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2 head coach troy calhoun The purpose of the United States Air Force Academy is to develop young people of strong character who graduate and serve as outstanding leaders on active duty and beyond. It s a purpose Troy Calhoun thoroughly respects and realizes is necessary for our country. Calhoun left the Houston Texans of the NFL as an offensive coordinator in 2007 to embrace the mission of the Academy and accomplish what was once considered nearly impossible: building a service academy program that often earns a postseason bid while playing in one of college football s best conferences. student-athletes must complete the nation s most demanding academic curriculum while further embedding the heart and character that are crucial for serving the nation. Cadets at the Academy must work through courses that require finishing over 140 semester hours. Strong character traits, to include respect, teamwork, courage, spirit, discipline, honesty and toughness, are the bedrock of the leadership qualities Air Force football players utilize while serving as officers in the United States. Calhoun and his staff have come up with a way to manage the varied demands of their players and lead them into a cohesive team that has fared quite well both on and off the field in his 10 seasons as head coach. In nine of his 10 years, Air Force has been to a bowl under Calhoun s guidance. The coach has guided Air Force to a career record after 10 seasons. Calhoun s players are extraordinarily successful finishing their academic and leadership responsibilities. The football team s NCAA APR (Academic Progress Report) is annually amongst the finest at the FBS level of college football. From May 2008 through the present, Football s multi-year APR has finished above the nation s 90th percentile eight of the last 10 years which is more than any sport at any service academy. The football program received a public recognition award by the NCAA this season with a mark of 995 which led the Mountain West. In addition to being one of the nation s best in regards to the NCAA s APR and GSR, 99 percent of seniors who have played for Calhoun since 2007 have graduated from the Academy and served as officers for our nation. Calhoun is the first coach in the history of service academy team ball sports to lead teams to a post-season bid six consecutive years. They have done this while playing very strong opponents. Calhoun s 2009 squad was the only team in the last 50 years of service academy Troy Calhoun spent four years in the NFL - Broncos (L), Texans (R) football to play at least four ranked teams and win a bowl game in the same season. In the 100-plus year history of service academy football, Calhoun is the first coach to lead teams to at least six wins and a bowl game in each of his first six seasons. finished 10-3 overall last season, posting just the sixth 10-win season in school history and second under Calhoun. won the Commanderin-Chief s Trophy for a record 20th time and earned a trip to the Arizona Bowl. The Falcons beat South Alabama, 45-21, to complete a six-game winning streak to end the season. The six-game streak is the sixth-best nationally entering won the Mountain Division championship in 2015 with a 6-2 mark and were 8-6 overall. The Falcons also earned a bid to the 2015 Armed Forces Bowl while extending its school record home winning streak to 12 games, posting a 6-0 home mark for the second straight year. Calhoun was named the 2015 National Football Foundation, Colorado chapter, coach of the year for his efforts. Calhoun s 2014 team finished 10-3 overall while having all 28 seniors graduate from the Academy. Calhoun was named as a finalist for the Maxwell National Coach of the Year. The Falcons qualified for their seventh bowl game in eight years, and by winning the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, captured their third bowl championship since defeated Army and Navy to win its 19th Commander-in-Chief s Trophy and its third CINC title in the last five years. The Falcons were also one of just two teams nationally to beat two 10-win teams in the regular season. The Falcons beat Boise State and in-state rival Colorado State, who each won 10-plus games. s 10-win season was the first this century for the Academy and just the ninth in the last 100 years of service academy football. The team finished 6-0 at home for just the third time in school history. Calhoun s 2007 squad also finished 6-0 at home. earned a bid in 2012 to the Armed Forces Bowl. won its second straight Commander-in-Chief s Trophy (then-record 18th overall) in 2011, the first back-to-back titles at the Academy since and earned their fifth straight bowl game in the Military Bowl. The 2010 team finished 9-4 overall and won s 17th Commander-in-Chief s Trophy championship with wins over Army and Navy. The Falcons closed the 2010 season with a victory over Georgia Tech of the ACC in the Independence Bowl. Calhoun was named Coach of the Year by the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation. Football 40

3 The 2009 team finished 8-5 overall and concluded with a convincing win over 25th-ranked Houston in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. set 13 Academy bowl team records in the dominant victory. The team also set six school records during the 2009 season. Calhoun was named Coach of the Year by the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation for his head coach troy calhoun efforts. Calhoun s 2007 and 2008 teams finished 9-4 and 8-5, respectively, and both earned bowl bids. The 2007 Falcons were the only team in history to win road games at Notre Dame, Utah and Colorado State in the same season. The five-game turnaround from 2006, in which was 4-8, was the largest in the nation that season by a first-year head coach. The five-game turnaround was the best in school history since the 1958 team had a school-record turnaround of six games. s nine wins tied Calhoun for the most wins ever at a service academy by a first-year head coach, matching the mark set by Ben Martin in The six MWC wins set a new Academy standard and were two wins better than the previous mark for conference wins by a first-year head coach at the Academy. Calhoun was named the Mountain West Conference s Coach of the Year for his efforts. In addition, he was named Coach of the Year in Region 5 by the American Football Coaches Association and was one of eight finalists for the Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Award. He was also one of seven finalists for the AFCA National Coach of the Year award. Calhoun brought to a wealth of experience at the collegiate and professional levels that was flooded with success at every stop prior to the Academy. Calhoun came to the Academy after serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Houston Texans in The Texans were one of only two NFL teams to triple their number of wins from the previous year. The 2006 Texans were the last team to defeat the Indianapolis Colts on their way to the Super Bowl championship. On offense, the Texans had the NFL s leading receiver (Pro Bowler Andre Johnson with 103 catches), the NFL s best quarterback completion percentage (68.4 percent) and their quarterback tied a NFL record against Buffalo with 22 straight completions. Calhoun became a well-rounded NFL coach, working as a defensive assistant, special teams assistant and offensive assistant with the Denver Broncos from He began his NFL coaching career by serving on the defensive side of the ball in He helped coach the NFL s fourth-best defense. The Broncos defense ranked seventh against the run and sixth against the pass. Denver s defense yielded a mere 17.6 points per game as they made the playoffs for the first time since PERSONAL Hometown:...Roseburg, Ore. Wife:...Amanda Children:...Tyler, Amelia Years in Coaching:...24th AF/Career Record: (11th year) BACKGROUND/HONORS 1989 graduate of the Academy First Academy graduate to be head coach 20 years as a college coach 4 years in the NFL 2007 MWC coach of the year 2007 Region 5 coach of the year Finalist for national coach of the year (2007) Tied as the winningest first-year head coach in school history Winningest first-year head coach in school history for conference games Colorado Coach of the Year (NFF), 2007, 2010, 2015 Semifinalist for 2010, 2014 National Coach of the Year honors COACHING EXPERIENCE, Head Coach 2007-Pres. Houston Texans, Off. Coord./QBs 2006 Denver Broncos Asst. to Head Coach 2005 Off./Special Teams Asst Defensive Assistant 2003 Wake Forest, Off. Coord Ohio, Offensive Coord Ohio, Quarterbacks , JV/Varsity Asst , Grad Asst Football 41

