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2010 FootballMacalester college Macalester athletics “Our goal at Macalester is to have an athletics program consistent in Scholar-Athletes quality and rigor with our first- Macalester Stadium rate academic program. Regardless At Macalester, athletes Home of Macalester enjoy great academic of whether a student is in the football, the opportunities. Several classroom or on a playing field, Macalester Stadium football athletes the experience should be seats 4,000 spectators. conducted summer exhilarating and challenging The FieldTurf playing research in the areas surface provides of astronomy, biology, and should provide a foundation for future success.” great field conditions chemistry, economics, Brian Rosenberg throughout the season. geology, and physics. President, Macalester College All-Round Success G u i d e s L o o k a t Student-Faculty Ratio For the spring 2010 m a c a L e s t e r You don’t get lost semester, 73 percent of in the shuffle with a • For 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked Macalester MAC football athletes student-faculty ratio College 13th in “best values” among all liberal arts earned a 3.0 GPA or of 10 to 1. colleges in the nation. higher, and the team Strong Financial Aid GPA was 3.3. • U.S. News & World Report also ranked Macalester 29th among all liberal arts colleges in the nation. Approximately two- Study Abroad • Macalester College was listed among the top schools in thirds of Macalester Last year MAC football the country for study abroad programs. students receive players studied abroad • A recent Kaplan/Newsweek “How to Get into College” need-based financial in countries including guide selected Macalester as one of “The New Ivies” for assistance. The Australia, Denmark, being a college with first-rate academic programs rivaling average financial aid Italy, and Scotland. the Ivy League. award for full-time students in 2009-10 After Mac • The Twin Cities is the fourth most popular college destination in the country. Of the top liberal arts schools, was $32,258 with 83% Recent MAC football it is one of only five located in an urban setting. coming in the form graduates have gone • Barron’s Guide to the Most Competitive Colleges wrote, of a grant. on to some of the “Undoubtedly, a Mac education is the ultimate preparation nation’s top graduate for success in academia, law, medicine, social service, programs, while others and business. … Alumni networking plays a powerful and Action Photos: accepted jobs locally or positive role in the careers of many Mac graduates.” Christopher Mitchell nationally. H E A D C O A C H M aca l este r co l l E g E TONY JENNISON 2 0 1 0 F oot b A l l S ched u l E Hired in January ‘08, Tony Jennison is the 28th head coach in the 124-year history of the Macalester football program. Date Opponent Time “My vision for the Mac football program,” Sept. 4 at Grinnell (Iowa) 1:00 says Coach Jennison, “is to build a nationally reputable football program, one that mirrors Sept. 11 Cornell (Iowa) 6:00 the academic excellence at Macalester, while helping the young men in our program Sept. 18 Maranatha Baptist (Wis.) 1:00 to become better people, students, and athletes.” Sept. 25 Crown 6:00 Jennison, originally from southeastern Oct. 2 at Hamline 1:00 Minnesota, was a standout in football and baseball at Mayo High School in Rochester. At the University of Oct. 9 Trinity Bible (N.D.) 6:00 Wisconsin–LaCrosse, he was a part of four conference Oct. 23 at Carleton 1:00 championship teams and two national championship teams. The highlight of his college career was playing in Oct. 29 Minnesota-Morris 4:00 and winning the NCAA Division III national championship game, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. (at Metrodome) “For me it really was always about relationships. The Nov. 6 at Martin Luther 1:00 connections I had made with the coaches throughout my life were really special and helped me become the person I am today. I wanted to have that same influence on lives that my coaches had on mine.” Home games in bold Jennison received his bachelor’s degree from UW-La Crosse in secondary education with a concentration in coaching. After one season as an assistant secondary coach, Jennison moved to UW–Eau Claire, where he helped them to their best season in school history, reaching the national semi-finals. In four seasons at UW- Eau Claire he helped the Blugolds win two conference titles. In 2003 Jennison became the defensive coordinator at Marietta College, which competes in one of the strongest D-III leagues in the country. He guided the Pioneers to their first winning season in nearly a decade, giving up only 20 points per game. The most memorable win was a shutout