CONTENTS Quick Facts Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION Media . 2-6 School Name. Florida Atlantic University Location . Boca Raton, FL FAU and Opponent SIDs . 4 Founded . 1961 Coaches’ Bios and Football staff. 7-22 Enrollment . 26,000 Rosters. 23-28 Nickname . Owls Colors. Blue & Red Depth Charts . 29 Home Stadium . Lockhart Players . 31-68 • Capacity . 20,500 Pronunciation Guide . 30 CONTENTS Surface . Natural Grass First Year of Football . 2001 Players’ Bios . 31-68 National Affiliation . NCAA I-A Composite Schedule . 70 Basic Offense . Pro Set Basic Defense . 4-3 Opponents . 71-84 Conference . Sun Belt 2003 In Review . 85-100 President . Frank T. Brogan 2003 Statistics. 101-112 Athletic Director . Craig Angelos History . 113-140 MEDIA INFORMATION SID . Katrina McCormack University . 141-145 Office Phone . 561.297.3163 Athletics . 146-161 • Cell Phone. 561.251.5588 FAU Head Coaches. 162 E-mail . [email protected] CONTENTS Fax Number. 561.297.3499 Additional Athletic Staff . 163 Web Site . fausports.com Facilities . 164-165 Press Box Phone . 561.251.5588 Mailing Address . 777 Glades Rd. Directions to Lockhart Stadium . 166 Tom Oxley Center Sun Belt . 167-168 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Schedule . Back Cover Overnight Address . Same COACHING STAFF Head Coach . Howard Schnellenberger Alma Mater . Kentucky ‘56 Important Schedules • 2003 Record . 11-3 Record at FAU . 17-18 (3) 2004 SCHEDULE Years as a Collegiate Head Coach . 19 Date Opponent Site Time Dates CONTENTS Overall Record . 117-95-3 Aug. 21 FanFest/Scrimmage Home 2:00 pm July 18 . .Sun Belt Conference Bowl Record. 4-0 Sep. 4 Hawaii Honolulu, HI 12:05 am Office Phone . 561.297.1018 Sep. 11 North Texas Denton, TX 7:05 pm July 25 . .State Writers’ Meeting ASSISTANT COACHES Sep. 18 Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, TN 3:00 pm August 8 . .Players Report Assistant Head Coach/LB. Kurt VanValkenburgh Sep. 25 ILLINOIS STATE Home 4:00 pm August 9 . .All Players One Practice Offensive Coordinator . Larry Seiple Oct. 2 Open August 13 .First Day Full Pads One Practice Defensive Coordinator . Kirk Hoza Oct. 9 Texas State San Marcos, TX 7:00 pm Offensive Line . John Bock Oct. 16 Northern Colorado Greeley, CO 3:00 pm August 14 . .First Three-A-Day Running Backs . David Dunn Oct. 23 LA-MONROE Home (Ps’ W) 4:00 pm August 15 . .One Practice Quarterbacks. Gary Nord Oct. 30 Florida A&M Tallahassee, FL 4:00 pm August 20 . .Last Three-A-Day • Defensive Ends . Christ Vagotis Nov. 6 Troy Troy, AL3:00 pm August 21 . .FanFest at Lockhart Special Assistant to HC . Fred O’Connor Nov. 13 NEW MEXICO STATE Home (HC) 4:00 pm CONTENTS August 23 . .Classes Begin Defensive Tackles . Eli Rasheed Nov. 20 FIU Home 4:00 pm Receivers . John Vandevere Nov. 27 EDWARD WATERS Home 4:00 pm September 4 . .@Hawaii Graduate Assistant . John Cain Graduate Assistant . Joe Coroza All times Eastern SUPPORT STAFF 2005 SCHEDULE Athletic Trainer . Brian Anderson Date Opponent Site Equipment. Mike Short Sep. 3 Kansas Lawrence, KS Operations . Sean Todd TBA Florida A&M Home Tickets . Shelly Binegar Sep. 24 Louisiana-Monroe Home Credits Video . Steve Cutcher Oct. 8 Louisiana-LaFayette Home This media guide, was a collaborative effort. TEAM INFORMATION Oct. 22 Arkansas State Jonesboro, AR Written by Katrina McCormack, FAU’s Assistant AD • Oct. 29 Middle Tennessee Home for Media Relations assisted by John McMahon LETTERWINNERS RETURNING CONTENTS Offense . 23 Nov. 5 Troy Troy, AL and Dawn Elston, FAU’s Assistant MR, and Dustin Defense . 