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The Coaching Staff

MATT Matt Walker’s WALKER Collegiate Coaching Experience Head Coach Years Position Matt Walker took the helm of the 1999-00 Assistant Baseball Coach DePauw football program in June and DePauw University became just the 11th DePauw head coach Greencastle, in the last 77 years. A 1999 DePauw graduate, Walker also is the first DePauw alumnus in the last 2000- Head Baseball Coach century to serve as head football coach at present DePauw University his alma mater. Greencastle, Indiana Over the previous six seasons, Walker has been an assistant coach for the football program and has coached 2000-06 Assistant Football Coach wide receivers and tight ends in addition DePauw University to his running backs assignment in 2005. He will also coach the in Greencastle, Indiana 2006. The Crawfordsville, Ind., native is also entering his eighth season as 2006- Head Football Coach DePauw’s head baseball coach where his teams have posted a 171-119 record DePauw University making him the second winningest coach in school history. He led the 2001 Tigers Greencastle, Indiana to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title and their first appearance in the NCAA tournament in 22 years. His 2004 team won a school-record 28 games and the 20-5 squad broke that record with 29 victories. He joined the DePauw staff as an assistant baseball DePauw All-Time Coaching Records coach in the fall of 1999 and was named interim head baseball coach in mid- March, 2000. COACH YEARS YRS W L T PCT. Walker was a three-year member of the DePauw football team, earned a None Listed 1884 1 0 1 0 .000 varsity letter during his senior season and was a starter at as well as W. G. Glenn 1889-90 2 2 3 1 .417 a special teams player. During his three seasons, the Tigers posted a 24-6 record Clint Hare 1891 1 3 1 0 .750 including a school-record tying nine wins in 1996 and an Indiana Collegiate A.N. Sager 1892-93 2 7 7 0 .500 E.O. Smith 1894 1 4 4 0 .500 Athletic Conference championship. Frank E. Wade 1895 1 3 3 1 .500 As a member of the DePauw baseball team, Walker set the single-season Arthur Hamrick 1896-97 2 6 9 0 .400 school record with 79 strikeouts in 1999 on the way to winning 10 games which Samuel K. Ruick 1898 1 3 4 2 .444 stands as the second-highest season total by a DePauw pitcher. He earned three Jules H. Ford 1899 1 3 2 0 .600 varsity letters and was an all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference first team Herbert J. McIntire 1899-1900 2 7 8 2 .471 selection as a senior. 1901 1 8 3 0 .727 Walker earned a master’s degree from Indiana State University. He, his wife Jimmy Henry 1902 1 5 5 0 .500 Jana and daughter, Kraly, reside in Greencastle. Chauncey Berrien 1903 1 2 6 1 .278 McFadden 1904 1 6 3 0 .667 O.H. Luck 1905-06 2 7 10 0 .412 Arthur M. Brown 1907-09 3 11 9 1 .548 R.C. Tapp 1910 1 4 3 0 .571 Arthur H. Berndt 1911 1 0 5 3 .188 1912 1 3 5 0 .375 Tom A. Bogle 1913-14 2 9 7 1 .559 Ralph Young 1915 1 5 3 0 .625 Edbert C. Buss 1916-20 5 21 13 1 .614 Fred M. Walker 1921 1 4 3 0 .571 James M. Ashmore 1922-24 3 9 11 3 .457 William L. Hughes 1925-29 5 20 17 3 .538 Raymond “Gaumey” Neal 1930-45 16 79 34 7 .688 Robert Nipper 1946 1 1 5 2 .250 Mike Snavely 1947-55 9 29 42 2 .411 Bob Hicks 1956-58 3 9 15 1 .380 Tom Mont 1959-76 18 67 94 4 .418 1977-78 2 3 16 0 .158 1979-80 2 9 9 1 .500 1981-2003 23 138 87 4 .611 2004 1 8 2 0 .800 Tim Rogers 2005 1 7 2 0 .778 TOTALS 118 502 451 40 .526