4 head coach troy calhoun In 2004, Calhoun moved to become an assistant on offense and worked with the special teams. The offense ranked fifth in the NFL, averaging yards per game. Calhoun worked closely with Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan in the 2005 season, serving as the assistant to the head coach. The Broncos won the AFC West title for the 10th time in their history and played for the AFC Championship game for the first time in seven seasons. Their 14-4 record was the best since Denver finished the 1998 season as winners of Super Bowl XXXIII. The offense finished fifth in the NFL averaging yards per game. The defense was stout against the run, finishing second in the NFL with 85.2 yards per game. Denver finished with an undefeated record at home during the regular season for the fifth time in team history. During Calhoun s three years in Denver, the Broncos made the playoffs every season, averaging over 11 wins a year. Prior to the NFL, Calhoun was an offensive coordinator for six seasons on the collegiate level. He began his coaching career at, where he worked as a graduate assistant from He started at quarterback for the Academy in 1986 and was one of only two freshmen to letter for the 1985 team. Calhoun served his country from as an active duty officer in the. He was an assistant coach for the Falcons in He moved to Ohio University in the spring of 1995 where he served as the quarterbacks coach for two seasons. Calhoun was promoted to offensive coordinator in During his first season at the helm, the offense totaled 612 yards against Eastern Michigan, second-most in school history. The Bobcats defeated Maryland in 1997, marking the school s first win against a team from the ACC in school history. The `97 Bobcats 8-3 record was the school s best in 29 years. During his last season at Ohio in 2000, the Bobcats beat two bowl teams, Minnesota and Marshall, for the first time in school history. Calhoun s 2000 offense set a school record with yards per game. Calhoun moved to Wake Forest in The Demon Deacons were one of only seven teams in the country to score more than 30 points in each of the final four games. During his second season, Wake led the ACC in total offense with yards per game. His offense had a league-best 990 plays and was efficient with the ball, committing only 16 turnovers, fewest in the ACC. The 2001 season culminated with a bowl victory over Oregon to give Wake Forest its first back-to-back winning seasons since the ACC expanded from eight teams. Calhoun was raised in a home where both kids graduated from the Academy and were varsity letter winners on nationally-ranked teams. Calhoun s younger sister, Callie, is a 1991 Academy graduate. She was a 10-time track Calhoun Head Coaching Record CALHOUN VS. OPPONENTS Army BYU* Boise State* California## Colorado State* FCS Fresno State* Georgia State Georgia Tech# Hawai i* Houston## Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Navy Nevada* New Mexico* Notre Dame Oklahoma Rice# San Diego State* San Jose State* South Alabama# TCU* Toledo# UNLV* Utah* Utah State* Western Michigan# Wyoming* * - Conference opponent # - Bowl game and cross country All-American who won six NCAA national titles. Troy Calhoun graduated from the Academy in 1989 as a member of the superintendent s list by earning over a 3.0 grade point average along with a military performance average of better than 3.0. He also completed a master s in business administration (MBA) from Oklahoma City University in He and his wife, Amanda, live in Colorado Springs and have two children, Tyler (15) and Amelia (13). Calhoun and his wife, Amanda, have a strong respect and affinity for the members of our armed services and are very involved with numerous charitable and community endeavors. Year School Record MW Home Away Neu. Bowl /4th Arizona Bowl, So. Alabama (W 45-21) /1st Armed Forces Bowl, California (L 36-55) /4th Idaho Potato, Western Mich. (W 38-24) /6th /4th Armed Forces, Rice (L 14-33) /5th Military Bowl, Toledo (L 41-42) /T3rd Independence, Georgia Tech (W 14-7) /4th Armed Forces, Houston (W 47-20) /4th Armed Forces, Houston (L 28-34) /2nd Armed Forces, California (L 36-42) Totals Bowl Record: 4-5 Football 42

5 jake campbell - assistant offensive backfield Jake Campbell is in his sixth season at Air Force as an offensive backfield assistant coach. Campbell returned to his alma mater after four years at Claremont- Mudd-Scripps where he was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in He coached running backs his first three seasons. Campbell has been instrumental in the development of running backs Jacobi Owens, who has rushed for 1,000 or more yards in back-to-back seasons and finished his career with over 3,000 yards rushing, and Tim McVey, who enters the 2018 season as the school s career yards per carry leader with an 8.4 norm. McVey became the first player in school history to have over 100 yards rushing and receiving in the same game which he did vs. New Mexico in Campbell mentored two offensive MVPs (DJ Lillard, 2010 and Spencer Clark, 2011) at CMS. Lillard was the first running back to make first-team all-sciac since 2002 while Clark led the team in all-purpose yards in his senior campaign. Under Campbell s direction, the offensive unit made its way into the school s record books. The 2010 team broke the school s record for points scored in a season with 268 and tied the school record for touchdowns in a season at 36. The 2010 offense also led the conference in rushing, third down conversions, turnovers, sacks given up, and red zone efficiency, while being second in scoring and time of possession. Peter Kimmey, who took over for the starting role at quarterback midway through the year, rushed for 14 touchdowns in Campbell s system, one shy of the school record. He led the conference in rushing touchdowns and points per game. Campbell is a 1996 graduate of the Air Force Academy. His on field accomplishments and highlights as a running back make him one of the best to ever play the position at the Academy. He captained the 1995 team that won one of the Academy s three Western Athletic Conference (WAC) championships in its history. Campbell s efforts land him in the top five in several areas of the Falcon record book. He is currently third all-time in yards per carry for a season, fourth all-time for a career. He is also third all-time for yards per reception for a season and career touchdown receptions. He put together back-to-back 1,000 plus all-purpose yards his junior and senior years as a running back, receiver and kick returner. Campbell was later named to the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph s all-decade team of the 1990 s. Prior to joining the CMS football staff, Campbell served 10 years as an officer in the, reaching the rank of major. Campbell amassed over 1,000 flying hours as a pilot in the T-37, T-1A, and C-9A airframes. He flew the first stateside C-9A aircraft to deploy overseas in support of military operations in Kosovo. Campbell finished his military career as a contract negotiator. He was responsible for leading negotiating teams with Fortune 500 companies in contracts worth well over $400 million to deploy the widely known and frequently used Global Positioning System (GPS). Campbell spent one season at the Academy Prep School as an assistant football coach. His responsibilities were coaching the running The Campbell File Year at :...6th/7th (overall) Career Year:...11th Hometown:...Sacramento, CA Alma Mater:..., 1996 Offensive Backfield Pres. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Off. Coord/QB Off. Coord/RBs Running Backs Prep School Graduate Assistant backs and quarterbacks, as well as the offensive play-calling duties. While at the Prep School, he helped develop numerous eventual Falcon football stars such as Scott McKay, Qualario Brown, Nate Beard and Chris Jessup. Campbell was also a math instructor and taught calculus. Campbell was also a Nike/SPARQ trainer and the lead running back coach for the Nike Football Training Camps held throughout the country. He has worked with some of the best athletes in the country, many who have gone on to professional and Division I careers. Originally from North Highlands, a neighborhood in Sacramento, Calif., Campbell was a four-sport starter in high school. He lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track. Campbell was also an assistant coach for the twotime defending conference champion CMS Athena softball team. Campbell has a son, Brayden. Football 43

