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Head Coach Steve Kragthorpe Head Coach First Season

Steve Kragthorpe, the former head coach at Tulsa University and the architect of one the nation’s most heralded rebuilding efforts, was named the 20th head football coach at the at a press conference on Jan. 9, 2007 in the press lounge at U of L’s Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.

Named as the Golden Hurricane coach on December 18, 2002, Kragthorpe turned around the Tulsa program immediately. Prior to his arrival, Tulsa was a combined 2-21 in 2001 and 2002. However, it didn’t take Kragthorpe long to turn around the Golden Hurricane program, compiling an impressive 29-22 record and guiding Tulsa to bowl games in three of the last four seasons.

“Steve has everything I look for in a head coach,” said U of L Vice President and Director of Athletics Tom Jurich. “He has a proven track record and has high integrity, great morals and values. I like that he’s a coach’s son and his father Dave is a highly decorated coach. Steve is a great fit for this community. He has produced extraordinary results in a difficult situation at Tulsa and has endeared himself to that community. Everyone I’ve spoken with nationally says Steve is a great young man and one of the top young offensive minds in the nation. We welcome Steve and his wonderful family to our community and hope they call Louisville home for a long time.” Kragthorpe takes over for , who was named the head coach of the and ended his U of L tenure with a 41-9 record. The Cardinals

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Meet Head Coach Steve Kragthorpe

Personal Age: 42 Birthdate: April 28, 1965 Birthplace: Missoula, Montana Family: wife, Cynthia, and three sons: Chris, Brad and Nik

Education High School: Highland High School (Pocatello, Idaho), 1983 College: Eastern New Mexico, 1983-84; West State, 1985-87 (received bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1988); Oregon State (received master’s degree in business administration in 1991).

Playing Experience High School: A three-year and two-year starter at Highland High School in Pocatello, Idaho.

College: Was a four-year letterwinner, including two years at Eastern New Mexico (1983-84) and two years at West Texas State (1985-87). He started 11 games as a senior in 1987 and completed 179 of 344 passes for 1,980 yards and nine at West Texas.

Coaching Experience Year - School/Team - Position - Record - Postseason finished the 2006 season at 12-1 and won the 2007 FedEx Orange 1990 — Northern Arizona - QB Coach - 5-6 Bowl with a 24-13 win over 15th-ranked Wake Forest. Louisville 1991 — Northern Arizona - QB Coach - 3-8 finished No. 6 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 7 in the USA 1992 — Northern Arizona - Off. Coordinator & QB Coach - 4-7 Today Coaches Poll. 1993 — Northern Arizona - Off. Coordinator & QB Coach - 7-4 1994 — North Texas - Off. Coordinator & QB Coach - 7-4-1 - I-AA Playoffs In just four seasons at Tulsa, Kragthorpe took the Golden 1995 — North Texas - Off. Coordinator & QB Coach - 2-9 Hurricane to three bowls: the Humanitarian, Liberty and the Armed 1996 — - QB Coach - 4-8| Forces Bowl. His teams won more games in his first three years than 1997 — Texas A&M - WR Coach - 9-4 - Cotton Bowl Tulsa had won in the preceding seven seasons combined, captured 1998 — Texas A&M - Off. Coordinator & WR Coach - 11-3 - Sugar Bowl Tulsa’s first conference championship since 1985 and put the Tulsa 1999 — Texas A&M - Off. Coordinator & WR Coach - 8-4 - Alamo Bowl football program back on the map of national prominence. 2000 — Texas A&M - Off. Coordinator & QB Coach - 7-5 - Independence Bowl 2001 — - QB Coach - 3-13 Known as one of the best offensive minds in the country, 2002 — Buffalo Bills - QB Coach - 8-8 Kragthorpe’s teams have scored 30 or more points 29 times, 40 points 2003 — Tulsa - Head Coach - 8-5 - Humanitarian Bowl on 10 occasions and 50 points three times. His 2006 squad was 2004 — Tulsa - Head Coach - 4-8 second in Conference USA in total offense and scoring. 2005 — Tulsa - Head Coach - 9-4 - AutoZone Last season, Kragthorpe guided Tulsa to its third winning 2006 — Tulsa - Head Coach - 8-5 - Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl season in four years, going 8-5 and advancing to the Armed Forces Bowl Games As A Coach Bowl before falling to Utah, 25-13. 1997 Cotton Bowl (Texas A&M) 1998 Sugar Bowl (Texas A&M) The 2005 campaign was Tulsa’s first year as a member of 1999 Alamo Bowl (Texas A&M) Conference USA. Kragthorpe proceeded to lead the Hurricane to the 2000 Independence Bowl (Texas A&M) C-USA West Division title with a 6-2 record and capturing a victory 2003 Humanitarian Bowl (Tulsa) in the inaugural Conference USA Football Championship Game with 2005 Liberty Bowl (Tulsa) 2006 Armed Forces Bowl (Tulsa) 78 • www.UofLSports.com Head Coach Steve Kragthorpe

a 44-27 win over Central Florida. Tulsa represented C-USA in the of professional football. AutoZone Liberty Bowl and left with a 31-24 victory over Fresno State, finishing the season with an overall 9-4 record. Before coming to Tulsa, Kragthorpe spent the previous two seasons (2001-02) as quarterback coach with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. In 2001, he In his first season in 2003, Kragthorpe was faced with the difficult tutored Rob Johnson and in the 2002 season he coached All-Pro Drew task of attempting to reconstruct a football program that had just two Bledsoe. Kragthorpe also coached Alex Van Pelt in his two years with the victories over the previous two seasons. During that first year, Kragthorpe Bills. led that Tulsa team to an 8-5 overall record and the school’s first in 12 years. The Golden Hurricane finished in a tie for second in the Prior to his brief stint in the NFL, Kragthorpe worked four years (1997- Western Athletic Conference with a 6-2 record and played in the 00) as an assistant coach at Texas A&M, including the final three seasons as Humanitarian Bowl. . He also coached the wide receivers from 1997-99, before becoming the quarterback coach for the 2000 season. His leadership helped produce the NCAA’s biggest turnaround that In his first year with the Aggies, A&M posted a 9-4 mark and had a 6-2 Big year. The eight victories were the most at the school since 1991 and for 12 record to finish in first place in the Big 12 South Division. The 1998 team, that, Kragthorpe was voted the WAC Coach of the Year. He was also one of his first as offensive coordinator, posted an 11-3 overall record and a 7-1 six semifinalists for the Eddie Robinson/FWAA Coach of the Year Award as conference mark to win the Big 12 South Division and the overall Big 12 selected by the Football Writers Association of America. Kragthorpe was Championship. selected as the FWAA/Scripps First-Year Coach of the Year award winner, an honor given to the nation’s top first-year head coach. He was also a “Steve did a great job with the Tulsa program and has been a coach finalist for the Paul “Bear” Bryant and Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year that we respected as a competitor. I appreciate the way he represents Awards and finished in a third-place tie with Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops in the himself and . Just like most of the other people voting for the Associated Press’ National Coach of the Year. that have watched him, I expect he will do very well at Louisville.” Kragthorpe came to Tulsa from the Buffalo Bills and 15 total years of coaching expertise, including 13 years on the college level, two years as a — Oklahoma Head Coach Bob Stoops graduate assistant coach and 11 years as a full-time assistant, and two years

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Former Texas A&M Coach R.C. Slocum “This is an excellent hire for the University of Louisville. He’s an outstanding young coach and did a great job calling plays for me when we won the BIG 12 championship at Texas A&M. Not only is he a great coach, but he’s an even better person. Everyone will be impressed with him as a human being. He cares a great deal about his players and everyone he works with. He’ll represent the University of Louisville well and be very successful.”