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Assistant Coaches

KIT CARTWRIGHT Conference in rushing, total and scoring defense ROBBY LONG Offensive Coordinator/ in 1995. The 1983 Tigers led all of Division III in Assistant Head Coach Offensive Line rushing defense by allowing just 41.6 yards on the Defensive Coordinator ground. Kit Cartwright begins his Hreha was a three-year letterman in football for Robby Long enters his third first season as an assistant DePauw and co-captain during his senior year. A season as offensive line coach coach for the Tigers after 30 three-year starter at defensive tackle, Hreha earned for the Tigers and first as the years in the collegiate coaching the team’s spirit award as a junior. Tigers’ defensive coordinator. ranks. Cartwright will serve After graduating in 1973 with a B.A. degree in He also is the director of stu- as offensive coordinator and history, he earned the M.A.T. degree in physical dent-athlete recruitment. offensive line coach. education in 1976 while serving as graduate assistant Long served as a graduate assistant on the de- The 1976 Bowling Green State University football coach. Hreha has also served as head men’s fensive line at the University of Illinois each of the graduate has served as an offensive coordinator at and women’s track and field coach at DePauw and last two seasons. He assisted the defensive line coach three Division I schools and, most recently, was the coached Alan Hill to a national championship in in planning and conducting practices in addition to head coach at from 2002 through the pole vault as well as two additional all-America organizing and coaching the defensive and special 2005. Previously he was the Bulldogs’ offensive awards. teams scout teams. coordinator for four seasons. Long, a native of Champaign, Ill., earned a bach- Cartwright began his coaching career as a LEN FELTON elor of science of applied life degree from Illinois. graduate assistant at the University of Toledo before Running Backs A three-year varsity lettermen for the Fighting moving on to the defensive coordinator position at Illini, Long played on the 2001 outright Big Ten Ohio Wesleyan. He then served as an assistant coach Len Felton enters his first champion squad that finished with a 10-2 record and at Penn State, Bowling Green and Purdue before season as an assistant coach competed in the 2002 . He also played on being named the offensive coordinator at Eastern at DePauw and will coach the the squad that won the 1999 Micron PC Bowl and Illinois in 1987. running backs. finished with an 8-4 record. Long was the team’s He then served as an assistant coach at Colorado Felton earned a bachelor of defensive player of the week after the California State before joining the Ball State staff as its offensive science degree in English from game in 2001. coordinator in 1993. Following a two-year stint as an the University of Wisconsin-La Long and his wife, Stacy, reside in suburban assistant at the , Cartwright Crosse in 1988 and comes from Cornell College in . was the passing game coordinator at Indiana Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where he was the defensive backs University prior to going to Butler. coach each of the last two years. Cartwright has helped seven different teams to He previously served one year each as an assistant JAMIE ZORBO postseason bowl games. He was on the Penn State at both St. Norbert College and Lawrence University Linebackers staff for the 1979 Sugar Bowl and with Bowling and was the head coach at St. Thomas Moore High Green for the 1982 California Bowl. In 1984, he School as well as an assistant in the Village of Allouez Jamie Zorbo enters his helped Purdue to the , and then assisted at School, both in Green Bay. Felton also was a sports first year as an assistant coach Colorado State for the 1991 Freedom Bowl. He was reporter for WLUK-TV in Green Bay for 14 years. at DePauw and will coach the with Ball State at the 1993 , helped linebackers. Michigan to the 1994 , and was with BOBBY JACKSON Zorbo graduated from Kal- the Wolverines at the 1995 . Defensive Backs amazoo College in 2000 with a He further helped develop five all-American bachelor’s degree in chemistry performers and several players who went on to earn Bobby Jackson begins his before earning a master’s degree in business adminis- a spot in the NFL, including New England Patriots first season as an assistant for tration from Western Michigan University in 2004. quarterback and Brian Griese of the the Tigers and will coach the An assistant coach at Kalamazoo since 2000, . defensive backs. Zorbo was named the assistant head coach in A native of Toledo, Ohio, Cartwright was a walk- Jackson graduated from the December 2005 and the defensive coordinator in on defensive back at Bowling Green. He received a University of Illinois in 2001 2004. master’s degree from Toledo in 1982. with a bachelor’s degree in his- He coached six all-Michigan Intercollegiate Cartwright and his wife, Dawn are the parents tory and was a four-year starting safety for the Illini. Athletic Association players including Division III’s of a son, Michael, and two daughters, Kelly and A four-year letterman, Jackson served as team captain leading tackler and conference defensive player of Kristy. twice including his senior season when Illinois was the year in 2004. Zorbo earned four letters for the the outright Big Ten champion and played in the Hornets as a defensive end and was an all-Michigan TIM HREHA 2002 Sugar Bowl. Intercollegiate Athletic Association selection in Defensive Linemen He played professionally with NFL Europe’s 1999. Scottish Claymore in 2003 where he was the team’s Zorbo and his wife, Kristy, reside in Tim Hreha (RAY-ha), now special team’s captain. Jackson was also on the NFL Greencastle. in his 29th year as assistant rosters of the New York Jets, football coach at DePauw, and . Most recently, he was an serves as defensive line coach. assistant coach at Champaign Central High School He also serves as an assistant in Illinois. track and field coach. Jackson and his wife, Chequetta, reside in Throughout the years, the suburban Indianapolis. Tigers’ defense has been ranked among the nation’s leaders. The Tigers led the Indiana Collegiate Athletic

