2004, 2005, 2006 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS AASSISTANTSSISTANT COASTAL CAROLINA FOOTBALL CCOACHESOACHES Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Live ANTOINE RIVENS on Media M o nf Information SSouthouth CCarolinaarolina ’’9292 - FFifthifth YYearear aatt CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina I Antoine Rivens is in his fifth Following his collegiate career, career Rivens played professionally professionally season as assistant head coach and with the former Charlotte Rage of the Arena Football League will also handle the defensive line. (1994) and the Shreveport Pirates in the Canadian Football League The 37-year-old Rivens arrived (1995). at Coastal from North Carolina Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Rivens attended West Outlook 2007 Season Central University, where he was Charlotte High School, earning letters in football, basketball and the assistant head coach offensive track. He graduated in 1988 and was honored as the school’s Athlete line coach for the past four seasons. Prior to that, he was the of the Year as a senior. offensive line and special teams coach Rivens lives in Conway with his wife at Livingstone College, helping the Tuletia and daughters Ariana (11) and 2007 Blue Bears to the 1997 and 1998 CIAA Taryn (3). Chanticleers Conference titles. During his five seasons at Livingstone, he had at least one all- conference lineman each season. A three-year starter and letterwinner at South Carolina on the offensive line, Staff Coaching he was selected Freshman Player of the Year in 1989 and as a team captain for his senior season. Rivens graduated in 1992 with a degree in criminal justice. 2007 2 Recruiting Coordinator/Safeties Opponents DREW WATSON NNewberryewberry ’’8989 - SSixthixth YYearear aatt CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina y t i s e r Drew Watson is in his sixth year administration,administration Watson was a four-year four-year letterwinner and three year yeaar The on the football staff at Coastal Carolina starter at cornerback for the Indians. He earned Second Team NAIA University University, coaching the safeties. He All-American honors and First Team All-South Atlantic Conference also serves as the football program’s honors as a senior, as well as the team’s Most Valuable Player recruiting coordinator. award. As a junior, he was also named Honorable Mention All- The 40-year-old Watson American. He attended T.L. Hanna High School, where he played previously was on the coaching staff football and ran track prior to graduating in 1984. Big South at Wofford College for 12 seasons. For six seasons, he served as A native of Anderson, South Carolina, Watson resides in Conference the running backs coach and was the Conway with his wife Melanie and their offensive line coach for six seasons. son Cole (13) and daughters Cate (6) and During his tenure at Wofford, the team led Anna (3). the nation in rushing offense and made the NCAA Division-II Playoffs two separate 2006 In-Review occasions. Prior to that, he served as the secondary coach at Newberry College for the 1989 and 1990 seasons. A 1989 graduate of Newberry College with a bachelor’s in business Book Record 22007007 CCOASTALOASTAL CCAROLINAAROLINA FFOOTBALLOOTBALL MMEDIAEDIA GGUIDEUIDE 5511 AASSISTANTSSISTANT 2004, 2005, 2006 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS CCOACHESOACHES COASTAL CAROLINA FOOTBALL Information Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Media KEVIN BROWN CCatawbaatawba ’’9898 - SSixthixth YYearear aatt CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina Kevin Brown is in his sixth 4 ranking in NCAA Division II. A four-year starter at quarterback, 2007 Season season on the coaching staff at Brown is the program’s leader in touchdown passes for a single Outlook Coastal Carolina University, working season with 18 and a career with 53. He also ranks second all-time as the quarterbacks coach and with 4,807 passing yards and earned his bachelors in physical passing game coordinator. education in 1998. Last season, Brown worked As a three-sport letterwinner at Berkeley High School, Brown with quarterback Tyler Thigpen, who was named All-Conference and Chanticleers made history for the program. Under his tutelage, Thigpen ranked the team’s Most Valuable Player 2007 second in the nation in total offense and fourth in passing yards, in football. He also earned All- while also setting a new Big South record for rushing yards by a Conference honors in baseball quarterback. Thigpen ended his career as Coastal’s first-ever NFL and lettered in basketball. draft choice, taken by the Minnesota Vikings. Born in Charleston, South The 32-year-old Brown is well known to CCU Head Coach Carolina, Brown is single and Coaching David Bennett, as he was both a player and a coach for Bennett lives in Conway. Staff at Catawba from 1993-2001. As an assistant coach at Catawba for four seasons, he helped lead the program from a 6-4 record his first season to three NCAA Division II Playoff appearances, including a 12-2 record in 2001 and a berth in the NCAA semifinals. As a player, Brown was the 1996 South Atlantic Conference Opponents 2007 Player of the