens scholar-athlete and is a former member of the . Dwight hollier, 2nd Lamarr , Dt ______oakland Raiders who made more than 500 tackles during his tar heels career, also played in the nFL. 2009 1st Brian orakpo, De ______washington Redskins , who rushed for more than 1,000 yards in his final two seasons at 2008 2nd Limas sweed, wR ______pittsburgh steelers UnC, went on to lead the san Diego Chargers to super Bowl XXiX and the Jacksonville 2007 1st Michael griffin, s ______tennessee titans Jaguars to the 1996 aFC title game. 1st aaron Ross, CB ______new York giants QBs Jason stanicek and Mike thomas combined to rewrite Carolina’s passing 2nd Justin Blalock, oL ______atlanta Falcons and total offense records. CB thomas smith came to UnC in 1989 as a walk-on from 2nd tim Crowder, De ______Denver Broncos a small high school in north Carolina and departed as a first-round pick of the aFC 2006 1st Vince Young, QB ______tennessee titans Champion Buffalo Bills. RB Leon Johnson, one of the premier all-purpose offensive 1st Michael huff, s ______oakland Raiders threats in aCC history, played eight seasons in the nFL. CB Dré Bly, a three-time 2nd Cedric griffin, CB ______Minnesota Vikings all-american who recorded an aCC-record 20 interceptions during his career, played 2005 1st Cedric Benson, RB ______Chicago Bears 1st Derrick Johnson, LB ______Kansas City Chiefs 11 seasons in the nFL. Freddie Jones, a second-round draft choice of the san Diego 2004 1st Roy williams, wR ______Detroit Lions Chargers in 1997, was one of the nFL’s top pass-catching tight ends and played eight 1st Marcus tubbs, Dt ______seattle seahawks seasons in the nFL. 2002 1st Mike williams, ot ______Buffalo Bills after leading UnC to a 10-1 regular season record and a no. 6 national ranking, 1st Quentin Jammer, CB ______san Diego Chargers Brown accepted the head coaching position at texas on Dec. 4, 1997. 2001 1st Leonard Davis, ot ______arizona Cardinals one of the most respected coaches in the college game, Brown has served on 1st Casey hampton, Dt ______pittsburgh steelers numerous national committees. he has been a member of the nCaa Football Rules 2nd shaun Rogers, Dt ______Detroit Lions Committee and the nCaa Football issues Committee. he has been chairman of the 1999 1st Ricky williams, RB______new orleans saints Football Coaches’ Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of the College 1st , De ______Dallas Cowboys Football association. a past member of the Coaches association’s 2nd Dré Bly, CB ______st. Louis Rams (aFCa) ethics Committee, Brown also has served on the aFCa public Relations 2nd Russell Davis, Dt ______Chicago Bears Committee. he has been invited to coach in five postseason all-star games, including 1998 1st greg ellis, De ______Dallas Cowboys the Japan Bowl, hula Bowl (twice) and east-west shrine game (twice). 1st Vonnie holliday, Dt ______green Bay packers he and his wife, sally, have four children — Matt, Katherine, Barbara and Chris. 1st Brian simmons, LB ______Cincinnati Bengals sally enthusiastically involves herself in football team activities. in 1999, she retired as 1997 2nd Rick terry, Dt ______new York Jets president of Marin Development in north Carolina. she is past president of the public, 2nd Freddie Jones, te ______san Diego Chargers private partnership (ppp), an organization that fostered improved relations between 1996 1st Marcus Jones, Dt ______tampa Bay Buccaneers the University of north Carolina and the town of Chapel hill. she also volunteered 1994 2nd Bucky Brooks, wR ______Buffalo Bills time to chair the fund-raising efforts for the UnC Black Cultural Center and was a 1993 1st thomas smith, DB ______Buffalo Bills member of a Carolina alumni advisory Committee. 2nd natrone Means, RB ______san Diego Chargers Brown’s human touch and dedication to family has also been evident in his life as 1987 2nd eric thomas, DB ______Cincinnati Bengals an involved citizen in the austin community with hiswife sally. the Browns serve as honorary co-chairpersons of the Capital Campaign for the helping hands of austin. the Browns have previously endorsed a new texas license plate, which was they have been instrumental in the opening of the Rise school of austin (an early designed to raise public awareness for child abuse and neglect and the need for Court childhood education program that integrates children who have disabilities with their appointed special advocates (Casa) volunteers. after the Bonfire tragedy at texas typically developing peers) and serve on the school’s Board of Directors. Because of a&M in 1999, the couple initiated a blood drive on the Ut campus that attracted more the Browns’ dedication and longstanding personal commitment to the Rise school, than 250 blood donors. a plan to build a permanent 20,000 square foot facilitywas announced on august 26, 2011, and it will be called the “sally and Mack Brown Rise school of austin.” they lend their name along with legendary Ut QB James street to the annual James street/Mack Brown golf tournament benefiting the Rise school. the Browns also contribute privately to numerous other causes in austin, and in april 2011, Brown was named the 2011 Lady Bird Johnson humanitarian award winner by the american Red Cross. in september 2008, he and sally were named the Citizens of the Year for Caritas of austin, which provides meals and aid for the home- less. the Browns themselves have spent many hours serving food at Caritas. earlier in that year, the University of texas honored Mack Brown with the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in global affairs. the Chair is part of the Robert s. strauss Center for international security and Law, a university-wide global affairs research center named for renowned lawyer and public servant, ambassador Robert s. strauss. the center is part of the LBJ school of public affairs. in June 2007, Brown paired with attorney general of texas greg abbott to com- mend fathers who provide a nurturing home for their children, and asked dads from across the state to join in the fight against domestic abuse. in May 2009, Brown went on an eight-day trip to visit U.s. troops in germany, turkey, iraq, Kuwait, Djibouti and spain as part of the Coaches tour 2009.

www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com 85 Major Applewhite Co-offensive Coordinator/Running Backs

1,000-yard receiver and a 1,000-yard THE AppLEWHITE FILE passer for the first time in school hometown ______Baton Rouge, La. history en route to the program’s high school ______Catholic (Baton Rouge, La.) first appearance in a bowl game since College ______texas ’01 1961. the 2006 Rice offense produced Year in coaching ______10th a 109-point improvement in scoring wife ______Julie over the previous season. Children ______Lila Before his stint at Rice, applewhite joined former Longhorn COACHING ASSIGNMENTS defensive coordinator greg Robinson at syracuse where he served as quar- 2011- ______Co-offensive Coordinator/Running Backs ______texas terbacks coach in 2005. applewhite’s 2008-10 ______assistant head Coach/Running Backs ______texas coaching career began where he 2007 ______offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks ______alabama starred, at texas, where he served 2006 ______offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks ______Rice as a graduate assistant coach and 2005 ______Quarterbacks ______syracuse worked with the offensive line for two 2003-04 ______graduate assistant ______texas seasons (2003-04). in his final year in 2004, the Longhorns went 11-1, beat record setting quarterback at COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE no. 12 Michigan in the Rose Bowl Ut and former graduate assis- and earned a no. 4 final ranking - it’s tant coach for Mack Brown, 2011 ______holiday Bowl______texas highest since 1981. aMajor applewhite is a 10-year coach- 2010 ______BCs national Championship ______texas the Longhorns’ team captain ing veteran who joined the texas staff 2009 ______Fiesta Bowl ______texas in 2001, applewhite helped texas to 2007 ______independence Bowl ______alabama in January 2008 as assistant head four straight bowl games (1999 and 2006 ______new orleans Bowl ______Rice coach and running backs coach before 2000 Cotton Bowls/2000 and 2001 being promoted to co-offensive coor- 2005 ______Rose Bowl ______texas 2003 ______holiday Bowl______texas holiday Bowls) and posted a 22-8 dinator in January 2011. record as a starter. he capped his since applewhite began coaching 2001 ______holiday Bowl______texas* 2000 ______holiday Bowl______texas* career by throwing for a Ut record running backs in 2008, Doak walker 473 yards and a Longhorn-bowl-game award semifinalist Jamaal Charles, 2000 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas* 1999 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas* best four tDs en route to offensive Chris ogbonnaya, Cody Johnson and MVp honors in a 47-43 victory over Jamison Berryhill have all gone on to *as a player no. 20 washington in the 2001 the nFL, along with the anticipated holiday Bowl. the 1999 co-Big 12 signing of Fozzy whittaker following Vondrell Mcgee and sophomores to post a 7-6 record under first-year offensive player of the Year set then- his rehabilitation from injury. this Cody Johnson and Fozzy whittaker, coach . Under his guid- Ut records for career (8,353) and season the running backs combined who each had at least 50 carries. ance, alabama improved its offensive season (3,357/1999) passing yards, for 2,300 yards and 23 in 2008, applewhite guided a output by nearly 40 yards per game as well as career tD passes (60). he on 443 carries while adding 36 recep- running backs unit that had to replace (335.9 to 373.8) and increased its threw for 2,453 yards and 18 tDs, tions for 285 yards and one touch- Doak walker award semifinalist scoring from 22.9 points per game to Ut freshman records at the time, in down. Four different backs recorded Jamaal Charles, who went to the nFL. 27.1. his offense generated 256 yards claiming Big 12 Freshman of the Year five or more rushing touchdowns ogbonnaya, Mcgee, whittaker and passing and 388 total yards to cap the honors in 1998. and four players had over 300 rush- Johnson stepped in and combined year with a 30-24 win over Colorado a native of Baton Rouge, La., ing yards, led by two true freshmen, to rush for 1,371 yards and 20 tDs, in the independence Bowl. applewhite threw for 50 touchdowns Malcolm Brown (707 yards, 5 tD) including 12 tDs by Johnson, which in 2007, the Crimson tide gained and ran for eight more in two years and Joe Bergeron (454 yards, 5 tD), tied the Ut freshman record. the 510 yards of offense (363 passing/147 as a starter at Catholic high school. leading to Brown being named Big group did not lose a dur- rushing) en route to a 41-17 vic- he was tabbed an honorable men- 12 newcomer of the Year by the ing the entire season and showed its tory over a tennessee team that fin- tion prep all-america by Usa today associated press. versatility by combining for 65 recep- ished the year ranked 12th nationally. after leading Catholic high to a 13-1 in 2010, the running back corps tions for 640 yards and three tDs, led trailing 20-10 in the fourth quarter record and no. 10 national ranking as combined for 1,396 rushing yards by ogbonnaya, who set the Ut single- against a georgia team that finished a senior. he was 25-2 as a starter. and 14 tDs, while catching 47 passes season record for receptions by a run- the year ranked no. 2, applewhite’s applewhite completed his degree for 322 yards. During applewhite’s ning back with 46. he also finished offense scored 10 points in the final six in sport management at texas in tenure, the current texas RBs who second on the single-season receiv- minutes, including a 10-play, 88-yard December 2002. his wife, Julie, is have started at least one game in ing yards list with 540. ogbonnaya drive that tied the game and sent also a Ut graduate and the couple their careers have fumbled only eight earned honorable mention all-Big 12 it to overtime in an eventual 26-23 has a daughter, Lila, who was born in times and lost only three. of those honors and was named second-team loss. alabama registered 450 yards of January 2009. eight, only four belonged to backs on academic all-america. offense (327 passing/123 rushing) in a the 2010 team and of those, only one applewhite returned to his alma 41-38 win over arkansas. was lost (Fozzy whittaker 2-0, Cody mater after spending the 2007 season prior to alabama, applewhite Johnson 1-0, tre’ newton 1-1). as offensive coordinator and quar- spent a season as offensive coordina- the running backs rushed for terbacks coach at alabama, where tor/quarterbacks coach at Rice where, 1,665 yards and 24 tDs in 2009. he was the youngest coordinator in as the youngest coordinator in nCaa Redshirt freshman tre’ newton the nCaa Football Bowl subdivision Division i, he directed an offense that emerged to lead the team in rushing, (FBs). scored the most points (350) and helping fill the void of ogbonnaya, in applewhite’s one year at gained the third-most yards (4,486) who was drafted by the st. Louis alabama, the Crimson tide bounced in owls’ history. Under his guidance, Rams. newton combined with junior back from a losing season in 2006 Rice produced a 1,000-yard rusher, a

