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2013 MEDIA GUIDE PHILADELPHIASOUL SEASON SCHEDULE DATE VISITOR HOME TIME 3/23/13 Philadelphia Soul Arizona Rattlers 8:00 p.m. 4/6/13 Philadelphia Soul Orlando Predators 7:30 p.m. 4/13/13 Philadelphia Soul Iowa Barnstormers 7:00 p.m. 4/20/13 Cleveland Gladiators Philadelphia Soul 7:05 p.m. 4/27/13 Jacksonville Sharks Philadelphia Soul 7:05 p.m. 5/4/13 Philadelphia Soul Chicago Rush 9:00 p.m. 5/11/13 Pittsburgh Power Philadelphia Soul 7:05 p.m. 5/18/13 Orlando Predators Philadelphia Soul 7:00 p.m. 5/25/13 Philadelphia Soul Tampa Bay Storm 7:30 p.m. 6/1/13 Arizona Rattlers Philadelphia Soul 7:05 p.m. 6/8/13 New Orleans VooDoo Philadelphia Soul 7:05 p.m. 6/15/13 Philadelphia Soul Pittsburgh Power 7:00 p.m. 6/22/13 Iowa Barnstormers Philadelphia Soul 7:05 p.m. 6/29/13 Philadelphia Soul Cleveland Gladiators 7:00 p.m. 7/6/13 Chicago Rush Philadelphia Soul 7:05 p.m. 7/12/13 Utah Blaze Philadelphia Soul 7:35 p.m. 7/20/13 Philadelphia Soul San Jose SaberCats 10:30 p.m. 7/27/13 Philadelphia Soul San Antonio Talons 9:00 p.m. TABLE OF CONTENTS Philadelphia Soul Directory 3-4 Front Oce 5-20 Football Operations 21-35 Alphabetical Rosters 36 Numerical Rosters 37 Player Bios 38-91 History of the Soul 92 Yearly Breakdown 2004-07 93-112 2008 Championship Run 113-121 2011 Season Breakdown 122-126 2012 Season Overview 127-128 All-Time Coaches 129 All-Time Roster 130-132 All-Time Team Records 133-134 All-Time Individual Records 135-137 All-Time Record Breakdown 138-139 AFL Intro 140 AFL Schedule 141 AFL National Broadcast of the Week 142 AFL 101 143-145 AFL League Ocials 146 AFL Team Media & PR Contacts 147 AFL Front Oce 147 AFL Communications 147 AFL Team Directories 148-154 Media Information 155 Wells Fargo Center 156 Community Relations 157 Soulmates 158 Soul Squad 159 Soulman 160 Soul Strategic Advisory Board 161 Social Media Page 162 Arena Info & Ticket Prices 163 Credits The 2013 Philadelphia Soul Media Guide was created by Executive Editor Tom Goodhines, Managing Editor Kate Hillman and Contributing Editor Shaun Eagan. 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SOUL DIRECTORY PHILADELPHIA SOUL STAFF DIRECTORY 7 Penn Center 1635 Market Street – 17th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 Phone: 215.253.4900 / Fax: 215.253.4933 www.philadelphiasoul.com EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION Craig A. Spencer Majority Owner Ron Jaworski Majority Owner Pete Ciarrocchi Ownership Group Cosmo DeNicola Ownership Group Martin E. Judge Ownership Group TEAM ADMINISTRATION John Adams Vice President / COO Tom Goodhines General Manager Greg Strickland CIO FOOTBALL OPERATIONS Clint Dolezel Head Coach Phil Bogle Assistant Head Coach Chris McKinney Assistant Coach Hollis Thomas Assistant Coach Don Malloy Assistant Coach Lou Russo Director of Player Personnel Lemar Mosley Head Athletic Trainer Brandon Mango Equipment Manager Mike Shinefeld Football Operations Assistant Dr. David L. Rubenstein Head Team Physician Dr. Demetri Menegos Head Team Sports Medicine Doctor Dr. Russel Bleiler Team Oral Surgeon Dr. Daniel Lazowick Team Internist Dr. Frank Brady Team Chiropractor Dr. Louis X. Santore Team Ophthamologist Dr. David Zelouf Team Hand Surgeon Dr. David E. Samuel Team Podiatrist Dr. Kenneth E. Brumberger Team Radiologist Virtua Center for Sports Medicine Team Concussion Doctors Mike Fox Jr. Video Coordinator SOUL DIRECTORY TICKET OPERATIONS Joe Krause Vice President of Ticket Sales Brian Cassidy Ticket Sales Manager John Tabourn Manager of Group Sales Brian Evans Manager of Creative Fan Experiences Danielle Riley Sales Representative Kyle Deriemer Sales Representative Julia Valenti Sales Representative Chris Apple Sales Representative Wade Johnson Sales Representative PUBLIC RELATIONS Shaun Eagan Public Relations Kate Hillman Public Relations CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP JP Lutz Director of Corporate Partnership Nick Valentino Account Manager, Corporate Partnership Robyn Colajezzi Account Manager, Corporate Partnership Ashley Genett Corporate Partnership BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Erika Gunerman Manager of Business Development GAME OPERATIONS Sara Kalman Director of Operations Keith Hocker Game Operations Chakiri Eley Game Operations Jordan Miller Game Operations Vinnie ‘The Crumb’ PA Announcer Michelle Sulpizio Dance Team Choreographer Charlie Murgia Soul Squad Coordinator TEAM PHOTOGRAPHER Darryl Rule J&D Photography FRONT OFFICE Craig