TTIMIM LANDISLANDIS — TTHEHE BOBBOB ODELLODELL HHEADEAD FFOOTBALLOOTBALL CCOACHOACH

THETHE TIMTIM LANDISLANDIS FILEFILE

• PERSONAL Birthdate: July 14, 1964 Wife: Karen Children: Son, T.J., 16; Daughter, Jordan, 7; Son, Jack, 5; Son, Charlie, 2

• EDUCATION Th e Hun School, Princeton, N.J., 1982 Randolph-Macon College, B.A. in English, 1986

• HEAD COACHING CAREER Year School W L T Pct. 2007 Bucknell 3 8 0 .273 2006 Bucknell 6 5 0 .545 2005 Bucknell 1 10 0 .091 2004 Bucknell 7 4 0 .636 2003 Bucknell 6 6 0 .500 2002 St. Mary’s (Calif.) 6 6 0 .500 2001 St. Mary’s (Calif.) 6 5 0 .545 2000 St. Mary’s (Calif.) 6 5 0 .545 1999 Davidson 8 3 0 .727 1998 Davidson 8 2 0 .800 1997 Davidson 3 8 0 .273 1996 Davidson 6 4 0 .600 begins his sixth year as the Bob 1995 Davidson 1 8 1 .150 Odell Head Coach of Bucknell Football in 2008, and 1994 Davidson 3 7 0 .300 by the end of the season he will become the eighth- 1993 Davidson 6 4 0 .600 longest-tenured head coach in program history. TOTALS 76 85 1 .472 Landis’ teams have achieved .500 or better records in three of his fi rst fi ve seasons at Bucknell, • OTHER COACHING EXPERIENCE including a 7-4 campaign in 2004. 1986 Randolph-Macon Wide Receivers Coach 1988-90 Morrisville (Pa.) H.S. Head Coach Having already resurrected programs at Da- 1991-92 Davidson Defensive Line Coach vidson and St. Mary’s, Landis arrived at Bucknell in December 2002 to take over a football program and proud history of football is the culmination of ditional championships to Bucknell, that was undergoing a trying period. a lifelong dream of mine.” and I look forward to working with him in achieving As Landis’ fi rst spring practice approached, the “I am pleased to have Tim Landis continue to this important goal.” Bison were still coping with the death of legendary lead the Bison football program,” said Hardt in Following a seven-year tenure as head coach at head coach , and they were still tasting the announcing a new multi-year contract for Landis Davidson College, Landis spent the previous three bitterness of a 2-9 record that ended a school-record in November 2006. “He has a proven track record seasons building a winning program at St. Mary’s run of seven straight winning seasons. of coaching winning teams throughout his career, (Calif.) College. In both positions, he garnered But under Landis’ leadership, pride was quickly and during his tenure at Bucknell has recruited true national accolades for turning modestly successful restored in the program, and the Bison turned scholar-athletes who are quality young men on and programs into winners. in two very good seasons, fi rst going 6-6 in 2003 off the fi eld. Coach Landis is determined to bring ad- Upon his arrival at St. Mary’s in the spring of then improving to 7-4 in 2004. Bucknell placed third in the competitive Patriot League standings both seasons. After injuries helped ruin the 2005 season, Landis coaxed the Bison to a 6-5 campaign in 2006, equaling the program record for biggest one-year turnaround. Landis has coached both an All-Ameri- can (DL Sean Conover, now with the Tennes- see Titans) and an Academic All-American (OL Justin Gibson, DB David Frisbey) during his tenure at Bucknell. Upon his hiring, Landis, 44, brought to the Bison football program an impres- sive cache of head coaching experience. He became Bucknell’s 25th head football coach since the program’s inception in 1883. “I have worked a very long time in this profession to earn a tremendous opportu- nity such as this,” said Landis at the time of his hiring. “To coach at a quality educational institution like Bucknell that also has a long