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ROBERT BOTTOMS Foundation in New York City, the Seabury-Western provides clinical instruction for athletic training Theological Seminary in Chicago, the Joyce Founda- students and is an academic advisor. In a five-year President tion in Chicago, and the Center for Leadership De- process that culminated in May 1999, he led the Dr. Robert Bottoms has velopment in Indianapolis. In addition, Dr. Bottoms Athletic Training Education Program to accredita- completed his second decade has been a consultant to the Lilly Endowment, the tion by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied as President of DePauw Uni- Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the Fund for Heath Education Programs. versity. A native of Birming- Theological Education. The DePauw President has Over the years, Call has been active in both his ham, Alabama, Dr. Bottoms written articles and opinion pieces for The New York profession and community. In May, he was awarded earned his bachelor degree at Times, The Indianapolis Star and the Chicago Tribune. the 2002 College/University Athletic Trainer of the Birmingham-Southern College, Year by the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association. a Bachelor of Divinity degree at Emory University, PAGE COTTON Call is an oral examiner for the National Athletic and his doctorate at Vanderbilt University. His career Director of Athletics Trainer’s Association Board of Certification. He in higher education began when he was appointed has assisted six high schools in the first-time utiliza- Chaplain and Assistant to the President at Birming- Page Cotton enters his tion of a certified athletic trainer to care for their ham-Southern. He later moved to the Vanderbilt 11th year as the Theodore M. athletes. Each spring, Call and the DePauw athletic Divinity School as Assistant Dean and Assistant Katula Director of Athletics. training staff assist Orthopaedics Indianapolis and Professor of Church and Ministry. In 1978, DePauw Cotton also oversees recre- Greencastle Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine University selected Dr. Bottoms as its Vice President ational sports at DePauw and in providing affordable and comprehensive sports for University Relations; he subsequently advanced serves as the head men’s soccer physicals for Putnam County school-age athletes. to Executive Vice President of the University before coach, a position he has held He has been active with Main Street Greencastle being named President in 1986. since 1969. and worked with the Heritage Preservation Society The University’s chief officer immediately estab- Cotton oversees the University’s 21 men’s and in the development of the “Heritage Wall.” lished three key goals for his administration--increas- women’s athletic teams as well as several club and Call earned a B.S. degree from Ball State Univer- ing campus diversity, improving science education, intramural programs. During his tenure as director of sity in 1979 and an M.S. degree from the University and advancing moral reflection--and in the interven- athletics, DePauw’s athletic program has consistently of Arizona in 1980. In addition to DePauw, Call ing years the University has made significant strides moved up in the Sports Academy Directors’ Cup worked four years with the University of Pittsburgh on each. While diversification efforts are ongoing, standings and finished 13th in 2005-06. football program and worked two preseason training DePauw’s curriculum, faculty, staff, and student A professor of kinesiology at DePauw, Cotton camps with the Buffalo Bills. He and his wife, Carol, body are more geographically, socioeconomically, received the Medora C. Adams Distinguished have three children. and racially diverse than at any time in its history. Professor Award in April, 2004. Through Dr. Bottoms’ leadership, DePauw has Cotton begins his 38th season as head coach of BILL WAGNER also made momentous advances in the sciences, the DePauw men’s soccer program and his teams Director of including unique research/study opportunities pro- have compiled a 367-178-32 mark including .500 or Sports Information vided by the University’s recently established Nature better seasons each of the last 24 seasons. Additional Park. Located on the site of an abandoned quarry, success for Cotton’s Tigers has come on the national Bill Wagner begins his 21st the nearly 500-acre DePauw University Nature level with eight appearances in the NCAA Division year as director of sports infor- Park has opened new academic horizons for faculty III Championship with the most recent trip coming mation. The Tiffin, Ohio, native