Delaware from 2002 through 2005. He also served as defensive line and linebackers coach at Delaware from 1994 through 1998 before becoming the associate head coach/defensive coordinator at Fordham University from 1999 through 2001. The Long Island native, who was a two-year starter at LIU-C.W. Post, began his coaching career at the University at Albany in 1988 as linebackers and strength coach. In 1990 Cohen became linebackers and defensive line coach at Lafayette College and held that position for four seasons. HOFSTRA HOFSTRA COACHING STAFF: With the coaching change this year the Pride return just one assistant coach, special FOOTBALL, 2006 teams coordinator/receivers coach and recruiting coordinator GAME 5: Jamie Elizondo, from last year’s staff. The 2006 Pride football HOFSTRA HOMECOMING coaching staff is as follows: HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (2-2, 1-1) vs. Coach Pos. HU Yr. Overall VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY (1-3, 0-1) Ed Foley Asst. HC/Off. Line 1st 18th Saturday, October 7, 2006 – Noon Mike Elko Def. Coord./DB 1st 8th James M. Shuart Stadium - Hempstead, NY John Perry Off. Coord./QB 1st 13th Jamie Elizondo ST Coord./WR 3rd 7th Television: Fox Sports New York, Carl Reuter (play-by-play), Tony Thompson Linebackers 1st 9th Steven Jackson (color), and Jared Greenberg (sidelines) Sean Spencer Def. Line 1st 11th Bill Polin Running Backs 1st 7th Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7), Pregame show at 10:00 a.m., T.J. DiMuzio Tight Ends 1st 2nd Greg Rice (play-by play) Scott Miller (color), A.J. Hall Lyle Hemphill DB Asst. 1st 5th (sideline) Kevin Baumann Def. Asst. 1st 3rd Internet: www.WRHU.org HOFSTRA FACTS, FIGURES, STREAKS AND 2006 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE TRENDS: Aug. 31 at Stony Brook (FSNY) 17-8 W - Hofstra, coming off a 16-14 victory at William & Mary last Sept. 9 at Marshall 31-54 L Saturday, enters the Villanova game having won four of its Sept. 23 TOWSON* 30-33 L last six contests dating back to last season. Sept. 30 at William & Mary* (FSNY) 16-14 W - The Pride has won 50 of 87 contests, including playoff Oct. 7 VILLANOVA* (FSNY) + Noon games, since the start of the 1999 season. Oct. 14 at Delaware Noon - Hofstra has won 43 of its last 76 regular season games and Oct. 21 at Maine* 2:00 p.m. 52 of its last 86 in-season contests. The Pride is 66-39 in Oct. 28 at New Hampshire* Noon regular season play since the start of the 1997 season. Hofstra Nov. 4 RHODE ISLAND* 1:00 p.m. has posted an 82-46-1 record over the last 129 regular season Nov. 11 NORTHEASTERN* 1:00 p.m. games. Nov. 18 at Massachusetts* Noon ON THIS DAY IN HOFSTRA FOOTBALL HISTORY: * - Atlantic 10 Game + - Homecoming • All times ET 1967 - Hofstra rallied from a 28-14 halftime deficit with 19 points in the fourth quarter, including two touchdown catches INFORMATION CONTACTS: by Jim Thorpe, to post a 33-31 victory over Delaware in Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Associate Athletic Director/ Hempstead. The Pride tallied 422 yards on offense, including Communications; (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; 325 yards passing by Don Gault, while holding the Blue Hens (516) 463-5033 - Fax to 225 yards. Villanova -Dean Kenefick, Assistant Athletic Director/Media 1989- Tom Schimminger (15-120), Jim Scully (17-112) and Relations; (610) 519-4120-O; (610) 519-7323- Fax Rhory Moss (15-118) each rushed for over 100 yards to lead the Pride to a 41-10 victory over Gettysburg in Hempstead. The win was the start of a six-game winning streak that sent James M. Shuart Stadium Press Box - (516) 463-5274 the Pride into the Division III Playoffs. HOFSTRA HEAD COACH: Dave Cohen is in his first 1995 - Quarterback Kharon Brown and running backs Jimmy season as Hofstra University head football coach. Just the Jones and Paul Que each rushed for over 100 yards to lead a seventh head coach in the history of Pride football, Cohen school-record 434-yard rushing attack, and the Pride defense came to Hofstra last December after serving as defensive picked off four passes in a 55-15 victory at Sacramento State. coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Recpt/Gm. Shaine Smith 7 7.25 2 HOFSTRA'S