WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS 2016 SPRING FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE # GoCougs | WSUCougars.com QUICK FACTS WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS COACHING STAFF FOUNDED: 1890 HEAD COACH: Mike Leach (BYU ‘83) NICKNAME: Cougars CAREER RECORD (Years): 105-76 (14) COLORS: Crimson and Gray WSU RECORD (Years): 21-29 (4) CONFERENCE: Pac-12 STAFF: Dave Emerick, Senior Associate A.D./Chief of Staff, 5th Year ENROLLMENT: 19,756 Alex Grinch, Defensive Coordinator, 2nd Year LOCATION: Antonio Huffman, Director of Football Operations, 5th Year P. O. Box 641602 Jason Loscalzo, Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach, 5th Year Pullman, WA 99164-1602 Roy Manning, Outside Linebackers, 2nd Year STADIUM: Martin Stadium (32,952 - Field Turf) Jim Mastro, Running Backs, 5th Year INTERIM PRESIDENT: Dr. Daniel J. Bernardo Clay McGuire, Offensive Line, 5th Year ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Bill Moos Eric Mele, Special Teams, 2nd Year FACULTY ATHLETIC REP: Ken Casavant Dave Nichol, Outside Receivers, 1st Year TICKET OFFICE: 509-335-9626, 800-GO-COUGS Joe Salave’a, Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line, 5th Year GENERAL DEPARTMENT: 509-335-0311 JaMarcus Shephard, Inside Receivers, 1st Year Ken Wilson, Linebackers, 4th Year WSU ATHLETICS FAX: 509-335-5197 Gordy Anderson, Manager of Player Personnel, 2nd Year WSU FOOTBALL OFFICE: 509-335-0250 David Lose, Defensive Assistant, 6th Year WSU ATHLETICS WEBSITE: www.wsucougars.com Brian Odom, Defensive Quality Control, 2nd Year Price Ferguson, Offensive Quality Control, 1st Year WSU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Chase Holbrook, Offensive Quality Control, 1st Year OFFICE ADDRESS: Drew Hollingshead, Graduate Assistant - Offense, 1st Year Bohler Athletic Complex 195 Dan Rowe, Graduate Assistant - Defense, 1st Year Pullman, WA 99164-1602 Jack Taylor, GRaduate Assistant - Special Teams, 1st Year OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-COUG Tyson Brown, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, 3rd Year OFFICE FAX: 509-335-0267 Marco Candido, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, 9th Year MARTIN STADIUM PRESS BOX: 509-335-COUG John Graves, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, 3rd Year ASSOC. A.D./ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Bill Stevens Lyman Faoliu, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, 1st Year OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-4294 WSU ALL-TIME RECORD: 514-537-45 (118 Seasons) CELL: 916-761-7005 CONFERENCE RECORD: 257-363-25 EMAIL: [email protected] BOWL GAME RECORD: 7-5 SPORTS: Football, Women’s Tennis ASST. DIRECTOR: Bobby Alworth 2015 RECORD: 9-4 OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-5785 PAC-12 RECORD: 6-3 CELL: 951-452-6129 OFFENSE: Spread EMAIL: [email protected] DEFENSE: 3-4 SPORTS: Football, Baseball, Swimming ASST. DIRECTOR: Linda Chalich RETURNING LETTERWINNERS: 47 DEFENSE: 24 OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0268 OFFENSE: 20 EMAIL: [email protected] SPECIAL TEAMS: 3 SPORTS: Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field ASST. DIRECTOR: Jim Crawford RETURNING STARTERS: 17 OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0265 DEFENSE: 6 EMAIL: [email protected] OFFENSE: 8 SPORTS: Women’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball SPECIAL TEAMS: 3 ASST. DIRECTOR: Jessica Holmes OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0255 2016 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME EMAIL: [email protected] Sept. 3 E. Washington Pullman TBA SPORTS: Men’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Rowing Sept. 10 at Boise State Boise, Idaho TBA Sept. 17 Idaho Pullman TBA Oct. 1 Oregon * Pullman TBA Oct. 8 Stanford * Stanford, Calif. TBA Oct. 15 UCLA * Pullman TBA TABLE OF CONTENTS Oct. 22 Arizona State * Tempe, Ariz. TBA Oct. 29 Oregon State * Corvallis, Ore. TBA Nov. 5 Arizona* Pullman TBA 1 QUICK FACTS Nov. 12 California * Pullman TBA 2-4 MARTIN STADIUM Nov. 19 Colorado * Boulder, Colo. TBA 5-20 COACHING STAFF/SUPPORT STAFF Nov. 25 Washington * Seattle, Wash. TBA 21-58 PLAYER PROFILES * Pac-12 Conference Game 59-73 2015 SEASON REVIEW Home Games in Bold 1 MARTIN STADIUM HISTORY NAME: Clarence D. Martin Stadium and Academic Center CAPACITY: 32,952 HISTORY 1892—Built as Soldier Field. FieldTurf1895 (November 9)—WSU defeated Idaho 10-4 in the fi rst football game on Soldier Field. 1902—The fi eld was renamed atRogers WSU Field in honor of the Governor of the State of Washington, John R. Rogers. 1936—Washington State College built a completely new football stadium, but retained the same name; the new stadium was an all-wood structure built on concrete pilings. The fi eld also featured new stands, an enlarged press box and an electronic scoreboard. 