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TEMPLE FOOTBALL Table of Contents 2009 SCHEDULE Spring Notes..........................................2-3 Spring Outlook.......................................4-7 Sat., April 18 CHERRY & WHITE Edberg-Olson Complex 2 p.m. Spring Roster.........................................8-9 Thurs., Sept. 3 VILLANOVA# Lincoln Financial Field Player Breakdown...................................10 Sat., Sept. 19 at Penn State University Park, Pa. Depth Chart.............................................11 Sat., Sept. 26 *BUFFALO Lincoln Financial Field Head coach Al Golden.......................12-13 Sat., Oct. 2 *at Eastern Michigan Ypsilantil, Mich. Assistant Coaches/Senior Staff ..............14 Sat., Oct. 10 *BALL STATE Lincoln Financial Field Player Biographies ............................15-48 Sat., Oct. 17 ARMY (HC) Lincoln Financial Field 2009 Signees.....................................49-56 Sat., Oct. 24 *at Toledo Toledo, Ohio 2008 Season Review.........................57-58 Sat., Oct. 31 at Navy (CBS-CSN) Annapolis, Md. 3:30 p.m. 2008 Results & Statistics...................59-67 Thurs., Nov. 5 *MIAMI (Ohio) (ESPNU) Lincoln Financial Field 7:30 p.m. Game Recaps....................................68-73 Fri., Nov. 13 *at Akron (ESPNU) Akron, Ohio 8 p.m. Practice Schedule & Policies ..................74 Sat. Nov. 21 *KENT STATE Kent, Ohio Fri., Nov. 27 *at Ohio (ESPNU or 360) Athens, Ohio Credits: The 2009 Temple Football Spring Prospectus was written and designed by Cathy Listed times are Eastern and subject to change. Home games in BOLD. Bongiovi with assistance from Al Shrier, Kevin *Mid-American Conference opponent HC = Homecoming # Mayor’s Cup Bonner, and Tom Deahn. Cover design by Kevin Bonner. Photos by Joseph V. Labolito and For tickets, visit www.OwlsTix.com Zohrab Kazanjian. or call 215.204.TIXX (8499). Quick Facts School ..........................Temple University TEMPLE COACHING STAFF Location......................... Philadelphia, Pa. Al Golden (Penn State ‘91), Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator Founded..............................................1884 Mark D’Onofrio (Penn State ‘92), Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Enrollment........................................34,000 Matt Rhule (Penn State ‘97), Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks President..................Dr. Ann Weaver Hart Jared Backus (Springfield ‘93), Linebackers School Website..............www.Temple.edu Nickname ...........................................Owls Andrew Dees (Syracuse ‘92), Offensive Line School Colors .......Cherry (201C) & White Ed Foley (Bucknell ‘89), Tight Ends/Asst. Off. Line/Recruiting Coordinator Athletics Website........www.OwlSports.com Tyree Foreman (Virginia ‘01), Running Backs Director of Athletics .............Bill Bradshaw Kevin Gilbride (Hawaii ‘03), Wide Receivers Conference .............................Mid-American Randy Melvin (Eastern Illinois ‘82), Defensive Line (East Division) Paul Williams (Delaware ‘96), Defensive Backs Conference Website .....www.Mac-Sports.com Satyen Bhakta (Temple ‘05), Graduate Assistant— Defense Ryan Roeder (Albany ‘02), Graduate Assistant— Offense Football Information Stadium............... Lincoln Financial Field SUPPORT STAFF Surface ................................Natural grass Capacity.......................................... 68,532 Tom Deahn (Heidelberg ‘87), Director of Football Operations Dwight Stansbury (Oregon State ‘83), Head Athletic Trainer First Season of Football......................1894 Tony Decker (East Stroudsburg ‘83), Head Strength & Conditioning Coach All-Time Record........................398-530-52 Paul Kelley (Temple ‘96), Head Athletic Equipment Manager 2008 Record .............................5-7 overall Ryan McNamee (Gettysburg ‘99), Director of Player Development MAC Record (finish) ...4-4 (t2nd East Div.) Jaison Freeman (Dartmouth ‘02), Academic Coordinator for Football Fran Duffy (Temple ‘09), Video Coordinator Offensive Alignment .................East Coast Sean Desai (Boston U. ‘04), Graduate Extern for Academics Defensive Alignment..............................4-3 Nadia Harvin (Temple ‘06), Administrative Specialist— Head Coach Starters Returning...................................17 Patrice Cohill, Administrative Specialist— Recruiting ............(8 offense, 9 defense, 2 specialists) Starters Lost: 5 ........(3 offense, 2 defense, 0 specialists) Temple Football Office Lettermen Returning— 51 Edberg-Olson Hall .......(24 offense, 25 defense, 2 specialists) Lettermen Lost— 16 1001 West Diamond Street ........