Drew Bledsoe, who Kragthorpe coached at the NFL Buffalo Bills during Bledsoe’s 2002 season “Tom Jurich made a great hire. Steve Kragthorpe is a great football coach who will make you proud on the football field but he is an even better man who will make your fans equally proud of how he conducts himself off the field and what he expects from his players off the field. I wish I could have played for him for a long time, but I only got a chance to play for him for one year and I am grateful for that opportunity. The University of Louisville is extremely fortunate to get a great coach and I expect him to be there for a very long time.”

Karl Dorrell, who Kragthorpe coached at the University of Northern Arizona “Steve is a proven coach. I coached with Steve in the past at Northern Arizona and knew he had all the qualities to be successful. He’s done a Kragthorpe entered great job at Tulsa and I am sure he is going to build on that success at the coaching KRAGTHORPE Louisville. Steve is a great hire for Louisville.” profession in 1988 VS. OPPONENTS as a graduate Arkansas ...... 0-1 , Assistant Head Coach-Defense, assistant coach on Arkansas State ...... 1-0 Washington Redskins “Steve is a great communicator and excellent detail coach of the QB his father’s Oregon Boise State ...... 0-2 BYU ...... 0-1 position. It was very obvious, early on, that Steve was destined to move up State staff. The Central Florida ...... 1-0 the coaching ladder and would excel as a head coach. He has excellent younger East Carolina ...... 2-0 football knowledge and has the tremendous ability to relate to all players Kragthorpe assisted Fresno State ...... 1-0 and coaches. His family is very important to him and his football team is with coaching the Georgia Tech ...... 0-1 considered family. I’m very proud of his success!” and Hawaii ...... 1-1 Houston ...... 0-2 receivers. offensive coordinator at North Texas in 1994, spending two seasons with the Kansas ...... 0-1 Louisiana Tech ...... 1-1 Mean Green. At North Texas, he oversaw an offense that led the conference in In 1990, Memphis ...... 2-0 total offense. While there, he coached quarterback Mitch Maher who broke Kragthorpe became Minnesota ...... 0-2 single-season school records for passing yards and total offense. After two the quarterback Navy ...... 1-1 seasons, Kragthorpe then moved to Boston College where he spent the 1996 Nevada ...... 0-2 coach at Northern season as quarterback coach, coaching current NFL signal-caller Matt North Texas ...... 2-0 Arizona and Oklahoma ...... 0-1 Hasselbeck. remained in that Oklahoma State ...... 0-1 position until being Rice ...... 3-1 Playing collegiately at Eastern New Mexico (1983-84), Kragthorpe elevated to San Jose Stare ...... 2-0 quarterbacked for two seasons before transferring to West Texas State. He SMU ...... 2-2 started 11 games as a senior and completed 179-of-344 passes for 1,980 yards offensive Southern Mississippi ...... 2-0 coordinator for the Stephen F. Austin ...... 1-0 and nine TDs. next two seasons. SW Missouri State ...... 1-0 While at NAU, he Texas El-Paso ...... 3-1 Kragthorpe earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from coached Texas State ...... 1-0 West Texas State in 1988. He also received his master’s degree in business Tulane ...... 2-0 administration, while serving as a graduate assistant coach at Oregon State in quarterback Jeff Utah ...... 0-1 Lewis, who spent 1988 and ’89. five years in the NFL as a reserve Kragthorpe, 42, and his wife, Cynthia, have three sons: Chris, Brad and quarterback for the and . Nik.

Following his four-year tenure at NAU, Kragthorpe became the

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Tony Alford Running Backs Tony Alford begins his first season as the 17th nationally in rushing, averaging more than 200 running backs coach at the University of Louisville. yards per game on the ground in 1999, 2000 and Alford at a Glance Alford comes to the Derby City after playing 2002. a major role in solidifying Iowa State’s reputation as In the 2000 regular-season finale against PERSONAL one of the most successful programs nationally Kansas, Haywood and Wagner each topped 100 yards Birthdate: November 27, 1968 rushing the football. Under Alford’s guidance, Iowa rushing. Alford’s backs take care of the football. Iowa Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo. State was one of only three NCAA Division I State running backs have lost only 13 fumbles in schools to have produced a 1,000-yard rusher Alford’s eight years at ISU. That includes all rushes, Alma Mater: Colorado State ‘92 annually between 1995 and 2001. receptions and returns by ISU running backs under Family: Alford and his wife Trina have three sons After one year at Washington, Alford Alford. Those 13 lost fumbles during Alford’s last 95 (Rylan, Kyler, Braydon). returned to ISU as assistant head coach in 2002. The ISU games came among a total of 3,001 “touches” for 2005 EV1.net Houston Bowl was Alford’s fourth 13,721 yards. That is an average of 231 carries, COACHING EXPERIENCE postseason appearance with the Cyclones. receptions or returns between fumbles lost and only Under Alford, tailback Stevie Hicks became one fumble lost for every 1,056 yards. 2007 Louisville the third Iowa State rusher to eclipse the 1,000-yard Alford, a former All-Western Athletic 2002-06 Iowa State barrier since 1997 with 1,062 yards in 2004. Conference who was a Doak Walker 2001 Washington On special teams, Alford turned the Cyclone Award nominee, was running backs coach on 1997-2000 Iowa State kickoff return unit into the Big 12’s best. ISU led the Washington’s 2001 Holiday Bowl squad. Under 1996 Kent State league and ranked 20th nationally, averaging 23.2 Alford, Husky tailback Willie Hurst became the ninth yards per return in 2004. The Cyclones were ranked back in Washington history to rush for more than 1995 Mount Union 17th nationally last season (23.4). It was a dramatic 2,000 career yards. improvement from ranking 86th nationally and 10th Alford earned honorable mention honors at BOWLS AS A COACH in the Big 12 in 2003. Colorado State on USA Today’s 1989 All-America 2000 Insight.com Alford was on the Cyclones’ 2000 team and was named to the WAC fi rst-team all- 2001 Holiday Insight.com Bowl championship staff that claimed conference squad. The 1992 CSU graduate with a the fi rst bowl victory in ISU history en route to a 9- bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science set a 2002 Humanitarian 3 record. First-team all-Big 12 tailback Ennis conference single-game rushing record with 310 2004 Independence Haywood ranked 10th nationally in rushing and led rushing yards against Utah and was nominated for the 2005 EVI Houston the league with 1,237 yards. When Haywood was 1989 Doak Walker Award. Alford went on to play for sidelined by injury at Oklahoma State, Michael the NFL’s Denver Broncos in preseason action and RECRUITING AREAS Wagner stepped in and rushed for a freshman the Birmingham Fire of the World League prior to school-record 170 yards and two touchdowns. entering the coaching profession. Central Georgia, South Atlanta, Dallas, Colorado, Cyclone tailback Darren Davis passed the Alford was the running backs coach at Mt. New Mexico, Iowa, Texas 1,000- yard rushing barrier in Alford’s fi rst three Union College in 1995 and at Kent in 1996. He seasons in Ames and finished his career as the No. 2 helped the Raiders to a 12-1 record and the NCAA rusher in school history. During Alford’s initial four Division III semifinals. years in Ames, Iowa State improved from 103rd to Alford and his wife Trina have three sons (Rylan, Kyler, Braydon). 2007 Louisville Football • 81 Assistant Coaches