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2000, the Gaels had been just 4-17 over the previous two seasons. Landis quickly TTHEHE BOBBOB OODELLDELL ENDOWMENTENDOWMENT forged a 6-5 season in his fi rst year at the Moraga, Calif., school, marking the program’s best one-year turnaround since football was reinstated at St. Mary’s in 1967. Th e Gaels fi nished 6-5 again in 2001 and 6-6 in 2002, and Landis was honored as the Division I-AA Independent Coach of the Year after both seasons. Landis helped Davidson to a school- record eight victories in both 1998 and Bob Odell is escorted to the monument that was erected in his honor in 2005. 1999, while laying the groundwork for TTimim LLandisandis sspeakspeaks atat thethe a perfect 10-0 season the year after his Bucknell trustee emeritus Norman E. Garrity, a member of the Class of 1962, and EESPNSPN RadioRadio “Night“Night ofof departure to St. Mary’s. Prior to Landis’ his wife Mary Lou Roppel Garrity, a member of the Class of 1964, have established CChampions”hampions” inin Williamsport.Williamsport. the Bob Odell Head Football Coaching Endowment. Th e Garritys’ signifi cant gift to arrival, Davidson had enjoyed just one the university permanently endows the head coach position for football, along with winning campaign since 1980, but the providing funds for the program. Wildcats promptly went 6-4 in 1993 under the then fi rst-year coach, and they Garrity played under Coach Odell and was a member of the 1960 team that won would go on to enjoy four winning seasons in his seven years at the North the Lambert Cup title as the best team in the Eastern United States. He also served Carolina institution. as an assistant football coach during the 1963 season. Garrity has been a member Landis, who has a career head coaching record of 73-77-1, was very familiar of Bucknell’s Board of Trustees since 1995. In 2004 he received the alumni Athlete with Bucknell and the Patriot League, having coached against league teams Achievement Award, given to former Bucknell athletes who have achieved success in at both Davidson and St. Mary’s. Th e Bison and Gaels met in each of the two their chosen profession. Garrity served in a variety of manufacturing and engineering prior seasons, with St. Mary’s winning 23-22 in overtime in 2002 and Bucknell management positions with Corning Inc. In 2003 he received the Loyalty to Bucknell Award for extraordinary service to Bucknell as a Trustee, member of Reunion Gift capturing a 38-6 decision in 2001. committees and volunteer for the Career Development Center. Garrity was also St. Mary’s 2000 team gained acclaim for its victories over nationally ranked awarded the Bud Ranck Award for his service and devotion to the football program. Colgate and a talented Towson squad. He also posted a win over Patriot League In addition to the Odell endowment, he funded the Garrity Family Scholarship and foe Georgetown during his stint at Davidson. the state-of-the-art artifi cial surface for the football fi eld. “Having so many roots in the East, I have followed the Patriot League for a Prior to the 2005 season fi nale against Holy Cross, the Bucknell football program long time and it is becoming one of the premier conferences in Division I-AA and Bison Athletics honored Odell’s service and friendship to Bucknell with a special football,” Landis said upon his arrival at Bucknell. “Just look at the success that monument, which was unveiled in the closed end of Christy Mathewson-Memorial Patriot League teams have had in the I-AA playoff s. Every school in the league Stadium. has academic prestige and football prestige. Th at is a great combination.” Odell is a member of the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame and the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. As head football coach from 1958-64, Odell took Landis’ trademark spread option off ensive attack put up 2,908 ground over a struggling program and compiled a 37-26 record. He led the Bison to college yards in 2003, missing the school record by just a single yard while fi nishing football prominence, winning Lambert Cup titles in 1960 and 1964 while producing 10th nationally in rushing off ense. In 2003 the Bison were eighth nationally, fi ve straight winning seasons and a 32-13 record from 1960-64. averaging 251.8 rushing yards per game, while last year they were fi fth at 235.2 An All-America himself as a halfback at Penn, Odell won the Maxwell Trophy yards per contest. and fi nished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1943. He later served as head In his fi rst season at St. Mary’s the Gaels ranked fourth nationally in rushing coach at Penn from 1965-70 and at Williams from 1971-86. His overall coaching at 309.5 yards per game and 24th nationally in total off ense at 434.4. Th e team record stood at 136-104-5. A second-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in broke school records for total yards (4778) and touchdowns (50) in a season. 1944, Odell served as a communications offi cer in the U.S. Navy during World War Defensively, the Gaels were equally opportunistic, ranking 12th in Division I-AA II before starting his football coaching career. He began as an assistant coach at Yale, then moved on to Temple and Wisconsin. Odell retired to Lewisburg and volunteered in turnovers forced (32). St. Mary’s also ranked fourth in the country in rushing his time and football expertise back to the program on the fi eld, in the radio booth off ense in 2001 and fi fth in 2002. and as a loyal supporter of the Bison football squad. And, thanks to the generosity At St. Mary’s, Landis coached an Associated Press First Team All-American in of Norm Garrity, he will forever have his name associated with Bucknell’s endowed defensive end Travis White, and he mentored a total of seven CoSIDA Academic head coaching position — Th e Bob Odell Head Football Coach.” All-District honorees in three years. In his fi nal season at Davidson, the Wildcats defense led the nation with a Landis took his initial steps into the coaching profession in 1986, school-record 28 interceptions, including eight by All-American Ryan Crawford, when he remained at Randolph-Macon to coach his alma mater’s wide a current assistant on the Bison staff . Landis’ special teams unit blocked a Divi- receivers. In 1988, he began a three-year stint as head football and sion I-AA record 13 kicks in 1999, and the defense allowed only 101 rushing baseball coach at Morrisville (Pa.) High School, where he led the grid yards per game to rank 13th in the nation. squad to an 8-2 record, a state ranking and coach of the year honors In 1998, Davidson ranked fi rst nationally in pass effi ciency defense, second in by the Bucks County Courier Times, the Bicentennial Athletic League scoring defense (a stingy 10.4 points per game allowed), fourth in total defense and the Independence Football League. He also guided the baseball (231.9 yards per game) and 12th in rushing defense. team to a conference crown. During his fi nal two years at the school, Landis originally joined the Davidson staff as its defensive line coach in 1991, he served as director of athletics. and two years later, at the age of 29, he became one of the nation’s youngest Landis returned to the collegiate level in 1991, when he was hired head football coaches. as an assistant at Davidson. A native of Yardley, Pa., and a 1982 graduate of Th e Hun School in Princeton, Off the field, Landis is a member of the N.J., Landis went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree in English from Randolph- Coaches Association (AFCA), where he serves as the chairman of that Macon College in 1986. A First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference organization’s Division I-AA All-America Selection Committee. He also honoree both as a quarterback in football and a pitcher in baseball, Landis served as a member of the I-AA AFCA Board of Directors Executive was inducted into the Randolph-Macon Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. He was Committee. the ODAC Baseball Player of the Year in 1986, and he also earned the school’s Landis and his wife Karen have three children — 16-year-old son Compton Award for excellence in academics and athletics. In May 2002, he was T.J., 7-year-old daughter Jordan, 5-year-old son Jack and 2-year old inducted into Th e Hun School’s Hall of Fame. son Charlie.

