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 COACHING STAFF: With the coaching change this year the Pride return just one assistant coach, special teams coordinator/receivers coach and recruiting coordinator HOFSTRA Jamie Elizondo, from last year’s staff. The 2006 Pride football FOOTBALL, 2006 coaching staff is as follows: GAME 2: Coach Pos. HU Yr. Overall HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (1-0) Ed Foley Asst. HC/Off. Line 1st 18th at Mike Elko Def. Coord./DB 1st 8th MARSHALL UNIVERSITY (0-1) John Perry Off. Coord./QB 1st 13th Saturday, September 9, 2006 – 4:30 p.m. Jamie Elizondo ST Coord./WR 3rd 7th Joan C. Edwards Stadium - Huntington, WV Tony Thompson Linebackers 1st 9th Sean Spencer Def. Line 1st 11th Bill Polin Running Backs 1st 7th Television: None T.J. DiMuzio Tight Ends 1st 2nd Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7) Pre-game show at 4:00 p.m. Lyle Hemphill DB Asst. 1st 5th Greg Rice (play-by-play), Scott Miller (color), AJ Hall (field) 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 Sept. 9 at Marshall 4:30 p.m. - Hofstra enters the Marshall game having won three Sept. 23 TOWSON* 7:00 p.m. consecutive contests dating back to last season. Sept. 30 at William & Mary* (FSNY) 1:00 p.m. Oct. 7 VILLANOVA* (FSNY) + Noon - The Pride has won 25 of their last 45 road games and 27 of Oct. 14 at Delaware Noon their last 49 contests away from Shuart Stadium. The Pride is Oct. 21 at Maine* 2:00 p.m. 32-23 on the road since the start of the 1997 season. Oct. 28 at New Hampshire* Noon Nov. 4 RHODE ISLAND* 1:00 p.m. - Hofstra has won 42 of its last 73 regular season games and Nov. 11 NORTHEASTERN* 1:00 p.m. 51 of its last 83 in-season contests. The Pride is 65-37 in Nov. 18 at Massachusetts* Noon regular season play since the start of the 1997 season. Hofstra has posted an 81-44-1 record over the last 126 regular season * - Atlantic 10 Game + - Homecoming • All times ET games. INFORMATION CONTACTS: - The Pride has won 49 of 84 contests, including playoff Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Associate Athletic Director/ games, since the start of the 1999 season. Communications; (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; (516) 463-5033 - Fax ON THIS DAY IN HOFSTRA FOOTBALL HISTORY: - 1983: Quarterback Rich Codella threw three touchdown Marshalll -Randy Burnside, Assistant Athletic Director/Media passes and rushed for a fourth, and Steve Madey had two Relations; (304) 696-4660-O; (304) 696-2325- Fax touchdown catches as the Pride began its 10-0 season with a 30-0 victory over Iona College. Joan C. Edwards Stadium Press Box - (304) 696-6666 - 1995: Running backs Jimmy Jones (11-141) and Paul Que (14-102) each rushed for over 100 yards and the Pride defense HOFSTRA HEAD COACH: Dave Cohen is in his first held Holy Cross to 249 yards in a 24-9 victory in Worcester, season as Hofstra University head football coach. Just the Massachusetts. The Pride, who lost to Marshall, 30-28 in the seventh head coach in the history of Pride football, Cohen regular season finale, would make their first I-AA Playoff came to Hofstra last December after serving as defensive appearance that season. coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Delaware from 2002 through 2005. He also served as - 2000: The Pride racked up a school-record 705 yards as defensive line and linebackers coach at Delaware from 1994 quarterback Rocky Butler recorded 534 yards in total offense through 1998 before becoming the associate head and tallied four touchdown runs in a 51-30 victory at Maine. Pride within a single touchdown. The Thundering Herd HOFSTRA'S STATISTICAL LEADERS - 1 GAME secured momentum going into the locker room when Franklin Wallace plunged in from 1-yard out with just 59 seconds left RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD in the half to close out a 65-yard drive. Hofstra, though, Terry Crenshaw 15 31 2.1 0 refused to go quietly as junior safety James Glee's 94-yard Kareem Huggins 8 33 4.1 1 interception return resulted in a 10-yard scoring pass from Clarkson to Devale Ellis that brought the Pride to within 28-21 PASSING (Eff.) GP Comp-Att-Int Yds. TD with 4:31 left in the third quarter. Hofstra's defense had Anton Clarkson (136.9) 1 19-31-0 (61.3) 240 1 Marshall in a third-and-10 situation on its ensuing drive, but the Thundering Herd was able to pick up the first down and RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD Hill put the finishing touches on an eight-play, 68-yard drive Shaine Smith 12 195 16.2 1 with an 8-yard touchdown run to put Marshall back in control Chris Manno 1 10 10.0 0 at 