Jeff Brohm Asst. Head Coach/Passing Game Coordinator/QBs

One of the top young coaches in the completions (No. 8 - 402), total offense (No. 6 - country, will be back this season and 6,430) and completion percentage (No. 6 - .562). Brohm at a Glance coach the quarterbacks for head coach Steve Voted the Cards’ MVP in 1992 and 1993, PERSONAL Kragthorpe. He was also elevated to assistant Jeff will always be remembered for a gritty Birthdate: April 22, 1971 head coach and will be the passing game performance in leading U of L to an 18-7 victory Hometown: Louisville, Ky. coordinator. over Michigan State in the 1993 Liberty Bowl. Alma Mater: Louisville ‘93 In his four years with the Cardinals, Brohm Playing with two steel pins and one steel Family: Married to Jennifer and the couple has tutored two-time first team All-Conference plate in the index finger of his throwing hand, Jeff has one son, Brady USA and Co-Offensive Player of the Year Stefan completed 19-of-29 passes for 197 yards and a LeFors and the BIG EAST Offensive Player of amidst 20-degree temperatures and COACHING EXPERIENCE the Year , the youngest brother of freezing rain to earn the game’s MVP award. 2003-07 Louisville the fourth-year coach. Brohm also played two seasons in the Cleveland 2002 Head Coach Despite missing two games with an injury, Indians organization while in college. Following Brian earned second team All-BIG EAST his playing days at U of L, Jeff began a seven-year BOWLS AS A COACH accolades after throwing for 3,049 yards and 16 career in the NFL. 2003 GMAC Bowl touchdowns. Under Brohm’s guidance, the He started his NFL career in 1994 with the passing offense ranked seventh in the nation and San Diego Chargers who played in 2004 Liberty Bowl stood fifth in passing efficiency. XXIX. He played for the San Francisco 49’ers 2006 Gator Bowl Jeff tutored Brian to one of the finest from 1995-1997 where he was the backup seasons ever by a sophomore quarterback for the quarterback to Hall of Famer in Cardinals. Brian finished second in the nation in 1997. RECRUITING AREAS passing efficiency and completed 68.8 percent of From 1998-2000, he played for the Tampa West Central Florida (West of Lakeland), his throws, the second-best mark in school Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos, and Cleveland Northern Kentucky, Memphis, New Jersey, history. Browns. In 2001, he played in the XFL for the Arkansas, Missouri, New York In 2004, Jeff guided LeFors to finish first in and was named first team All- XFL the nation in passing efficiency and completion as he owned the league’s highest QB rating at percentage, and watched as the southpaw 99.9. narrowly missed setting NCAA records in both Jeff first rose to football glory at local categories. Trinity High School where he was named Mr. A native of Louisville and one of four Football for the state of Kentucky in 1988 after family members to earn letters on the gridiron at leading the Shamrocks to a state championship. U of L, Jeff wrapped up his four-year collegiate He was also named the Kentucky High career as one of the most prolific offensive School Player of the decade for the 1980’s before players to ever don a Cardinal jersey. moving onto U of L. Jeff is married to the former A three-year starter for the Cards, Jeff ranks Jennifer Hawkins and the couple has a son, Brady. among U of L’s all-time leaders for passing yards Brohm’s No. 11 jersey was honored in 2006 (No. 7- 5,451), touchdown passes (No. 5 - 38), for his contributions at quarterback. 82 • www.UofLSports.com Assistant Coaches

