Coaching Staff Touchdown Passes Ranks Fifth in the School's Career Rankings
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Coaching Staff touchdown passes ranks fifth in the school's career rankings. four-year letterwinner under current Flames' Defensive During his junior season, Parson threw for 2,674 yards, Coordinator Steve Carson. The four-year starter at corner back which ranks fifth-best in school history, while his 231 comple and punt returner finished as Rutgers' all-time leader in career tions rank third in the school's single-season rankings and was punt returns with 1,018 yards and 91 returns (averaging 11.1 named the Flames' most valuable player. During his senior sea yards per return). son, Parson threw for 1,745 yards and 11 touchdowns, while He was an All-ECAC, East and AP corner and return spe completing 54.8 percent of his pass attempts (142-for-259). cialist in 1991 and was named to the 1992 BIG EAST presea After graduation. Parson signed a free agent contract with son all-conference team, while finishing the season ranked 12th the Hamilton Tigercats of the Canadian Football League for the in the country in punt returns. 2002 season. Parson comes from Liberty after serving as the quarter backs coach at Villa Rica High School in Villa Rica, Ga., while LIBEFtTV working as the IBS Coordinator at his hometown high school. In PL^tVIES 2002, Parson was the offensive coordinator at Hart County The Roberts File High School and worked in the Severe Profound Special Year at Liberty: Second Educational program at South Hart Elementary. Coaching Experience: 2004 - Present (1 year) - Liberty (DB) 2000-03 (4 years) - East Stroudsburg (DB, ST) 2002(2 weeks) - Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)(Intern) 2002 (1 year) - Frankfurt Galaxy (NFL Europe)(DB) The Parson File 1999 (1 year) - Abington HS (HC) Year at Liberty: Second 1998 (1 year) - East Stroudsburg (DB) Coaching Experience: 1997 (1 year) - Anaheim Piranhas (AFL)(WR/DB) 2004 - Present (1 year) - Liberty (QB) 1996 (1 year) - LaSalle HS (DB) 2003 (1 year) - Villa Rica HS (QB) 1994-95 (2 years) - Abington HS (Asst. Coach) 2002 (1 year) - Hart Co. HS (OC) Education: ^chelor's degree in administration of justice (Rutgers, Education: Bachelor's degree in education (Liberty, '01) '93); Master's degree in education (East Stroudsburg,'03) Hometown: Abington, Pa. Hometown: Villa Rica, Ga. Marshall ROBERTS Charlie SKALASKI Assistant Coach - Defensive Backs Assistant Coach - Wide Recievers/ Director of Football Development Marshall Roberts brings a vast array of Charlie Skalaski returns for his third knowledge to the Flames' football coach season as a member of the Flames ing staff, having previously worked with coaching staff and will again serve the football programs from the NFL, NFL program in a dual capacity. After a suc Europe, Canadian Football League, cessful debut as the Flames' tight ends Arena League, collegiate and high school ranks and serves Liberty's staff coach in 2003, he took over the respon as the defensive backs coach. sibility of the wide receivers in 2004 and has continued in that Roberts came to Liberty from East Stroudsburg University role as well as serve as the program's Director of Football in East Stroudsburg, Pa., where he has served as the second Development. He will also coordinate Liberty's recruiting efforts ary coach/special team's coordinator since 2000. He helped in the state of Florida. guide the Warriors to back-to-back Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Division titles In 2002 and 2003, including the outright East Division title in 2003. Prior to his collegiate days, Roberts served as a coaching intern for the Pittsburgh Steelers for two months during the summer of 2002 and the secondary coach with the NFL Europe's Frankfurt Galaxy during the 2002 season. In 1999, Roberts served as the head football coach at Abington High School in Abington, Pa., while overseeing the defense, special teams and the passing game. He started his master's degree at East Stroudsburg in 1998 as he served as a graduate assistant with the Warriors and was responsible for the secondary. Roberts has played professionally in the Arena Football League for four years and another year with the Canadian Football League. He played with the AFL's Orlando Predators during the 1994 and 1995 seasons as a defensive/return spe cialist, the 1996 season with the Albany Firebirds as a defen sive specialist in 1996 and Milwaukee Mustangs as a receiver/defensive back in 1998, while coaching the receivers and defensive backs with the Anaheim Piranhas in 1997. He also played for the CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners as a defen '4 sive back and punt returner in 1993. Roberts is a 1993 graduate of Rutgers, where he was a LibertyFlames.com.