6 Tim Cross - assistant head coach/defensive line Tim Cross begins his fourth season at as the defensive line coach and first as assistant head coach. Cross came to the Academy after spending three years at Texas where he coached strength and conditioning. Prior to his stint at Texas, Cross served as the associate head coach and defensive line coach at Minnesota. Cross impact at the Academy has been immediate. He mentored a defensive line in the revamped defense the last three years. The Falcons improved in scoring, rushing, passing and total defense in 2014, including having one of the nation s most improved scoring defenses with an average of 24.2 points per game, a nearly 16 points per game improvement. The defense ranked among the conference leaders in each category last year and was led by Ryan Watson, who was a first-team all-conference honoree. Watson led the conference in sacks (.82 per game) and was among the league leaders in tackles for loss (1.00 per game). While at Minnesota, he helped the Gophers to a +.92 turnover margin which ranked second in the Big Ten and No. 16 in the nation in That same year, his defensive line recorded 20.5 sacks and 44 tackles for loss which ranked in the top three in the conference and in the top 25 nationally in both categories. He coached defensive end D.L. Wilhite to Big Ten All-Freshman honors from The Sporting News in 2009 and saw his defensive line rack up 32 tackles for loss in He also coached defensive end Willie VanDeSteeg to first-team All-Big Ten honors in VanDeSteeg became the first Gopher defender to be named First-Team All-Big Ten since Prior to his stint at Minnesota, he coached the defensive line at Syracuse from where he helped the Orange lead the Big East and finish seventh in the nation in turnover margin at His front line at Syracuse averaged 2.8 sacks per game which was among the nation s top 20. A big reason for the Orange s success in getting to opposing quarterbacks was Cross work with 2006 Big East sack leader Jameel McClain. Cross also coached NFL Draft selections James Wyche and Ryan LaCasse while at Syracuse. Cross first began working at Texas prior to going to Syracuse, serving as assistant strength coach for the Longhorns from Cross assisted in the development and implementation of the strength and speed programs for the UT football squad. He was responsible for creating training programs for a Doak Walker, a Butkus and a Nagurski Trophy winner. Cross also played a key role in the development of numerous All-Americans and All-Big 12 performers, and his teams won at least nine games each season he coached with the Longhorns. Cross began his coaching career in Colorado at Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver, serving as head coach from He also spent one season as The Cross File Year at :...4th Career Year:...17th Hometown:...Clarksville, TN Alma Mater:...No. Colo., 1990 Asst. Head Coach Pres. Defensive Line Pres. Texas Strength/Conditioning Strength/Conditioning Minnesota Assoc. HC/Def. Line Syracuse Defensive Line the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at TJHS. Cross led the school to four straight league title and a 42-game conference winning streak. While at TJHS, he mentored 14 high school All- Americans, 20 all-state selections and 31 first team all-conference players., Cross coached two consecutive Gold Helmet Award winners, an honor bestowed to high school football all-state honorees who are successful on and off the field. He also coached two future NFL firstround draft picks during his time at TJHS in Daniel Graham (New England Patriots) and Andre Woolfolk (Tennessee Titans). A native of Clarksville, Tenn., Cross attended Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo., and is a 1990 graduate of Northern Colorado where he was a four-year letterman in football and earned all-north Central Conference honors as a linebacker. Cross and his wife, Natalie, have four children, Keion, Mariah, Tiana and Keria. Football 44