Mike Cassity Mike Cassity will return for his fourth season since the 2001 season. Safety Kerry Rhodes, middle with the Cardinals, serving three years as defensive Robert “The Hammer” McCune and Cassity at a Glance coordinator and one as co-defensive coordinator. Marcus Jones served as leaders of a PERSONAL Since Cassity has taken over the defense in 2004, defense known for giving quarterbacks hard-hitting Birthdate: August 22, 1953 Louisville has finished in the top 40 defensively trouble. Hometown: Fort Campbell, Ky. after each season. A native of Fort Campbell, Ky., Cassity has 30 In 2007, Rivals.com named him the Big East years of coaching experience on the defensive side of Alma Mater: Kentucky ‘76 Recruiter of the Year, and in 2005 and 2007, the the ball — most of which has been in the Family: Married to the former Colleen Hartman. recruiting website named him a top 25 recruiter Commonwealth. He is also proud to have sent over 30 The couple has four children, Brooke, Hunter, nationally. defensive backs to the NFL. Skyler and Braden. Cassity’s attacking and disciplined style of He came to Louisville after serving three seasons defense has helped U of L become one of the better as defensive coordinator with the Fighting Illini, the defenses in the country. 2001 Big Ten Champions who played in the 2002 COACHING EXPERIENCE During the Cardinals’ 2006 Orange Bowl Sugar Bowl. With an experienced defensive mind, 2004-07 Louisville winning season, the Cardinals finished second in the Cassity’s aggressive style really took shape at nation in sacks with 17 different players recording Oklahoma State in 1999 co-coordinating with now 2001-03 Illinois sacks and ranked 17th in the country in scoring Oakland Raiders coach Rob Ryan, son of the 1999-2000 Oklahoma State defense. legendary defensive mind Buddy Ryan. 1997-98 Baylor Louisville’s defense had two first team All-BIG Prior to his two-year stint at OSU, Cassity served 1995-96 Wisconsin EAST selections in Amobi Okoye 1997-98 as the assistant head coach and defensive 1994 Cincinnati and . Louisville held six coordinator at Baylor. At Baylor and OSU, Cassity opponents to 13 or fewer points including a shutout coached against U of L head coach Steve Kragthorpe 1992-93 Georgia Tech at Temple. then at Texas A&M. 1990-91 East Carolina In 2005, the Cardinals finished 21st in the Cassity coached secondary at Wisconsin in 1995- 1989 Northeast Louisiana country in rushing defense and 23rd in scoring 96. He has been a defensive coordinator at Cincinnati 1983-88 Western Kentucky defense. U of L held four opponents to less than 20 (1994), Georgia Tech (1992-93), East Carolina (1990- points in a game. Behind Elvis Dumervil’s school 91), Northeast Louisiana (1989) and Western 1982 Morehead State and BIG EAST record 20 sacks, the Cardinals tied Kentucky (1983-88). Again with the secondary, he 1979-81 Kentucky for second in the nation with Rutgers with 44 sacks. coached at Morehead State (1982), Kentucky (1979- 1975 Kentucky Off the field in 2005, Cassity was recognized by 81), Paducah Tilghman High School in Paducah, Ky., Rivals.com as one of the nation’s top 25 recruiters. (1976-78) and as a student coach at Kentucky (1975). BOWLS AS A COACH Inheriting a defense which ranked 93rd in the nation As a two-sport athlete at Kentucky, Cassity 1995 Hall of Fame in total defense and 72nd in scoring defense in 2003, lettered three times. In football, he played safety, 1996 Copper the Cardinals improved to 15th in total defense and winning the prestigious Kiwanis 110% Award, and he 2001 Sugar 24th in scoring defense in 2004. was a teammate of current Louisville assistant coach 2003 GMAC Bowl Cassity oversaw a defense that pitched a pair of Greg Nord. As member of the Wildcat wrestling team, 2004 Liberty Bowl shutouts over Kentucky and North Carolina in 2004, he was the SEC second runner-up at 190 pounds. He 2006 Gator Bowl and limited 10th-ranked Boise State, which had one graduated in 1976 with a degree in physical 2007 Orange Bowl of the better-ranked offenses in the nation, to 286 education. yards of total offense. A Fort Campbell High School graduate, Cassity RECRUITING AREAS In 2004, Cassity built a defense that was based is married to the former Colleen Hartman. The family Western KY, Southern OH, Nashville, Louisiana, on speed and an ability to get to the football that was has four children: Brooke, Hunter, Skyler and Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, evident by the team’s 17 — the most Braden. South Dakota 2007 Louisville Football • 83 Assistant Coaches

Reggie Johnson Former U of L standout Reggie Johnson will his senior campaign. remain with his alma mater for his fifth season and During that senior season, Johnson finished Johnson at a Glance will coach the linebackers. Johnson just coached fourth on the team in tackles with 82 and also added PERSONAL the inside linebackers in 2006, but will handle the three tackles for loss. Birthdate: April 14, 1969 entire corp this season. Johnson had his best season in 1989 after Hometown: Hollandale, Miss. The 2007 season will the fourth year that recording a career-best 91 stops. He concluded his Alma Mater: Louisville ‘96 (earned a master’s Johnson will tutor the linebackers after tutoring career with 252 total tackles. degree from U of L in 1998) the defensive line in his first season in 2003. After earning his bachelor of arts degree in political Coaching the inside linebackers a year ago, science from U of L in May 1996, Johnson joined the Family: He and his wife Eulice have two Johnson coached two of the team’s top tacklers in Cardinal staff as a defensive graduate assistant from daughters, Jordan and Sydney. Nate Harris and Lamar Myles. Harris led the team 1997-98 while earning a master of arts degree in in stops with 65 and Myles added 45 stops. Harris athletic administration in June 1998. COACHING EXPERIENCE was signed this spring as a free agent with the Following his stint as a graduate assistant at U 2003-2007 Louisville . of L, Johnson moved onto Alabama A&M for a 2001-02 UTEP In his first season with the linebackers in three-year tenure as an assistant coach. 1998-2000 Alabama A&M 2004, Johnson saw Robert McCune lead the team He coached the team’s inside linebackers and in tackles for the second straight season and earn served as special teams coordinator during the 2000 BOWLS AS A COACH All-Conference USA first team accolades. campaign after coaching the defensive tackles in 2003 GMAC Bowl 2004 Liberty Bowl McCune was a fifth-round draft pick of the 1998 and ’99. Under Johnson’s guidance, Alabama 2006 Gator Bowl Washington Redskins. Johnson also tutored A&M ranked No. 1 nationally in Division I-AA 2007 Orange Bowl Brandon Johnson, the team’s second-leading rushing defense (39.7 ypg) and No. 10 nationally in tackler last season. total defense (275.0 ypg) during the 2000 season. RECRUITING AREAS In his first year in 2002, Johnson oversaw a After his three-year run at Alabama A&M, North Alabama (above I-20), South Florida, defensive line that produced Marcus Jones, a Johnson spent two seasons as an assistant coach on Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin second team All-Conference USA selection at Gary Nord’s staff at UTEP. defensive end. Jones recorded a team-best 10 He coached the defensive ends in 2001 and the sacks. linebackers in 2002. A four-year letterwinner at linebacker for He and his wife Eulice have two children - Louisville from 1987-90, Johnson helped lead the Sydney and Jordan. 1990 Cards to a 10-1-1 mark and a resounding 34- 7 victory over Alabama in the Fiesta Bowl during

