Central College Is a Four-Year Coeducational Liberal Arts College of the Reformed Church in America
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2009 FOOTBALL 2009 FALL MEDIA GUIDE CENTRAL CENTRALCOLLEGE COLLEGE MEDIA GUIDE IFC IFC Founded —1853 Enrollment — 1,700 Affiliation — Reformed Church in America President — Dr. David Roe Membership — Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III Founded in 1853, Central College is a four-year coeducational liberal arts college of the Reformed Church in America. Located 40 miles southeast of Des Moines, Central offers its 1,700 students learning opportunities not only on the Pella campus, but on branch campuses in London, England; Merida, Mexico; Leiden, the Netherlands; and Bangor, Wales; and at study centers in Granada, Spain; Hangzhou, China; Paris, France; and Vienna, Austria. Central is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III, and the lowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Men compete in baseball, football, basketball, tennis, golf, wrestling, soccer, track and cross country while women compete in tennis, golf, track, softball, volleyball, cross country, soccer and basketball. Rugby is offered at the club level. The A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex The A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex is located at the corner of Independence Street and West Fifth Street in southwest Pella. The complex includes P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium (1970), H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse (1987), Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (1977), the baseball and softball fields (1978), Ryerson Golf Practice Range (2005), tennis courts (1992), soccer field (2005) and the Ron Schipper Fitness Center (1999). The complex also includes practice and intramural softball diamonds and football fields. Golf meets are held at the Bos Landen Golf Club, two miles southwest of the campus on Highway T-15. Directory Sports Information Director Larry Happel Office (641) 628-5278 Home (641) 628-2754 Cell (641) 780-6118 Fax (641) 628-5340 E-mail [email protected] Central athletics Web page www.central.edu/athletics I ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT STAFF Athletics director Al Dorenkamp Assistant football Drew Sikkink--offensive line Special assistant to the John Edwards Assistant football Jerry Southmayd–running backs athletics director Golf - Men’s Charlie Estabrook Director of intramurals Adam Stevens Assistant golf Tom Linton Athletics office manager Jeffy Schuring Assistant golf Clint Brown Athletics secretary Becky Cook Golf - Women’s Jodee Schaben Head athletic trainer Leslie Duinink Soccer - Men’s Garry Laidlaw Assistant athletic trainer Dustin Briggs Assistant soccer Kyle Halfpop Assistant athletic trainer Chris Viesselman Assistant soccer John Milligan Athletic training education John Roslien Soccer - Women’s Colin Kuchy program director Assistant soccer Kevin Schalk Strength and conditioning/ Jake Anderson Softball George Wares Ron Schipper Fitness Center Associate softball Alicia O’Brien coordinator Assistant softball Mary Vande Hoef Assistant strength and conditioning Kyle Johnson Assistant softball Jake Fisher Athletics and special events supervisor Charlie Estabrook Tennis - Men’s/women’s Steve Tyler Building and grounds manager Randy Shives Assistant tennis Nick Rohner Sports information director Larry Happel Track and field - Men’s/women’s Joe Dunham Associate track and field Guy Mosher FACULTY ATHLETIC COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES Assistant track and field Stephen Fyfe Dr. Andrew Green, assistant professor of political science Assistant track and field Bryan George Dr. Edmond Willis, professor of psychology Assistant track and field Eric Pingel Dr. Lori Witt, assistant professor of history Assistant track and field Scott Tjeerdsma Assistant track and field Allan Walz COACHING STAFF Volleyball Kent Clayberg Baseball Adam Stevens Assistant volleyball Cindy Nikkel Assistant baseball Brandon Townsend Assistant volleyball Rhea Softley Assistant baseball TBA Wrestling Eric Van Kley Basketball - Men’s Mike Boschee Assistant wrestling Jason Zastrow Assistant basketball Joe Steinkamp Assistant wrestling Matt Diehl Assistant basketball TBA Basketball - Women’s Jerry Nikkel Assistant basketball Andy Campbell Assistant basketball Gary Boeyink Cross country - Men’s/women’s Joe Dunham Associate cross country Stephen Fyfe Assistant cross country Bryan George Football Jeff McMartin Assistant football Jeff Bollard–receivers Assistant football Dick Bowzer--quarterbcks/receivers Assistant football Darrell Brand–kickers/punters Assistant football Don De Waard–co-defensive coordinator/linebackers Assistant football Reid Evans–offensive line Assistant football Eric Jones--tight ends Assistant football Matt Paulsen–defensive backs Assistant football Zach Pfantz--co-defensive coordinator/defensive line Assistant football Jeff Sanger–defensive ends Assistant football Austen Scheuler--defensive backs II HEAD COACH DIRECTORY (All phone numbers are 641 area code) Name Sport E-mail Office phone Boschee, Mike Men’s basketball [email