AIR FORCE SOCCER 2008 GENERAL INFORMATION ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location: USAF Academy, Colo. Assoc. AD/Communications: Troy Garnhart Media Information . .2 Founded: 1954 Office Phone: (719) 333-9263 Nickname: Falcons Coaches / Staff Colors: Blue and Silver Men’s Soccer SID: Jerry Cross Head Coach Doug Hill . .3 Enrollment: 4,400 Office Phone: (719) 333-3950 Coaching Staff . .4 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Office Fax: (719) 333-3798 Support Staff . .5 Conference: Mountain Pacific Sports Fed. Cell Phone: (719) 338-0804 Home Field: Cadet Soccer Stadium E-mail: [email protected] 2008 Season Press Box Phone: (719) 333-3157 2008 Season Preview . .6-7 Director of Athletics: Dr. Hans Mueh Mailing Address: 2008 Roster . .8 Vice Athletic Director: Brad DeAustin Athletic Communications Office Meet the Falcons . .9-17 Deputy AD/Athletic Prog.: Col. Billy Walker U.S. Air Force Academy 2008 Opponents . .18-19 2168 Fieldhouse Drive The MPSF . .20 USAFA, Colo. 80840 2007 in Review TEAM INFORMATION Website: www.goairforcefalcons.com 2007 Review/Results . .21 Head Coach: Doug Hill 2007 Statistics . .22 Alma Mater: USAFA (1983) Office Phone: (719) 333-2174 CREDITS History/Records Toll-Free: (800) 379-1455 x2174 Writing & Editing: Jerry Cross Cell Phone: (719) 244-7002 Year-by-Year Results . .23 E-mail: [email protected] Cover Design: Madeline McGuire Individual & Team Records . .24 All-Time Letterwinners . .25-26 AFA Record/Yrs: 5-12-1/One Season Photos: DenMar Services and Ken Mellott Overall Record/Yrs: 5-12-1/One Season Award Winners . .27 All-Americans / Falcons in the Pros . .28 2007 Overall Record: 5-12-1 The 2008 men’s soccer media guide is a pro- The Academy 2007 Conf. Record/Finish: 3-7/T, 5th duction of the Air Force Academy athletic com- The USAFA . .29 munications office. Thank you to Madeline Assistant Coaches: USAFA Senior Leadership . .30 Anthony Latronica (Rhode Island, ‘97) McGuire for the cover designs and the entire Athletic Department Leadership . .31 Lt. Col. Chris Foster (USAFA, ‘89) communications office for editing assistance. USAFA Athletics . .32 Capt. Billy Minor (USAFA, ‘03) Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6 A regular-season record crowd of 3,206 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 16/8 packed Cadet Soccer Stadium on Aug. 25, 2006 as the Falcons and service-academy rival Army battled to a 1-1 tie. ALUMNI INFORMATION AIR FORCE SOCCER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION President: Pat McKenna (‘87) Vice Pres: Jeff Harder (‘90) Treasurer: Greg Walsh (‘81) Secretary: Greg Schiller (‘85) For more information, contact: Greg Walsh 3617 Sandbar Lane Colleyville, TX 76034 817-577-8661 FRONT COVER BACK COVER Senior Jason Dall and junior Kevin There is only one other senior on the Rosser lead the Falcons this season as roster this season. Reid Gaiser rounds the team’s co-captains. out the class of 2009. Dall started all 18 games last season Gaiser appeared in every game last and scored his only goal of the season in season and enters the 2008 campaign a 2-0 victory over Birmingham Southern. with four goals and one assist in his Rosser, meanwhile, scored the first career. He attempted 14 total shots last goal of his career and added two assists year, with seven of those on goal. in 2007 while starting every game. WWW..GOAIRFORCEFALCONS..COM 1 MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA GUIDE PRESS PARKING IN-SEASON The 2008 Air Force men’s soccer media guide There is no press parking available. The earlier INTERVIEWS is produced as a source of information for the you arrive the better parking you’ll find. All Air Force players and coaches are available media. Other materials may be obtained by con- for interviews with the following guidelines. All tacting the athletic communications office: interviews must be made through the athletic AIR FORCE communications office at (719) 333-3950 or Athletic Communications Office 333-2313. All interview requests must be made 2168 Field House Drive PRACTICES at least one day in advance so that the player or USAF Academy, CO 80840-9500 All Air Force practices both home and on the coach can be properly notified. There will be no Phone (719) 333-2313 road are open to the media. Media members interviews on game day with players. Fax (719) 333-3798 wishing to film practice must make arrange- ments with the athletic communications office to attend practice. A member of the athletic WORKING PRESS communications office must accompany you. CREDENTIALS AIR FORCE Press and photograph credentials are issued to POST-GAME HEAD COACHES members of the working media only. These cre- PROCEDURES Name . .Sport dentials may be obtained by contacting the ath- Mike Hutcheon . .Baseball letic communications office. Upon acceptance Head coach Doug