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COACHES & STAFF INOKE BRECKTERFIELD TIM HUNDLEY DEFENSIVE LINE - 1ST SEASON SECONDARY - 3RD SEASON OREGON STATE ’07 WESTERN OREGON STATE ’74 Inoke (pronounced ee-NO-kay) Breckterfi eld, an All-Pac-10 defensive lineman as a Tim Hundley, who has a long association with head coach Rick Neuheisel, rejoined the player, is in his fi rst season as defensive line coach. Bruin staff in February of 2009 as secondary coach, in charge of safeties. Hundley had “Inoke is an outstanding young talent who I feel will have a great impact on our defensive served seven season on Neuheisel's staffs at Colorado and Washington and both were linemen,” said head coach Rick Neuheisel at the time of the hire. “(Oregon State head assistants at UCLA for four seasons. coach) Mike Riley and (Montana head coach) Robin Pfl ugrad were both effusive in their In 2010, Hundley tutored an outstanding safety duo of Rahim Moore (2nd rd. selection praise of Inoke and he really impressed me, Joe Tresey and the other defensive assistants in NFL Draft), who earned fi rst-team All-America honors, and Tony Dye, the team’s top during his interview. You can tell by listening to him that he is a real people person who tackler. In 2009, Moore led the nation with 10 interceptions, the second-highest total in will connect with our linemen and will be an outstanding recruiter as well.” school history, from his free safety spot and earned fi rst-team All-America and fi rst-team Breckterfi eld, 33, coached the defensive line at Montana in the 2010 season. The Grizzlies All-Conference honors. The Bruins led the Pac-10 in turnovers gained, with 30, were ranked fi rst in the Big Sky and 14th in the BCS in tackles for loss (7.64 per game) and ranked second in pass defense and third in total defense. second in the league and 18th nationally in sacks per contest (2.64). Montana ranked In ’08, Hundley served as Assistant Head Coach/Defense at SMU. He spent the previous 103rd and 88th in those categories, respectively, in 2009. four years (’04-’07) as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University The new Bruin coach tutored the defensive line at Weber State in 2009. Following that of Texas–El Paso. In ’07, UTEP ranked 17th in the nation in turnover ratio at plus-nine season, he moved to Portland State but was hired at Montana two months later. and placed two players on the All-Conference USA squad. During his four-year stint, his Miner players captured a total of 10 All-Conference honors and one Defensive Prior to his stint in Ogden,UT he spent three seasons under coach Riley at his alma Player of the Year award. In ’05, Hundley was recognized by Scouts, Inc., as one of fi ve mater, Oregon State. He was a graduate assistant coach for the Beavers in 2008 and coordinators nationally with the "best head-coaching potential." 2007 and was a volunteer coach in 2006, working with the defensive line. Hundley has coached in 14 bowl games, including two Rose Bowls, and groomed 21 As a player, he was a standout defensive lineman for the Beavers, and was coached by players who moved on to the National Football League, including Marquis Cooper Riley in his fi nal two years (1997-98). As a senior in 1998, he was named fi rst-team All- (Seattle), Thomas Howard (Oakland), Michael Lewis (49ers), Quinton Demps (Eagles), Pac-10 and third team All-American (Associated Press) at defensive end. In addition, he Kenny Taylor (Bears) and UCLA alums Rahim Moore (Denver), Ryan Neufeld (Buffalo), was voted team MVP, was the defensive winner of the Morris Trophy Award (the best Donnie Edwards (Chiefs, Chargers) and Tommy Bennett (Cardinals). In addition, Hundley defensive lineman in the league as voted on by Pac-10 offensive linemen), selected to recruited six players who garnered collegiate All-America honors - David Kilson (Ne- play in the Hula Bowl (named the game's "Outstanding Lineman") and named Oregon vada), Andre Gurode (Colorado), Michael Lewis (Colorado), Cade McNown (UCLA), State’s “Male Athlete of the Year.” Sam Merriman (Idaho) and Jamir Miller (UCLA). He has also served as coordinator As a junior at OSU, he was named second team All-Pac-10, team MVP and honorable for two Coach-of-the-Year selections – Dave Kragthorpe of Oregon St. (Pac-10) in ’89 mention All-American. He was honorable mention all-league as a sophomore and chosen and Mike Price of UTEP (AFCA Region Four) in ’04. OSU’s “Rookie of the Year” on defense as a freshman. Breckterfi eld left OSU as the Hundley’s coaching resume includes 18 years as a defensive coordinator - two at Clacka- school’s career leader in tackles for loss (55.5) and sacks (19.5) and is currently ranked mas Community College (’75-’76), one at Idaho (’79), six at Oregon State (’84-’89), fi ve second in both