(9 offense, 7 defense, 0 specialists) Philadelphia, PA 19122 215.204.0855 215.204.0872 (fax) 2009 TEMPLE FOOTBALL — 1— SPRING PROSPECTUS SPRING NOTES MELVIN NAMED D-LINE COACH PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Randy Melvin joined the Temple football coaching staff as the defensive line coach this spring. COACHES A native of Aurora, Ill., Melvin Mark D’Onofrio . .duh-NAHF-re-oh spent the last four seasons Matt Rhule . .rule as the defensive line coach Satyen Bhakta . .SAH-te-en BAHK-tuh for the NFL Cleveland Browns. PLAYERS Inigo Abaroa . .EE-NEE-goh AH-BAH-row-ah Melvin served for two sea- Steve Caputo . .cah-POOH-toe sons as defensive line coach Steve Ciocci . .SEE-ah-SEE with the New England Patri- ots, including the 2001 Super Dy'Onne Crudup . .DIE-on Bowl Champion season. Richard Fricke . .Frick-ee Junior Galette . .guh-LET A 1982 graduate of Eastern Delano Green . .deh-LAY-no Illinois, Melvin was a starter on the defensive line for Kee-ayre Griffin . .KEY-air Panthers for three seasons and received AP All-Amer- Jaiquawn Jarrett . .JAY-kwahn ica recognition (Division II) in 1979 and 1980. He also Amara Kamara . .uh-MAHR-uh kuh-MAHR-uh earned his master’s degree from the school in 1993. He Kevin Kroboth . .CROW-bah-th was inducted to the Halls of Fame at both Eastern Illi- Mike LaBarre . .la-BAR nois University (1995) and Aurora West High School Marquise Liverpool . .MAR-keese (1994). Steve Maneri . .muh-NAIR-ee James Namude . .nuh-MOO-dee Additionally, Jared Backus, who has coached the Dave Nwasike . .wah-SEE-kee Owls’ defensive line for the last two seasons, will take Simon Ogunleye . .OH-gun-lay over the linebackers, replacing Curtis Bray who went Anthony Pekarski . .pa-CAR-skee to Iowa State as the defensive line coach. Shane Pollock . .PAUL-lock Marlin Terrel . .tour-ELLE PRO TIMING DAY IS MARCH 19 Paul Turkavage . .TUR-cav-edge Wayne Tribue . .TRIB-you Temple football will hold a Pro Jeff Wathne . .WATT-nee Timing Day on Thursday, March Tahir Whitehead . .TAH-here 19 at 11 a.m. at Edberg-Olson Hall (11th & Diamond Streets). Approximately 25 athletes and 2009 BONE MARROW DRIVE more than 30 pro scouts will be in attendance. The athletes will Members of the Temple football team want to do it begin their warm-ups at 11 a.m., and timing will begin again. After setting a national record last spring, the following Temple’s practice which ends at 11:30 a.m. Temple Owls are asking their friends, family, and col- leagues to sign up for their Second Annual Bone Mar- Media members are invited to attend this event. Please row Drive on Wednesday, April 15 at the Temple R.S.V.P. by Wednesday, March 18 at Noon. University Howard Gittis Student Center (Room 200) from Noon to 5 p.m. The test is a simple cheek swab. No blood or needles are involved. It should take no more than 20 minutes 2009 TEMPLE FOOTBALL — 2— SPRING PROSPECTUS for each person to register for the National Marrow stitution has the discretion to determine the practice Donor Program Registry and be tested. activities (other than tackling) that may occur dur- ing the four contact non-tackling sessions as well Participants, who must be 18 to register, will receive as the protective equipment to be worn by the stu- free food, door prizes, entertainment by a disc jockey, dent-athletes. and special guest appearances. • If an institution conducts a “Spring Game,” the game shall be counted as one of the three sessions that MAC MEDIA DAY can be devoted primarily to 11-on-11 scrimmages. The Mid-American Conference • The amount of time that a student-athlete may be will hold its annual Media Day on involved in such postseason countable athletically Friday, July 31 at Ford Field in related activities shall be limited to a maximum of Detroit, Mich., site of the MAC four hours per day and 20 hours per week. Championship game. Media headquarters is the Downtown Renaissance. For additional information, contact Gary Richter, Associate Commissioner for Media Relations, at 216.566.4622 or e-mail him at [email protected]. NCAA SPRING FOOTBALL GUIDELINES • Under NCAA guidelines, Divi- sion I football teams are permit- ted 15 postseason practice sessions (including intrasquad scrimmages and spring game) Temple Sports Media Relations provided they are conducted 1700 North Broad Street within a period of 34 consecu- Suite 400 tive calender days, omitting va- Philadelphia, PA 19122 cation and examination days officially announced 215.204.7445 on the institution’s calendar and days during which 215.204.7449 (fax) the institution is closed due to inclement weather. Cathy Bongiovi • Any such practice sessions held during vacation Associate Director of S.M.R. (Football Contact) days may not be of longer duration of those nor- 215.204.1608 (office) mally held when academic classes are in session. 215.778-6814 (cell) [email protected] • Only 12 of the 15 sessions may involve contact and such contact shall not occur prior to the third prac- Larry Dougherty tice session. The non-contact practice sessions Associate A.D. for Sports