7 steed lobotzke - offensive line Steed Lobotzke enters his third year at and first as the offensive line coach. Lobotzke coached tight ends his firsts two years at the Academy. Lobotzke s first season at the Academy saw tight end Garrett Griffin develop into a free-agent signee by the New Orleans Saints. This last season, he developed Ryan Reffitt, who replaced Griffin and posted solid numbers. He finished second on the team with eight catches for 173 yards and two scores. Lobotzke came to the Academy after spending the 2014 season at Winston- Salem State where the Rams made a trip to the CIAA Championship. He spearheaded the Ram offense that recorded eight-straight 400-plus yard games and Winston-Salem State ended the year with a No. 10 national ranking. Prior to WSSU, Lobotzke spent 13 years at Wake Forest, including 11 seasons as the Deacons offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. He also coached the running backs, tight ends and fullbacks. During his tenure, the Wake Forest offense broke many school and ACC records. In 2012, junior wide receiver Michael Campanaro caught 7.9 passes per game, which led the ACC and was the second-best mark in ACC history. His 79 receptions in 2012 were the fourthhighest single-season mark for a Wake Forest player and were achieved despite the fact that he missed almost three games with an injury. Campanaro s 16 catches against Boston College set an ACC single-game record. The 2011 team came within a field goal of playing for the ACC championship and went to the Music City Bowl. The squad scored 338 points - third-best in Wake Forest history - and only had 12 turnovers, which was the lowest total in school history and the best in the ACC that season. In 2006, Wake Forest won 11 games and the ACC Championship. The offense produced 4,298 yards, the third-highest total in school history and put up Wake Forest s fourth-best scoring season with 302 points. Wake Forest also ranked sixth in the nation in fewest turnovers. Freshman quarterback Riley Skinner was named ACC Rookie of the Year after leading the ACC in pass efficiency (139.6) and breaking the Wake Forest record for completion percentage (65.8 percent). On November 13, 2006, Lobotzke was chosen as the Master Football Coaches MCS Nike Offensive Coordinator of the Week after Wake Forest defeated Florida State 30-0 in Tallahassee. Lobotzke went to Wake Forest along with head coach Jim Grobe after serving under Grobe the previous four years at Ohio University as the centers and guards coach. In his four seasons at Ohio, the offensive line paved the way for four of the top five rushing seasons in school history. Lobotzke s ties with Grobe go back to their days at the Academy when Grobe personally recruited him. The northern California native attended the Academy and lettered on the football team in , playing on the offensive line. As a player, Lobotzke helped lead to three Liberty The Lobotzke File Year at :...3rd/4th Career Year:...22nd Hometown:... Roseville, CA Alma Mater:..., 1992 Offensive Line Pres. Tight Ends Graduate Assistant Winston-Salem State Off. Coord., Off. Line Wake Forest Off. Coord, Off. Line Offensive Line Ohio Offensive Line Bowl appearances. He earned secondteam All-Western Athletic Conference honors as a junior and was named to the first team as a senior before being invited to play in the East-West Shrine Football Classic. After graduating from the Academy in 1992 with a degree in economics, Lobotzke began his coaching career at his alma mater. He served as a graduate assistant in the season, helping lead the team to another Liberty Bowl berth in Following his tour of active military duty, Lobotzke joined the Ohio staff in Lobotzke is married to the former Kristin Hazen of Warren, Ohio. The couple has two daughters: Capri and Gia and one son, Anthony. Football 45

8 matt mcgettigan - strength and conditioning Matt McGettigan is in his 11th season as the strength and conditioning coach for the Falcon football team. Widely considered one of the best in the country, Mc- Gettigan helped transform the Falcon program. Prior to his coming to the Academy, the Falcons had posted a record over the second half of the season from Since his arrival, the Falcons have won over 60 percent of their games over the second half of the season. In addition to being in better physical shape, the Falcons have seen fewer significant injuries. McGettigan played a key factor in the play of 2007 All-American Chad Hall, a 5-foot-8, 185-pound do-everything runner who averaged over 32 touches per game over the last seven weeks of the 2007 season. McGettigan received the ultimate affirmation of excellence when he earned recognition as the 2001 National Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society. The award underscored the respect McGettigan has from his peers. McGettigan joined the Iowa State staff in 1996 with head coach Dan McCarney in He spent 11 years with the Cyclones before coming to in the summer of Prior to his stint in Ames, he was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Notre Dame from Before his work with the Fighting Irish, McGettigan served as the strength and conditioning coordinator for Wisconsin-Platteville from McGettigan completed his undergraduate work in physical education at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, in 1987, where he was a three-year starter on the football team. He is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. In January 1989, McGettigan received his certification as strength and conditioning specialist. He earned his master s degree in 1989 from Wisconsin-Platteville. A native of Darlington, Wis., McGettigan is married to the former Darla Hook of Charles City, Iowa. They have two children, Mariah and Colin. The McGettigan File Year at :...11th Career Year:...31st Hometown:...Darlington, WI Alma Mater:...Luther College, 1987 Strength/Conditioning Pres. Iowa State Strength/Conditioning Notre Dame Strength/Conditioning Wis.-Platteville Strength/Conditioning Football 46

9 Bart Miller enters his first season as tight ends coach at the Academy. Miller came to the Academy from Minnesota, where he was the offensive line coach in While at Minnesota, his offensive line helped pave the way for the dominant rushing attack of Rodney Smith (1,158 yards, 16 touchdowns) nad Shannon Brooks (670 yards). The team finished in the top 20 in fewest sacks while Jonah Pirsig earned all-conference honors. Prior to that, he spent two years as offensive line coach at Florida Atlantic. Miller, who is from Omaha, Neb., has also served as an offensive line coach at New Mexico State and Wisconsin. Miller s offensive line at Florida Atlantic allowed only 26 sacks in 887 opportunities in 2015 and just 21 sacks from 869 tries in In the four seasons before Miller arrived, the Owls had allowed an average of 31 sacks per season. Under Miller, the Florida Atlantic offensive line blocked for 10 different ball carriers who amassed 1,962 yards, which was just shy of the program record. Miller took over an offensive line that returned just one traditional starter for Bart miller, tight ends the Owls. Miller s opening day left tackle Reggie Bain, a true freshman, earned freshman All-America honors during his first year on the job. Bain was joined by Mikingson Marsaille and Kelly Parfitt as all-conference selections during Miller s tenure. At New Mexico State, Miller helped create a new offensive system for the Aggies which averaged 34 points per game and an average of 300 yards per game while rushing for 180 yards per game through the squad s last five games. He took over a line that had allowed 45 sacks and improved that protection by more than half to just 20 in more than 400 opportunities. As the offensive line coach at Wisconsin, Miller took over a unit in September that ranked 103rd nationally in rushing averaging only 101 yards per game. That group improved to finish 12th in the nation, averaging yards per game and 5.2 yards per rush. Miller coached NFL draft picks and 2012 all-big Ten honorees Ricky Wagner, Ryan Groy and Travis Frederick, while helping to re-establish a physical Wisconsin running game. In 2011, as a graduate assistant at Wisconsin, Miller worked directly with the offensive line and tight ends, helping lead an offense that averaged 44.1 points. He coached and worked with NFL first- and second-round picks, All-Big Ten honorees and All-Americans Kevin Zeitler and Peter Konz, Heisman Finalist Montee Ball and NFL quarterback Russell Wilson. Miller helped guide all five starting offensive linemen to receive either All-American or All-Conference honors. Miller began his coaching career at New Mexico State where he worked primarily with the offensive line as a graduate assistant. Miller holds a bachelor s degree from New Mexico and obtained a master s degree from New Mexico State. As a player at New Mexico, Miller was a starter and two-year letterman on the offensive line. He earned Academic All-Mountain West Conference honors as a junior and senior. Miller played right guard in 2007 and the Lobos had a 1,000-yard rusher, two 1,000-yard receivers and a 3,000-yard passer. Miller and his wife, Amy, have two sons, Barrett (3) and Gunner (6 months). The Miller File Year at :...1st Career Year:...7th Hometown:...Omaha, NE Alma Mater:...New Mexico, 2007 Minnesota Offensive Line Florida Atlantic Offensive Line New Mexico State Offensive Line Wisconsin (GA) Offensive Line New Mexico State (GA) Offensive Line Football 47