86 2012 Texas Football Guide • Coaches & Staff Bryan Harsin Co-offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

heisman voting and earned western THE HARSIN FILE athletic Conference offensive player of hometown ______Boise, idaho the Year honors. also earning first-team high school ______Capital (Boise, idaho) all-waC honors in 2009 under harsin’s College ______Boise state ’99 guidance were wide receivers austin pettis and titus Young, and offensive Year in coaching ______13th lineman nate potter. wife ______Kes in his third season as offensive Children ______Devyn Lynn, Dayn Mykena, Davis coordinator, harsin’s 2008 unit was taken over by Moore, who was a red- COACHING ASSIGNMENTS shirt freshman. Moore would compile one of the most outstanding seasons 2011- ______Co-offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks ______texas by any Broncos quarterback, finishing 2006-10 ______offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks ______Boise state the year with a nCaa freshman record 2002-05 ______tight ends ______Boise state 69.4 completion percentage (281-of- 2001 ______graduate assistant ______Boise state 405), 25 touchdown passes and just 10 2000 ______Running Backs/wide Receivers ______eastern oregon interceptions. he was also named waC Freshman of the Year. COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE Following the 2007 season, offen- sive tackle Ryan Clady became the first ryan harsin was named co-offen- 2011 ______holiday Bowl______texas player in Boise state history to be taken sive coordinator and quarter- 2010 ______Las Vegas Bowl ______Boise state in the first round of the nFL draft backs coach at texas in January 2010 ______Fiesta Bowl ______Boise state when he was selected no. 12 overall 2011.B harsin joined the Longhorns after by the . Clady, who 2008 ______poinsetta Bowl ______Boise state 10 seasons as a member of the Boise 2007 ______hawai’i Bowl ______Boise state entered the draft one year early, was state staff, including the last five as 2007 ______Fiesta Bowl ______Boise state named a first-team all-america by the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks american Football Coaches association 2005 ______MpC Computers Bowl ______Boise state coach. a finalist for the 2009 Broyles and sporting news. award, honoring the nation’s top assis- 2004 ______Liberty Bowl ______Boise state in harsin’s first season as offen- tant coach, harsin has guided offenses 2003 ______Fort worth Bowl ______Boise state sive coordinator, the 2006 Broncos went that have consistently ranked among 2002 ______humanitarian ______Boise state undefeated and RB ian Johnson led the the nation’s best in almost every major 1999 ______humanitarian ______Boise state* country in rushing touchdowns and statistical category. scoring. he also set a school single- *as a player in his first season at texas, he had season record with 1,713 yards. he was the task of putting a new offense in place named to four separate all-america averaged 41.4 ppg during his time as named the nation’s top quarterback by with a young group that featured 10 dif- teams and finished eighth in the coordinator. the touchdown Club of Columbus. ferent freshmen and sophomores start- heisman trophy voting. the Broncos ranked in the top 10 in 2010, Moore became the first ing for the Longhorns. Despite its youth, From 2002-05 harsin served as in total offense in three of harsin’s sea- Boise state quarterback to eclipse the offense was able to put up over 500 tight ends coach at Bs U. that unit sons as coordinator and have been no yards of total offense four times and 10,000 career passing yards and is one played a vital role in a Broncos offense lower than 18th in all five of his years, rank 21st nationally in rushing offense of just six active players with 10,000 that led the nation in scoring twice culminating in 2010 with an average with 202.6 yards per game. the team passing yards. he also notched his third and finished in the top 10 in scoring of 521.3 ypg, which set the BsU school ran for over 400 yards in back-to-back 3,000-yard passing season in 2010 and in each of those four years. in 2005, record and ranked second nationally. in games against Kansas (441) and texas owns three of the top four single-season four Broncos tight ends combined to those five seasons, the Broncos offense tech (439), marking just the fifth and marks in Bronco history. he is the only catch 27 passes for 298 yards and three averaged 459.9 ypg. sixth 400-yard rushing performances by player in school history to throw for touchdowns. in 2004, harsin helped the harsin’s offenses averaged more texas since 1980. harsin helped guide 3,000 yards in three different seasons. tight ends contribute to the top-scoring than 200 yards both rushing and pass- three different starting quarterbacks to Moore also became Boise state’s offense in school history (48.9 ppg). ing twice during his tenure. in 2006, 2,360 yards and 12 touchdowns in addi- all-time leader in a number of statisti- in his four seasons as tight ends Boise state produced the sixth-ranked tion to the offense creating four other cal categories, including total offense coach and one as a graduate assistant, rushing offense in the nation with 214.2 passing tDs. (10,811), passing yards (10,867), com- Boise state had a record of 53-11, mak- ypg, while in 2010 it had the nation’s he was at the helm of the offense pletions (831), touchdowns (99) and ing the Broncos record in his 10 seasons sixth-ranked passing attack with 321.1 during a five-year period where the 200-yard passing games (34). there 114-16. ypg, which is the fourth-best mark in Broncos posted a 61-5 record that Moore’s single-season numbers prior to coaching the tight ends, school history. During that span, the included two undefeated seasons, which from 2010 also rank in the all-time harsin was a graduate assistant with offense averaged 272.4 yards passing were capped by Fiesta Bowl wins over top 10. his 3,845 passing yards is the the Broncos in 2001. he was a member and 187.5 yards rushing per game. tCU in 2009 (14-0) and oklahoma in second-highest single-season total in of the Bronco football team from 1995- in addition, the Broncos ranked in 2006 (13-0). they reached at least 12 school history, his 245 completions rank 1999, earning three varsity letters. he the top 12 in pass efficiency all five years wins in four of his five seasons as coor- fourth, his 383 attempts are fifth and his served as Boise state’s backup quarter- and was in the top 10 in four of those. dinator and had three top 10 finishes, 35 touchdowns are tied for second. back in 1999 when the team went 10-3 they led the nation in fewest sacks including ranking no. 5/6 in 2006, no. a large part of the offensive success and won the Crucial.com humanitarian allowed in 2009 with just five, were 4/4 in 2009, and no. 10/10 entering the in 2009 came on the arm of Moore, who Bowl. third in 2010 with only eight and were 2010 bowl season. in 2008, they finished finished the season with a school record after graduating from Boise state fifth in 2008 with 13. just outside the top 10 at no. 11/13. 39 touchdown throws and just three in 2000 with a degree in business man- as quarterbacks coach, harsin in the time since becoming offen- interceptions. Moore ended the year agement, harsin entered the coaching guided Kellen Moore into becoming sive coordinator at Boise state in 2006, ranked second in the country in pass profession at eastern oregon, coaching one of the nation’s most productive harsin’s offenses were in the top five efficiency (161.7) en route to setting running backs and receivers during the quarterbacks. in 2010, Moore was nationally in scoring four times, capped the nCaa record for -to- 2000 season. named first-team all-america by the by ranking first in 2009 (42.2 ppg) and attempt ratio at .69 percent (3-of-431). harsin and his wife, Kes, have Football writers association of america second in 2010 with 45.1 ppg. they espn.com, si.com and CBssports. two daughters, Devyn Lynn and Dayn and became Boise state’s first heisman also ranked second in 2006 (39.7 ppg), com named Moore first-team all- Mykena, and a son, Davis. harsin is trophy finalist. he was also a finalist fourth in 2007 (42.4 ppg) and 12th america, the associated press named a graduate of Capital high school in for the Maxwell award, Davey o’Brien in 2008 (37.6 ppg). in all, Boise state him third-team all-america, while Boise. award and Manning award and was he also finished seventh in the 2009

www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com 87 Manny Diaz Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

