2011 UMASS FOOTBALL • MEDIA GUIDE • 1 2011 FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION 2011 TEAM INFORMATION Location: Amherst, Mass., 01003 Total No. of Starters Returning: 9 Founded: 1863 Offense: 7 Enrollment: 27,016 TB - Jonathan Hernandez President: Jack Wilson (Thiel ‘67) TE - Emil Igwenagu Chancellor: Dr. Robert Holub (Pennsylvania ‘67) OL - Stephane Milhim Athletic Director: John McCutcheon (Indiana, Pa. ‘75) OL - Quinton Sales Nickname: Minutemen OL- Josh Samuda Colors: Maroon (PMS 506), White, Cool Grey, Black OL- Nick Speller WR- Julian Talley Affliation: NCAA Division FCS Defense: 9 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association (North Division) LB - Tyler Holmes Home Field: McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000, fieldturf & lights) DL- Courtney Jackson ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION DB- Mike Lee Associate A.D./Football Contact: John Sinnett (Wake Forest ‘01) LB- Perry McIntyre Media Relations Office Phone: 413-545-2439 DL- Brandon Potvin DB- Antoine Tharpe Media Relations Fax: 413-545-1556 DB- Darren Thellen Sinnett’s Office Phone: 413-545-1744 DL- Chas Thompson Sinnett’s Cell Phone: 413-687-2237 DB- Shane Viveiros Sinnett’s Email address: [email protected] Special Teams: 1 UMass Website: www.UMassAthletics.com P/K - Caleb Violette Twitter: @UMassAthletics, @UMass_Football Football Press Box Phone: 413-545-3550 Total No. of Starters Lost: 6 Offense: 4 FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF QB - Kyle Havens Head Coach/Quarterbacks: Kevin Morris (Williams ‘86) Eighth Year at UMass WR - Anthony Nelson Record at Massachusetts: 11-11 (.500) Third Season as Head Coach OL - Greg Niland Overall Record: 35-43 (.449) Eighth Season OL - John Ihne Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line: Brian Picucci (Syracuse ‘94), 10th Year Defense: 2 Defensive Coordinator/Safeties: Frank Forcucci (New Haven ‘87), First Year DL - B. Flanagan Wide Receivers: Brian Crist (Hampden-Sydney ‘94), 10th Year LB - M. Mele Recruiting Coordinator/Running Backs: Andrew Dees (Syracuse ‘92), First Year Special Teams: 0 Outside Linebackers: Dyran Peake (Catawba ‘01) Third Year Special Teams Coordinator/Inside Linebackers: Joseph Tricario (SUNY Cortland Total No. of Letterwinners Returning: 46 ‘83), First Year Offense: 21 Tight Ends: Damian Mincey (New Haven ‘02), Sixth Year Defense: 23 Corner Backs: Bryan Butterworth (Sacred Heart ‘05) Fifth Year Special Teams: 5 Defensive Line: Malik Hall (Massachusetts ‘03), First Year Total No. of Letterwinners Lost: 18 Asst. Offensive LIne: Ryan Gold - First Year Offense: 10 Asst. Defensive Backs: Matt Loucks - First Year Defense: 8 Director of Football Operations: Jordan Jarry (Georgetown ‘04), First Year Special Teams: 1 Athletic Trainer: Jennifer Brodeur (Ohio University ‘91), Fifth Year NOTE: Special Teams include kickers and punters only. Strength & Conditioning: Bob Otrando (Northeastern ‘79), 19th Year 2011 PRESEASON HONORS Video Coordinator: Bill Sisler (James Madison ‘95), 12th Year Media Relations: John