10 ben miller - running backs/special teams coord. Ben Miller is in his 11th season as an assistant coach at. This season marks his sixth as running backs coach after coaching tight ends for five seasons, and his 10th year coaching the specialists (punters, kickers and snappers). This season is his seventh as the special teams coordinator. Miller s first four years saw the development of Travis Dekker as one of the best tight ends in school history and one of the best in the Mountain West Conference. Dekker caught 25 passes for 382 yards and two scores, while averaging 15.3 yards per catch, in His 25 catches were the most by an tight end since Trent Van Hulzen in Dekker would later sign a contract with the Green Bay Packers. Miller s work with the kickers has also been impressive. Senior Ryan Harrison kicked a school-record 24 field goals in 2008, while becoming a semifinalist for the Lou Groza National Placekicker of the Year award. Will Conant ranked among the conference s top kickers, hitting 11-of-13 field goals and 32-of-33 extra points for 65 points to lead the Falcons in In 2014, Conant hit 19-of-21 field goals and 45-of-46 PATs to hit the 100-point mark with 102. He also averaged 43.6 yards per punt. He was a Lou Groza Award semifinalist and earned MW special teams player of the year honors. Last season, Luke Strebel established himself as one of the top kickers in the Mountain West and the nation. He is the school s career leader in field goal percentage with an.889 mark, hitting 32 of 36 field goals. He is a perfect 88-of-88 on extra points. His five years working with the running backs was highly successful. He oversaw the progress of first-year starter Cody Getz, who rushed for 1,248 yards which is the seventh most in school history. Getz opened the season with a schoolrecord five straight 100-yard games while hitting the 200-yard mark three times to establish a new school record. Jacobi Owens posted back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons and was among the conference leaders in rushing each year. Owens finished his career ranked fourth in school history with 3,005 yards. Tim McVey established himself last season as well, becoming the first player in school history to have over 100 yards rushing and receiving in a game at New Mexico. McVey is the career leader in yards per carry with an 8.4 mark in his career. A 2002 Academy graduate, Miller spent the 2006 season as the offensive graduate assistant at the University of Illinois before returning to the Academy. Miller was an all-conference offensive lineman for the Falcons, starting at left tackle as a junior and senior. After completing his collegiate career, Miller signed a contract with the Cleveland Browns, where he was used as a fullback/tight end/long snapper. In the fall of 2005, he joined the practice squad for the Philadelphia Eagles. Miller served as a graduate assistant The Miller File Year at :...11th/12th overall Career Year:...13th Hometown:...Columbia Station, OH Alma Mater:..., 2002 Running Backs Pres. Special Teams Coord Pres. Specialists Pres. Tight Ends Illinois Graduate Asst Off. Graduate Asst coach at the Academy from He also spent one year in the ManTech Division at Wright Patterson Base, Ohio, before transitioning to the Reserve in May of During the NFL offseason, he worked as a public affairs officer doing recruiting and public relations activities for the Air Force. Miller is married to the former Meghan Carney. The couple has two daughters, Quinn and Keeley, and a son, Lochlan. Football 48

11 John Rudzinski begins his eighth season with the Falcons. In addition to his work with the secondary, Rudzinski s tenure includes responsibilities as the recruiting coordinator and outside linebackers coach. Leading the secondary the last three seasons, the defense finished 22nd in the country in interceptions in He was vital in the development of All-American safety Weston Steelhammer, who finished as the career leader in interceptions with 18 interceptions. Steelhammer ranks second in Mountain West history in career interceptions. In 2016, Rudzinski also mentor Brodie Hicks to all-conference honors. The 2015 group had two first-team all-conference honorees in Steelhammer and cornerback Roland Ladipo. The secondary also boosted three of the top four tacklers in In 2014, Steelhammer earned first-team all-conference honors, his first of a school-record three selections to the conference s first team. Safety Christian Spears was also among the team leaders in tackles with 81. In 2013, Rudzinski guided Alex Means to all-conference honors. Means led the Falcons in tackles for loss and sacks. The Falcons qualified for a sixth straight bowl john rudzinski - secondary game, taking on Rice in the Armed Forces Bowl. The Falcons were 5-3 in conference play. As recruiting coordinator from , Rudzinski managed the national academic and athletic evaluation of high school prospects. Those recruiting classes would produce 28 wins, two bowl championships and two Commander-in-Chief Trophy wins over a three year period ( ). Rudzinski s first two years back on staff, the Falcons won back-to-back Commander-in-Chief s Trophy in In 2011, he assisted the defense to finish first in the conference in passing defense with a average. In 2010, the Falcon defense was even better, ranking second nationally by allowing just passing yards per game. The defensive success aided to a 9-4 record, capped by a victory over Georgia Tech in the Independence Bowl. Rudzinski began his coaching career in 2005 as a graduate assistant at the Academy, serving for two years under the leadership College Football Hall of Famer Fisher DeBerry. Learning under the tutelage of defensive coordinator Richard Bell, Rudzinski helped developed future all-conference performers Drew Fowler and John Rabold. Transitioning to Charleston Base, S.C., Rudzinski served as maintenance operations officer from , leading 250 airman. He was responsible for the people, products and processes for the multi-billion dollar C-17 aircraft maintenance effort. Throughout his time in Charleston, he coached at First Baptist High School as a defensive assistant. Rudzinski is a 2001 high school graduate from Notre Dame Academy in Green Bay, Wisconsin. A three-year letterman at The Rudzinski File Year at :... 8th/10th overall Career Year:...10th Hometown:...Green Bay, WI Alma Mater:..., 2005 Secondary Pres. Rec. Coord./Secondary Recruiting Coord./OLBs Def. Asst./Asst. Rec. Coord Graduate Assistant the Academy, he led the team in tackles over this span. A two-time captain, Rudzinski was named the team s most valuable player and was honored with s Brian Bullard Award, which is the program s highest honor. An honorable mention all-mountain West selection as a senior, Rudzinski was selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game. Rudzinski graduated from the Academy in 2005 as a distinguished graduate and a member of Superintendent s List. He was also honored as outstanding cadet in management. Rudzinski has since earned his master s degree in business administration from the University of Colorado. He and his wife, Lauren, live in Colorado Springs and have four children, Elin (6), Luke (4), Malin (3) and Paul (1). He and Lauren have strong admiration for the members of our armed services and feel fortunate to mentor the next great generation of officers. Football 49