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Andrew Cohen also on the Bucknell coaching staff from 1995-98. In 2006 Brent Thompson the Lions fi nished with a 5-5 record, its best in 10 years, • Second Year at Bucknell while leading the Ivy League in scoring defense (16.3), • Sixth Year at Bucknell • Defensive Coordinator/Insideinatornator/Insidetor/Inside/ takeaways (25) and defensive touchdowns (6). • Offensive Line Linebackersrs A 1993 graduate of Marist College where he was a • Norwich ‘988 • Maristt ‘9393 one-year starter at linebacker, Cohen received a master’s degree from Stony Brook in December 1994. While pursu- ing the latter degree, he also got his start in coaching as a defensive line coach, video coordinator and strength and AAndrewnDDCdrewC CCohenohen conditioning coordinator at Stony Brook. BBrentreOOLnt TThompsonhoLmpson Andrew Cohen, a 15-year coaching Cohen resides in Lewisburg with his wife, Bridget, and Brent Th ompson is in his sixth season with the Bison veteran who was part of Bucknell’s 1996 Patriot League sons Seth and Kyle. coaching staff , but 2008 marks his fi rst year coaching the championship staff , returned to Bucknell in the spring of team’s off ensive line. 2007 as defensive coordinator. Harold Nichols Th ompson will be tasked with breaking in a com- Cohen was a member of Tom Gadd’s staff at Bucknell pletely new starting line this fall, as all fi ve starters from from 1995-99. He coached the defensive line in 1995, • First Year at Bucknell the 2007 season fi nale will not return (four due to gradu- 1996 and 1999 and the outside linebackers in 1997 and • Offensive Coordinator/inatornator/or// ation, one to injury). 1998. At both positions, Cohen coached some of the best Quarterbacks/Fullbackscks/s/Fullbacks/Fullbackba ks For the previous four seasons, Th ompson coached the defensive players in recent Bucknell history, including • Presbyterianbyterianterian ‘8‘89899 team’s quarterbacks and fullbacks. He developed Marcello an All-American and Patriot League Defensive Player of Trigg into a starting QB midway through his freshman the Year in Ed Burman, who broke the school record with year, and in 2006 Th ompson helped FB Josh DeStefano 14.5 sacks in 1995. HHaroldarold NicholsNichols earn Second Team All-Patriot League honors after leading Cohen worked with a Bison defense that set a school OOCC the team in rushing. record with 47 sacks in 1999 and ranked No. 1 in the Harold Nichols joined the Bucknell football coaching Th ompson in 2004 worked closely with record-setting league in total defense four out of fi ve years. His tenure staff in January as the team’s new off ensive coordinator. quarterback Daris Wilson, who earned First Team All-Pa- at Bucknell was highlighted by the 1996 Patriot League Nichols has been a collegiate assistant coach for 18 years, triot League honors after rushing for 1,149 yards and 17 title and a record-setting 10-1 campaign the following the last eight as associate head coach and off ensive coor- touchdowns. Wilson broke school records for rushing yards year. Known as an excellent recruiter during his days in dinator at the University of Rhode Island. by a quarterback and pass completion percentage (.660). Lewisburg, Cohen also served as assistant strength and Nichols, who coached a spread option offense at In 2002 as receivers coach Th ompson helped the conditioning coordinator. Rhode Island, joined the Bucknell program in time for Bucknell wideouts make the successful transition to the In March of 2000, Cohen left Bucknell to become the spring practice. spread option off ense, while still maintaining the big- defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Stony At Rhode Island, Nichols called all of the off ensive plays play explosiveness of the likes of Albert Marquardt and Brook. As the only full-time defensive coach on the staff , he and worked daily with the Rams’ quarterbacks and running Nisan Trotter. helped lead the Seawolves to an 8-2 record in 2002, buoyed backs. He played a major role in turning the Rhode Island Th ompson came to Lewisburg from Northeastern by a defense that ranked No. 3 nationally in points allowed off ense into one of the top ground attacks in the Football University, where he served a two-year stint as running and No. 6 in yards allowed. Championship Subdivision. Th e Rams broke the school backs coach. In 2002 he helped lead the Huskies to an From 2003-05 Cohen served as defensive line coach rushing record in each of his fi rst four seasons in Kingston, Atlantic 10 championship. Th ree of his backs rushed for and recruiting coordinator at Fordham, one of Bucknell’s including a 4,005-yard ground attack in 2003 that ranked at least 500 yards, including fi rst team all-conference Patriot League rivals. Working under head coach Ed Foley, No. 2 in the nation and shattered both Rhode Island and tailback Tim Gale. a Bucknell graduate, for the last two of those seasons, Atlantic 10 records. Th ompson also coached Northeastern All-American Cohen mentored a number of all-conference defensive Th e state of Pennsylvania was one of Nichols’ primary L.J. McKanas, who broke the school’s career rushing record linemen, including Aki Jones who went on to play with recruiting territories, along with New Jersey, Connecticut and was second in the nation in rushing in 2001. the Washington Redskins. and Florida. Th ose are four states in which Bucknell has A two-year letterman as a defensive back for Norwich In 2006, Cohen was the defensive line coach at Colum- had much recruiting success in recent years. University in Northfi eld, Vt., Th ompson graduated in 1998 bia under fi rst-year head coach Norries Wilson, who was A 1989 graduate of Presbyterian College in Clinton, with a bachelor’s degree in peace, war and diplomacy. S.C., Nichols had two terms as an assistant coach at his He broke into the college coaching profession the alma mater. His fi rst coaching job was a two-year stint at following fall at Dickinson College, where he served as Presbyterian, where he coached the quarterbacks and run- a graduate assistant coach, working with the outside ning backs in addition to serving as the director of campus linebackers. In 2000, Th ompson moved to Stony Brook life for the members of the team. University, tutoring the Seawolves wide receivers for In July 1992, Nichols began a fi ve-year stretch as one season. assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Division I In the summer of 2007 Th ompson was married to FCS power Georgia Southern. During his time in States- Tiffany Lebengood, who is a member of the Bucknell boro he coached wide receivers, running backs, defensive athletic training staff ends, kickers and specialists. In addition to assigning staff recruiting responsibilities, he recruited off -campus himself throughout much of the Southeast. Nichols helped Matt Lintal the Eagles to a 33-15 record and two NCAA quarterfi nal appearances. • Sixth Year at Bucknell Following the 1996 football season he returned to • Wide Receivers/Slotbacks/SlotbSlotbackstbacksc Presbyterian as wide receivers coach and recruiting co- • Franklin & MarshallMaarshallall ‘03‘0033 ordinator, helping head coach Daryl Dickey take the Blue Hose from 5-6 in 1997 to 8-3 and 7-4 the next two seasons before moving on to Rhode Island. A native of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., Nichols played MMattatt LLintalintal quarterback for Presbyterian while majoring in political WWRR science. He and his wife, Dee, are the parents of a son and Matt Lintal returns for his sixth season with the Bison two daughters: 9-year-old Cassie and 6-year-old twins coaching staff , as he joins Brent Th ompson as the longest- Cameron and Corey. tenured assistants. After two years mentoring the Bucknell slotbacks, where he helped A.J. Kizekai become one of the Patriot League’s best backs, Lintal will go back to working with the team’s wide receivers in 2008. Lintal, who graduated from Franklin & Marshall DDefensiveefensive CCoordinatoroordinator AAndrewndrew CCohenohen