35-21 with 2:21 left in the third. The Thundering Herd then Ottis Lewis 1 9 9.0 0 scored on its first two possessions of the fourth quarter to seal Marquis Bonds 1 8 8.0 0 the game. Nick Kelly kicked a 37-yard field goal to stretch the Anton Clarkson 1 8 8.0 0 lead to 38-21 at the 12:08 mark and after the Marshall defense forced a Hofstra turnover, Earl Charles scored on a 5-yard run TACKLES UT-AT-TT Sacks Int to close out the scoring with 9:12 left. Marshall had a big day Tom Daddino (LB) 4-5-9 0 0 on offense, totaling 608 yards, but the Pride defense was able David Darby (FS) 3-5-8 0 0 to record five turnovers on three interceptions and two DeWayne Whitaker (CB) 4-2-6 0 0 fumbles. Hill did end the game with 25 completions on 37 Shemiah LeGrande (DT) 2-4-6 1-4 0 attempts for 344 yards and two touchdowns, while Wallace led the ground game with 86 yards. Hofstra, which had only HOFSTRA-MARSHALL 241 total yards, was led offensively by Irby's 61 yards and two SERIES: Saturday’s game touchdowns. Seck was seven for 15 passing for 53 yards is the third meeting between before his injury, while Clarkson finished five of eight for 38 Hofstra and Marshall in a yards and a touchdown. Defensively, senior linebacker series that started in 1995. Renauld Williams had 13 tackles and a forced fumble, while The Thundering Herd has Glee, senior safety Carlton Bargman and junior lineman won both games in the Mickey Keene each had interceptions. The game marked only series. The two teams last the second time that Hofstra has played a Division I-A met August 30, 2003 at Joan opponent. The previous game came in 1999 against Buffalo, C. Edwards Stadium (then which was in its first season as a I-A team. The Pride won called Marshall University that contest, 20-13. Stadium) with the Herd posting a 45-21 victory. The 1 2 3 4 F series history is as follows: HOFSTRA 7 7 7 0 21 MARSHALL 14 14 7 0 45 Year Winner (Loc.) Score 1995 Marshall (A) 28-30 Scoring Summary 2003 Marshall (A) 21-45 MU - Davis 27-yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick) MU - Watts 51-yd pass from Hill (Lewis kick) THE LAST TIME – HOFSTRA AND MARSHALL: HU - Irby 39-yd run (Onorato kick) August 30, 2003 at Marshall: The Pride put a scare into MU - Charles 5-yd run (Lewis kick) Division I-A Marshall, pulling within 28-21 late in the third HU - Irby 33-yd run (Onorato kick) quarter, but the Thundering Herd scored the final 17 points to MU - Wallace 1-yd run (Lewis kick) pull away for a 45-21 victory at Marshall University Stadium. HU - Ellis 10-yd pass from Clarkson (Onorato kick) The Pride efforts were hampered by injury at the quarterback MU - Hill 8-yd run (Lewis kick) spot where Hofstra starter Bobby Seck played the first half, MU - Kelly 37-yd field goal but was removed from the game with a broken hand. Junior MU - Charles 5-yd run (Lewis kick) Andrew English began the second half, but was replaced by newcomer Anton Clarkson midway through the third HU MU quarter. Marshall jumped on the Pride early, scoring two quick First Downs 12 34 first quarter touchdowns as quarterback Stan Hill threw a 27- Rushes-Yards (Net) 27-116 50-261 yard touchdown to Josh Davis and a 41-yard scoring strike to Passing Yards (Net) 125 347 Darius Watts just 2:09 apart to post a 14-0 lead. Hofstra Passes Att-Comp-Int 31-15-0 38-26-3 receiver Isaac Irby, though, cut the lead in half with 2:49 left Total Offensive Plays-Yards 58-241 88-608 in the first quarter when he scored on a 39-yard run. After Earl Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Charles stretched the Marshall lead back to 14, 21-7, on a 5- Punt Returns-Yards 2-8 8-54 yard run with 7:13 left in the second quarter, Irby scored again Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-64 3-40 on a 33-yard run with 3:28 left in the opening half to pull the Interception Returns-Yards 3-111 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 11-37.4 2-45.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 James Madison @ Appalachian State Penalties-Yards 14-123 9-76 Maine @ Youngstown State Possession Time 24:54 35:06 Hofstra @ Marshall Third Down Conversions 1 of 12 6 of 12 Lehigh @ Villanova Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 1 West Chester @ Delaware Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 4-28 LAST WEEK August 31 RUSHING: HOFSTRA-Irby 3-61; Dimmie 11-59; Crenshaw Hofstra 17, Stony Brook 8 2-8; Seck 4-minus 1; Clarkson 5-minus 1; English 2-minus 10; Connecticut 52, Rhode Island 7 MARSHALL-Wallace 16-86; Hill 9-49; Charles 11-46; September 2 Tunstalle 8-32; Newsome 3-21; Watts 1-16; Gochneaur 1-10; UMass 28, Colgate 7 Hargrove 1-1.