2014 Portland State Vikings Football 2014 SPRING FOOTBALL SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE April 14 Mon. 1:30-4 April 16 Wed. 1:30-4 April 18 Fri. 1:30-4 April 19 Sat. 10-Noon April 21 Mon. 1:30-4 April 23 Wed. 1:30-4 April 25 Fri. 1:30-4 April 26 Sat. 10-Noon May 5 Mon. 1:30-4 May 7 Wed. 1:30-4 May 9 Fri. 1:30-4 May 10 Sat. 10-Noon May 12 Mon. 1:30-4 May 14 Wed. 1:30-4 SPRING FOOTBALL GAME May 18 Sun. time/location TBA 2014 Portland State Vikings Football • 1 VIKING FOOTBALL INFORMATION ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT INFORMATION VIKING FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF Physical Address ________________ 527 SW Hall, Suite 415, Portland, OR 97201 Head Coach ______________________ Nigel Burton, Washington, ‘99, 5th year Mailing Address _________________________ PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207 Career/PSU Record ____________________________________18-27 Athletic Department Phone/FAX _______________ 503.725.4000/503.725.5550 Offensive Coordinator/QBs ___ Bruce Barnum, Eastern Washington ‘87, 5th year Founded ________________________________________ 1946 (4-year in 1955) Defensive Coordinator/Safeties ___ Jaime Hill, San Francisco State, ‘86, 2nd year Enrollment __________________________________________________28,766 Offensive Line ________________ Steve Morton, Washington State, ‘77, 1st year Nickname __________________________________________________ Vikings Defensive Line ____________Malik Roberson, Central Washington, ‘01, 1st year Colors _______________________Green (PMS 350), White and Silver (PMS 428) Running Backs _________________John Ely, Western Washington, ‘87, 5th year National Affiliation/Conference ____________________NCAA Division I/Big Sky Linebackers/Recruiting Coordinator _____Lester Towns, Washington, ‘99, 3rd year Home Field/Capacity ____________________________Providence Park/18,627 Wide Receivers __________________ Steve Cooper, Portland State, ‘09, 6th year President _______________________________________________ Wim Wiewel Tight Ends ________________________ Mike Preston, Washington, ‘05, 1st year Faculty Athletic Representative ___________________________ Bob Lockwood Asst. Special Teams Coordinator ______ Michael Casco, Kent State, ‘05, 4th year Director of Athletics ____________________________________Torre Chisholm Offensive Quality Control __________ Matt Leunen, Portland State, ‘09, 4th year Senior Associate Athletics Director/External Revenue ___________Zack Wallace Defensive Quality Control _________________________Trevor Gentry, 1st year Assistant Athletics Director/Business Development______ Dennis Ferguson Manager of Annual Fund/Special Events _______________ Tygue Howland Director of Football Operations ______________________________ Jim Fiscella Marketing Assistant/Women’s Sports __________________Weronika Budak Assistant Director of Football Operations __________________ Justin Engstrom Ticket Manager ________________________________________Anthony Vu Video Coordinator ________________________________________Wes Warren Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator ______ Valerie Cleary Team Athletic Trainer ____________________________________ Randy Logan Associate Athletics Director/Media and Communications __________Mike Lund Team Doctor _________________________________________ Dr. Mark Colville Assistant Media Relations Director _______________________ Ryan McCall Team Chaplain _______________________________________________ Al Egg Media Relations Assistant ____________________________ Andy Jobanek Associate Athletics Director/Business _________________________Jeff Pritsker TEAM INFORMATION Business Manager _____________________________________Curt Kentner 2013 Record ____________________________________________________6-6 Associate Athletics Director/Student Performance and Well-Being Jeff Mozzochi Big Sky Conference Record ____________________________________ 3-5/9th Associate Athletics Director/Compliance and Student Support ___ Matt Billings Letterwinners Returning/Lost ___________________________________ 48/24 Assistant Director of Compliance ____________________ Dana Cappelucci Starters Returning/Lost ________________________________________ 15/10 Assistant Athletics Director/Academics_________________Brandy Coleman Starters Returning: O/D/ST ______________________________________ 7/5/3 Academic Advisor ______________________________________Charlie Frey Redshirts Returning ______________________________________________ 31 Academic Advisor _______________________________________Colin Runt Offense ______________________________________________________Pistol Assistant Athletics Director/Facilities and Operations _______ Rick McReynolds Defense ________________________________________________________4-3 Assistant Director of Facilities and Operations _____________ Charlie Lucas Equipment Coordinator _______________________________ Mike Haluska Administrative and Scheduling Assistant _________________ Jenna Wilson FOOTBALL PROGRAM HISTORY Program Year _______________________________________ 68th (1947-2014) Head Athletic Trainer __________________________________ Jim Wallis, A.T.C. Big Sky Conference Year _______________________________ 19th (1996-2014) Assistant Athletic Trainer _________________________ Randy Logan, A.T.C. NCAA I FCS Year _____________________________22nd (1978-80, 1996-2013) Assistant Athletic Trainer _______________________ Jonathan Huwe, A.T.C. NCAA I FCS Playoff Appearances _______________________________ 1 (2000) Strength and Conditioning Coach ___________________________ Scott Fabian Total NCAA Playoff Appearances __________________ 9 (1987-89, 91-95, 2000) Assistant Strength Coach/Football ____________________ Andrew Pompei Winning Seasons ________________________________________________ 29 ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS All-Time Record __________________________________________330-355-10 Associate Athletics Director/Media and Communications (Football) _Mike Lund office: 503.725.5602 • mobile: 503.866.0236 • email: [email protected] WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Assistant Media Relations Director __________________________ Ryan McCall office: 503.725.5744 • email: [email protected] PORTLAND STATE AND VIKING FOOTBALL Portland State University, located in Portland, OR, is the largest school in Media Relations Assistant _______________________________ Andy Jobanek the state of Oregon with 28,766 students. It was founded in 1946 as Vanport Col- office: 503.725.2525 • email: [email protected] lege - a two-year institution. Features Writer __________________________________________ John Wykoff Athletically, Portland State began as a junior college in 1946-47, but com- peted in the Oregon Collegiate Conference at the NAIA level from 1950 to 1964, PORTLAND STATE MEDIA winning three OCC football titles (1962, 1963, 1964). PSU became a four-year Flagship Radio Station ____________ Freedom 970 AM, www.freedom970.com institution in 1955. Play-by-play __________________________________________Tom Hewitt Portland State joined the NCAA in 1965 and competed at the College Divi- Analyst _______________________________________________Mike Lund sion level (the fore-runner of NCAA II). PSU was an NCAA 1-AA member from Big Sky Conference Television Network _______________________Root Sports 1978-80, then moved back to Division II in 1981, where it competed through Live Streaming Video ____________________________www.WatchBigSky.com the 1995 season. The Vikings were members of the Western Football Conference Live Stats _______________________________vikslive.statb.us, viksmobile.com from 1982 to 1992, winning six conference championships. PSU made eight Photographers ___________________Steve Brenner, Larry Lawson, Steve Huey NCAA II playoff appearances from 1987 to 1995. Viking Athletics Website _______________________________www.GoViks.com In 1996, Portland State moved to the Big Sky Conference and up to the Social Media NCAA 1-AA (now FCS) level. The Vikings made their first playoff appearance at Facebook___________________________www.Facebook.com/PSUVIKINGS their current level in 2000. In 18 seasons in the Big Sky, Portland State has eight Twitter _______________________________www.Twitter.com/PSU_Vikings winning records and a 60-79 conference record. YouTube ________________________ www.youtube.com/GoPortlandState Portland State’s football program has produced such legendary figures as Coach Mouse Davis, quarterbacks Neil Lomax and June Jones (now head coach VIKING ATHLETICS PARTNERSHIP at SMU), Tom Oberg (the first Viking to play in the NFL), Coach Pokey Allen (who President _________________________________________________________David Hersh Director of Marketing _______________________________________________Cap Hedges led the Vikings to two NCAA II National Championship appearances), and nearly Senior Advisor to VAP _________________________________________________ Jack Cain 30 players who have appeared in the NFL. Special Advisor to VAP __________________________________________ Andrea Warthen In 2013, three former Vikings reached NFL Championship games: Julius Corporate Sales Executive _______________________________________ Christine Vargas Thomas with Denver, DeShawn Shead with Seattle and Jordan Senn with Caro- Corporate Sales Executive ___________________________________________ Tom Moore lina. Thomas and Shead went on to meet in Super Bowl XLVIII with their respec- Group Sales Manager ____________________________________________ Kyle McGowan tive teams and Shead became a Super Bowl Champion - just the third former Director of Marketing and Media __________________________________ Robbie Parness