Sinnett (Wake Forest ‘01), Eighth Year Tyler Holmes Equipment Manager: Paul Bys, 16th Year Buck Buchanon Award Watch List Football Phone: (413) 545-2000 CAA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Phil Steele Preseason First Team All-American 2011 SCHEDULE Consensus Draft Services Preseason Honorable Mention All-American Date Opponent Location Series Time CAA Preseason All-Conference Sept. 1 at Holy Cross (CBS-SN) Worcester, Mass. 23-21-5 8:00 PM Phil Steele Preseason First-Team All-CAA SEPT. 17 RHODE ISLAND* (CSN) AMHERST, MASS. 47-36-2 6:30 PM Jonathan Hernandez Sept. 24 at Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. 5-17 TBA Oct. 1 at Old Dominion * Norfolk, Va. 0-0 6:00 PM Phil Steele Preseason Second-Team All-CAA OCT. 8 CENTRAL CONN. (CBS3 NOW) AMHERST, MASS. 2-0 6:00 PM Josh Samuda Oct. 15 at Delaware* (CSN) Newark Del. 6-25 3:30 PM Consensus Draft Services Preseason Honorable Mention All-American OCT. 22 NEW HAMPSHIRE* (CSN) 43-27-3 3:30 PM (AT GILLETTE STADIUM) FOXBORO, MASS. Nick Speller Oct. 29 at Richmond* Richmond, Va. 13-13 1:00 PM Phil Steele Preseason Second-Team All-CAA NOV. 5 VILLANOVA* (CSN) AMHEST, MASS. 12-11 3:30 PM Nov. 12 at Maine* Orono, Maine 41-15-1 12:30 PM Julian Talley NOV. 19 JAMES MADISON * (CBS3 NOW) AMHERST, MASS. 8-6-1 1:00 PM CAA Preseason All-Conference Phil Steele Preseason First-Team All-CAA On Twitter On YouTube On Facebook @UMass_Football @UMassAthletics Become a fan of Sam The Minuteman www.Twitter.com/UMass_Football 2 • 2011 UMASS FOOTBALL • MEDIA GUIDE 2011 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Year Hgt. Wgt. Hometown/High School/Last College Prounciations 1 Julian Talley WR RS SR 6-1 192 Winslow, N.J./Winslow H.S. D.J. Adeoba ad-ee-OH-buh 2 Antoine Tharpe DB SO 5-10 187 North Lauderdale, Fla./Coral Springs Charter School Frank Barile buh-RILL 3 Tom Gilson WR RS SR 6-2 204 Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield H.S. Christian Birt BURT 4 Jesse Julmiste WR SR 5-9 165 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Hollywood Hills H.S./Dodge City J.C. Jordan Broadnax BROAD-nax 5 Jamar Smith TB RS SO 5-11 202 Binghamton, N.Y./Binghamton H.S. Kevin Byrne BURN 6 Brandon Hill QB RS FR 6-5 218 Audubon, N.J./Audubon H.S. 6 Ed Saint-Vil DB RS FR 5-11 190 Miramar, Fla./Hollywood Hills H.S. Jamie Colarusso CALL-uh-RUSSO 7 D.J. Adeoba LB RS JR 5-11 217 Hollywood, Fla./Hollywood Hills H.S. Gary Correia korea 7 Marken Michel WR FR 5-10 185 Plantation, Fla./American Heritage H.S. Chase Danska DANCE-kuh 8 Mike Lee DB RS SO 6-0 185 McDonough, Ga./Eagle’s Landing H.S. Ryan Delaire duh-LAIR 9 Christian Birt DB RS SO 6-2 197 Laconia, N.H./Laconia H.S. Anthony Dima DEE-muh 10 Kellen Pagel QB RS SO 6-3 212 Stongsville, Ohio/Strongsville H.S/Bowling Green Dan Foesel FOE-sell 11 Courtney Jackson LB RS SR 6-3 255 Brandywine, Md./Gwynn Park H.S. Tom Gilson GILL (like a fish)-son 11 Michael Wegzyn QB FR 6-5 215 Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic H.S. 12 Ian Shultis QB JR 6-2 194 Thousand Oaks, Calif./Thousand Oaks H.S/Moorpark College