and students in the fields of biology, geology, and in 2000 when the Tigers advanced to the second is responsible for publicity for geography, among others. The facility also offers op- round. In Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference all 21 of the University’s inter- portunities for reflection and recreation for members play from 1989 through 1997, the Tigers dominated collegiate athletic programs and of the University and neighboring communities. the competition by winning all 54 matches. Cotton oversees the athletics portion To support efforts on behalf of moral reflection, earned the league’s coach of the year honors each of the DePauw Web site. the University announced in September 2005 the of those nine seasons. Wagner earned a bachelor of science in busi- formation of the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics. A native of Newton, Mass., Cotton graduated ness administration with a major in marketing and The Institute, which is currently under construction from Springfield College where he captained the an emphasis on advertising and marketing research in the DePauw Nature Park, will help faculty and team that posted an undefeated season and captured from University in 1985 before obtaining a students integrate the study of ethical issues across Atlantic Coast and New England championships. master of arts in sport management from The Ohio the curriculum, focusing greater attention on the Cotton is recognized as a leader of soccer de- State University in 1986. He worked in the sports role ethics play in every individual’s personal and velopment in Indiana and has been selected state information offices at both schools. professional life. The culmination of the President’s clinician by the National Soccer Coaches Association. He served as a venue media director at the Tenth lifelong studies of personal and public ethics, un- Additionally, he has served on several NCAA soccer Pan American Games in Indianapolis in 1987 and derscored by insights gained from such events as committees and recently chaired the championships assisted with media relations at the 1988 NCAA the April 2003 symposium, Political Education and selection process. Division I Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional at the Modern University and the University’s annual He and his wife, Narda, are the parents of Eliza- the Pontiac Silverdome. Wagner also worked in sales seminar, DePauw Discourse, the Prindle Institute beth and Page. for the Cleveland Cavaliers professional basketball will also serve as a resource for the national academic team. community. REX CALL A member of the College Sports Information President Bottoms has led two highly success- Director of Directors of America (CoSIDA), Wagner currently ful fund-raising endeavors, the most recent being Sports Medicine serves on the national organization’s board of direc- the Campaign for DePauw: Leadership for a New tors and is a district coordinator for the ESPN The Century, which culminated in April 2000 with gifts Rex Call enters his 21st year Magazine Academic All-America program. and commitments in excess of $374 million. This at DePauw. With a staff of Wagner received a “Best in the Nation” award for achievement was recognized by the Council for three certified athletic train- the 1996 and 1997 football media guides and for the Advancement and Support of Education when ers and one graduate assistant cover of the 1988 football media guide. The 2002 Dr. Bottoms was named in 2000 a recipient of the certified athletic trainer, Call and 1994 guides earned second place honors. CASE V Chief Executive Leadership Award. As administrates sports health care In all, nine of the DePauw football guides since a result of that record-setting effort, DePauw has services to over 400 men’s and women’s intercolle- 1992 have been ranked among the top five in the hired additional faculty, constructed new state-of- giate student-athletes at DePauw. He works directly nation as well as three men’s basketball guides. the-art buildings, renovated existing structures, and with football, softball and men’s basketball. Wagner has previously been a member of the gained recognition as a leading national liberal arts On the academic side, Call is a faculty member Football Writers Association of America, the United college. with rank of Associate Professor in Kinesiology. He States Basketball Writers of America and the Col- He currently serves on the boards of the Posse teaches in the Athletic Training Education Program, legiate Baseball Writers of America. He and his wife, Shelly, reside in Greencastle. 26 — 2006 DePauw University Football University Personnel