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Mike Mallory Secondary Mike Mallory begins his first season as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Mallory at a Glance secondary coach at the University of Louisville. Northern Illinois. In 1999, he helped guide the Mallory, who has over 20 years of collegiate Huskies to a 5-6 record, their best since 1992, while PERSONAL Birthdate: November 16, 1962 coaching experience, spent one season at the posting the Mid-American Conference’s third-best Hometown: DeKalb, Ill. University of Kansas as the linebackers coach pass efficiency defense. Alma Mater: Michigan ‘85 before joining the Cardinal staff. In addition to his defensive coordinator Family: Mallory and his wife, Kim, have a Prior coaching at Kansas with Mark experience at NIU, Mallory also held the same daughter, Kathryn, and a son, William Michael. Mangino, Mallory spent five seasons as an position at Rhode Island from 1993-95. With 20 years assistant at Illinois, including two years as the of experience in collegiate coaching, Mallory began team’s defensive coordinator. He coached three his career as a graduate assistant at Indiana in 1986, COACHING EXPERIENCE seasons with current U of L defensive coordinator assisting in the Hoosiers back-to-back bowl 2007 Louisville Mike Cassity. appearances. He then went on to Kent State where he 2006 Kansas Mallory started coaching the Illinois was the linebackers and defensive line coach for 2001-05 Illinois linebackers in 2003 after spending the previous three seasons. In 1991, Mallory became the 2000 Maryland two years with the safeties. The move was a natural linebackers coach at Eastern Illinois. 1996-99 Northern Illinois one, affording him the opportunity to work with Mallory was a four-year letterwinner and two- 1992-95 Rhode Island the position that earned him All-America honors as time All-Big Ten selection for Michigan where he 1991-92 Eastern Illinois a player at Michigan. participated in four bowl games including the 1983 1986-90 Kent State During his first two years at Illinois, Mallory Rose Bowl and 1986 Fiesta Bowl. He was also a two- 1986-87 Indiana oversaw the team’s safeties. In 2001, he worked year captain, the 1984 team MVP and a 1985 Butkus with the senior safety duo of Bobby Jackson and Award finalist. He graduated from Michigan in 1985 BOWLS AS A COACH Muhammad Abdullah, who both earned All-Big with a bachelor’s degree in sports administration. 2001 Sugar Bowl 1987 Peach Ten honors. Mallory is a graduate of Delkalb (Ill.) High 1986 All-American Mallory, the son of former Indiana, Colorado, School, where he was an All-State performer in 1980. Northern Illinois and Miami (OH) head coach and his wife, Kim, have a daughter, RECRUITING AREAS Mallory, arrived at Illinois following one season as Kathryn, and a son, William Michael. Birmingham, South Alabama, Florida Panhandle, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Mississippi, Montana, linebackers coach with the Maryland Terrapins. Wyoming Prior to his stint at Maryland, Mallory was the

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Brent Myers Offensive Line/Running Game Coordinator Brent Myers, who has 26 years of collegiate nation’s best blocking units that helped Washington coaching experience, will coach the offensive line claim the Pac-10 title and a victory over Purdue in Myers at a Glance and be the running game coordinator after spending the 2001 Rose Bowl. Elliot Silvers and Chad Ward PERSONAL three seasons as offensive line coach and running- were All-Pac-10 selections and were taken in the game coordinator at Arizona State. He also coached NFL Draft that year, while a third, Wes Call, signed a Birthdate: May 25, 1960 one season as the assistant head coach and offensive free agent contract. Ward also won the Morris Hometown: Seattle, Wash. line coach at the University of Utah in 2003. Trophy, given to the Pac-10’s top lineman, and was a Alma Mater: Eastern Washington ‘82 In 2006, the Sun Devils finished second in the second-team All-American. In 2001, he coached All- Pac-10 averaging 169.7 yards rushing per game. It Pac-10 and regional Academic All-America selection Family: Married to Susan and the couple has one marks the first time since 2001 that ASU averaged Kyle Benn, while in 2002, Myers’ unit’s pass- daughter, Morgan. more than 150 yards on the ground. 2006 also blocking abilities helped quarterback Cody Pickett to marked another milestone for the ASU rushing set a single-season passing record with 4,458 yards. game, as Ryan Torain topped the 1,000 yard mark Myers rejoined Dirk Koetter’s staff after working COACHING EXPERIENCE and sophomore Keegan Herring topped the 500 yard as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach plateau. for two seasons (1998-99) at Boise State. In 1999, 2007 Louisville In 2005, the Sun Devil offensive line was BSU led the Big West in offense with 33 points per 2004-06 Arizona State decimated by injuries, however with the adversity game while posting a 10-3 record. Myers joined the 2003 Utah came perhaps the best job of any offensive line BSU staff in 1998 and was promoted to offensive coach in the nation as ASU finished the season coordinator before the start of the 1999 season. He 2000-02 Washington ranked No. 2 in the nation in total offense (519.1 helped lead BSU to the 1999 Big West Conference 1998-99 Boise State yards per game), including a school record 773 championship and a victory over Louisville in the 1992-97 Northern Arizona yards in ASU’s 52-21 win over Northwestern. Even Humanitarian Bowl. more impressive is the fact that ASU rushed for Myers also coached at Eastern Washington (1982- 1985-91 Eastern Washington 145.7 yards per game, its highest average since the 83, 1985-91), Southern Illinois (1984) and Northern 1984 Southern Illinois 2001 season. Arizona (1992-97). He was named associate head 1982-83 Eastern Washington Three ASU linemen - Grayling Love (second coach at NAU in 1994 and offensive coordinator in team), Andrew Carnahan (honorable mention) and 1996. That year, the Lumberjacks led the nation in Brandon Rodd (honorable mention) - earned All total offense and scoring and became the first BOWLS AS A COACH Pac-10 honors in 2005. Division I team to have a 3,000-yard passer (Travis 2006 Sheraton Hawaii In his first season at ASU, Myers coached a Brown) and a 2,000-yard rusher (Archie Ammerson) 2005 Insight successful offensive line, which helped the Sun in the same season. For his efforts, Myers was named 2004 Sun Devils rank No. 5 in the nation in passing offense the national Division I-AA Offensive Coordinator of 2003 Liberty and No. 16 in total offense (435.4 yards per game). the Year in 1996. 2002 Sun Honorable-mention All-Pac-10 selection center A Seattle native, Myers earned his B.A. in 2001 Holiday Drew Hodgdon was selected in the fifth round of the education degree from Eastern Washington in 1982. 2000 Rose NFL draft by the . Also excelling on He received his M.S. degree from EWU in 1986 and 1999 Humanitarian the line was Love, who earned both first-team All- coached at his alma mater from 1985 to 1991 in a Pac-10 and Pac-10 All-Academic honors. variety of positions including tight ends, offensive In 2003, Myers was part of a Utah staff that led line, linebackers and defensive line. RECRUITING AREAS the school to the Mountain West Conference As a player, Myers was a Division II honorable East Central Florida (East of Lakeland), North championship, the school’s first outright conference mention All-American at EWU in 1981. He attended Carolina, Northern California, Hawaii title since 1957. The Utes posted a 10-2 record, Columbia Basin Junior College from 1978-79 and defeated Southern Mississippi in the Liberty Bowl helped his team to the 1978 national championship as and finished 21st in the national polls. the starting center on the offensive line. Myers and No stranger to the Pac-10, Myers spent three his wife, Susan, have a daughter, Morgan (9). seasons as the offensive line coach at Washington (2000-02). In 2000, Myers oversaw one of the

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Mark Nelson Defensive Line/Special Teams