THE dIAz FILE a 7-5 record and a shutout win over south Florida in the Meineke Car Care hometown ______Miami, Fla. Bowl. he also served as special teams high school ______Miami Country Day school (Miami, Fla.) coordinator and his kickoff return College ______Florida state ’95 unit finished fifth nationally, while his Year in coaching ______15th return team blocked four kicks. wife ______stephanie in his first year as safeties coach Children ______Colin, gavin, Manny and special teams coordinator in 2004, n.C. state’s defense finished the year COACHING ASSIGNMENTS as the top-ranked unit in the country in total defense by allowing just over 2011- ______Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers ______texas 220 yards per game. the wolfpack 2010 ______Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers ______Mississippi state defense also held national powers 2008-09 ______Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers ______Middle tennessee ohio state and Florida state to under 2006-07 ______Defensive Coordinator/safeties ______Middle tennessee 130 yards of total offense during the 2004-05 ______safeties/special teams ______n.C. state season. Diaz, who coached all-aCC 2002-03 ______Linebackers ______n.C. state performer and former new York Jet 2000-01 ______graduate assistant ______n.C. state andre Maddox, also had his punt anny Diaz, the former defen- 1998-99 ______graduate assistant ______Florida state return team block three kicks and take sive coordinator and line- two returns for touchdowns. backers coach at Mississippi COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE Diaz handled the linebackers for stateM and Middle tennessee, joined n.C. state in 2002 and 2003. in 2003, 2011 ______holiday Bowl______texas the texas coaching staff in the same 2011 ______gator Bowl ______Mississippi state the wolfpack won the tangerine Bowl position in January 2011. 2009 ______new orleans Bowl ______Middle tennessee and finished 7-5 with Diaz sharing During his first season at texas, 2006 ______Motor City Bowl ______Middle tennessee play-calling duties for all 11 games. Diaz led the top defense in the Big 2005 ______Meineke Car Care Bowl ______n.C. state he also made all the defensive calls 12 as the Longhorns ranked first in 2003 ______tangerine Bowl ______n.C. state during the bowl win over Kansas. the conference in total defense, rush- 2003 ______gator Bowl ______n.C. state in his first year as a full-time ing defense and pass defense. overall 2001 ______tangerine Bowl ______n.C. state coach, Diaz helped the wolfpack to the unit ranked 11th nationally in 2000 ______MicronpC.com Bowl ______n.C. state one of their best seasons ever, finish- total defense and was sixth against 2000 ______sugar Bowl ______Florida state^ ing 11-3 and defeating notre Dame the run despite facing six offenses that 1999 ______Fiesta Bowl ______Florida state in the gator Bowl. he shared in the ranked in the top 15 nationally. the play-calling duties, and n.C. state ^national Champions defense shut out Kansas, holding the ended the year ranked 14th nation- Jayhawks to 46 yards which is the sec- auburn, which had the nation’s ished second nationally in tackles for ally in total defense and 10th in scor- ond fewest allowed in school history. fourth-ranked scoring offense, and 14 loss, stopping more than eight and a ing defense. in back-to-back games all 12 opponents were held to below points in the gator Bowl to a Michigan half plays per game behind the line of against Florida state and notre Dame, their average total yards with eight offense that entered the game averag- scrimmage. Diaz’s defense also ranked n.C. state did not allow an offensive managing more than 100 yards below ing 34.3 ppg. Under Diaz, LB Chris sixth nationally in sacks that season, touchdown. the average and two over 200 yards white earned first-team all-seC hon- posting nearly three per game. Diaz spent the 2000 and 2001 sea- less. two senior linebackers led the ors and was named nagurski national also in 2009, Diaz tutored defen- sons at nCsU as a graduate assistant defensive effort under the guidance player of the week following a game sive end Chris McCoy who was tabbed working primarily with the lineback- of Diaz. emmanuel acho was a first against Florida where the Bulldogs the sun Belt Conference co-Defensive ers. During that time, the wolfpack team all-Big 12 selection and Keenan held the gators to just seven points in player of the Year. McCoy led the went to two bowl games and became Robinson was a Butkus award semifi- gainesville. league and ranked sixth nationally in the first aCC team to beat FsU in nalist. the two linebackers combined Mississippi state’s nine wins in tackles for loss. safety Jeremy Kellum tallahassee. for 237 tackles, 29 tFL, four sacks 31 2010 were the most for the school and alex suber and Diaz, whose father recently con- pressures and three forced since a 10-2 record in 1999 and Marcus Udell were also named first cluded his second term as mayor of and both were selected in the 2012 marked just the second winning sea- team all-sBC. Jamari the City of Miami, began his coaching nFL Draft. son for the program since 2001. the Lattimore along with linebackers Cam career at Florida state in 1998, work- in 2010 with the Bulldogs, Diaz Bulldogs finished ranked no. 15/17, Robinson and Danny Carmichael ing alongside defensive coordinator guided a defense that ranked 22nd its highest final ranking since finish- earned second-team honors. overall, Mickey andrews for two seasons. in the nation in scoring defense (19.9 ing no. 13/12 in 1999. that is the only Diaz’s unit produced 17 all-conference During his stint, the seminoles won ppg), 17th in rushing defense (214.9 time MsU has ranked higher than players during his time there and put a national Championship in 1999 and ypg) and 17th in tackles for loss (7.0 18th in the final polls since 1981. up three of the top four fewest yards were runners-up in 1998. pg). that was a dramatic turnaround prior to Mississippi state, Diaz allowed averages at Middle tennessee he worked at espn from 1995 for MsU from the season prior to spent four seasons as defensive coor- in its FBs era. to 1997 after earning his B.s. in his arrival. in 2009, the defense fin- dinator at Middle tennessee. Diaz Before joining Middle tennessee, communications from FsU, and in ished 71st in scoring defense, 62nd also coached linebackers for two years Diaz played a major role for one of high school, he was a Miami herald in rushing defense and 89th in tFL. after mentoring the safeties during his the country’s top-ranked defenses by honorable Mention all-Dade County Mississippi state also finished ranked first two seasons in Murfreesboro. coaching safeties in 2004 and 2005 scholar-athlete for football, basket- 13th in red zone defense (.73) and in four years under Diaz, the Middle and handling the linebackers in 2002 ball and in 1991. 22nd in turnovers forced (28) nation- tennessee defense led its conference and 2003 for north Carolina state. the Miami native is married to ally in 2010. in sacks and tackles for loss twice, and in 2005, the wolfpack finished the former stephanie Cerow and they the 2010 defense held seven finished no lower than third in the eighth nationally in total defense, have three sons, Colin, gavin, and opponents to 20 points or fewer, league in either category during his sixth in third-down percentage, and Manny. which includes only 17 points to tenure. in 2009, the Blue Raiders fin- 12th in scoring defense en route to 88 2012 Texas Football Guide • Coaches & Staff assistant head Coach/Defensive Backs