Year after leading Catawba to a 9-2 record and the No. Wide Receivers HUNTER SPIVEY University NNewberryewberry ’’9797 - SSixthixth YYearear aatt CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina The A local coach come home, Spivey was married in the summer of 2004 to the former Amy Hunter Spivey is in his sixth season Zion, and the couple resides in Conway with their son Zion (1). on the coaching staff at Coastal Carolina, coaching the wide Conference Big South receivers. Spivey arrived at Coastal Carolina after spending the last four years coaching at Newberry College. He remained at the school on the coaching staff after starting for three years for the Indians. The 33-year-old Spivey earned four letters at Newberry, In-Review earning the team’s Most Valuable Player honors as a senior, as 2006 well as being rated one of the top 20 quarterbacks in Division II. He left the Indians ranked third all-time in passing yardage, while earning his bachelor’s in physical education in 1997. Spivey was a standout at Conway High School in three sports, earning letters in football baseball and basketball. He was named Record Book “Toast of the Coast”, as well as an All-Area and All-Region First Team quarterback. He was the team’s Most Valuable Player as a senior and holds numerous quarterback records at Conway. 5522 22007007 CCOASTALOASTAL CCAROLINAAROLINA FFOOTBALLOOTBALL MMEDIAEDIA GGUIDEUIDE 2004, 2005, 2006 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS AASSISTANTSSISTANT COASTAL CAROLINA FOOTBALL CCOACHESOACHES Running Backs/Academic Coordinator KEITH JAMES on Media M o nf Information WWinston-Saleminston-Salem SStatetate ’’8989 - SSixthixth YYearear aatt CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina I Keith James is in his sixth School,School where his team improved five games during his tenure. tenure season on the football staff at Coastal The 41-year-old James graduated from Winston-Salem State Carolina University, serving as the in 1989 with a bachelors in mass communication. As a quarterback, running backs coach. James led his team to the 1988 CIAA Championship game, where he James was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. Outlook 2007 Season arrived at CCU He then attended North Carolina A&T, earning from Winston- a master’s in adult education in 1998. Salem State University, where he coached A three-sport letterwinner at Dudley for the six previous years. During his time at Senior High School, James was the Most Winston-Salem State, the program won two Valuable Player and Outstanding Offensive 2007 consecutive CIAA Championships in 1999 and Player on the football squad. James also played Chanticleers 2000 and were victorious in the 2000 Pioneer basketball and ran track, graduating in 1984. Bowl. During his time at WSSU, he also was Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, the softball coach, leading the Lady Rams to a James lives in Conway with his wife, Phyllis. 49-18 record in two seasons. His softball team was also awarded the school’s Director’s Cup for Staff Coaching the team with the highest grade point average for the third consecutive year. Prior to his time at WSSU, he spent two years at Mount Tabor High 2007 2 Cornerbacks Opponents MIKE CASTELLANO CCatawbaatawba ’’9797 - FFifthifth YYearear aatt CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina y t i s e r Mike Castellano is starting his in December 1997. He also earned his master’s of education in The fifth year on the football coaching 2000 from Delta State. University staff at Coastal Carolina University, Born in Somerset, New Jersey, Castellano was a three-sport working with the secondary. standout at Delaware Valley The 32-year-old Castellano High School, playing football, spent the last four years as a high baseball and basketball during school defensive coordinator, the his career. Big South last two seasons at Millbrook High School and the 1999-01 seasons Castellano is single and Conference at North Wilkes. During his two seasons at Millbrook, he also worked resides in Myrtle Beach. with the special teams, as he helped lead the team to a pair of state playoff appearances. Castellano spent one year with Delta State University as a 2006 graduate assistant, working with the tight ends and offensive line In-Review in the fall of 1998, helping the squad to their first-ever conference championship and the national playoffs. In the spring, he shifted to working with the wide receivers and quarterbacks. Castellano is very familiar with CCU head coach David Bennett, working for three seasons as a student assistant coach at Catawba. Book Record A 1997 graduate of the school, he received his bachelor’s in history 22007007 CCOASTALOASTAL CCAROLINAAROLINA FFOOTBALLOOTBALL MMEDIAEDIA GGUIDEUIDE 5533 AASSISTANTSSISTANT 2004, 2005, 2006 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS CCOACHESOACHES COASTAL CAROLINA FOOTBALL Information Linebackers Media GRANT CAIN CCatawbaatawba ’’0303 - TThirdhird YYearear aatt CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina Grant Cain starts his third year on the Coastal Carolina football staff, his first as a full-time staff 2007 Season member coaching the inside linebackers.