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Kingman is a 1999 graduate of Springfi eld College, Bison return both starting corners in juniors Jason Davis where he played linebacker and defensive end. He earned a and Brandon Simmons, with senior Jay Harper, sophomore master’s degree in physical education with a concentration Jamal Briggs providing solid depth. in athletics administration in 2004. While working toward his master’s at Springfi eld, he Aaron Lewis served as a graduate assistant coach for two seasons, work- • First Year at Bucknell ing with the defensive linemen. Springfi eld won conference • Outside Linebackerserss titles and earned NCAA Tournament berths both seasons, when it posted a combined record of 18-3. • Albion ‘01 Kingman and his wife, Amy, live in Lewisburg. Steve Vashel • Third Year at Bucknell OOLBAAaronaroLn LLewisBewis • Safeties/Kickers Aaron Lewis, a former four-year starting linebacker • Springfi eldld ‘91 at Albion College, joins the Bison staff in 2008. Lewis, who will coach the team’s outside linebackers recently completed a master’s degree in education and sport psy- chology from Florida State. He had been the linebackers coach at Albion prior to SStevetevSe VVashelashel his hiring at Bucknell. As a student-athlete, Lewis helped Steve Vashel returns for his third season with the lead the team to two conference titles and NCAA playoff Bison coaching staff . Vashel mentors the Bucknell safeties, berths. He was the team’s rookie of the year as a freshman and kicking specialists. He is a 1991 graduate of Springfi eld and was a member of the team’s players’ council before BBrentrent TThompsonhompson College, where he played free safety. graduating with honors. Returning this season is a talented group of young Lewis earned his CPA license while working for Price safeties, led by junior Brigham Farrand. Vashel will also WaterhouseCoopers accounting fi rm after graduation. In mentor two veteran specialist in senior punter Phil Azarik, 2006 he entered Florida State’s sport psychology graduate and senior kicker Will Carney, both of whom broke school program and worked as a performance consultant with records last season. the Seminoles’ women’s basketball team, which reached University in May 2003, should have a strong group to work Bringing 17 years of collegiate level coaching experi- the Sweet 16. with this fall, led by junior Cale Cadman and sophomore ence, he began his career directing the running backs Shaun Pasternak. He will also work closely with speedster at Trinity College in 1991. Vashel returned to his alma Steve Hayes Marlon Woods as he transitions from cornerback to mater in 1992 as a graduate assistant coach, earning his • Fourth Year at Bucknell wideout this season. master’s degree in sports management. In 1994, he went • Asst. Offensive Linenee Lintal was a four-year starter at strong safety for on to Harvard, coaching the outside linebackers, kickers • Millersvillee ‘7373 F&M. He served as team captain as a senior and was a and punters. member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee Vashel then joined the coaching staff at King’s College (SAAC) and the Athletic Honors Society. in nearby Wilkes-Barre, where he led the defensive backs Th e State College, Pa., native earned a bachelor of arts for four seasons. He also was the head freshman football degree in psychology, with a minor in religious studies. He coach at King’s. Prior to joining the Bison staff , Vashel SSteveteve HHayesayes made the Dean’s List at F&M seven times. OOLL coached for seven seasons at Bates College in Lewiston, A veteran of the Pennsylvania college and high school Lintal was a 1999 graduate of State College High Maine. While at Bates, he was the defensive coordinator, coaching scene, Steve Hayes returns for his fouth season School, where he earned three letters each in football and recruiting coordinator and strength conditioning coach. with the Bison staff , where he assists Brent Th ompson in track. Prior to his tenure at Bucknell he returned to his Vashel resides in Lewisburg with his wife Cathy, and mentoring the team’s off ensive line unit. alma mater as a volunteer coach at preseason workouts. sons Ethan and Cole. He also coached a youth football camp for children aged 9 Prior his arrival at Bucknell, Hayes served as assis- to 13 at Franklin & Marshall. tant coach at Juniata for 15 years, most recently as the Lintal and his wife, Jackie, reside in Miffl inburg. Bill McCord Eagles’ off ensive coordinator and off ensive line coach. • First Year at Bucknell A 1973 graduate of Millersville State University, Pat Kingman • Cornerbacks Hayes entered the coaching profession at Bellwood Antis • Western ConneConnecticutonnecticuteecticutic Statettatee ‘0505 High School, fi rst as an assistant, then as head coach in • Third Year at Bucknell 1974. A year later he moved on to Lewistown Area • Defensive Line High School, where he served as assistant coach • Springfi eld ‘9999 until being named to the head post in 1981. In 1983 he joined the collegiate coaching BBillCCBill McCordMBcCord ranks for a two-year assistantship at Juniata be- Th is past off season, Bucknell head football coach fore returning to the high school level at Kishaco- quillas High School (1985-87) and Indian Valley PPatat KingmanKingman Tim Landis announced the hiring of Bill McCord to the DDLL Bison coaching staff . McCord, who was an assistant coach High School (1987-88). Pat Kingman joined the Bucknell staff prior to the at Franklin & Marshall last season, will work with the In 1990 he went back to Juniata as off ensive 2006 season as defensive line coach. Kingman came to Bucknell cornerbacks. line coach and remained with the Eagles through Bucknell from Harvard, where he served as assistant McCord is a 2005 graduate of Western Connecticut the 2004 campaign. defensive line coach for two seasons. He was part of the State University in Danbury, Conn., where he was a four- Hayes and his wife, Deb, live in Lewis- Crimson’s 2004 Ivy League championship season and year letterman and starting cornerback. He spent one town. helped lead the team to a two-year record of 17-3. season as an assistant coach at Western Connecticut State, In his new position Kingman inherited one of Buck- then served as an assistant football and baseball coach at nell’s youngest position groups a year after the graduation Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin, N.J. of three senior starters. Led by a pair of rookie defensive In July 2007, McCord was hired at Franklin & Mar- ends in Josh Eden and Todd Rinaldo, along with veteran shall, where he coached the Diplomats’ cornerbacks and tackle Ryan Walsh, that group made tremendous strides safeties and recruited in the New York City area. as the year progressed. In 2007, he helped Eden earn First At Bucknell, McCord will work with a cornerback unit Team All-Patriot League honors. that was the youngest in the Patriot League last season. Th e