ceptions with a Ut record eight. thomas also THE AKINA FILE tied the Ut single-season record with two int returned for tDs. hometown ______honolulu, hawaii During the 2010 season, the Longhorns high school ______punahou (honolulu, hawaii) ranked sixth in the nation in both pass defense College ______washington ’79 (161.6 ypg) and total defense (300.2 ypg). Year in coaching ______34th Cornerbacks Curtis Brown and aaron williams both earned second-team all-Big 12 honors, wife ______Donna while s Blake gideon was tabbed honorable Children ______Kainoa, Keoni, Dionicia, alli, Kamalii mention all-Big 12. three defensive backs from last year’s team - williams, Brown and CB - were selected in the 2011 COACHING ASSIGNMENTS nFL Draft in the second, third and fifth rounds, respectively. 2008- ______assistant head Coach/Defensive Backs ______texas in 2011, akina’s group once again helped texas lead the Big 12 in pass defense, hold- 2004-07 ______Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs ______texas ing teams to 209.9 yards per game, while also 2003 ______assistant head Coach/Defensive Backs ______texas leading the Big 12 and ranking 10th nation- 2001-02 ______Defensive Backs ______texas ally in pass efficiency defense. the secondary 1996-2000 ____Defensive Backs (Def. Coord, spring 2001) ______arizona featured two successful young cornerbacks as sophomore Carrington Byndom and true 1992-95 ______offensive Coordinator ______arizona freshman Quandre Diggs tied for 12th in the 1989-91 ______associate head Coach ______arizona nCaa in passes defended. Diggs earned Big 1987-91 ______Defensive Backs ______arizona 12 Freshman Defensive player of the Year and 34-year coaching veteran who has spent 1986 ______Defensive Backs ______Calgary (CFL) CBssports.com Freshman all-america honors 25 of his seasons as an assistant work- while also recording four interceptions and two ing with defensive backs, Duane akina 1984-85 ______Defensive Backs ______hawaii caused fumbles. Junior Kenny Vaccaro was hasa tutored three thorpe award winners, six 1983 ______outside Linebackers ______hawaii a first team all-Big 12 selection as well with thorpe award finalists and 25 defensive backs 1981-82 ______Defensive Backs ______hawaii akina’s guidance, while senior s Blake gideon who have played in the nFL, in addition to two completed his career starting all 52 games in more entering the league in 2012. 1979-80 ______graduate assistant ______washington which texas played in his career. gideon and s in his 12 seasons at Ut, akina’s second- Christian scott both signed free agent contracts ary has helped the horns rank among the in the nFL. nation’s top 10 in pass defense six times and COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE akina joined the Ut program after spend- featured consecutive thorpe award winners ing the previous 14 seasons at arizona, where in Michael huff (2005) and aaron Ross (2006) 2011 ______holiday Bowl______texas he served as the associate head coach and to go along with two finalists in earl thomas 2010 ______BCs national Championship ______texas was tabbed defensive coordinator in December (2009) and Quentin Jammer (2001) and 11 2009 ______Fiesta Bowl ______texas 2000. During his tenure at arizona, he was a first-team all-Big 12 picks. eleven of the texas versatile coach who worked with both sides of DBs he has tutored are currently in the nFL. 2007 ______holiday Bowl______texas the ball. akina spent his final five seasons as in his first season at texas in 2001, he 2006 ______alamo Bowl ______texas defensive backs coach and nine of his 14 seasons helped guide one of the nation’s premier sec- 2006 ______Rose Bowl ______texas^ working with the wildcats’ secondary. he also ondaries that ranked third in passing defense 2005 ______Rose Bowl ______texas was Ua’s offensive coordinator from 1992-95. (146.7 ypg) and fourth in pass efficiency as the secondary coach at arizona, akina defense (88.0 rating). the Longhorns allowed 2003 ______holiday Bowl______texas helped guide the wildcats’ “Desert swarm” only 4.77 yards per pass attempt, which was the 2003 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas defensive attack, one of the nation’s most lowest in the nation, while their six touchdown 2001 ______holiday Bowl______texas aggressive and productive groups. his prize passes allowed were tied for the second-fewest 1998 ______holiday Bowl______arizona pupils were , the 1990 Jim thorpe nationally. akina’s top pupil was CB Quentin award winner, and Chris Mcalister, a finalist Jammer, who became Ut’s first unanimous 1997 ______insight.com Bowl ______arizona for the thorpe award and winner of the Mosi consensus first-team all-america defender 1994 ______Freedom Bowl ______arizona tatupu national special teams player of the since Jerry gray in 1984. Jammer, who set a Ut 1994 ______Fiesta Bowl ______arizona Year award in 1998. Lewis was a pro Bowler for single-season record with 24 pass breakups and the san Diego Chargers and played 10 seasons eclipsed the school’s career pBUs mark with 57, 1992 ______John hancock Bowl ______arizona in the nFL. Mcalister, meanwhile, earned a spot also became the first Longhorn to earn a spot as 1990 ______aloha Bowl ______arizona in the 2004 and was a member of the a thorpe award finalist. 1989 ______Copper Bowl ______arizona 2000 super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens. Despite losing two starters to the nFL 1981 ______Rose Bowl ______washington During his time as offensive coordinator, (Jammer and ), akina guided a akina guided some of the wildcats’ most pro- secondary that was again among the nation’s 1976 ______Rose Bowl ______washington* ductive offenses. in 1994, he helped develop the best in 2002. Led by first-team all-Big 12 Ua offense into a unit that recorded more than performer and thorpe award semifinalist Rod ^national Champions / *as a player 200 yards passing per game. arizona’s offense Babers, the secondary ranked seventh nation- registered 2,211 passing yards and 1,776 rushing ally in pass efficiency defense (96.1 rating), were named to all-Big 12 teams. was chosen in the fifth round by the 49ers. yards that season, which marked the first time in eighth in passing defense (165.2 ypg.) and the pattern continued in 2005 as akina in 2007, akina guided a texas defense a decade that the team had registered more yards allowed just 5.37 yards per attempt (third led a defense and secondary that ranked fourth that was sixth-best in the nation against the passing than rushing. in 1995, akina directed nCaa). Babers posted 21 pBUs (no. 3 on nationally in pass efficiency defense (96.7), run (93.4 ypg). safety Marcus griffin earned the wildcats’ passing attack to 204.3 yards per Ut’s single-season list) and finished his career eighth in pass defense (172.0 ypg), eighth in first-team all-Big 12 honors and was named game, which at the time, ranked fifth on the ranked third on the Ut all-time pBU chart scoring defense (16.4 ppg) and 10th in total first-team all-america by espn.com. school’s all-time list. (49). akina also helped train s Michael huff, defense (302.9 ypg). akina also mentored huff akina returned his full focus to the defen- akina joined the Ua staff in January 1987 who earned third-team Freshman all-america as texas’ first-ever winner sive backs in 2008. with only one returning after spending a season as defensive backs coach honors. and produced three all-Big 12 performers out starter in CB Ryan palmer, akina guided the with the Calgary stampeders of the Canadian in 2003, the Longhorns ranked ninth of the secondary. emergence of two freshmen at the starting Football League. prior to that, he spent five years nationally in pass defense (177.3 ypg) and Despite losing two players who wound up safety positions. By season’s end, earl thomas as an assistant coach at the University of hawaii. third in completion percentage allowed (47.2). starting for their nFL teams in huff (Raiders) was named first-team Freshman all-america akina coached the defensive backs in 1981-82 and CB nathan Vasher was a thorpe award semifi- and Cedric griffin (Vikings), akina continued by the Football writers association of america, ‘84-85 and tutored the outside linebackers in 1983 nalist, earned first-team all-Big 12 honors and to show his ability to develop great talent in sporting news and College Football news, at Uh. tied the oldest-standing mark on the Longhorn 2006. he helped aaron Ross become texas’ while Blake gideon earned second-team hon- a native of honolulu, akina is a 1979 record book with his 17th career interception. second consecutive thorpe award winner, ors from College Football news. palmer earned graduate of the University of washington. he he also broke the Ut record for career pass while also earning various publication’s Big second-team all-Big 12 honors, and the unit earned three letters as a quarterback, and upon breakups with 64. 12 Defensive player of the Year. safety Michael helped texas rank second in the Big 12 in pass completing his eligibility, he served as a gradu- after being named co-defensive coordi- griffin also capped his outstanding career with efficiency defense. ate assistant coach at Uw. akina worked with nator in 2004, akina helped guide a defense all-america honors. in 2009, akina guided a secondary that the huskies’ quarterbacks in 1979-80. that finished 18th in scoring defense (17.9), the duo of Michael griffin and Ross helped the defense lead the nation in intercep- hawaii’s prep athlete of the Year at 16th in rushing defense (107.4), 32nd in turn- went on to be drafted back-to-back in the tions (25), rank 10th in pass efficiency defense honolulu’s punahou high school in 1974-75, over margin (+5) and 23rd in total defense first round, 19th by the titans and 20th by and 19th in passing yards allowed. it also he was a three-time all-league selection as a (320.1) in the country. the giants, respectively. Both earned starting featured the Longhorns’ third thorpe award quarterback in football and a guard in bas- Under akina’s direction, huff became a positions with Ross and the giants advancing finalist in five years in consensus all-america ketball. akina and his wife, Donna, have five member of the Jim thorpe award watch list to the super Bowl. was the third honoree s earl thomas, who led the nation in children, Kainoa, Keoni, Dionicia, alli and and three of the four starters in the secondary DB drafted that year (Ut first since 1984), as he passes defended and tied for second in inter- Kamalii. Kainoa has a wife, Daya. www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com 89 Bruce Chambers Co-Recruiting Coordinator/tight ends

purpose yards in a season (1,931). Mitchell THE CHAMBERS FILE finished his career sixth on Ut’s all-time rushing chart (2,664 yards) and fourth on hometown ______Dallas, texas the career all-purpose yardage list (4,945). high school______Carter (Dallas, texas) in 2001, Chambers faced the task of College ______north texas ’82 preparing true freshman Cedric Benson Year in coaching ______29th for action. Benson went on to become wife ______Cathy the first freshman in Ut history to rush for 1,000 yards and was tabbed the Big 12 offensive Freshman of the Year, the COACHING ASSIGNMENTS Longhorns offensive MVp and third-team all-Big 12. his 13 Ut freshman records 2005- ______Co-Recruiting Coordinator/tight ends ______texas were highlighted by his 1,053 rushing 2004 ______assistant head Coach/tight ends ______texas yards, 12 rushing tDs and five 100-yard rushing games (all in a row). Benson also 2003 ______tight ends ______texas rushed for a Ut freshman-best 213 yards 1998-2002 ____Running Backs ______texas against Kansas. 1996-97 ______athletics Director/head Coach ______Carter (Dallas) hs Under Chambers’ direction, Benson 1993-95 ______asst. head Coach/offensive Coord. ______Carter (Dallas) hs followed up his fine freshman season with 1989-92 ______Defensive Coordinator ______Carter (Dallas) hs 1,293 yards (no. 6 on Ut’s season list) in 1986-88 ______Junior Varsity offensive Coord. ______Carter (Dallas) hs 2002. in Chambers’ first five seasons, the 1984-85 ______Freshman assistant Coach ______Carter (Dallas) hs ne of the most respected high school Longhorns turned in 19 games of 200 or coaches in texas for 14 years, Bruce more yards rushing, including a 434-yard Chambers has continued that suc- COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE rushing day against Rice in 1998 and a ocess at the University of texas. Chambers 396-yard effort at Kansas in 2000. he also is in his ninth season as Ut’s tight ends 2011 ______holiday Bowl______texas guided three different Ut players who coach after spending the previous five rushed for 200 yards in a game. 2010 ______BCs national Championship ______texas Chambers joined the Ut staff from years working with the running backs. he 2009 ______Fiesta Bowl ______texas also became Ut’s recruiting coordinator in Carter high school in Dallas, where he 2005. Five of the Longhorn RBs and tes he 2007 ______holiday Bowl______texas helped coach one of the state’s most suc- has worked with are currently in the nFL. 2006 ______alamo Bowl ______texas cessful football programs for 14 seasons. Chambers’ tight ends combined for 2006 ______Rose Bowl ______texas^ he was the head coach and athletics direc- 33 receptions for 376 yards and seven 2005 ______Rose Bowl ______texas tor during his final two years and also taught speech and journalism classes at touchdowns in 2011. two seniors, D.J. 2003 ______holiday Bowl______texas grant and Blaine irby, returned to action the school. after each missed the 2009 and 2010 sea- 2003 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas Chambers’ tie to high school coach- sons with injuries. Both players caught 2001 ______holiday Bowl______texas ing and his understanding of young men, three touchdown passes to tie for the team 2000 ______holiday Bowl______texas parents and the job of the high school lead. 2000 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas coach made him a prime candidate when Mack Brown was forming his staff at Ut. senior greg smith and sophomore 1999 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas Barrett Matthews saw a majority of the in his 14 seasons at Carter, the Cowboys advanced to the state play- snaps at with redshirt freshman ^national Champions Dominique Jones contributing late during offs each year, won the 1988 state the 2010 season. smith is now entering his Championship, earned four regional titles 50, finished second on the single-season the Longhorns featured one of the and claimed 13 district crowns. second season as a free agent signee with list with 613 yards and tied for third with Big 12’s top backfields in Chambers’ first the . a graduate of north texas, Chambers five tD receptions. in all, thomas rewrote year at Ut, as williams, the heisman was Carter’s head coach in 1996 and ‘97, in 2009, smith saw the majority of the record book, finishing his career as trophy winner, led the nation in rushing snaps at tight end and provided excellent compiling a record of 18-6. his Cowboys texas’ all-time tight-end leader in recep- (193.1 ypg) and posted the fifth-highest teams were bi-district finalists and District blocking and timely receiving for a posi- tions (98), yards (1,367) and tDs (15). rushing total in nCaa history (2,124 tion that had seen its share of injuries Champions both years. During his second season as tight ends yards). williams went on to earn Big 12 From 1993-95, Chambers served as over the course of two seasons. in 2008, coach in 2004, Chambers helped improve offensive player of the Year accolades sophomore Blaine irby emerged following Carter’s varsity offensive coordinator and the productivity of senior Bo scaife and and first-team all-america honors for assistant head coach. the Cowboys were the loss of Jermichael Finley to the nFL. thomas, who was in his junior season. the second consecutive year and was a through the first three games, irby caught area finalists and District Champions dur- scaife was named first team all-Big 12 after first-round selection (no. 5 overall) of ing all three of those years. 10 passes for 95 yards and two tDs, but catching 26 passes for 348 yards and two the in the 1999 nFL his season was then cut short by inju- prior to that, Chambers coached on tDs, while thomas earned second team Draft. williams’ success was due in part the defensive side of the ball from 1989-92 ry. with injuries also to young tes Josh all-Big 12 honors with 25 receptions for to his lead blocker and versatile backfield Marshall and ian harris, smith moved and served as coordinator. During that 430 yards and five tDs. the tight ends were mate , who earned honorable time, Carter was a state semifinalist and over from the offensive line and combined also instrumental in the running game in mention all-Big 12 honors despite limited with senior peter Ullman to provide solid two-time District Champion. 2004. their blocking helped Ut finish sec- carries in ‘98. a four-year as a wide blocking. ond nationally in rushing (299.2 ypg). in 1999, Mitchell stepped to the fore- in 2007, Chambers led a tight ends receiver and a two-time letterwinner in in 2003, Chambers guided a unit front of the Longhorns backfield. not only track & field at north texas, Chambers group highlighted by Finley. the sopho- that combined to catch 30 passes for 415 did he earn first-team all-Big 12 accolades more started all 13 games and caught 45 earned his degree in journalism in 1982. yards and five tDs. scaife and thomas under Chambers’ direction, but he also he began his coaching career in 1984 as a passes (no. 2 on the Ut single-season list) each earned honorable mention all-Big 12 became only the eighth running back in for 575 yards (no. 3 on the Ut single- freshman coach at Carter and then moved honors from the associated press. Ut history to rush for 1,000 yards in a over to tutor the junior varsity’s offense season list) and two tDs. in his first five seasons at texas, season and the first in school history to Chambers had the difficult task of from 1986-88. Chambers coached three of the nine rush for 1,000 yards and tally 300 receiving while at Carter, Chambers helped replacing statistically the greatest tight 1,000-yard rushers (Ricky williams, 1998 yards in a single season. Mitchell’s 1,343 end in Ut history for 2006 after David develop future nFL players / hodges Mitchell, 1999-2000 / Cedric rushing yards in 1999 also marked the (LB, & washington thomas’ graduation. however, under Ben son, 2001-02) in school history and fifth-highest rushing output in Ut history, Chambers’ guidance, Finley broke all of Redskins), Jirmetrius Butler (CB, st. Louis became the first position coach since Fred while his 1,824 all-purpose yards rank sev- Rams), (RB, the freshman tight end receiving records. akers (with Roosevelt Leaks and earl enth on the school’s single-season chart. he finished with 31 receptions for 272 & Detroit Lions), Kendall Jacox (oL, new Campbell in ‘73 and ‘74-75, respectively) Under Chambers’ direction, Mitchell orleans saints) and Darryl Jones (wR, yards and three tDs and was named hon- to have two different backs earn first-team again earned first-team all-Big 12 honors orable mention Freshman all-america. new York giants). all-conference honors in three consecutive in 2000. he posted a pair of 200-yard Chambers’ wife’s name is Cathy. in 2005, Chambers guided thomas to seasons (williams, 1998 / Mitchell, 1999- rushing games, set a Big 12 and Ut single- one of the best seasons by a tight end in Ut 2000). he coached a 1,000-yard rusher game all-purpose yardage record (375, history. thomas, who earned first-team in each of his five years as Ut’s running at Kansas), registered another 1,000-yard all-Big 12 honors, set the single-season backs coach. rushing season (1,118/no. 11 on Ut’s record for receptions by a tight end with all-time list) and posted the third-most all- 90 2012 Texas Football Guide • Coaches & Staff Bo Davis Defensive tackles