12 steve russ - asst. head coach/def. coord, dbs coach previously. Steve Russ enters his sixth year at as the assistant head coach and fourth as the defensive coordinator and defensive backfield coach. Russ was the co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers Russ first season as the lone defensive coordinator was impressive, as he completely revamped the defense and turned it into one of the finest in the conference. improved in all four major categories that season, including a remarkable 15.8 points per game improvement to 24.2 overall which led the conference and was 72 spots higher in the national rankings (33rd). The Falcons also improved in rushing, passing and total defense, including an over 100 yard improvement in rushing defense to yards per game. That improvement went from ranking 119th nationally to 28th, which is a 91 spot improvement. In addition, the defense improved in third down defense from 125th to 36th, quarterback sacks from 114th to 24th, tackles for loss from 129th to 42nd. The defense maintained those lofty numbers the last two seasons, ranking first or second in the conference in seven categories. The unit was No. 10 nationally in rushing and 33rd in total defense in He also coached defensive back Weston Steelhammer to three first-team all-conference selections, an Academy first, and to a pair of All-American honors in Steelhammer also earned the East-West Shrine Bowl Pat Tillman Award for leadership and citizenship. Russ, a 1995 Academy graduate and four-year football letterman, returned to the Academy from Wake Forest, where he coached since 2008, most recently as the secondary coach. Prior to coaching the secondary in 2011 at Wake Forest, Russ spent his first two seasons working with the tight ends and fullbacks and was the linebackers coach in He coached at Syracuse for three seasons ( ) and spent four seasons as an assistant at Ohio ( ). Russ began his coaching career at as a graduate assistant strength coach in While playing at, Russ earned second-team All-WAC honors in 1994 and was selected to play in both the Blue- Gray All-Star game and the East-West Shrine game following his senior season. Russ received s Brian Bullard Award, which is the program s highest honor, in 1994 and was a seventh-round draft pick of the Denver Broncos in the 1995 NFL Draft. He is one of just seven players in history to be drafted in the NFL. Following two years of active service in the military, Russ joined the Broncos and spent four seasons with the team and he was a part of Denver s 1997 and 1998 Super Bowl Championship teams under the direction of head coach Mike Shanahan and defensive coordinator Greg Robinson. He began his full-time coaching career in 2001, joining the staff at Ohio University as the outside linebackers coach. Former AFA assistant coach Brian Knorr was serving as Ohio s head coach at the time. Russ became the inside linebackers coach in 2001 and added the responsibility of coordinating special teams in In 2005, Russ moved to Syracuse as the linebackers coach and became the defensive coordinator prior to the 2007 season. The Russ File Year at :...6th/7th overall Career Year:...18th Hometown:...Stetsonville, WI Alma Mater:..., 1995 Asst. Head Coach/ Def. Coord./DBs Present Asst. Head Coach/ Co-Def. Coord Inside Linebackers Secondary Wake Forest Secondary Linebackers TEs/Fullbacks Syracuse Defensive Coordinator LBs/Special Teams Ohio LBs/Special Teams Coor Graduate Assistant/ Strength and Cond In 2008, Russ moved to Wake Forest where he coached tight ends and fullbacks in He coached linebackers in 2010 and the secondary in The punt coverage team, which Russ coordinated, led the nation in punt return defense, allowing just nine yards all season in When he took over the secondary in 2011, the Wake defense showed dramatic improvement. From 2010 to 2011, the pass efficiency defense improved 56 spots nationally, the thirddown defense improved 52 spots nationally and the scoring defense improved 45 spots nationally. In 2011, Russ coached safety Josh Bush to first-team All-ACC and third-team AP All-America honors. Bush was drafted in the sixth round by the New York Jets. Russ also coached Merrill Noel, who was named the ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year and was a Freshman All-American by numerous publications as he led the country in pass break-ups. A native of Stetsonville, Wis., Russ and his wife, Betsy, are the parents of a daughter, Mackenzie, and a son, Tyler. Football 50

13 League in taylor stubblefield, receivers Taylor Stubblefield is in his first year at the Academy as wide receivers coach. Stubblefield comes to the Academy after coaching receivers for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football Stubblefield, a consensus All-America wide receiver during his playing days at Purdue, coached receivers at the college level from before coaching in the CFL last season. The Yakima, Wash., native has made coaching stops on the East and West coasts, the Midwest and the Mountain West region. Prior to coaching at Utah from , he coached at Central Washington (2007), Eastern Michigan (as a graduate assistant in 2008), Illinois State ( ), Central Michigan (2011), New Mexico (2012) and Wake Forest (2013). While at Wake Forest, his leading receiver, Michael Campanaro, was named second-team all-atlantic Coast Conference. While at Central Michigan, Stubblefield coached three third-team all-mid-american Conference receivers in Titus Davis, Courtney Williams and Cody Wilson. Davis was a Phil Steele Freshman All-American. In his two years at Illinois State, Stubblefield mentored three all-missouri Valley Football Conference honorees, including first-team receiver Eyad Salem. Salem set a school record for receptions in a season with 92. Stubblefield also had two receivers named to the MVFC all- Newcomer team during his time at Illinois State. As a player at Purdue, Stubblefield was a consensus All-American and a 2004 finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, presented to the most outstanding receiver in college football. He finished his career ( ) with an NCAA record 316 receptions and ranks second in Big Ten history with 3,629 receiving yards. Stubblefield s performance against Washington State in the 2001 Sun Bowl (nine receptions, Sun Bowl-record 196 yards, two touchdowns, Sun Bowl-record 244 all-purpose yards) earned him a spot on the Sun Bowl s 75th anniversary team. His 16 receiving touchdowns in 2004 are a Purdue single-season record. After graduating from Purdue in 2005, Stubblefield had professional stints with the NFL s Carolina Panthers and St. Louis Rams as well as the Canadian Football League s Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Stubblefield File Year at :...1st Career Year:...11th Hometown:... Yakima, Wash. Alma Mater:...Purdue, 2005 WRs Toronto Argonauts WRs Utah WRs Wake Forest WRs New Mexico WRs Central Michigan WRs Illinois State WRs Eastern Michigan Graduate Assistant Central Washington WRs Football 51