24 Nov. 12 North Texas Home Gray, a MR intern. Edited by Louise Hinton. Design by the FAU Publications Department. Photography by Specialty . 1 Nov. 19 Florida International Miami, FL Total. 51 Mardie Banks, Marilee Caliendo, and Paul Maserjian FAU’s Photography Department; Gil Hofmann, JC LETTERWINNERS LOST 2006 SCHEDULE Ridley, Paul Chapman, Bill Ryan, Marc Hagemeier, Offense . 2 Sep. 2 Kansas State Manhattan, KS Peter Lorber, Barbara McCormick, Todd Drexler, Jim Defense . 1 Sep. 30 Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, LA Wilson and Robin Sherman. FAU’s Media Relations Specialty . 2 Oct. 14 Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, LA Office would also like to thank the Boca Raton STARTERS RETURNING Oct. 28 Arkansas State Home Chamber of Commerce for its assistance. Offense . 10 Nov. 4 Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, TN Printed by Franklin Trade Graphics Defense . 10 Nov. 11 Troy Home Specialty . 9 Nov. 18 North Texas Denton, TX Nov. 25 Florida International Home FOOTBALL IN PARADISE 2004 1 RADIO • Radio WLVJ 1040 AM begins its fourth season as the broadcast home of FAU Football and its tenth overall serving FAU Athletics. RADIO RADIO Dave LaMont will serve as the • play-by-play announcer, with former National Football League and University of Miami star Steve Walsh providing color commentary, along with John McMahon on the sideline. RADIO RADIO • Dave LaMont has anchored the crew for the Owls, calling Dave Lamont Steve Walsh John McMahon the action since the program’s inception. He holds affiliations college, Walsh led the Hurricanes In that capacity, he served as a All football broadcasts can with WINZ, WIOD, the Hurricane to a 12-0 record and a national sideline reporter as well as a be heard on the internet at Network and the Sunshine championship in 1987. His record pregame and halftime show host. both www.fausports.com and RADIO RADIO Network. as a two-year starter was 23-1, www.wlvj.com. • and he was a consensus FAU’s radio coverage will also Walsh enters his fourth season All-America selection in 1988. include a weekly call-in show, as part of the Owls’ broadcast called the “FAU Sports Page.” crew. The former quarterback was McMahon has been the voice of McMahon will host the show a first-round selection by the FAU basketball for the past nine which will feature all of FAU Dallas Cowboys in the 1989 NFL years and has coordinated the sports. RADIO RADIO supplemental draft and played 12 football broadcasts since the • years for six different teams. In team’s inaugural 2001 season. RADIO RADIO • Internet RADIO RADIO • RADIO RADIO • RADIO RADIO • RADIO RADIO 2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY Media In this section... OPPONENT SIDS MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA DIRECTORY MEDIA Athletic Media Relations ATHLETIC MEDIA • RELATIONS Phone: 561.297.3163 Department Staff Fax: 561.297.3499 Web Site: www.fausports.com Press Box: 561.251.5588 MEDIA • ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS OVERNIGHT SHIPPING ADDRESS Florida Atlantic University Tom Oxley Center, Room 225 MEDIA 777 Glades Road • Katrina McCormack John McMahon Dawn Elston Boca Raton, FL 33431 Assistant AD/Media Relations Assistant Director Assistant Director Football Contact Media Relations Media Relations 561.251.5588 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] MEDIA • Opponent SID Contacts SEPTEMBER 4 SEPTEMBER 25 OCTOBER 23 NOVEMBER 13 Hawaii Illinois State Louisiana-Monroe New Mexico State SID. Lois Manin SID . Todd Kober SID . Fred Sington SID . 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