THE dAvIS FILE Under Davis’ watch in 2007, senior defensive end wallace gilberry hometown ______Magee, Miss. put together one of the finest sea- high school ______Magee (Magee, Miss.) College ______LsU ’93 sons by an end in alabama history. Year in coaching ______18th gilberry earned first team all-seC wife ______omeika status, leading the league in tackles Children ______Beau, Jackson, Juliana for loss (27) and finishing second in sacks (10). COACHING ASSIGNMENTS Davis joined the Crimson tide 2011- ______Defensive tackles ______texas staff after serving the 2006 season as 2007-10 ______Defensive Line ______alabama an assistant defensive line coach and 2006 ______Defensive Line/strength and Conditioning _____ 2002-05 ______assistant strength and Conditioning Coach ______LsU assistant strength and conditioning 1998-2001 ____assistant Coach ______north shore hs (texas) coach with the Miami Dolphins under 1995-97 ______strength and Conditioning graduate assistant ______LsU nick saban. prior to his stint with the o Davis joined the texas COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE Dolphins, Davis spent four years coaching staff as defensive 2011 ______holiday Bowl______texas (2002-05) as an assistant strength tackles coach in January 2011. 2011 ______Capital one Bowl ______alabama and conditioning coach at LsU under Bhe spent eight of the previous nine 2010 ______BCs national Championship ______alabama^ saban and current tigers head coach 2009 ______sugar Bowl ______alabama years as a member of nick saban’s 2007 ______independence Bowl ______alabama Les Miles. LsU went to four straight staffs at alabama, LsU and with the 2005 ______peach Bowl ______LsU bowls in that span, winning two of Miami Dolphins. 2005 ______Capital one Bowl ______LsU them, including the Davis helped the defense lead the 2004 ______sugar Bowl ______LsU^ for the 2003 national Championship, 2003 ______Cotton Bowl ______LsU Big 12 in total defense (11th nCaa), 1997 ______independence Bowl ______LsU while posting a 41-11 (.788) record. rushing defense (sixth nCaa), pass 1996 ______peach Bowl ______LsU Davis joined the LsU strength efficiency defense (10th nCaa) 1995 ______independence Bowl ______LsU and conditioning staff as assistant and pass defense in his first season. ^national Champions coordinator in June 2002. he came the defensive tackles group was led to the tigers from north shore high by first-team all-Big 12 selection span and the 2009 BCs national egories - rushing defense (78.1 ypg), school in galena park, texas, where Kheeston Randall who was key to Championship. pass efficiency defense (87.7), total he served as an assistant coach from stopping the run inside while record- alabama finished in the top 10 in defense (244.1) and scoring defense 1997-2002 and coached former ing five tackles for loss, one sack and each of the last three seasons, rank- (11.7 ppg). nose guard Longhorns all-american and current eight quarterback pressures. Randall ing no. 10 in 2010 following a 49-7 earned consensus all-america hon- Baltimore Ravens Dt Cory Redding. went on to be selected by the Miami win over no. 7 Michigan state in the ors for the second straight season and Davis earned second team all- Dolphins in the 2012 nFL Draft. as a Capital one Bowl, no. 1 in 2009 and was a finalist for the Lombardi award, seC honors as a senior nose guard group the defensive tackles tallied 17 no. 6 in 2008. nagurski trophy and Bednarik at LsU in 1992 after starting all 11 tackles for loss, six sacks and 21 pres- in 2010, Davis helped guide a award. Lorenzo washington and games, recording 66 tackles, includ- sures. defense that ranked fourth in the anchored the ing four tackles for loss. he lettered he came to texas after spending nation in scoring defense (13.5 ppg), defensive end positions while Dareus for the tigers from 1990-92 and four seasons with the Crimson tide fifth in total defense (286.4 ypg), emerged as a pass-rusher and led the finished his college career with 90 as defensive line coach where he was ninth in rushing defense (110.2 ypg) team with 6.5 sacks. tackles, one sack and one fumble a part of defenses that consistently and seventh in pass efficiency defense in 2008, alabama ranked sec- recovery. led the southeastern Conference and (103.5), while leading the seC in all ond nationally in rushing defense, a native of Magee, Miss., Davis ranked in the top 10 in the nation in four categories. Under Davis, defen- allowing just 74.1 yards per game on graduated from LsU in 1993 and then most of the major statistical catego- sive lineman earned the ground. Ua also ranked third in served as a graduate assistant with ries. second-team all-america and first- the country in total defense (263.5 the LsU strength and conditioning alabama posted a record of 42-10 team all-seC honors. ypg) and seventh in scoring defense program from 1995-1997. (.808) during Davis’ four-year stretch, Davis’ 2009 defensive line was (14.3 ppg). Davis added Cody to the Davis and his wife, omeika, have including a mark of 35-4 (.897) in again key in setting the tone for a starting lineup at nose guard and the two sons, Beau and Jackson, and a the last three seasons. the tide also defense that ranked second nationally junior was named all-america in his daughter, Juliana. won three of its four bowls in that and led the seC in the same four cat- first season.