14 Mike thiessen - offensive coord./qbs Mike Thiessen is in his 11th season as an assistant coach at the Academy. This season is his eighth as offensive coordinator/ play-caller, and his third as the quarterbacks coach. Thiessen coached wide receivers for the eight previous seasons. Over the last three years, Thiessen has guided an offense that is second in the nation in rushing offense (303.7 yards per game) and averaged 33.4 points per game. Over those three seasons, the Falcons had two 10-win seasons, posted 28 wins and played in a bowl game every year. The 2016 team recorded one of the best statistical seasons in Academy history, finishing third in the nation in rushing, sixth in third-down conversations, eighth in passing efficiency and first in yards per completion while averaging 35.2 points per game in a 10-win season and a bowl victory. As quarterbacks coach, Thiessen helped develop Karson Roberts, who took over the starting quarterback role due to injury and threw for nearly 1,600 yards and 11 touchdowns while rushing for 674 yards and 10 touchdowns en route to the MW Mountain Division title. Roberts also earned Armed Forces Bowl team MVP honors. He has also helped develop Nate Romine, who has started games in four seasons at the Academy, and Arion Worthman, who was named the offensive most valuable player in s Arizona Bowl victory over South Alabama last season. Thiessen had one of the top receiving corps in school history while coaching the position, overseeing the development of two players that had breakout seasons. In 2014, Jalen Robinette led the Falcons with 43 catches for 806 yards and four touchdowns. His 806 yards were the most by a Falcon since Jason Brown in Garrett Brown was second on the team with 36 catches for 535 yards and a team-best six touchdowns. Thiessen was a key contributor in the development of All-American Chad Hall, the conference offensive player of the year in Hall caught 50 passes, the sixth most in school history, for 524 yards, while rushing for 1,478 yards, which ranks second all-time in school history. Hall played six seasons in the NFL and earned a Super Bowl appearance with the San Francisco 49ers. A two-sport star during his collegiate career, Thiessen was an All-American baseball player as a centerfielder in the spring of 2000 and was the Mountain West Conference football offensive player of the year in the fall of A twoyear starter at quarterback, Thiessen led the team in rushing and was among the conference leaders in rushing yards and touchdowns in He capped off his career by earning offensive most valuable player honors while leading to a win over Fresno State in the Silicon Valley Classic. Thiessen finished the game with 99 yards rushing and 204 yards passing. Thiessen was a team captain as a senior, while rushing for 713 yards and 10 touchdowns and passing for 1,687 yards and 13 scores in On the diamond, he holds 10 Academy records (six career and four single-season), including a 33- game hitting streak which stood for 17 years. He was inducted into the The Thiessen File Year at :...11th Career Year:...14th Hometown:...Modesto, CA Alma Mater:..., 2001 Off. Coordinator/QBs Pres. Off. Coordinator/WRs Asst. Head Coach/WRs Offensive Coord/WRs Wide Receivers AFA Prep Off. Coord Athletics Hall of Fame last spring, as part of the school s sixth class. After graduation in 2001, Thiessen was a 42nd round draft pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks in He played in 27 games with the Yakima Bears A team and led the squad with a.308 batting average. His first military assignment was at Luke Base, Ariz., working in the 62nd Fighter Squadron. He entered the World Class Athlete Program and played with the Lancaster Jethawks, an advanced A affiliate of the Diamondbacks in He hit.278 with five homers and 42 runs scored in 85 games. Following that season, he returned to Luke and worked in personnel. After three years at Luke AFB, Thiessen returned to the Academy to teach and coach at the USAFA Prep School. He served as an instructor in algebra, calculus and chemistry and was the offensive coordinator for the football team for three seasons before joining the Academy staff in Thiessen and his wife, the former Kristen McClellan of Jefferson City, Mo., have a son, Andrew, and a daughter, Brooke. Football 52

15 Nick Toth (pronounced TOETH) enters his first year at as the spurs and nickel back coach. Toth comes to the Academy after five years at Fresno State where he coached inside linebackers. In his first four seasons at Fresno State, Toth served as the defensive coordinator while also being the position coach for the inside linebackers. His defense drew 17 All-Mountain West selections and one All-American in safety Phillip Thomas in 2012, a unanimous selection. Thomas was a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, won the CFPA Defensive Back Trophy and was the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year after leading the nation with eight interceptions. Free safety Derron Smith earned firstteam All-Mountain West accolades in three-straight seasons under Toth, becoming just the 11th player in school history and just the third defensive player to garner first-team all-conference accolades three times in a career. He finished his career with 15 interceptions, ranking in a tie for second in MW history, and was a 2015 sixth-round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals. The turnover department was one that Fresno State had struggled with on the defensive side of the ball before Toth s arrival. Fresno State had ranked 111th or worse in turnovers gained in each of the six previous seasons and had no more nick toth, spurs/nickels The Toth File Year at :...1st Career Year:...18th Hometown:...Cleveland, OH Alma Mater:...Ohio, 1999 Spurs/Nickels Fresno State Def. Coordinator/ILBs Texas A&M OLBs/Special Teams Coord The Citadel Specials teams/dbs Ashland Def. Coord Mercyhurst Def. Coordinator/DBs Elon DBs Ohio Defensive Line Tight Ends Dakota State DBs Ohio Def. Graduate Asst than 16 turnovers in any of those years. After having only nine turnovers gained in 2011, the year before Toth s hiring, Fresno State came back in 2012 and recorded the greatest turnover turnaround in the FBS since the turn of the century. Finishing with 35 take-aways in 2012 (ranking fifth in the FBS), the Bulldogs differential in turnovers gained in one season under Toth was plus-26. His 2013 defense ranked sixth in the FBS with just over three sacks per game and 40 total on the year and also ranked fourth with 8.2 tackles for a loss per game. Over the 2012 and 2013 seasons, Fresno State and Stanford were the only schools in the country that ranked in the top 10 in sacks both seasons. Prior to Fresno State, Toth coached at Texas A&M where he was the outside linebackers coach while also serving as the Aggies special teams coordinator in 2010 and In his first season with the Aggies, Toth oversaw the development of linebacker Von Miller, who captured the prestigious Butkus Award during an All-American campaign in Miller went on to be the No. 2 overall pick of the Denver Broncos in the 2011 NFL Draft. In 2011, Toth helped direct the A&M defense that led the nation in sacks with 51. Prior to his two seasons at Texas A&M, Toth was the defensive backs coach and special teams coach at The Citadel in Toth gained three years of experience working as a defensive coordinator from In 2006, he was the defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach at Mercyhurst (Pa.) college and from he was Ashland (Ohio) University s defensive coordinator. He has great knowledge of the secondary, as he coached the defensive backs at Elon (2005), defensive linemen at Ohio (2004) and defensive backs at Dakota State (2002). Toth was also the special teams coordinator at Elon, spent the 2003 season as the tight ends coach at Ohio and he was a defensive graduate assistant with the Bobcats from A graduate of Ohio University in 1999 with a bachelor s degree in political science, Toth played running back and defensive back for the Bobcats form After graduating, he worked one year on the high school level before returning to Ohio as a graduate assistant. He earned his master s degree in athletic administration from Ohio in Toth is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He and his wife, Jennifer, have three sons; Nicholas IV, Michael and Johnathon, and one daughter, Susan. Football 53