categories at the school. at Washington (’99-’03) and four at UTEP. Following his college career, he played in the Canadian Football League for fi ve seasons Hundley served as the defensive coordinator at Washington, under Neuheisel from for the Toronto Argonauts (1999-2000) and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2001-03). ’99-’02, and as co-defensive coordinator for the Huskies in ’03. He tutored the outside He worked in the private sector in Aiea, Hawaii, from 2003-06 and then returned to linebackers from ’99-’02 before overseeing the entire linebacking corps in ’03. He also OSU to attend school and serve as a volunteer assistant coach. supervised the punt coverage unit during his fi nal season with the Huskies. RECRUITING RESPONSIBILITIES — Bakersfi eld, Fresno, Utah, Hawaii, Idaho, He began his coaching career in ’74 as a graduate assistant at Western Oregon State, Montana. his alma mater. He went on to stints at Clackamas Community College (’75-’76), Idaho PERSONAL — Education: Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies from Oregon State, (’77-’79) and Nevada (’80-’81). In ’78, he coached the running backs at Idaho, marking 2007; At UCLA: 1st year (joined the staff in February of 2011); Born: April 25, 1977 in the only time in his coaching career that he has spent time on the offensive side of the Kahuku, HI. Family: Inoke and his wife, Carol, have a son, Kalevi. ball. In ’82, he began a long-running association with the Pac-10 Conference. He worked at Oregon State for eight years before enjoying six seasons (’90-’95) at UCLA as inside linebackers coach and, in the latter three years, special teams coordinator. The ’93 Bruin staff also included Neuheisel, offensive line coach Bob Palcic and running backs coach Wayne Moses. After three years on Neuheisel’s staff at Colorado (’96-’98), he followed him to Washington. Hundley was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame after an All-America football career at Western Oregon State. He was a three-time All-Conference selection in college. He earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Western Oregon State in ’74, and added a master’s degree in education from Idaho in ’78. Hundley lettered in football, baseball and basketball at Forest Grove High School. RECRUITING RESPONSIBILITIES — Oregon, Washington, San Diego. PERSONAL — Education: Bachelor's in Education from Western Oregon State, 1974; Master's in Education from Idaho, 1978; At UCLA: Third year of second term (joined the staff in February of 2009); Born: May 1, 1951 in Portland, OR; Family: Tim and his wife Pam, have two sons, Jake and Nick. Nick was a catcher on the Arizona baseball team that reached the ’04 College World Series. He is currently a member of the San Diego Padres. Jake earned his Doctorate in engineering at UCLA in ’09. 6 COACHES & STAFF MIKE JOHNSON CLARK LEA OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR / WIDE RECEIVERS - 1ST SEASON LINEBACKERS - 2ND SEASON AKRON ’90 VANDERBILT ’05 Mike Johnson, who has 10 years of NFL coaching experience and three at the Clark Lea is set to begin his second season as a full-time assistant coach in charge of collegiate level, at Oregon State, is set to begin his fi rst year with the Bruin pro- the Bruin linebackers, having been promoted in February, 2010. gram. He was hired on January 20, 2011 to be the offensive coordinator and wide Three of his top four linebackers will return for 2011. Akeem Ayers will take his talents receivers coach after serving on the staff of the San Francisco 49ers in the 2009 to the NFL (Rd. 2 of 2011 Draft) after earning All-America honors and fi rst-team all- and 2010 seasons. conference accolades, but Sean Westgate (90 tackles), Patrick Larimore (41 tackles) and Johnson fi nished the 2010 season as the offensive coordinator (took over on Sept. Jordan Zumwalt (32 tackles) are back. In the ’09 season, Lea coached the linebackers as 27, 2010) for the 49ers. He was originally hired in 2009 as the team’s quarterbacks a second-year graduate assistant. coach. Johnson played a signifi cant role in the development of San Francisco quar- Lea is also an outstanding recruiter. In 2009, he helped secure several recruits despite terbacks Shaun Hill and Alex Smith. The two combined for 23 touchdown passes in the fact that he was not allowed to leave campus as a graduate assistant. This past year, the 2009 season, marking the highest total in a single season by a 49er since 2003. he landed recruits from Tennessee, Massachusetts and Central California. After Hill started the fi rst six games, Smith earned his way back into the starting Lea (pronounced Lee) also served as a Bruin graduate assistant under former defensive lineup after not having played a regular season game in over two years due to injury.