protected] 628-5225 Kuchy, Colin Women’s soccer [email protected] 628-5224 Clayberg, Kent Volleyball [email protected] 628-7605 Dorenkamp, Al Athletics director [email protected] 628-5310 Dunham, Joe Men’s and women’s track and field, [email protected] 628-7603 men’s and women’s cross country Estabrook, Charlie Men’s golf [email protected] 628-7694 Laidlaw, Garry Men’s soccer [email protected] 628-5789 McMartin, Jeff Football [email protected] 628-7609 Tyler, Steve Men’s and women’s tennis [email protected] 628-5194 Nikkel, Jerry Women’s basketball [email protected] 628-7652 Stevens, Adam Baseball [email protected] 628-5396 Van Kley, Eric Wrestling [email protected] 628-5422 Wares, George Softball [email protected] 628-5195 Schaben, Jodee Women’s golf [email protected] 628-5591 Fax numbers Athletics department (641) 628-5356 Sports information office (641) 628-5340 III Football 2009 schedule Date Opponent Location Time Sept. 5 Lakeland (Wis.) Sheboygan, Wis. 1 p.m. Sept. 12 Wis.-Stevens Point Pella 1 p.m. Sept. 19 Dubuque Dubuque 1 p.m. Sept. 26 Coe Pella 1 p.m. Oct. 3 Cornell Pella 1 p.m. Oct. 10 Simpson Indianola 1 p.m. Oct. 17 Luther Pella 1 p.m. Oct. 24 Loras Dubuque 1 p.m. Oct. 31 Buena Vista Pella 1 p.m. Nov. 7 Wartburg Waverly 1 p.m. 2008 junior varsity schedule Date Opponent Location Time Sept. 8 William Penn Pella 6 p.m. Sept. 15 Augustana (Ill.) Rock Island, Ill. 4 p.m. Sept. 22 Wartburg Waverly 6 p.m. Sept. 29 Simpson Indianola 6 p.m. Oct. 13 Simpson Pella 6 p.m. Oct. 27 Augustana (Ill.) Pella 6 p.m. Nov. 3 St. Ambrose Pella 6 p.m. FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS 2008 record: 6-4 overall, 4-4 Iowa Conference (fifth place) Starters returning: 4 offense, 7 defense, 3 specialty Starters lost: 7 offense, 4 defense, 3 specialty Letterwinners returning/lost: 37/17 Returning all-Iowa Conference players: 2 (first team-P Kurtis Brondyke; honorable mention-LB Shane Wong) Iowa Conference titles: 29 (17 in past 25 years) Last NCAA Division III playoff appearance: 2007 (W, 38-17, vs. Olivet, Mich.; W, 37-7 vs St. John’s, Minn.; L, 27-13, vs. Bethel, Minn.) NCAA Division III playoff berths: 19 (tied for third among Division III schools, 16 in past 23 years) All-time NCAA playoff record: 21-18 All-time W-L record: 544-295-24 (.644) Central’s record at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (opened in 1977) - 139-31 Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl appearances: 3 (first, 1974; second, 1984, 1988) Jeff McMartin Head coach Jeff McMartin has rocketed his alma mater back to the top, piloting Central College to three straight NCAA Division III football playoff berths and winning or sharing three Iowa Conference championships. Entering his sixth year as Central’s head coach, McMartin has posted a glossy 43-12 record (.781) and ranks seventh among active NCAA Division III coaches in career winning percentage. He’s a three-time conference coach of the year (2005, 2006, 2007) and was named an AFCA Division III West Region coach of the year in 2007. From 2005-07, his team posted a 29-1 regular-season mark. McMartin, who also serves as the team’s quarterbacks coach, has been a part of one of the nation’s most tradition-rich college football programs as a player, student assistant and now head coach. The 2007 league title was Central’s 29th and 2 Football the school’s 19 NCAA Division III playoff berths match the most in the nation. The Dutch haven’t had a losing football sea- son since 1960. Named as one of 10 “hot” coaches and “primed for success” in the NCAA Division III by American Football Monthly in 2005, McMartin also gained extensive coaching experience at other schools for 13 years, coaching nearly every position. Prior to returning to Central, McMartin was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at DePauw University (Ind.). During his four years there, DePauw broke several school offensive records. From 1995-2000, he served as offensive line coach at Beloit College (Wis.) where he also worked with special teams. From 1994-95 he was the defensive line coach at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) and was defensive line coach at Illinois Wesleyan University from 1992-94. He was a graduate assistant at Wake Forest from 1990-92. McMartin graduated from Central in 1990 with a bachelor’s of arts degree in physical education. He earned his mas- ter’s degree in liberal studies from Wake Forest University (N.C.) in 1992. While at Central, McMartin served as a student coach under hall of fame coach Ron Schipper for two seasons after a career-ending injury. He was also a student coach at Oskaloosa High School in 1987. McMartin is also a veteran track and field coach. He was head men’s and women’s coach at Beloit from 1995-2000 and interim head coach at Illinois Wesleyan in 1994. McMartin was an assistant at DePauw from 2000-03, at Rochester from 1994-95 and at Illinois Wesleyan in 1994. McMartin’s wife Laurie is also a 1990 graduate of Central and they have two daughters. Assistants Jeff Bollard - receivers Jeff Bollard is entering his 24th season as an assistant football coach at Central and is again coaching the receivers after three seasons working with the tight ends.