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three of the defensive ends earned THE GILES FILE conference honors with Crowder and hometown ______palacios, texas Robison being named honorable men- high school ______palacios (palacios, texas) tion all-Big 12, while orakpo earned College ______texas ‘91 Defensive Freshman of the Year hon- ors. orakpo was also named Defensive Year in coaching ______15th Freshman of the Year by the sporting wife ______Kim news. Children ______olivia, Kourtney giles spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at the COACHING ASSIGNMENTS University of houston, where he worked with the Cougars’ defensive line. he 2005- ______Defensive ends ______texas joined the houston staff prior to the 2003-04 ______Defensive Line ______houston 2003 season after spending three sea- 2000-02 ______Defensive Line ______sMU sons at sMU. giles helped the Cougars 1999 ______graduate assistant ______texas to a 7-6 mark and a spot in the hawaii 1998 ______Defensive Line ______southwest texas Bowl in 2003, the first bowl appearance for Uh in eight seasons. COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE after joining the sMU staff in the scar giles is in his eighth sea- spring of 2000, giles tutored a defensive 2011 ______holiday Bowl______texas son as defensive ends coach at line that developed into a unit that led 2010 ______BCs national Championship ______texas the University of texas. this the western athletic Conference and iso giles’ second coaching stint with the 2009 ______Fiesta Bowl ______texas ranked 22nd nationally in total defense Longhorns after serving as a graduate 2007 ______holiday Bowl______texas (320.1 yards per game) in 2001. he was assistant in 1999. he also was an all- 2006 ______alamo Bowl ______texas kept on by new Mustang coach phil conference player at texas. 2006 ______Rose Bowl ______texas^ Bennett and remained at sMU for the Under giles in 2011, alex okafor 2003 ______hawaii Bowl ______houston 2002 season. and started all 13 games 2000 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas giles was a graduate assistant at defensive end with each player rank- 1991 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas* coach at texas in 1999, where he assist- ing in the top 10 in the Big 12 in sacks 1987 ______Bluebonnet Bowl ______texas* ed with defensive backs and helped the and tackles for loss. okafor was an Longhorns earn a Big 12 south Division aFCa all-american and unanimous ^national Champions / *as a player Championship, a spot in the Big 12 first-team all-Big 12 selection after Championship game and a Cotton Bowl in sacks, finishing the season with 11.5 recording a team-high seven sacks to go Defensive Freshman of the Year honors berth. sacks for minus-100 yards, 19 tFL, 30 with 14 tFL and 17 pressures. Jeffcoat and contributed six tFL, 2.5 sacks and prior to accepting a graduate assis- pressures and four forced fumbles. giles was a second-team all-Big 12 choice seven pressures despite playing in only tant position at Ut, giles coached the also helped senior make and led the team with 21 tFL and eight eight games due to injury. defensive line and served as a strength a successful transition from RB to a sacks, while nine pressures on the year. in 2009, giles helped mold senior and conditioning coach at southwest starting role at De where he registered the two ends helped the defense rank De/LB sergio Kindle into the first player texas state (now texas state) in 1998. four sacks and 10 tFL and went on to first in the Big 12 in total defense (11th in college football history to be a finalist a four-year letterwinner at texas be drafted by the in the nCaa), run defense (sixth nCaa), pass for both the hendricks award (nation’s (1987-90), giles played defensive end fourth round. efficiency defense (10th nCaa) and top De) and Butkus award (nation’s top and linebacker for the in 2007, giles led a group that pass defense. LB). Kindle led the Longhorns with 22 and went on to play in the Canadian helped texas rank sixth in the nation in 2010, senior De sam acho tFL and 36 pressures en route to first- Football League from 1994-97 and against the run (93.4 ypg). seeking to became one of the most decorated play- team all-america honors. Junior sam helped the toronto argonauts win the replace nFL draftees tim Crowder ers in Ut history. acho won the william acho led the team with 10 sacks and grey Cup Championship in 1996. (second round, Broncos) and Brian V. Campbell trophy, the wuerffel was named a semifinalist for the Lott a three-year starter at Ut, giles Robison (fourth round, Vikings), vet- trophy and the aRa sportsmanship trophy. Jones contributed five sacks earned ap all-swC honors as a senior erans orakpo and aaron Lewis began award, along with becoming Ut’s sev- and seven tFL to a unit that helped the when he helped the Longhorns to the season as starters, but both missed enth two-time academic all-american, defense rank first in rushing defense, the 1990 swC Championship and an significant time due to injury. Despite a second-team all-america selection by third in total defense, 12th in scor- appearance in the 1991 Cotton Bowl. missing more than four games, orakpo the wCFF, a member of the aFCa good ing defense, along with being in the texas was 10-2 and finished the year led the team in sacks, while sophomore works team and a Lott trophy finalist, top eight in both sacks and tFL. alex ranked 12th that year. giles also helped Lamarr houston stepped in to lead the while recording 59 tackles, 17 tFL, nine okafor also earned Freshman all-Big 12 the 1987 Longhorns to a no. 19 final team in tFL and pressures. sacks, 18 pressures, five forced fumbles honors. ranking and a victory in the Bluebonnet the 2006 season saw giles’ defen- and five fumble recoveries. his five Under giles’ guidance, the 2008 Bowl. he led texas in sacks in 1988 sive ends produce texas’ first 10-sack fumble recoveries led the nation and season saw Brian orakpo become one (6.5) and 1989 (7.0) and finished with season since 1998. Crowder, who earned tied the Ut single-season record. acho of the most dominant players in col- 22 in his career (t-no. 10 on the Ut all- second-team all-america honors, was finished his career ranked second in Ut lege football and one of the most hon- time list). a semifinalist for the outland a finalist for the hendricks award and history in fumble recoveries with nine, ored in Ut history. an eventual first trophy and two-time gte academic led the team with 10.5 sacks. Robison and 10th in sacks with 23.5, and was round pick of the washington Redskins, all-swC selection, his nine career fum- also pitched in with 5.5 sacks and 15 chosen in the fourth round of the 2011 orakpo became texas’ 19th unanimous ble recoveries are tied for second on the pressures on his way to second-team Draft by the . senior all-american and won the nagurski Ut all-time chart. giles was awarded all-Big 12 honors. Brian orakpo added eddie Jones was an honorable mention trophy (nation’s top defensive player), Ut’s tenacity award twice during his 4.5 sacks and 11 pressures. overall, the all-Big 12 selection and notched 52 Lombardi award (nation’s top line- collegiate career. defensive ends produced 24.5 sacks, 44 tackles (32 solo), six sacks, 10 tFL, 14 man) and hendricks award (nation’s a native of palacios, texas, giles tFL and 59 pressures. pressures and one forced fumble. his top defensive end). he was also the Big earned his Bachelor of science degree in in his first season with texas, giles six sacks and 14 pressures both ranked 12 Defensive player of the Year and a speech communications from texas in aided in the Longhorns no. 10 ranking second on the team behind acho. true finalist for the Lott trophy (nation’s 1991. giles and his wife, Kim, have two in total defense (302.9 ypg) and a no. 8 freshman Jackson Jeffcoat also emerged top defensive iMpaCt player). orakpo daughters, olivia and Kourtney. ranking in scoring defense (16.4 ppg). to earn Big 12 honorable Mention helped the texas defense lead the nation

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a pair of first-team academic all- THE SEARELS FILE americans in Rodney Reed and Rudy hometown ______trion, ga. niswanger. LsU had an offensive line- high school ______trion (trion, ga.) man named first-team academic all- america in four straight years. College ______auburn ’90 niswanger became one of the most Year in coaching ______21st decorated student-athletes in school his- wife ______patricia tory in 2005, winning the Draddy trophy Children ______taylor, savannah as college football’s top scholar-athlete, as well as being the inaugural recipient of COACHING ASSIGNMENTS the wuerffel trophy. in searels first season at LsU, the 2011- ______offensive Line ______texas tigers went 13-1 and won the 2003 2010 ______Running game Coordinator/offensive Line ______georgia national Championship with a 21-14 2007-09 ______offensive Line ______georgia win over oklahoma in the sugar Bowl. 2003-06 ______offensive Line ______LsU the offense finished the season ranked 2001-02 ______offensive Line ______Cincinnati 19th in the nation in scoring offense 1994-2000 ____offensive Line ______appalachian state (33.9 ppg), 27th in rushing offense 1992-93 ______graduate assistant ______auburn (185.7 ypg), 31st in total offense (418.4 ypg) and 11th in pass efficiency (149.0). tacy searels, the former offensive COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE searels joined the staff at LsU after line coach at georgia and LsU, and a two-year stint as offensive line coach an all-america offensive lineman 2011 ______holiday Bowl______texas at Cincinnati. while with the Bearcats, sas a player at auburn, was named offen- 2010 ______Liberty Bowl ______georgia Cincinnati played in two bowl games, as sive line coach at texas in January 2011. 2009 ______independence Bowl ______georgia well as winning the school’s first confer- During his first season at texas, 2009 ______Capital one Bowl ______georgia ence title since 1964 by capturing the searels helped the Longhorns rank 21st 2008 ______sugar Bowl ______georgia 2002 Conference Usa crown. nationally and third in the Big 12 with 2007 ______sugar Bowl ______LsU prior to joining Cincinnati, searels served as an assistant coach 210.4 rushing yards per game. his unit 2005 ______peach Bowl ______LsU paved the way for two 400-yard rushing at appalachian state from 1994-2000, 2005 ______Capital one Bowl ______LsU games and six outings with 200 or more helping the i-aa Mountaineers to rushing yards. the 441 rushing yards 2004 ______sugar Bowl ______LsU^ five playoff appearances and a pair of against Kansas and 439 rushing yards 2002 ______new orleans Bowl ______Cincinnati southern Conference titles. against texas tech were two of just 2001 ______Motor City Bowl ______Cincinnati while at appalachian state, searels six 400-yard rushing performances by 1988 ______sugar Bowl ______auburn* was presented with the nCaa award texas since 1980. senior og David snow 1987 ______Citrus Bowl ______auburn* of Valor, recognizing him for his act of earned first-team all-Big 12 honors and 1986 ______Cotton Bowl ______auburn* courage following a head-on collision went on to sign a free agent contrac 1984 ______Liberty Bowl ______auburn* involving a van carrying members of the with the Buffalo Bills, while sophomore 1984 ______sugar Bowl ______auburn* Mountaineers football team and support og Mason walters was named to the staff on sept. 30, 2000. second team. two freshmen also earned ^national Champions / *as a player searels got his start in coaching as freshman all-america honors with ot a graduate assistant at auburn in 1992, Josh Cochran named first-team, and C in 2008, searels took a line that was rushing yards per game, while ranking working with a tigers squad that posted Dominic espinosa named second-team. led by Boling, but also featured three 34th in the nation in scoring offense (32.6 a perfect 11-0 mark in 1993. searels joined the Longhorns after freshman starters, and the unit ranked ppg) and 13th in fewest sacks allowed a three-year starter on the offen- coaching the offensive line at georgia among the best in the nation in fewest (15). sive line at auburn, searels earned first- for four seasons beginning in 2007. he sacks allowed, giving up just 17 (21st searels arrived at georgia in team all-america honors from both the added the duties of running game coor- nCaa). the offense also ranked 22nd in January 2007, after serving four years associated press and Football news as a dinator in 2009. During his time in total offense (426.0 ypg), 29th in scoring coaching the offensive line at LsU from senior in 1987. he blocked for heisman athens, the Bulldogs ranked in the top offense (31.5 ppg) and 16th in passing 2003-06. During that time, the tigers trophy winner Bo Jackson in 1985 and 25 in the nation in fewest sacks allowed offense (277.7 ypg). won a national Championship (2003), all-america Brent Fullwood in 1986. three times, including ranking sixth and even while blocking for a high- a seC Championship (2003), and two searels was a first-team all-seC leading the seC in 2009 with just 12. powered passing attack, the line helped seC west titles (2003 and 2005), while selection as both a junior and senior, in 2010, georgia finished the sea- RB garner all- compiling a 44-8 record. and he was honored with the team’s son ranked 30th in the nation in scoring america honors from the american LsU’s offensive unit in 2006 fin- Ken Rice award as the school’s best offense with an average of 32.1 ppg. Football Coaches association and ished first in the seC in total offense blocking lineman in 1987. he played that included a seven-game stretch to become a finalist for the Doak walker (417.5 ypg/11th nCaa) and scoring in both the Japan Bowl and the senior end the regular season where the offen- award, while averaging 107.7 rushing offense (33.7 ppg/ninth nCaa), second Bowl before becoming a fourth-round sive line helped the team average 41.0 yards per game. georgia finished the in rushing offense (165.8/31st nCaa) draft pick by the san Diego Chargers in ppg. During that time, the Bulldogs season 10-3 and ranked no. 13/10 after and third in passing offense (251.7/18th 1988. he played two seasons with the scored no fewer than 31 points and defeating Michigan state in the Capital nCaa) and fewest sacks allowed Chargers before moving to the Miami topped the 40-point mark five times. one Bowl. (19/24th nCaa). the tigers closed that Dolphins in 1990. he ended his pro- senior Clint Boling led the line and in his first season at georgia, as season ranked third in both polls with fessional career in 1991 with the new was named to the pro Football weekly in 2008, searels was faced with starting an 11-2 record. York/new Jersey Knights of the world all-america team, along with being a three freshmen, one of whom was Boling, searels made a habit of produc- League of american Football. first-team all-seC selection. whom he helped tutor into Freshman all- ing all-america linemen for LsU. he a native of trion, ga., searels grad- Boling also earned first-team all- america honors in 2007. he also guided coached two first-team all-americans uated from auburn with a degree in seC honors in 2008 and 2009 under C Fernando Velasco into becoming a in stephen peterman and Rimington marketing and transportation in 1990. searels. in 2009, georgia completed an second-team all-seC selection. Behind award winner and a he followed that with a master’s degree 8-5 season with a win over texas a&M that line, Moreno earned first-team all- second-team all-america selection in in higher education administration in the independence Bowl. the Bulldogs seC honors and the Bulldogs completed . Five of his tigers from auburn in 1995. averaged 161.0 rushing yards per game an 11-2 campaign that ended in a sugar linemen earned spots on nFL rosters. searels is married to the former and ranked sixth in the nation in fewest Bowl win over hawaii and a final ranking in addition, during that four-year patricia hale, and they have two daugh- sacks allowed. of no. 2/3. the offense averaged 177.2 stretch, LsU’s offensive line produced ters, taylor and savannah.