Spencer FRONT OFFICE Owner Founded by Craig Spencer, Arden Group was established in 1989 as a fully integrated real estate company that acquires, develops and manages high quality real estate assets with a focus on full service hotels and class A oce FOOTBALL OPERATIONS FOOTBALL properties. The Company’s portfolio has included more than $1.8 billion of real estate 4,000,000 SF of oce buildings, 4 and 5 star hotels encompassing over 3,000 rooms and over 3,200 acres of commercial and residential land. Arden Group’s asset management group has managed more than $5 billion in assets throughout the United States. Major owned projects include The Ritz-Carlton 2013 PLAYERS 2013 Hotel, Philadelphia, PA; The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia, PA; The Savoy Hotel, South Beach, FL; The Omni Colonnade, Coral Gables, FL; Westin Perimeter Central, Atlanta, GA; Lake Eve Resort, Orlando, FL; Indian Springs Ranch, Jackson, WY; Seven Penn Center, Philadelphia, PA; Mellon Bank Center, Wilmington, DE; The Chase Building, Syracuse, NY; and Brickell Bayview Center, Miami, FL. In late 2011 Craig launched Arden Real Estate Partners I, a discretion- HISTORY OF THE SOUL HISTORY ary Real Estate Fund with $300M in purchasing power. Target asset classes included full service, 3 to 5 star hotels and Class A oce buildings located in the top 20 markets in the United States. In addition to leading Arden Group, Craig has participated in several non-real estate ventures including the 1998 acquisition and subsequent sale of Admiralty Bank to Royal Bank of Canada in February 2003. He is also a founding board member of Anchor Commercial Bank based in Palm Beach, Florida. ALL-TIME SOUL RECORDS SOUL ALL-TIME Craig was founder/Co-Owner with Jon Bon Jovi of the Philadelphia Soul Arena Football Team. In its eight-year history, the Soul was the most successful team in the league and the 2008 World Champions. Craig and Jon also established and are the Co-Chairmen of the JBJ Soul Charitable Founda- tion, which has provided 300 housing units along with educational programs to homeless men and women and most recently opened its rst Soul Kitchen in Red Bank, NJ. ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE ARENA FOOTBALL 5 FRONT OFFICE FRONT OFFICE Ron Jaworski Owner OPERATIONS FOOTBALL After a 17 year distinguished career as an NFL quarterback, today Jaworski is coaching football fans on TV with a multiplatform NFL analyst role that includes appearances on Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, NFL Matchup, NFL-branded specials, Mike & Mike in the Morning, Pardon the Interruption, and other platforms and shows throughout the year. ESPN’S Mike Tirico said, “If you made a list of 10 guys on TV in any sport as an analyst who you'd want to have a beverage with and watch PLAYERS 2013 a game, he's [Ron Jaworski] high on that list." Before switching to his current multiplatform analyst role with ESPN, Ron spent ve seasons in the booth with Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden as the color commenta- tor for Monday Night Football. Jaworski’s passion for football can be traced back to his days as a kid growing OF THE SOUL HISTORY up in the gritty steel town of Lackawanna, NY. A three-sport stand out in high school (football, basketball and baseball), Jaworski was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals out of high school. He wanted to go play baseball immediately, but his father pushed for college rst, and Jaworski’s football talents brought him to Youngstown State where he excelled as the quarterback for the Penguins. The Los Angeles Rams drafted Jaworski in the second round of the 1973 NFL Draft. After four years with the Rams, Jaworski joined the Philadelphia Eagles in 1977. Under head coach Dick Vermeil and behind Jaworski’s ability and eld leadership, the RECORDS SOUL ALL-TIME Eagles advanced to their rst-ever berth in a Super Bowl vs. the Oakland Raiders. Jaworski nished the 1980 season as the No. 1-rated passer in the NFC and was the 1980 NFL MVP. Along the way, Ron became known as Jaws. The name was hung on him by his next-door neighbor at the time, Doug Collins, who was a star guard for the Philadelphia 76ers and today is their coach. "He didn't come up with Jaws because of that shark movie, though." Jaws says,"Doug said it was because my mouth was always open, talking." Until Ron suered a broken leg at St. Louis during the 13th game of the 1984 season, he had started 116 straight NFL games, a record for most consecutive starts.