Mark Nelson begins his first season as the In his career as a collegiate assistant coach, two defensive line coach and special teams coordinator of his players have earned national special teams Nelson at a Glance at the University of Louisville. honors, while others have earned conference awards. He comes to the Derby City after serving one Kentucky’s Glen Pakulak was selected the 2002 Mosi PERSONAL season at Tulsa and as the co-defensive Tatupu Award winner as the National Special Teams Birthdate: July 25, 1956 coordinator and defensive line coach. Player of the Year, and in 2004, Daniel Sepulveda Hometown: Edmonton, Canada He came to Tulsa from , was named the winner. Alma Mater: East Central ‘80 In 2002, Kentucky’s Derek Abney was named where he has spent the past three seasons as a Family: He and his wife Lori, have three children: defensive coach and special teams coordinator. He the SEC Special Teams Player of the Year. Nelson Kyle, Kolton and Kayli. has coached the linebackers the past two seasons, coached the 2003 (Robert Quiroga) and 2004 (Willie while coaching the defensive ends in 2003. Andrews) Big XII Return Specialists. At Baylor, Nelson’s special team units have Nelson spent five seasons (1992-96) coaching COACHING EXPERIENCE ranked among the nation’s leaders in various in the League. He spent one year 2007 Louisville categories. Baylor ranked among the top-30 in four each with the Toronto Argonauts and the San Antonio team special teams categories — kickoff returns Texans, and three seasons with the Edmonton 2006 Tulsa (14th), net punting (16th), kickoff return defense Eskimos. In 1993, Edmonton won the Grey Cup 2003-05 Baylor (21st) and punt returns (29th) — in 2005. Championship and he was selected as the league’s 2001-02 Kentucky Prior to his stint at Baylor, Nelson coached Special Teams Coach of the Year. In his one-year 2000 Arkansas Tech stint at Toronto, the Argonauts also won the Grey two seasons at Kentucky. He was the tight ends 1997-99 Valdosta State coach in 2001 and coached the defensive ends in Cup Championship in 1996. 1996 Toronto (CFL) 2002. Nelson also served as special teams Before that, he spent five years (1987-91) coordinator for both seasons. In 2002, his special coaching at Independence Community College, 1995 San Antonio (CFL) team units set or tied five NCAA records, nine including one year as defensive line coach, four 1992-94 Edmonton (CFL) marks and 10 school seasons as defensive coordinator and linebacker 1987-91 Independence CC records. coach and also the final two seasons as head coach. Nelson began his coaching career on the prep Nelson spent the 2000 campaign as the BOWLS AS A COACH level in Oklahoma, when he was the defensive line defensive coordinator and defensive secondary 1993 Grey Cup coach at Arkansas Tech. Tech went 7-3, including a coach and special teams coordinator at Choctaw High 1996 Grey Cup win over Delta State, the only loss suffered by the School in 1986. eventual NCAA Division II national champion. A 1980 graduate of East Central Oklahoma, RECRUITING AREAS Before that, he spent three seasons (1997-99) Nelson went on to a career in the Canadian Football North Florida, South Georgia, South Carolina, coaching at Valdosta State, where he served as League, playing for the Stampeders for six Canada, Alaska, Maine assistant head coach in his final two years. seasons (1980-85) and spent one year (1986) with the During his tenure, Nelson served as Valdosta Saskatchewan Roughriders. State’s defensive coordinator and linebacker coach. Nelson, 50 (7-25-56), earned his bachelor’s He also served as interim head coach from October degree in Education from East Central, and received until the end of the 1999 season. Under his a master’s of science in 1988 from Pittsburg (Kan.) tutelage, his defenses ranked among the best in the State. Gulf South Conference each year, and ranked 13th He and his wife, Lori, have three children: sons, nationally in 1998. Kyle and Kolton, and daughter, Kayli.

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Greg Nord Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator

Greg Nord, the dean of the Cardinal coaching completed his U of L career as the program’s No. 2 staff, just finished his 12th season as a member of all-time receiver with 217 catches. Nord at a Glance the Louisville staff and will return to coaching the Nord also tutored two NFL tight ends in 2003 in PERSONAL tight ends and was promoted to recruiting Ronnie Ghent and Richard Owens. Ghent became the Birthdate: April 3, 1956 coordinator. He was one of four former assistants first Conference USA player at any position to earn Hometown: Louisville, Ky. who were retained. first team All-Conference honors for all four years. Alma Mater: Kentucky ‘80 Nord spent the last four seasons as the As Louisville’s mentor of running backs in 1997, Family: Married to the former Donna Wilbert. assistant head coach and tutoring the running Nord saw his unit improve drastically as the season They have two daughters — Amy and Angie. backs and tight ends for the fourth straight season. wore on. Nord watched as sophomore Frank Moreau Nord has enjoyed tremendous success tutoring the scored an NCAA record four touchdowns in a quarter Cardinals’ skills position. versus East Carolina. Before joining the Cardinal COACHING EXPERIENCE Last season, Nord coached Kolby Smith, the staff, Nord spent three years as running backs coach 1995-2007 Louisville team’s leading rusher with 862 yards and at Georgia Tech (1992-94). 1992-94 Georgia Tech 1990-92 East Carolina freshman Anthony Allen, who led the team with During that time, he coached two All-Atlantic 1982-90 Kentucky 13 touchdowns. In 2005, led the Coast Conference selections in Dorsey Levens and country in scoring and was a first team All-BIG William Bell. Nord took the Georgia Tech position BOWLS AS A COACH East performer. after spending two seasons (1990-91) at East 1983 Hall of Fame Bush was a fourth-round selection by the Carolina. 1984 Hall of Fame Oakland Raider and Smith was drafted in the fifth Nord began his coaching career at Kentucky as a 1991 Peach Bowl round by the Kansas City Chiefs. graduate assistant from 1979-80. In 1981, he moved 2003 GMAC Bowl In 2004, Nord helped lead the Cardinal into a part-time capacity with the Wildcats before 2004 Liberty Bowl rushing attack to a school record 3,005 yards, being rewarded with a full-time position as running 2006 Gator Bowl 2007 Orange Bowl including a school record tying 20 rushing backs coach in 1982. touchdowns by Eric Shelton. With Nord at the While coaching the UK running backs, Nord RECRUITING AREAS helm of the running backs, the Cardinals set a worked with several of the program’s top career Louisville, Eastern Kentucky, North Georgia, school mark for rushing touchdowns with 47. rushers. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, North Atlanta, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, West In his first three seasons as tight ends coach, Nord lettered three seasons for the Wildcats, playing Virginia, Maryland Nord watched Ibn Green become a two-time All- center and . America choice while etching his name in the Nord is married to the former Donna Wilbert. NCAA record books as the NCAA Division I-A They have two daughters — Amy and Angie all-time leader in receptions by a tight end. Green