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SSTRENGTHTRENGTH & CONDITIONINGCONDITIONING Th e strength and conditioning program at Bucknell received a major boost in 2003 with the completion of the Krebs Family Fitness Center and Berger Family Weight Room, as well as the hiring of Jerry Shreck as the program’s first full-time strength and conditioning coordinator. A 1996 graduate of East Stroudsburg University with a degree in movement studies Jerry Shreck and exercise science, Shreck is charged with implementing detailed daily strength and conditioning routines for each of Bucknell’s programs. The general philosophy of the Bison The Tom Gadd Weight Room at Christy Mathewson-Memorial strength program is year-round periodization Stadium with a high-intensity base, supplemented with functional and sport-specifi c training. Training programs for most teams will employ explosion techniques with power bands and pliometrics. John Field Th e ultimate goal of the strength and con- ditioning program is the prevention of injuries and training athletes to their peak physical condition (as opposed to training bodybuilders). A native of nearby Montgomery, Pa., Shreck had served as the athletic trainer for the Bucknell men’s basketball team for the last three seasons. He is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the National Council of Strength and Fitness. John Field is in his fi rst year as the football strength and conditioning coach, and he has already launched a successful off season training regimen The Berger Family Weight Room for the Bison. Last fall Field was the football strength and conditioning coach at Patriot League rival Colgate. In 2004-05, Field was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Springfi eld College while pursuing his master’s degree in applied exercise science. He completed a summer internship with the Holy Cross football program in 2004, and he spent 11 years as an assistant football coach and head strength and conditioning coach at Central Catholic High school in San Antonio, Texas. Shreck is also assisted by former Bucknell head football coach Bob Curtis and a pair of full-time assistants. Bucknell varsity student-athletes receive regular training from Shreck and/or a member of his staff in a private area of the Berger Family Weight Room, while Bison football players also take advantage of the Tom Godd Weight Room located in the home locker room at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Kenny Hare Now in his 17th season as the Bison football equipment manager, Kenny Hare is responsible • 17th Year at Bucknell for issuing equipment for every practice and game, transporting equipment to road contests and • Equipment Manageragerger maintaining equipment inventory. Hare also sponsors the Moxie Award, presented annually at the football team’s postseason awards banquet. Th e award, named in honor of his grandfather, Walter J. Mahlon, is presented for special contributions to the Bucknell football program. A native of Sunbury, Pa., Hare was elected in 2001 as Director of the Athletic Equipment KKennyEEQennyQ HHareare Managers Association’s District 2 region, and he went on to serve two terms in that post. Prior to that appointment, he had served as the vice president for the previous four years. District 2 has seen success in those years, having won numerous awards, including Hare’s selection as the district’s Equipment Manager of the Year. Hare will now be serving on a handful of AEMA Board Committees to continue the District 2 tradition of being “Second to None.” Hare volunteered with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers in their inaugural year in AF2 in 2002. He attended Penn State University and served as a student equipment manager for the Nittany Lions. While at PSU, Hare worked with the 1986 Penn State team that won the national title in the , as well as the 1985 team and the 1987 Citrus Bowl team. He married Becky Dugan on March 12, 2005 in Rooke Chapel, and the couple welcomed its fi rst child, Allison Mae, in November 2006. Th e Hares are expecting a baby boy in November 2008.