victory over a nationally ranked team. After three seasons at Marietta, Jennison moved home to Minnesota to become the defensive coordinator at Macalester, where the Scots made significant improvements in nearly every defensive statistical category. “We are building Mac football around excellent young men who take pride in challenging themselves academically and striving for excellence in everything they do. But, we also want young men that are passionate about football and want to be a part of something unique.” Coach Jennison and his wife Anna, also a graduate of UW-La Crosse, were married in 2001. The couple has three children. a s s i s t a N t c o a c H e s 2 0 1 0 Marshall Mullenbach ’03 – Defensive coach in Europe, he began his collegiate coaching career at Coordinator & Recruiting Coordinator Hamline University. He coached the offensive line during the ’03 and ’04 seasons and then coached the tight ends for the ’05 Marshall Mullenbach enters his fifth season with the Pipers. season as an assistant coach for the Scots. This is Mullenbach's third A graduate of Richfield High School in 1998, Davies earned his season as a full-time member of the bachelor’s degree in psychology from St. Olaf in 2002 and his coaching staff and his first as defensive master’s degree in exercise science and health promotion in coordinator. He also serves as recruiting 2010. coordinator and defensive backs coach. A high school standout at Stewartville Mike Gulliford – Defensive Line High School in southeastern Minnesota, Mullenbach was a two-sport athlete for the Scots, playing both Mike Gulliford is in his third season as football and baseball. He holds the Macalester school record a member of the Mac coaching staff, with an 88-yard punt return for a touchdown. Mullenbach working with the defensive line. graduated from Macalester in 2003 with majors in Mathematics and Education. Prior to joining the Mac staff, Gulliford was special teams coordinator for three Mullenbach graduated from Macalester in 2003. He taught math seasons at De La Salle High School in and coached at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul for Minneapolis. In 2007, Gulliford helped De two years prior to joining the Scots. La Salle to the state championship finals in Class 3-A. The Chicago native earned a bachelor's Dan Larson – Offensive Coordinator degree in education from Augustana College (Ill.) in 1995, Dan Larson is in his third year as the where he lettered for four seasons as a defensive lineman. team’s offensive coordinator. He came Gulliford earned his master's degree in math education from the to Macalester from Colgate University in Univerisity of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 2000. Hamilton, New York, where he served as running backs coach and special teams coordinator. Derrick Minor – Outside Linebackers A 2003 graduate of the University of Derrick Minor enters his third season as Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Larson was a team outside linebackers coach for the Scots. captain and all-conference performer. With 16 years of coaching experience He began his collegiate coaching career behind him, this is Minor’s second at Marietta College (Ohio) while working on his master’s degree, stint coaching at the collegiate level. which he received in 2005. Previously, he served as head football coach at Humboldt High School in St. As running backs coach at Colgate, he coached an ’06 and ’07 Paul and as assistant coach at Hamline All-Patriot League running back, including the 2007 Division I University from 2003 to 2005. subdivision national leader in rushing yardage. Minor coached several all-conference performers and the defensive player of the year in the St. Paul Marc Davies – City Conference. Offensive Line & Special Teams A graduate of Minneapolis South High School, Minor earned his Marc Davies enters his second season as bachelor’s degree in sociology from Westmar University (Iowa) in offensive line coach for the Scots and his 1993. He earned his master’s in adult education in 2004 from the first as special teams coordinator. University of Phoenix. A graduate of St. Olaf College, Davies was a team captain, a three-time all-conference performer, and an All- American honorable mention tight end. After one year as a professional player/ a s s i s t a N t c o a c H e s 2 0 1 0 Reed Thompson – quarterbacks coach at Zimmerman High School, where the Tight Ends & Fullbacks Thunders finished the 2006 season as one of the top offensive teams in the state. Reed Thompson enters his third season as the tight ends and fullbacks coach for “As a former quarterback, I’ve always enjoyed developing and the Scots. helping quarterbacks reach their full potential,” says Coach Freeh.