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Charlie Stubbs served four seasons as Martin, Memphis and Oregon State. Stubbs was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Stubbs at a Glance Tulsa before being hired as the offensive UNLV for two years (1996-97); one year at PERSONAL coordinator at the University of Louisville. He also Tennessee-Martin (1995), where he also coached the Birthdate: September 2, 1955 worked last season as the assistant head coach. quarterbacks and wide receivers; one year at Stubbs has 18 years experience as a collegiate Memphis (1994) and four seasons at Oregon State Hometown: Charleston, S.C. assistant coach, including 10 seasons as an offensive (1987-90). Alma Mater: BYU ‘78 coordinator and three years as passing game At Oregon State, Stubbs began as receivers and Family: Stubbs and his wife, Sandra have four coordinator. tight ends coach for the 1985 and ’86 seasons, before children: Troy, Jay, Kim and Kyle. In his first three years, the Tulsa offense has being promoted to offensive coordinator in 1987. His averaged 30.9 points per game and has ranked offenses were ranked among the PAC-10’s top-three COACHING EXPERIENCE among the top-40 teams in the country for scoring in each season in passing offense, and ranked 10th 2007 Louisville each season. He was a finalist for the AFCA nationally in 1987 and sixth in 1988. He began his Assistant Coach of the Year in 2006. collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant on 2003-06 Tulsa In 2005, the Hurricane offense ranked among LaVell Edwards’ staff at BYU in 1983, and in 1984 1998-00 Alabama the nation’s leaders in scoring offense (23rd), total was a member of the BYU coaching staff that led the 1996-97 UNLV offense (39th), rushing offense (40th) and passing Cougars to the national championship. Before that, he 1995 Tennessee-Martin offense (41st). Tulsa’s scoring average of 33.1 was a high school coach at three different schools in points ranked first in Conference USA. The South Carolina. 1994 Memphis Hurricane offense also converted 49-percent of its In his career, Stubbs has coached seven all- 1985-90 Oregon State third downs to rank sixth nationally. conference quarterbacks and had three quarterbacks 1983-84 BYU Stubbs tutored quarterback , who earn All-America honors, including Oregon State’s ranked second in the conference in passing Erik Wilhelm, and Freshman All-Americans Jon BOWLS AS A COACH efficiency and 24th nationally with a rating of 142.6. Denton of UNLV and Tyler Watts of Alabama. He 1983 Holiday Smith was also named the MVP of the AutoZone also coached Andrew Zow, the all-time leading passer 1984 Holiday Liberty Bowl. at Alabama. 1998 Music City In his first season at Tulsa, the Hurricane Stubbs, 52, began his collegiate playing career 1999 Orange offense ranked 23rd nationally in rushing offense, at Wofford College, but after suffering an injury 2003 Humanitarian an improvement of 63 places from the previous transferred to BYU. He earned his bachelor’s degree 2005 Liberty year; 28th in scoring offense, a jump of 73 spots in 1978, and received his master’s degree in physical 2006 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces from 2002; and, 51st in total offense, an education in 1984, both from BYU. improvement of 54 spots from the previous season. Stubbs and his wife, Sandra, have four In his previous position, Stubbs spent three children: Troy, Jay, Kim and Kyle. Troy is a graduate RECRUITING AREAS Indiana, Northern Ohio, Virginia Southern seasons (1998-2000) as passing game coordinator assistant for the U of L football program, while Jay California, Fork Union, Hargrave Military, Utah, and quarterbacks coach at Alabama, where he was was a receiver at Alabama. Kim attends the Oregon, Nevada, Idaho named the Offensive Coordinator of the Year in the University of Louisville. SEC in 1999 as the Crimson Tide won the SEC title. He was also the offensive coordinator at four different universities, including UNLV, Tennessee- 2007 Louisville Football • 89 Assistant Coaches

GREG BROHM JASON VELTKAMP DIRECTOR OF DIR. OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS STRENGTH & CONDITIONING • Fourth Season • Fourth Season

Former University of Louisville football standout Jason Veltkamp begins his fourth season as the Greg Brohm begins his fourth season as the Director head strength and conditioning coach for the football staff at the University of Louisville. Over of Football Operations with the Cardinals. the last three seasons he has been an instrumental Brohm’s duties with the Cardinals are immense. part of two conference championships and season He handles all the day-to-day operations with the ending trips to the Liberty Bowl, Gator Bowl and Orange Bowl. In his time team, coordinates travel, assists student-athletes with their daily activities and with the Cardinals, fourteen players have been selected in the NFL draft. acts as a liaison with the general public and the football program. Veltkamp came to the Derby City after serving as strength and condition- The former Cardinal wideout, comes to Louisville after serving one year as ing coach at the University of Utah from 1999-2004. After two years as President of the Louisville Fire in the Arena2 Football League. assistant director, he served as the director of strength and conditioning for three seasons. During his time at Utah, Veltkamp saw the Utes football squad While with the Fire, he was responsible for all the day-to-day football win two Mountain West Conference championships and make three bowl operations, including corporate sales, marketing, and all personnel decisions. He appearances including victories over USC in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl and also served as the offensive coordinator on the coaching staff. Southern Miss in the 2003 Liberty Bowl. In addition, the men’s Prior to joining the Fire, Brohm served as an account manager for WHAS team earned three conference titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament on Radio and Clear Channel Communications for nine years, where he developed three occasions. new clients, promotions and marketing plans. Brohm also served on the WHAS Veltkamp has overseen the collegiate physical development of three first broadcast team for Cardinal football nine seasons. round draft picks in Amobe Okoye (DT-Texans), Jordan Gross (OT-Carolina), Alex Smith (QB-San Francisco) and Andrew Bogut (C-Milwaukee—NBA). Brohm, who graduated from Louisville with a bachelor’s degree in 1993, was Other notable professional players Veltkamp has worked with during his time at a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter for the Cardinals from 1988-92 UofL and Utah include Michael Doleac (Heat), Jason Spitz (Packers), Steve under head coach . Smith & Maake Kemoeatu (Panthers), Elvis Dumervil (Broncos), Michael Bush He was a starter for the 1991 Fiesta Bowl championship team, catching 11 (Raiders), Kolby Smith (Chiefs) and Kerry Rhodes (Jets). passes for 138 yards. For his career, Brohm caught 45 passes for 722 yards and A native of Bozeman, Mont., spent two years as a graduate assistant at four scores. He was inducted into the Trinity High School Hall of Fame in 2006. Utah State University, where he assisted with 14 varsity sports, including football, basketball, volleyball and track. Prior to his brief stint at Utah State, Veltkamp was the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Helena Ice Pirates Junior “A” Hockey Club for the 1996-97 season and worked as a student assistant & volunteer coach at Carroll College in ’95 & ‘96. Veltkamp, a graduate of Carroll College was a four-year starter for the Fighting Saints, where he played for Bob Petrino, Sr. Veltkamp was a two-time All-Conference performer in 1993 and 1994, and was also a team captain of the 1994 team. He earned his master’s degree in exercise science from Utah State in 1998 and is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also a member of the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association. Veltkamp and his wife Kristen have two sons, Caden (4 years old) and Colton (1 year old).