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Bucknell’s athletic training staff , headed by Mark Keppler, provides outstanding medical care for each of Bucknell’s student-athletes. Keppler and his staff recently moved into a brand MMARKARK KEPPLERKEPPLER new, state-of-the-art athletic training room as part of the Kenneth G. Langone Athletics and AASSISTANTSSISTANT DIRECTORDIRECTOR OFOF ATHLETICS,ATHLETICS, Recreation Center design. Th ere is also a fully-equipped athletic training facility in Christy HHEADEAD ATHLETICATHLETIC TRAINERTRAINER Mathewson-Memorial Stadium, adjacent to the football team locker room, and satellite training rooms at Sojka Pavilion and West Fields. Th e philosophy of the Bucknell sports medicine team is a Assistant Athletic Director Mark Keppler, now in his 23rd year as commitment to providing the best care for Bison student-athletes. Its injury and rehab protocols Bucknell’s head athletic trainer, oversees Bucknell’s athletic training and are developed to help decrease athletics-related injuries, increase injury recovery time, and sports medicine program. Keppler coordinates the work of six profes- combine strength and fl exibility, endurance and sport-specifi c functional activities. sional staff members, a graduate assistant, an intern and a dedicated Every injured Bucknell student-athlete is attended by an athletic trainer at the time the group of student assistants. injury occurs. Each of Bucknell’s professional staff trainers are state and nationally certifi ed, and Th e head trainer at Carnegie Mellon University for 11 years before they are assisted on-site by a quality team of student athletic trainers. Th e care for all Bucknell coming to Bucknell, Keppler is a member of the National Athletic Trainers students ultimately falls under the direction of Dr. Donald Stechschulte, the director of the Association and is both state- and nationally-certifi ed. University’s student health service. Athletes sustaining serious injuries requiring immediate From 1982-84 he served as president of the Pennsylvania Athletic attention in a hospital setting are sent to the emergency room of the Evangelical Community Training Society, and from 1984-97 he served with the Athletic Train- Hospital, located just two miles from the Bucknell campus. ing Advisory Commission to the State Board of Physical Th erapy. He is currently the Convention Chair for PATS and was inducted into that organization’s Hall of Fame in June 2006. AATHLETICTHLETIC TRAININGTRAINING STAFFSTAFF Keppler is a 1973 graduate of Florida State University and holds a master’s degree from the . Mark Keppler is in his 23rd year as the head athletic trainer and handles all the athletic train- After working with the football program for his fi rst three years at ing needs for the Bison football and track and fi eld teams. Tiff any Th ompson is in her 10th year as Bucknell, Keppler moved to the fi eldhouse training room to coordinate associate athletic trainer. A 1992 graduate of Salisbury State University, she worked last year with the athletic training offi ce for the entire athletic department. In the fall fi eld hockey, men’s and women’s swimming and baseball. Brian Scorsone, a 1997 graduate of Ithaca of 1999, he once again took over as the primary football trainer, in ad- College, begins his fi fth year as assistant athletic trainer. In 2007-08 he worked on a daily basis with dition to running the athletic training offi ce. Keppler also serves as the the Bucknell men’s basketball team, both at home and on the road, as well as the Bison softball team. primary athletic trainer for spring football, and supervises off -season Andrei Tarsici, a 2004 graduate of Penn State University, is also in his fi fth year at Bucknell and works rehabilitation programs for any injured Bison football players. with the Bison volleyball and men’s lacrosse programs. Lock Haven University graduate Jason Taylor Keppler and his wife, Wanda, reside in Lewisburg and are the parents joined Keppler’s staff in 2005-06 and has been assigned to the men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and of daughters Sarah and Reta. women’s water polo and wrestling teams. Rachel Green, a 2003 graduate of Evansville University who had been an associate athletic trainer at Mercer University for two years, joined the Bucknell staff in 2007-08 and woked with the women’s basketball squad. Two additional athletic training staff members had yet to be announced at press time. PPARTNERSHIPARTNERSHIP WITHWITH GEISINGERGEISINGER SPORTSSPORTS MEDICINEMEDICINE