STATISTICAL LEADERS - 4 GAMES Charles Sullivan 3.50 12 Rec. Yds./Gm Shaine Smith 3 115.25 1 RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD Charles Sullivan 39.75 21 Kareem Huggins 46 245 5.3 3 Terry Crenshaw 39 116 3.0 2 Charles Brooks 35.00 23 Interceptions DeWayne Whitaker .25 8 PASSING (Eff.) GP Comp-Att-Int Yds. TD Punting Anton Clarkson (118.8) 4 77-143-1 934 5 Punt Returns Kareem Huggins 54 8.13 9 Kickoff Returns Kareem Huggins 17.00 11 RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD Field Goals Rob Zarrilli 4 2.00 1 Shaine Smith 29 461 15.9 4 Charles Sullivan 14 159 11.4 0 Scoring Rob Zarrilli T-30 7.75 4 Kareem Huggins 9 58 6.4 0 Shaine Smith T-70 6.00 11 Phil Riley 7 65 9.3 0 Kareem Huggins 4.50 21 Charles Brooks 5 105 21.0 0 All-Purpose Yds. Kareem Huggins 27 126.00 3 Chris Manno 5 34 6.8 0 Shaine Smith 49 115.25 6 Sacks Thomas Massey T-13 .88 2 TACKLES UT-AT-TT Sacks Int Luke Bonus (LB) 13-20-33 0 0 Shemiah LeGrande T-61 .50 7 Gian Villante (LB) 11-17-28 0.5 0 Ken Sussman .38 14 DeWayne Whitaker (CB) 14-10-24 0 1 Chris Sebald .33 20 Kyle Arrington (CB) 15-9-24 0 0 Justyn Davis .25 24 Stephen Tate (FS) 6-14-20 0 0 Tackles Gian Villante 37 9.33 4 Luke Bonus T-87 8.00 11 HOFSTRA IN THE 2006 NCAA DeWayne Whitaker 6.00 24 STATS: Here are Hofstra’s 2006 statistical Kyle Arrington 6.00 24 rankings in I-AA and the Atlantic 10, as of October 2: Tackles For Loss Ken Sussman 10 1.75 1 Gian Villante 65 1.17 7 Thomas Massey T-71 1.13 8 National Conf Category Actual Rank Rank Rushing Offense 103 91.00 11 2006 ATLANTIC 10 Passing Offense 13 236.75 3 FOOTBALL Total Offense 58 327.75 10 CONFERENCE Scoring Offense T-49 23.50 8 STANDINGS: Rushing Defense 32 115.25 5 Pass Efficiency Defense 90 141.87 10 As of October 6, 2006 Total Defense 69 349.50 8 Scoring Defense 81 27.25 10 Conference Overall Net Punting 56 31.96 5 W L Pct. W L Pct. Punt Returns 57 8.67 7 North Massachusetts 1 0 1.000 3 1 .750 Kickoff Returns 110 15.75 12 Maine 1 0 1.000 2 2 .500 Turnover Margin T-31 .50 4 New Hampshire 1 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 Pass Defense 97 234.25 11 HOFSTRA 1 1 .500 2 2 .500 Passing Efficiency 67 117.08 8 Rhode Island 0 1 .000 2 2 .500 Sacks 21 2.50 2 Northeastern 0 2 .000 1 4 .200 Tackles For Loss 28 6.75 2 South Sacks Allowed 87 2.25 9 Towson 1 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 Richmond 1 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 National Conf James Madison 1 0 1.000 3 1 .750 Category Player Actual Rank Rank Delaware 1 1 .500 2 2 .500 Rushing Kareem Huggins 78 61.25 9 Villanova 0 1 .000 1 3 .250 William&Mary 0 2 .000 1 3 .250 Terry Crenshaw 29.00 24 Passing Efficiency Anton Clarkson 60 118.85 7 Total Offense Anton Clarkson 15 227.50 4 Kareem Huggins 61.25 21 THIS WEEK IN THE A-10 - October 7 Southern Utah 38, Western Kentucky 37, Penn 26, Charleston Richmond @ New Hampshire 12:00 p.m. Southern 13, Norfolk State 13, Hofstra 12, Montana State 12, Delaware @ Northeastern 12:00 p.m. Northern Arizona 11, Mississippi Valley State 5, Southeast Missouri Villanova @ Hofstra 12:00 p.m. State 5, Texas State 5, Wofford 5. William & Mary @ UMass 1:00 p.m. Rhode Island @ James Madison 1:30 p.m. Maine @ Towson 3:00 p.m. The 2006 COLLEGE SPORTING NEWS I-AA COACHES POLL: Here LAST WEEK IN THE A-10 - September 30 is the 2006 College Sporting News I-AA Rhode Island 28, Brown 21 Top 25 Coaches Poll, as of October 2, Boston College 22, Maine 0 2006. Hofstra 16, William & Mary 14 Richmond 12, Northeastern 7 No. School (1st Place Votes) W-L Pts. LW 1. New Hampshire (21) (4-0) 645 1 James Madison 45, VMI 7 2. Appalachian St (5) (4-1) 628 2 New Hampshire 52, Delaware 49 3. Furman (4-1) 575 3 4. Montana (4-1) 556 4 HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS: Here is where the Pride has 5. Illinois St (3-1) 499 5 ranked this season: 6. Cal Poly (4-1) 485 7 Date TSN CSN 7. Richmond (4-0) 480 6 Preseason RV NP 8. Youngstown St (4-1) 466 8 Sept. 4 RV NP 9. Southern Illinois (4-0) 439 9 Sept. 11 RV RV 10. Massachusetts (3-1) 419 10 Sept. 18 RV RV 11. North Dakota St (4-0) 414 12 Sept. 25 ---- RV 12. Hampton (5-0) 393 11 Oct. 2 RV RV 13. Northern Iowa (2-2) 332 13 (RV-receiving votes; NR-not ranked; NP-no poll) 14. James Madison (3-1) 324 15 15.