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STEVE ADAMS VIDEO ASSISTANT • First Season

Steve Adams joins the Louisville coaching staff after serving the past three seasons as an assistant with the defensive secondary at Western Kentucky Matt Sanders Robyn Mattingly-Crume University. Adams helped coach the Hilltoppers to Student Assistant Recruiting Assistant three consecutive winning seasons and the NCAA I- AA Playoffs in 2004. Adams re-entered the coaching profession after working in marketing DEREK OSWALT following his graduation from WKU. He spent the 2000 season as an assistant at Muhlenberg South (Ky.) High School, working with both defensive backs and DEFENSIVE GRADUATE wide receivers. ASSISTANT A three-year letterwinner from 1997-99, Adams earned his bachelor’s • Fourth Season degree from WKU in 2000. Western finished 10-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs in 1997, and had a 7-4 record Derek Oswalt begins his fourth season with the the following year. The Hilltoppers were ranked in the final top 25 polls in each Cardinal football staff and his second as the defensive of those seasons. graduate assistant. Last season, Oswalt spent the year Adams is a 1995 graduate of Muhlenberg South High School. as the graduate video assistant. Before joining the U of L staff, he spent two CHIP LONG seasons at Thomas More College, coaching the defensive line. OFFENSIVE Collegiately, he played defensive line at Hanover College, where he was GRADUATE ASSISTANT a two-year letterwinner and a two-time Academic All-Conference honoree. • Second Season

Chip Long begins his second season as a CHUCK HALL graduate assistant at the University of Louisville. DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT Long was a four-year letterwinner at the OPERATIONS University of North Alabama. He was a Division II • Eighth Season All-American at and tight end in 2005 and was a first team All-South Region selection and first team All-Gulf-South Conference. Chuck Hall begins his eighth season with the A native of Birmingham, Ala., Long graduated from North Alabama Cardinal Athletic Department and his fifth as with a degree in history with a minor in psychology and business administration. director of athletic equipment operations. Hall spent the 2000 season as U of L’s assistant equipment manager and took over the head post TROY STUBBS prior to the 2001 campaign. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT A 1998 graduate of Kansas State University, Hall served as a student • Second Season equipment manager for the Wildcats from 1995-1998. Following his graduation, Hall was hired as a full-time assistant by KSU. Along with his work at Kansas State, Hall served a pair of summer internships with the Washington Redskins and one with the San Diego Chargers. Troy Stubbs begins his first season as an Born November 29, 1973, Hall is married to the former Leslie Begshaw. administrative assistant with University of Louisville football program. Stubbs comes to Louisville after serving four years at an investment firm in Memphis, DAVID SPINA Tenn. Stubbs first attended the United Air Force Academy in 1996-97 before serving a two-year mission. played wide receiver at DIRECTOR OF VIDEO the United States Air Force Academy. He transfered to Alabama where he recieved OPERATIONS a bachelor of science in Commerce and Business Administration from Alabama in • Ninth Season December 2002 with a double major in International Finance and Russian. He’s currently working on his master’s degree in sports administration at the University David Spina enters his ninth season at the helm of of Louisville. He and his wife, Jenny have two children, Isaac (5) and Elsa (2). the Cardinal football video department. As director of video operations, Spina is NOT PICTURED: Tavian Banks responsible for the filming and editing of all football related video including practice and game footage. Spina joined the U of L staff in 1998 after spending his entire career as a member of the Arizona Wildcat staff. He spent the 1990-96 seasons as a videographer before being promoted to senior videographer in ’96. Spina is married to the former Darlyne Dunlap and are the parents of a daughter, Danika. 2007 Louisville Football • 91 Support Staff

Aaron Bachert Bryan Dermody Ali Distler Brad Farrell Paul Gering Assistant Athletic Strength and Recruiting Assistant Assistant Athletic Special Assistant to the Trainer Conditioning Trainer Head Coach

Shawn Griswold Stephen McCray Denise Murphy Vicky Nugent Antoine Sharpe Strength and Graduate Assistant Administrative Program Assistant Strength and Conditioning Athletic Trainer Assistant Conditioning EQUIPMENT STAFF The University of Louisville equipment staff may work behind the scenes, but their efforts are noticed every time the Cardinals take the field. The job of the equipment staff is to assist the coaches, administrators and medical staff to ensure that the Cardinals’ student-athletes have the proper equipment in premium conditions to assure the athletes’ health and well- being. The function of the equipment staff is labor-intensive and important to the success of the Cardinals on the field. In addition to providing supe- rior service to the coaches and athletes, the staff is also responsible for inventory control, purchasing, budgets, safety issues and NCAA compli- ance. The equipment staff works year-round with the top equipment manu- facturers in the country to give the Cardinals with a superb look on the field, and to fit Louisville student-athletes with the most modern and effi- cient practice apparel. Louisville is fortunate to have an experienced staff of full-time and student managers dedicated to helping U of L athletes to perform at their highest level. Transporting football equipment to away games all across the coun- try can be a daunting task. Louisville is fortunate to be the beneficiary of a generous donation of time and equipment of Pegasus Trucking.

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The U of L athletic training staff has three certified athletic trainers and four team doctors that check on the players each and every day.

he athletic training room in the Howard Schnellenberger Football Complex, directed by the sports medicine staff, provides health care and wellness to each student-athlete.With Tan overall area of 5,000 square feet, the training room is equipped with the most modern health care and rehabilitation equipment.The training room is well equipped with the latest in sports medicine technology, including a Swim-ex therapy swimming pool. Whether it is for rehabilitation of a sports injury, or a preventative measure, almost all of the football team’s players visit this room on a daily basis. The facility is managed by four certified athletic trainers, who, under the direction of Head Team Physician Raymond Shea, oversee all of the medical needs of the football team including prevention, care and rehabilitation of all The U of L athletic training staff is one of the best in the injuries and illnesses. country. Under the direction of head trainer Dwayne Treolo, The sports medicine team includes many consultants through its football student-athletes receive outstanding care and relationship with Jewish Hospital. supervision. The expertise of all of those involved, in combination with this “cutting edge” facility, practically guarantees that U of L football athletes receive arguably the finest care in the country.

DWAYNE TREOLO HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER • 15th Season

Dr. Chris Pitcock Dr. Ray Shea Dr. David Caborm Dwayne Treolo begins his 15th season as the Cards’ head football trainer. He came to the University of Louisville after serving as an assistant trainer at UCLA (1991-93), Notre Dame (1986-91) and as a graduate assistant at Purdue (1985-86). While at Notre Dame, Treolo worked with Notre Dame’s national championship gridiron squad in 1988. Treolo graduated Magna Cum Laude from West Virginia in 1985 with a bachelor of science degree in physical education and from Purdue in 1986 with a master’s in exercise physiology. Treolo is married to the former Joan Orlicki of South Bend, Ind. They have a son, Owen Michael. Dr. Scott Black Dr. Greg Potts 2007 Louisville Football • 93