In August 2005, Bucknell director of athletics and recreation John Hardt and Geisinger chief of sports medicine Daniel Feldmann, MD, announced a partnership that makes Geisinger Sports Medicine the exclusive sports medicine provider for Athletics. Geisinger’s team of orthopaedic specialists, certifi ed in a wide array of specialties, is responsible for the care and treatment of more than 700 Division I student-athletes participating in varsity athletics at Bucknell. Geisinger Health System is an integrated, physician-led healthcare services organization that serves more than two million residents throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania. It includes a 650-member multi-specialty physician practice, a tertiary/quaternary medical center and an acute-care community hospital, adult and pediatric trauma centers, a nationally acclaimed alcohol and chemical dependency treatment center, heart and cancer institutes, a neurosciences program, two research centers, 41 community practice offi ces and one of the largest not-for-profi t rural HMOs in the country. In addition to meeting the on-campus needs of the Bucknell student-athletes, Geisinger has just opened a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary sports medicine facility at Geisinger Medical Center Outpatient Surgery Center—Woodbine Lane (off Route 11, Danville). Th is one-stop complex features an open MRI for on-site diagnostics, a therapy pool and facilities for athlete rehabilitation. For more on the Geisinger Sports Medicine program and staff , please visit: www.geisinger.org/consumers/services/sports_med/index.html

BBUCKNELLUCKNELL SPORTSSPORTS MEDICINEMEDICINE PERSONNELPERSONNEL

Mark Keppler Tiffany Thompson Brian Scorsone Jason Taylor Andrei Tarsici Asst. AD/Head Associate Athletic Assistant Athletic Assistant Athletic Assistant Athletic Athletic Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer

Rachel Green Dr. Donald Dr. Daniel Dr. Matthew Assistant Athletic Stechschulte Feldmann McElroy Trainer Director, Student Geisinger Chief of Geisinger Sports Health Services Sports Medicine Medicine Physician

65 CCOACHINGOACHING SSTAFFTAFF BBUCKNELLUCKNELL COACHINGCOACHING RECORDSRECORDS Name (Alma Mater) At Bucknell Years W L T Pct. No Coach 1883-1894 9 22 22 3 .500 Bill Young (Cornell) 1895-1896 2 10 4 1 .700 George Jennings (Bucknell) 1897-1898 2 7 7 4 .500 George Hoskins (Penn State) 1899-1906; 1909 9 40 37 4 .519 J.H. Costello 1907 1 4 7 0 .364 Paul Smith (Bucknell) 1908 1 3 5 2 .400 By Dickson (Pennsylvania) 1910-1913 4 20 16 2 .553 (Bucknell) 1914 1 4 4 1 .500 George Johnson (Pennsylvania) 1915-1917 3 8 20 4 .313 (Susquehanna) 1918 1 6 0 0 1.000 Pete Reynolds (Syracuse) 1919-1923 5 27 18 3 .594 Charles Moran (Tennessee) 1924-1926 3 19 10 2 .645 (Lebanon Valley) 1927-33 7 42 16 8 .697 (Franklin & Marshall) 1934-1936 3 17 9 3 .638 A.E. Humphreys (Illinois) 1937-1942; 1946 7 30 24 5 .551 John Sitarsky (Bucknell) 1943 1 6 4 0 .600 Ellwood Ludwig (Pennsylvania) 1944-1945 2 9 7 1 .559 Harry Lawrence (Western Maryland) 1947-1957 11 45 51 1 .469 Robert Odell (Pennsylvania) 1958-1964 7 37 26 0 .587 Carroll Huntress (New Hampshire) 1965-1968 4 19 19 0 .500 Fred Prender (West Chester) 1969-1974 6 23 31 3 .430 Robert Curtis (St. Lawrence) 1975-1985 11 48 56 3 .463 (Penn State) 1986-1988 3 10 19 1 .350 Lou Maranzana (Dartmouth) 1989-1994 6 26 38 0 .406 Tom Gadd (California-Riverside) 1995-2001 7 48 28 0 .632 Dave Kotulski (New Mexico State)* 2002 1 2 9 0 .182 Tim Landis (Randolph-Macon) 2003-pres. 5 23 33 0 .411 TOTALS 1883-pres. 122 555 520 51 .516 * Served as acting head coach BBUCKNELLUCKNELL ASSISTANTASSISTANT COACHESCOACHES (Since 1924, based on best available records)