1970 (April)—Fire destroyed the south stands; a one-million dollar fund drive began after the decision was made to rebuild the stands rather than relocate or build an entirely new stadium; Dan Martin, a Los Angeles businessman, gave $250,000 to the project with the stipulation the stadium be renamed after his father, Clarence D. Martin. Clarence Martin was Governor of the State from 1933-40. 1972 (summer)—fi rst artifi cial turf (Astroturf) was installed. 1972 (Sept. 30)—WSU met Utah in the fi rst game played in refurbished Martin Stadium; 1975—New north (student) stands were built. 1978 (fall)—Work began on the academic portion of the complex on the south side with the computer center relocating to the complex upon completion of the project in 1979. 1979 (January)—Another renovation of the stadium began to increase the seating capacity from 27,600 to 40,000; the fl oor of the stadium was excavated 16 feet to add 12,400 seats; the track was removed from the stadium and relocated to the Bailey Base- ball Stadium area directly north of the football complex, while a new baseball stadium was then built just south and east of Friel Court, home of Cougar basketball; the entire project, like the one in 1970, was funded through contributions; gift-in-kind and the purchase of “stadium builder’’ seat options; it marked the fi rst time a collegiate football stadium had been enlarged by digging down rather than building up; the project was also funded in part by the Martin family, with Charlotte Martin, widow of Dan Martin, giving $250,000 to the project; a SuperTurf artifi cial surface was installed. 1979 (October 13)—WSU celebrated Homecoming by defeating UCLA 17-13 before a record crowd of 32,651 in the fi rst game played in the enlarged Martin Stadium. 1990 (summer)—Installed the sand-fi lled Omni-Turf playing surface. 2000 (summer)—Installed FieldTurf in Martin Stadium and on Rogers Field. 2006 —Current stadium renovation began. 2006 (summer)—Replaced FieldTurf in Martin Stadium. 2008 —Phase I and II completed. 2012 (summer) —The $80 million Cougar Football Project, which began in Nov., 2011, replaces the old press box on the south stands with a new structure that includes a new press box, club seats, loge boxes, luxury suites and a club room. 2013 (summer) —A $3.5 million scoreboard is added to the east end of Martin Stadium. 2014 (summer) — Construction began on the $61 million, 84,000-square-foot Cougar Football Complex in winter, 2013 and com- pleted in summer, 2014. The facility provides a home for the Cougar football program, including new weight room, lockers, equipment and training rooms for players, in addition to position meeting rooms and coaches’ offi ces. It also features a WSU Football heritage area and a game-day home for Gray W former letter winners. 2 Washington State | 2016 COUGAR FOOTBALL MARTIN STADIUM attendance 40,306 11-15-97 WSU 38, Stanford 28 40,000 10-17-81 WSU 17, UCLA 17 40,000 11-20-82 WSU 24, UW 20 40,000 11-17-84 UW 38, WSU 29 40,000 11-22-86 UW 44, WSU 23 40,000 11-19-88 WSU 32, UW 31 38,434 9-30-89 USC 18, WSU 17 37,600 11-23-96 UW 31, WSU 24 (OT) Martin Stadium, home of Cougar Football, and the adjacent 37,600 11-17-90 UW 55, WSU 10 37,600 11-21-92 WSU 42, UW 23 Rogers Field, WSU’s practice facility, both received updated FieldTurf this 37,600 10-8-94 WSU 21, Oregon 7 past summer. During the summer of 2014, FieldTurf installed its latest product 37,600 10-15-94 Arizona 10, WSU 7 37,600 11-19-94 WSU 23, UW 6 in both facilities, putting down FieldTurf Revolution Fiber, the same surface 37,600 11-9-02 WSU 32, Oregon 21 37,600 11-23-02 UW 29, WSU 26 (3OT) used by the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field, the New England Patriots, 37,444 11-2-02 WSU 44, ASU 22 Ohio State and Notre Dame. The surfaces of both facilities feature the iconic 37,251 11-21-98 UW 16, WSU 9 37,196 10-10-98 Oregon 51, WSU 29 Cougar logo at midfi eld along with crimson end zones. In 2000 WSU became 36,861 10-5-02 WSU 30, USC 27 (OT) just the second NCAA Division I team to install the latest innovation in 36,770 9-19-98 WSU 24, Idaho 16 36,686 11-5-94 USC 23, WSU 10 artifi cial playing surfaces. 36,090 10-21-89 Arizona 23, WSU 21 35,759 10-18-97 WSU 63, California 37 35,283 10-6-01 WSU 34, OSU 27 3 COUGAR FOOTBALL COMPLEX • 84,000-square feet • 11,153 square-foot football-only weight room • State-of-the-art locker room and players lounge • Training and equipment rooms • Team meeting auditorium, position meeting rooms • Cougar Football Hall of Fame and Heritage Area and coaches suites • Gameday home for Gray W letterwinners 4 Washington State | 2016 COUGAR FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF 5 MIKE LEACH Mike LEACH Head Coach 5th Year Mike Leach, the 2015 Pac-12 Co-Coach of the Year, begins his fi fth season leading HEAD COACHING RECORD the Washington State Cougar football program after being named the Cougars’ YEAR SCHOOL RECORD POSTSEASON head football coach, Nov.