Nick Gottshall GOT-shul 12 Quayshun Smith DB FR 5-9 160 Tallahassee, Fla./Godby H.S. Iric Harris I-rick 13 Gary Correia DB RS SR 6-1 180 Providence, R.I./Northfield Mount Hermon Chad Hunte Hunt 13 Matthew Quinn QB SO 6-3 210 Seekonk, Mass./Seekonk H.S./Proctor Academy Emil Igwenagu eh-MEAL ig-wen-AH-goo 14 Raymond Pendagast QB/P RS FR 6-5 200 Bridgeport, Conn./Shelton H.S Randall Jette JET 15 Shawn Campbell WR RS FR 6-2 205 Woodstock, Conn./Hartford Public H.S./Hyde School Jesse Julmiste jul-MISTY 16 Elgin Long WR FR 5-10 189 Arlington, Texas/Arlington Bowie H.S. 17 Randall Jette DB FR 5-11 175 Oak Bluffs, Mass./Martha’s Vineyard H.S. Mike Kahale kuh-HALL-lee 18 Andre Hill WR JR 6-2 190 Carson, Calif./Narbonne H.S./Los Angeles Harbor C.C. James Lizotte liz-OTT 19 Chase Danska WR JR 5-9 173 Pleasant Hill, Calif./College Park/Diablo Valley Junior College Daniel Maynes MAINES 20 Alan Williams RB RS JR 5-9 192 Framingham, Mass./Framingham H.S./Wilbraham Monson Acad. Thad McCummings THAD (not TAD) 21 Kirk Nelms DB RS FR 5-10 165 Spotsylvania, Va./Riverbend H.S. Marken Michel MARK-in michelle 22 Jonathan Hernandez TB RS SR 5-9 195 Leominster, Mass./Leominster H.S. Stephane Milhim stef-AHN mill-HIM 23 Shane Viveiros LB RS SR 6-0 226 Fall River, Mass./Bishop Connolly H.S. 24 Chris Burns HB RS JR 5-10 202 Wilmington, Pa./Wilmington/Pittsburgh Anddy Moas MOSS 25 Matt Campbell RB RS FR 6-0 235 Attleboro, Mass./Attleboro H.S. Brian Ostaszewski ah-stuh-CHEF-ski 26 Thad McCummings FB RS SO 5-10 222 Natick, Mass./Natick H.S./Canterbury School (Conn.) Raymond Pendagast PEND-uh-gast 27 Darren Thellen DB RS JR 6-2 207 Brockton, Mass./Brockton H.S. Gidden Rateau ruh-TOE 28 Jordan Broadnax RB FR 5-9 175 Virginia Beach, Va./Landstown H.S. Ed Saint-Vil SAINT VILL (not veal) 29 Ryan Carter DB RS SO 5-11 188 North Laurel, Md./Bedford H.S. (Mass.) Quayshun Smith KWAY-shawn 30 Igor Garcia K RS FR 6-1 173 Medford, Mass./Everett H.S Ian Shultis shul-TIS 30 Iric Harris DB FR 5-8 175 Woodbridge, Va./Hylton H.S. 31 Brian Dowling RB FR 5-9 190 Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills H.S. Travis Tripucka trih-PEW-kuh 32 Ryan Collins DB RS SO 6-1 188 Walpole, Mass./Walpole H.S Caleb Violette VYE-oh-let 33 Jamal Wilson RB FR 5-10 190 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas H.S. Shane Viveiros viv-AIR-iss 34 Manoel Nascimento RB SO 5-9 224 Worcester, Mass. Brandon Yelovich YELL-oh-vick 34 Carlito Weaver LB RS SO 5-11 215 Brockton, Mass./Brockton H.S. 35 Stanley Andre LB SO 6-2 240 Dorchester, Mass./Reading H.S. 36 Tyler Holmes LB SR 6-0 224 Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg H.S. 37 Tom Brandt LB RS SO 6-0 215 Natick, Mass./Natick H.S. 38 Benjamin Patrick RB FR 5-8 185 Weston, Mass./The Rivers School 39 TJ Keefer WR FR 6-3 195 Duncansville, Pa./Hollisdaysburg H.S. 40 Cody Watts DB FR 6-3 206 Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough H.S. 41 Jeff Strait P RS SO 6-0 197 Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central H.S. 42 Daniel Foesel TE FR 6-3 240 Lincoln Park, N.J./DePaul Catholic H.S.