John Allen, 2002 Eddie Ford, 2003-04 Herb Maack, 1947-52 Roy Shiffl et, 1974, 1980-85, 1994 Lance Anderson, 1999-2002 Sam Fraundorf, 2003-04 Paul Malatesta, 1968 Richard Simpson, 2007 John Aucker, 1961 Walter Fridley, 1944 Lou Maranzana, 1986-1988 John Sitarsky, 1937, 1941-42 Jared Backus, 2002-06 Jeff Gadd, 2001-02 Derek Mason, 1999-01 John Skiavo, 1966 Monk Bailey, 1989 Norman Garrity, 1963 Paul McGonagle, 2002 Kenneth Smith, 1973-74 Greg Banner, 1998 Harry Gicking, 1971-72 Frank Meehan, 1993-94 Gerry Solomon, 1972 Frank Belichick, 1967-68 Red Griffi ths, 1936 Dan Meenan, 1989-94 A. A. Stagg, Jr., 1944-45 Kenneth Benfer, 1944 Ron Grzybowski, 1986-94 Cliff ord Melberger, 1961 Glenn Stennett, 1968 Joe Bering, 1974-75 Joe Gubernot, 1986-94 , 2003-04 Mark Strzlecki, 1976 Neil Blaisdell, 1926 Jack Guy, 1947-51 Mike Morita, 2000-02 Joe Susan, 1981-90 Bus Blum, 1937-42, 1946 Danny Hale, 1975-80 Craig Moropoulos, 1995-96 Brent Th ompson, 2003-pres. Bryan Bossard, 1992-93 Marshall Hall, 1983 Malcolm Musser, 1927-31 Eric Th urston, 1992-94 Travis Burkett, 2005-06 Uhlard Hangartner, 1927-28 Pete Noyes, 1971-76 Joe Tillman, 1999-01 Tim Camp, 2003-05 Francis Hatton, 1956-59 Roger Oberlin, 1957-66 Carl Truxell, 1930 Gary Campbell, 1997 Steve Hayes, 2005-pres. Mike O’Connor, 1983-96 Chris Turner, 1995-01 Gerry Capone, 1978 Joe Herring, 1968 Bob Odell, 1987-90 Ralph Turri, 1976 Dick Cassels, 2005 Byron Hollinshead, 1930 James “Smokey” Ostendarp, 1953-54 William Urch, 1962 Garret Chachere, 1994 Rhodes Ingerton, 1924-26 Robert Patzwall, 1969-70 Steve Vashel, 2006-pres. Donald Chaump, 1962 Ashley Ingram, 2006-07 Tim Pavlechko, 1991-92 Robert N. Waddell, 1923 Sam Clark, 1996 Ralph Isernia, 2004 Steve Perry, 2003-05 Chuck Wagner, 1958 Andrew Cohen, 1995-99, 2007-pres. Sid Jamieson, 1967-88 Tony Pierce, 1990-91 Dave Warner, 1997 Robert Cooley, 1963 Pat Kingman, 2006-pres. Bill Pisano, 1995-96 R. James West, 1962 Francis Cornelius, 1961 Paul Kmetz, 1974-76 Fred Prender, 1959-62 Art Wilkins, 1977-84 Ryan Crawford, 2005-07 Dave Kotulski, 1995-2002 Mose Quinn, 1933-35 Frank Williams, 1981 B.W. Cregor, 1924 Ben Kribbs, 1952-55 Max Reed, 1929-33 Greg Willig, 1998-00 Gene Depew, 1971-92 Patrick Lally, 1944 Rocky Rees, 1977-82 Norries Wilson, 1995-98 Terry Depew, 1972 Larry Landini, 1969-76 Jim Reid, 2005 William Wrabley, 1955-64 Bob DiSpirito, 1965-66 Robert Latour, 1956-65 Dick Reilly, 1985-96 Greg Wright, 1972 William Dortsch, 1944 Bill Lane, 1945-46, 1950-56, 1969-72 George Rieu, 1963-64 Russell Wright, 1944 Bryan Durrington, 1989 Dave Legg, 1995-00 James Roe, 1963 Kyle Yearick, 1983 Russ Ehrenfeld, 2001-02 Eric Lewis, 2002 Andy Ryland, 2007-pres. William Yeomans, 1964-72 Mike Fahnestock, 1983 Matt Lintal, 2003-pres. Marty Schaetzle, 1997-01 Gary York, 1967 John Fassel, 1999, 2001 Joe Lombardi, 2000 Bill Schwalm, 1977 John Zalonis, 1977-79 Pat Feeley, 1997-98 Woody Ludwig, 1943, 1946 Robert Shaw, 1967 Devin Fitzsimmons, 2006 Marty McAndrews, 1934-35 Ian Shields, 2003 66