Hill will be available to the of applications, appropriate passes can be press 10 minutes following the end of the game Jeff Reynolds . .Men's Basketball picked up at the Cadet Soccer Stadium press outside the team’s locker room. Players will be box. available following Hill. The Air Force locker Ardie McInelly . .Women's Basketball room, training room and weight room are closed to all media. Eddie Weichers . .Boxing RADIO/TV Final statistics, including team and individual John Hayes . .M&W Cross Country Upon receiving permission to broadcast the totals and play-by-plays, are available following game, please contact the athletic communica- Stan Curnow . .M&W Diving the game in the press box and on the Air Force tions office. Press credentials will be left at Academy athletic website at: “Will Call” for you. Telephone lines are the Abdel Salem . .Fencing responsibility of the broadcaster. Information about local services can be obtained from the www.goairforcefalcons.com Troy Calhoun . .Football athletic communications office. George Koury . .Men's Golf Kip Simons . .Men’s Gymnastics Doug Day . .Women’s Gymnastics ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Frank Serratore . .Ice Hockey Fred Acee . .Lacrosse Launi Meili . .Rifle Doug Hill . .Men's Soccer Marty Buckley . .Women's Soccer Troy Garnhart Dave Toller Madeline McGuire Brian Jerman Rob Clayton . .Men's Swimming Assoc. AD/ Sports Info. Graphics Video Communications Director Specialist Coordinator Casey Converse . .Women's Swimming Rich Gugat . .Men's Tennis Kim Gidley . .Women's Tennis Ralph Lindeman . .M&W Track & Field Penny Lucas-White . .Volleyball Jeff Ehrlich . .Water Polo Jerry Cross Nick Arseniak Valerie Perkin Melissa McKeown Joel Sharratt . .Wrestling Soccer Contact Asst. SID Asst. SID Asst. SID 2 AIR FORCE SOCCER 2008 HEAD COACH DOUG HILL DOUG HILL Second Season as Head Coach 15th Season Overall at Air Force Doug Hill enters to the Final Eight after beating undefeated his second sea- and No. 1-ranked Creighton, 2-1 in four THE HILL FILE son as head overtimes on the road in the first round. The T H F coach at Air 1996 team advanced to the WAC champi- Force in 2008. onships after going 14-3-3 during the regu- Birthdate Hill, who spent 13 seasons as an assistant lar season, while the 1997 squad earned a Nov. 17, 1959 coach at Air Force before being promoted to trip to the NCAA Tourney. head coach in June of 2007, led the Falcons Hill, 48, moved on to McChord AFB, Hometown to a 5-12-1 overall record and a 3-7 mark in Wash., in 1997, holding positions of Fleetwood, Pa. the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in his Director, Wing Weapons and Tactics for the first season at the helm. 62nd Airlift Wing and Operations Officer for Education He coached three Falcons to all-confer- the 4th Airlift Squadron, a C-141 unit. He U.S. Air Force Academy ence honors last season, including first-team guided the all-Air Force soccer team as a B.S., Focus on Engineering, 1983 selection Brian Guyette. Guyette led the player-coach in 1999 and 2000, winning the Univ. of Northern Colorado MPSF and finished ninth in the country by Armed Forces championship both years. He M.A., Sports Administration, 1994 making 5.94 saves per game. His 107 saves was named coach of the all-Armed Services were 33 more than any other goalie in the team in 1999 and 2000. Playing Experience conference, and his 15 saves in a 2-1 victory In 2001, Hill returned to the sidelines at U.S. Air Force Academy over in-state rival Denver tied two other his alma mater. He was an assistant coach 1979-82 players for the most saves in one game in between 2001-05 before earning a promo- Four-year letterwinner the country last season. In addition, two tion to associate head coach for the 2006 Team Captain, 1981-82 players, Jason Belvill and Chris Mathews, campaign. During that tenure at AFA, the All-RMISL, 1981-82 were selected to the ESPN The Magazine Falcons were ranked as high as 19th in the Academic All-District 7 men's soccer team. country during the 2001 campaign and he Coaching Experience Hill, who holds a United States Soccer helped Marcus Sagastume earn MPSF Co- Air Force, Head Coach 2007-present Federation "A" license, graduated from the Player of the Year honors in 2003. Academy in 1983 and was a four-year varsi- Hill, who has over 2,800 flying hours to Air Force, Associate Head Coach ty letterman playing for his predecessor, Lou his credit, holds a master's degree in sports 2006 Sagastume. He was chosen as team captain administration from the University of both his junior and senior seasons. In all Northern Colorado and retired from the Air Air Force, Assistant Coach four years, Hill helped the Falcons win the Force in April of 2006 with the rank of Lt. 1983, 1992-97, 2001-2005 Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer Colonel.