www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com 93 Darrell Wyatt Co-Recruiting Coordinator/wide Receivers

THE WYATT FILE arizona. the wildcats ranked 10th in the nation in passing at 308.5 yards hometown ______Killeen, texas per game, led by junior wR Mike high school ______Killeen (Killeen, texas) thomas, who ranked 17th nationally College ______Kansas state ’88 in receptions after pulling in 83 for Year in coaching ______24th 1,038 yards and 11 tDs and earned wife ______Cindy first-team all-pac 10 honors. thomas Children ______Desmond, Charese ended his career as arizona’s all-time COACHING ASSIGNMENTS leading receiver and was selected by the in the 2009 2011- _____ Co-Recruiting Coordinator/wide Receivers ______texas nFL Draft. eight players on the 2010 ______Co-offensive Coordinator/wide Receivers ______Kansas arizona roster had at least 20 recep- 2008-09 ____ assoc. head Coach/off. Coord./wRs ______southern Mississippi tions and 200 receiving yards, while 2007 ______passing game Coordinator/wide Receivers ______arizona five players had at least 35 receptions 2006 ______wide Receivers ______Minnesota Vikings and 400 receiving yards. 2005 ______passing game Coordinator/wide Receivers ______oklahoma 2002-04 ____wide Receivers ______oklahoma wyatt gained nFL expereince 2001 ______passing game Coordinator/wide Receivers ______oklahoma state in 2006 as wide receivers coach with arrell wyatt was named wide 2000 ______assoc. head Coach/off. Coord./wide Receivers ______Kansas the . Five differ- receivers coach/co-recruit- 1998-99 ____assistant head Coach/wide Receivers ______Kansas ent receivers finished the season ing coordinator at texas in 1997 ______wide Receivers ______Kansas with 20-plus catches, led by travis JanuaryD 2011. 1996 ______wide Receivers ______Baylor taylor’s 57. in 2011, wyatt’s receivers corps 1995 ______wide Receivers ______wyoming Before coaching in Minnesota, led by sophomore Mike Davis, 1992-94 ____wide Receivers ______sam houston state wyatt spent four seasons at 1989-91 ____wide Receivers/Defensive Backs ______trinity Valley CC freshman Jaxon shipley and junior oklahoma. he helped the sooners to four bowl games as the wide receiv- Marquise goodwin. Davis led the COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE team in his sophomore season with 45 ers coach and was the passing game catches for 609 yards and one touch- 2011 ______holiday Bowl ______texas coordinator in his final year. in 2004, down. shipley missed three games 2009 ______new orleans Bowl ______southern Mississippi he coached three receivers who were but earned second-team freshman 2008 ______new orleans Bowl ______southern Mississippi first-day picks in the 2005 nFL Draft, all-america honors after tying for the 2005 ______holiday Bowl ______oklahoma and who started professionally as team lead with three tD catches while 2005 ______orange Bowl ______oklahoma rookies. 2004 ______sugar Bowl ______oklahoma also throwing three tD passes. he had wyatt spent the 2001 season at 2003 ______Rose Bowl ______oklahoma 44 receptions for 607 yards. goodwin oklahoma state as passing game coor- missed the opener while competing 31st in total offense (416.4 ypg). ducing 5,636 yards of total offense dinator and wide receivers coach. at in track and field, but came on strong the offense’s 428 points that season and 433.5 ypg (20th nCaa), which osU, he guided wR , to end the year with 30 grabs for 372 were a school record. wyatt guided were both school UsM records. the who ranked seventh in the nation yards and one touchdown, while also a balanced attack that ranked 33rd offense ranked in the top 40 nation- in receptions that year and went on rushing for 187 yards on 20 carries, in rushing offense (181.4 ypg) and ally in both rushing offense (192.5 to become a first-round selection in an average of 9.4 yards per attempt. 43rd in passing offense (235.0 ypg), ypg) and passing offense (241.1 ypg), the 2004 nFL draft. he joined the prior to joining the Longhorns, with an even higher ranking pass while averaging 30.6 ppg, which was Cowboys following his first stint at wyatt spent 2010 as co-offensive efficiency offense that was 13th in 31st nationally. Many of the season’s Kansas, where he spent four seasons, coordinator/wide receivers coach the nation with a 147.3 rating. RB records included Brown, who was a the last of which was as offensive at Kansas. Under new head coach Damion Fletcher and wR Deandre freshman in 2008 and set the school coordinator in 2000. turner gill, the Jayhawks were tran- Brown both ranked in the top 50 in single-season receptions record with wyatt started his coaching sitioning from an offense that lost one the nation in rushing and receptions, 67 to go along with 1,117 receiv- career at trinity Valley CC (1989- of the nation’s top quarterbacks in respectively, while QB Martevious ing yards. his 85.9 receiving yards 91) in athens, texas, before continu- todd Reesing and two of the nation’s Young was in the top 20 in pass per game ranked 22nd in the nation, ing at sam houston state (1992-94), top 10 wide receivers in Dezmon efficiency. Fletcher finished his career and he was named first-team fresh- wyoming (1995) and Baylor (1996). Briscoe and Kerry Meier. Despite as one of a handful of backs, along man all-america, Conference Usa he started his collegiate playing that, wyatt helped guide junior wR with texas’ Cedric Benson to rush for Freshman of the Year and first-team career as a at trinity Daymond patterson to 60 receptions. over 1,000 yards in all four seasons. all-Conference Usa. Meanwhile Valley CC before playing two seasons in 2008-09, wyatt was the asso- he also finished as UsM’s all-time Fletcher was also named first-team at Kansas state (1987-88). he gradu- ciate head coach/offensive coordina- leader in all-purpose yards (6,253) all-CUsa and rushed for 109.4 yards ated from KsU with a degree in soci- tor/wide receivers coach at southern and rushing yards (5,302) and was per game, which led the conference ology in 1989. Mississippi. in two seasons with the a second-team all-Conference Usa and ranked 17th nationally. QB wyatt is a native of Killeen, golden eagles, wyatt’s offenses were selection along with Brown and te austin Davis also ranked 17th in the texas, and earned all-Central texas among the nation’s best. Leroy Banks, while oL Ryan hebert nation in total offense with 279.7 ypg. honors in football at Killeen high the 2009 season saw UsM pro- earned first-team honors. wyatt spent the 2007 season as school. he and his wife Cindy have duce the nation’s 18th-ranked scor- in 2008, UsM broke 36 offen- passing game coordinator and wide two children, Desmond and Charese. ing offense (32.9 ppg) and rank sive school records en route to pro- receivers coach at the University of

94 2012 Texas Football Guide • Coaches & Staff Jeff Madden assistant athletics Director for strength & Conditioning