DePauw University Athletic Department Directory (765 area code)

SWIMMING AND DIVING, MEN’S ADMINISTRATION Adam Cohen, head coach ...... 658-4119 Justin Jennings, graduate assistant ...... 658-4954 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS S. Page Cotton, Jr...... 658-4938 SWIMMING, WOMEN’S Mary Bretscher, head coach ...... 658-4946 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Justin Jennings, graduate assistant ...... 658-4954 Mary Bretscher ...... 658-4946 TENNIS, MEN’S COACHING STAFF Tom Cath, head coach ...... 658-4279

BASEBALL TENNIS, WOMEN’S Matt Walker, head coach ...... 658-4939 Scott Riggle, head coach ...... 658-4935 Jake Martin, assistant coach ...... 658-4929 P.J. Mitchell, graduate assistant ...... 658-4929 TRACK and FIELD, MEN’S and WOMEN’S Kori Stoffregen, head coach ...... 658-4945 BASKETBALL, MEN Keith Solverson, graduate assistant ...... 658-4947 Bill Fenlon, head coach ...... 658-4940 Tim Hreha, assistant coach ...... 658-4943 Jason Kreag, assistant coach ...... 658-6313 Bobby Jackson, assistant coach ...... 658-4951 Carson Harris, graduate assistant ...... 658-4942 Linda Skaggs, assistant coach ...... 658-6623 Jim Spencer, volunteer assistant ...... 658-6602 VOLLEYBALL BASKETBALL, WOMEN’S Deb Zellers, head coach ...... 658-4969 Kris Huffman, head coach ...... 658-4960 Erin Plumley, graduate assistant ...... 658-4950 Mary Smith, assistant coach ...... 658-6280 Tria Yoder, graduate assistant ...... 658-4930 Brian Kern, volunteer assistant ...... 658-4933 SUPPORT PERSONNEL

CROSS COUNTRY, MEN’S and WOMEN’S EQUIPMENT MANAGERS Kori Stoffregen, head coach ...... 658-4945 Jeanne Morris, equipment manager ...... 658-4949 or 4952 Linda Skaggs, assistant coach ...... 658-6623 Sandra Moore-Glass, part-time equipment manager ...... 658-4949 Keith Solverson, graduate assistant ...... 658-4947 NCAA COMPLIANCE FIELD HOCKEY Adam Cohen, director of NCAA compliance ...... 658-4119 Carla Lane, head coach ...... 658-4931 PROMOTIONS and MARKETING FOOTBALL Mary Smith, coordinator ...... 658-6280 Matt Walker, head coach ...... 658-4939 assistant coach ...... 658-4299 Kit Cartwright, SPORTS INFORMATION Derrick Clark, part-time assistant coach ...... 658-4939 Bill Wagner, director ...... 658-4630 Len Felton, assistant coach ...... 658-6086 Tim Hreha, assistant coach ...... 658-4943 Bobby Jackson, assistant coach ...... 658-4951 SPORTS MEDICINE , head trainer ...... 658-4937 Robby Long, assistant head coach ...... 658-4944 Rex Call assistant trainer ...... 658-4972 Jamie Zorbo, assistant coach ...... 658-4908 Roger Doan, Jen Pipkin, assistant trainer ...... 658-4968 Becky Rausch, graduate assistant trainer ...... 658-4953 GOLF, MEN’S and WOMEN’S Vince Lazar, head coach ...... 658-4921 Jason Kreag, assistant coach ...... 658-6313 STRENGTH and CONDITIONING Roger Doan, coordinator ...... 658-4972 Tria Yoder, assistant ...... 658-4930 SOCCER, MEN’S Jamie Zorbo, assistant ...... 658-4908 S. Page Cotton, Jr., head coach ...... 658-4938 Corbin Sutton, assistant coach ...... 658-4958 STUDENT-ATHLETE RECRUITMENT Robby Long, coordinator ...... 658-4944 SOCCER, WOMEN’S John Carter, head coach ...... 658-4961 SUPPORT STAFF Ginny Kersey, secretary to the Director of Athletics ...... 658-4934 SOFTBALL Donna Rust, KIN/Athletics secretary ...... 658-4012 Bonnie Skrenta, head coach ...... 658-4967 Clyde Spencer, part-time assistant coach ...... N/A

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