THE MAddEN FILE as both a graduate assistant football and strength & conditioning coach at hometown ______Cleveland, ohio the University of Cincinnati in 1983. high school ______st. Joseph’s (Cleveland, ohio) he began his career in strength College ______Vanderbilt ’83 training and conditioning at Rice wife ______Brenda in 1984 and moved to Colorado in Children ______Brandon, Bryan 1989. as assistant athletics director COACHING ASSIGNMENTS at CU, he coordinated strength and conditioning programs for all 15 of 1998- ______assistant aD/strength & Conditioning ______texas the Buffaloes’ intercollegiate sports. 1993-97 ______assoc. aD/student-athlete Development ______north Carolina Madden then joined the athletics staff 1989-92 ______assistant aD/strength & Conditioning ______Colorado at north Carolina following the 1992 1984-88 ______strength & Conditioning Coach ______Rice 1983 ______graduate assistant Football Coach/ ______Cincinnati season. ______strength & Conditioning Coach ______included among his students are two heisman trophy winners -- COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE Rashaan saalam of Colorado (1994) eff Madden, who has been hon- and Ricky williams of texas (1998), 2011 ______holiday Bowl______texas ored by his peers as one of the along with two runners up in Vince 2010 ______BCs national Championship ______texas Young (2005) and Colt McCoy (2008), nation’s leading authorities on 2009 ______Fiesta Bowl ______texas who was also a finalist in 2009. physicalJ development, is in his 15th 2007 ______holiday Bowl______texas year as the assistant athletics direc- 2006 ______alamo Bowl ______texas he has worked with three walter tor for strength and conditioning 2006 ______Rose Bowl ______texas^ Camp Football Foundation players at the University of texas. he was 2005 ______Rose Bowl ______texas of the Year, two nagurski trophy 2003 ______holiday Bowl______texas inducted into the Usa strength and winners, which honors the nation’s 2003 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas Conditioning Coaches hall of Fame top defensive player, two thorpe 2001 ______holiday Bowl______texas award winners, which recognizes the in June 2003, and in May 2009, he 2000 ______holiday Bowl______texas nation’s outstanding , was elected president of the Collegiate 2000 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas strength and Conditioning Coaches 1999 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas two Butkus award winners, which association. among his other honors, 1998 ______gator Bowl ______north Carolina salutes the nation’s top linebacker, he has also been named the 2004 1997 ______gator Bowl ______north Carolina two Doak walker award winners for 1995 ______Carquest Bowl ______north Carolina the nation’s top running back, along national Collegiate strength and 1994 ______sun Bowl______north Carolina Conditioning Coach of the Year by with winners of the Lombardi award 1993 ______gator Bowl ______north Carolina (nation’s top lineman), hendricks the professional Football strength 1993 ______Fiesta Bowl ______Colorado award (nation’s top defensive end), and Conditioning Coaches society 1992 ______Blockbuster Bowl ______Colorado and the 2005 College strength and 1991 ______orange Bowl ______Colorado^ Manning award, Davey o’Brien Conditioning Coach of the Year by 1990 ______orange Bowl ______Colorado award and Unitas golden arm samson equipment. 1982 ______hall of Fame Bowl ______Vanderbilt* award for the nation’s top quarter- back. Madden, who is the president ^national Champions / *as a player of the Collegiate strength and Madden is a member of the board Conditioning Coaches association athletics director for student-athlete ing collegiate strength and condition- of directors of peak performance (CsCCa) was one of just 10 coach- development. at Carolina, Madden ing facilities. the nassar al-Rashid Usa, is on the editorial advisory es nationally to receive the title of was responsible for 28 intercollegiate weight room is Madden’s fourth board of sports speed magazine and Master strength and Conditioning varsity sports and more than 750 facility, and it contains state of the is a certified expert by the national Coach at the Collegiate strength and student-athletes. art, cutting edge equipment that is association of speed and explosion. Conditioning Coaches association Recognized worldwide as user-friendly and second-to-none in he also has a 602-pound bench press convention in 2001. the honor repre- an authority on explosive power design implementation. to his credit, making him one of the sents what the association says “is the training, Madden was named the Madden, who oversees strength top bench pressers in the world. highest honor that can be achieved national strength and Conditioning training and conditioning for men’s Madden was certified in May as a strength and conditioning coach specialist of the Year in 1996 by and women’s intercollegiate sports at 1991 by the international sports and represents professionalism, the international sports sciences Ut, has worked with more than 200 sciences association (issa), recog- knowledge, experience and exper- association. he also was recog- nFL players (including 34 first-round nizing him as one of the world leaders tise.” nized as a Master elite strength and picks) and 17 olympians during his in the profession of sports develop- he also was honored with the Conditioning Coach by the Collegiate 30-year career at Rice, Colorado, ment. he also was a unanimous selec- Culligan holiday Bowl’s admiral U.s. strength and Conditioning Coaches north Carolina and texas. tion to the issa Board of Directors. grant sharp trophy in 2000, which association in 2000. a three-year letterwinner and Madden and his wife, Brenda, was voted on by the Longhorns team in 1988, Madden was certified by 1983 graduate of Vanderbilt, Madden have two sons, Brandon and Bryan. and is bestowed upon an individual the national association of speed and was a high school all-american in his that is dedicated to team success. explosion (nase). the Longhorns hometown of Cleveland. after earn- Madden came to Ut from north strength and conditioning coach has ing a degree in sociology with a minor Carolina, where he served as associate played a critical role in the design and in psychology and secondary educa- creation of some of the nation’s lead- tion and a stint in the UsFL, he served www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com 95 Bennie Wylie strength & Conditioning head Coach for Football

THE WYLIE FILE and finished fourth in the heisman trophy balloting. hometown ______Mexia, texas prior to his position at texas high school ______Mexia (Mexia, texas) tech, wylie was an assistant strength College ______sam houston state ’99 and conditioning coach with the wife ______Jennifer Dallas Cowboys for four seasons, Children ______Braden, Caden helping implement rehabilitation for injured players. in addition to work- COACHING ASSIGNMENTS ing with the Cowboys, wylie also spent the spring seasons heading the 2011- ______strength & Conditioning head Coach for Football ______texas strength and conditioning program 2010 ______Football head strength & Conditioning Coach ______tennessee for the Dallas Desperados arena foot- 2003-09 ______Football head strength & Conditioning Coach ______texas tech 2002 ______head strength & Conditioning Coach ______Dallas Desperados ball team, a property of the Dallas 1999-2002 ____assistant strength & Conditioning Coach ______Dallas Cowboys Cowboys. the Cowboys had nine pro 1998 ______interim head strength & Conditioning Coach ______shsU Bowl selections during wylie’s four seasons in Dallas. COLLEGE BOWL ExpERIENCE wylie is a member of the exas native Bennie wylie Collegiate strength and Conditioning joined the Longhorns staff in 2011 ______holiday Bowl______texas Coaches association and the titleist January 2011 as strength and 2010 ______Music City Bowl ______tennessee performance institute. 2009 ______alamo Bowl ______texas tech conditioningt head coach for football. the Mexia, texas native grad- 2009 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas tech he immediately made his 2008 ______gator Bowl ______texas tech uated from sam houston state presence felt within the team and 2006 ______insight Bowl ______texas tech University, where he was a four-year was honored with the Bridgepoint 2006 ______Cotton Bowl ______texas tech letterman in football from 1994-97. education holiday Bowl’s admiral 2003 ______holiday Bowl______texas tech he was an all-southland Conference U.s. grant sharp trophy, which is running back as a senior in 1997 bestowed upon an individual that is During his time in Lubbock, texas tech, including wR Michael after averaging 4.8 yards per carry dedicated to team success. wylie established himself as one of Crabtree, who was selected 10th and leading the Bearkats in rushing. in May 2012, wylie was honored the top strength coaches in the coun- overall in the 2009 draft. that draft in 1994, he was named the Bearkats as Master strength and Conditioning try. his last five seasons helped the featured four Red Raiders selected Freshman of the Year. he received a Coach by the Collegiate strength and Red Raiders produce a 46-18 overall in the first four rounds. Crabtree degree in kinesiology in 1999. Conditioning Coaches, the organiza- record that was third-best in the Big also won back-to-back Biletnikoff wylie and his wife, the former tions’s highest honor. 12, including an 11-2 season in 2008. awards as the nation’s top receiver Jennifer small of plano, texas, have wylie came to texas from the Red Raiders also posted a 5-2 in 2007 and 2008. in addition in twin sons, 5-year-olds Braden and tennessee where he spent one season record in bowls during his seven- 2008, QB was named Caden. as football head strength coach after year span. at&t all-america player of the serving the previous seven seasons at wylie guided the develop- Year, won the Unitas golden arm texas tech. ment of 14 nFL draft picks while at award as the nation’s top senior QB, Arthur Johnson Marcus Tubbs associate athletics Director for Football operations Director of Football operations a 20-year veteran of the ath- 2009 as football operations intern. in letics management and operations his current role, tubbs helps manage field, Johnson is in his second stint all day-to-day operations of the pro- with the Longhorns after spending gram. six seasons at texas from 1999-2005 tubbs joined the texas staff in the role assistant aD for foot- after a four-year career in the nFL ball operations. Johnson will handle with the seattle seahawks that was scheduling, team travel, planning cut short by injury. the 23rd overall player-related activities, aiding in the pick in the 2004 nFL Draft, tubbs day-to-day operations of the foot- was a two-time all-Big 12 defensive ball program and coordinating the tackle at texas, including first-team Longhorns football camps, along honors as a senior in 2003, when he with managing Moncrief athletics was also chosen as a team captain. Complex. During his Ut career, he played in Johnson returned to texas last 48 games, including 36 starts, and arthur Johnson, former asso- season after spending the past six at Marcus tubbs enters his first posted 207 tackles, 41 tFLs, 15 sacks ciate athletic director for internal georgia. season as director of football opera- and five forced fumbles, helping the operations at georgia, returned to Johnson and his wife, t’Leatha, tions after serving the last two as Longhorns to a 41-10 record. the Longhorns staff as associate ath- have one son, aaron. special assistant for player relations. tubbs and his wife, Brittany letics director for football operations it is his fourth overall after spending have one daughter, savannah. in January 2011. 96 2012 Texas Football Guide • Coaches & Staff Ken Rucker Director of high school Relations and player Development texas. he is in his fifth year in the position of director of high school relations and player development after spending three years as running backs coach. Rucker works extensively with the high school Coaches Clinic and summer camps while assisting with the development of the Longhorn football players. he also works close- Mike Arias Kenny Boyd ly in managing prospects visits on Video Coordinator head athletic trainer campus and coordinating campus for Football and facility tours for unofficial visits. Rucker helps manage and oversee many of their off-thefield responsi- a veteran of 29 seasons as a bilities while assisting in their com- collegiate assistant coach, including munity service efforts. 20 tutoring running backs, nine in Rucker and his wife, nancy, have the state of texas and 12 in the one daughter, Kenny Lynnette. southwest, Ken Rucker is in his eighth season at the University of

Brian Davis Chip Robertson associate aD equipment Manager academic services

Mario Acitelli Blake Baker Ephraim Banda Taylor Tharp graduate assistant graduate assistant graduate assistant graduate assistant (offense) (Defense) (offense) (Defense)

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