16 ron vanderlinden - inside linebackers Ron Vanderlinden begins his fourth season at as the inside linebackers coach. Vanderlinden came to the Academy after 13 years at Penn State where he coached linebackers. Vanderlinden s time at the Academy has been memorable, leading linebacker Jordan Pierce to second-team all-conference honors while leading the Falcons and ranking sixth in the conference in tackles with 119 in Pierce had 19.5 tackles for loss and 7.0 sacks and registered 10 straight games with a stop behind the line of scrimmage during the season. In addition, Connor Healy was second on the team in tackles with 90 while forcing a team-best two fumbles. Both players were in their first season as full-time starters in As the most recent linebackers coach for the Nittany Lions, Vanderlinden oversaw the school s traditional Linebacker U. He helped develop a linebacker unit that included All-American 2005 Butkus and 2005/2006 Bednarik award winner Paul Posluszny, a consensus All-American and 2006 All-American and 2007 Bednarik Award winner Dan Connor. He also coached Michael Mauti to first-team all Big Ten and first-team All-American honors in In addition, he had nine former players on NFL rosters in In 1997, he was hired as the head coach of the Maryland Terrapins, a team without a bowl game and only one winning season since In both the 1999 and 2000 seasons, Maryland narrowly missed achieving a winning season and bowl game bid by losing their finale and ended both years with a 5-6 record. Vanderlinden recorded a record. Maryland improved significantly during Vanderlinden s tenure, winning more games in 1999 than the previous two years combined. His staff also recruited players who would be instrumental in the team s meteoric rise in 2001 to an ACC championship, a Bowl Championship Series game, and a top-10 final ranking. Some of these players included linebacker E.J. Henderson, quarterback Shaun Hill, and wide receiver Guilian Gary. Also during Vanderlinden s tenure, running back Lamont Jordan set the school record for single-game rushing with 306 yards. Vanderlinden s 39-year coaching career began in 1978, as a graduate assistant at Bowling Green, where he also earned a master s degree in He also coached as a graduate assistant at Michigan. His first full-time coaching position was with Ball State in From 1983 to 1991, he was a defensive assistant at Colorado under head coach Bill McCartney. During that timeframe, Colorado won the 1990 National Championship and three straight Big 8 championships. From 1992 to 1996, Vanderlinden served as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Northwestern. There he played a part in the reversal of fortunes of a struggling football program into a two-time Big Ten champion. Northwestern led the nation in scoring defense in 1995 and played in the its first Rose Bowl since Vanderlinden is a 1978 graduate of Albion College where he played football as a four-year starting center. He was named all-conference two years and was part of the 1976 team that achieved a perfect 9 0 record. Both the 1976 and 1977 The Vanderlinden File Year at :...4th Career Year:...39th Hometown:...Livonia, MI Alma Mater:...Albion, 1978 Linebackers Pres. Penn State Linebackers Maryland Head Coach Northwestern Asst. HC/Def. Coord./LBs Colorado Def. Tackles/NGs Ball State OL/Strength, Condit Michigan Graduate Assistant Bowling Green Graduate Assistant teams have since been inducted into the Albion College Hall of Fame. Originally from Livonia, Mich., Vanderlinden played on two state championship teams at Divine Child High School in Dearborn, Mich., where he first interacted with McCartney, who was his high school head coach. Vanderlinden and his wife, the former Lisa Eckstrom, have one son, Reid, a daughter, Chelsea and her husband David Schweer and granddaughter Lucy. Reid is a 2013 graduate of Johns Hopkins and was a four-year football letterman. He earned a master s degree at Penn State and is currently working at Temple in academic support. Chelsea is a fourthgrade teacher in Indianapolis, Ind. Football 54

17 ross weaver - assistant offensive line Maj. Ross Weaver is in his fourth year at the Air Force Academy where he serves as the assistant offensive line coach. The offensive line has long been a strength of the offense at the Academy. In 2015, the offensive line featured first-team all-conference performer Sevrin Remmo. Weaver also helped mentor all-conference performer and Rimington Trophy Watch List honoree Michael Husar, who started the year at center and proved the versatility of the unit by moving to guard during the season to help strengthen the team. ranked third nationally in rushing last season with a per-game average. The Falcons have ranked among the nation s top 10 every year Weaver has been at the Academy. Weaver is a 2006 graduate of the Academy where he lettered in football four years. A dominant offensive lineman, he helped the Falcons lead the conference in rushing all four years while ranking in the top 10 nationally each season. Air Force was in the top five nationally three of those years, including ranking third in 2006 with a rushing yards pergame average. Following graduation, Weaver was assigned to F.E. Warren Base, Wyoming, where he served as a missile combat crew commander and assistant flight commander from , responsible for day-to-day prompt global strike operations. He was then assigned to Las Angeles Base, Calif., from , where he served as the flight operations program manager for the advanced extremely high frequency satellite program office, the wide field of view satellite program manager and the business development manager for the hosted payload program office. Weaver remained active in football after completing his collegiate career, playing two seasons with the Colorado Ice of the Indoor Football League followed by one season with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. A native of Parker, Colo., Weaver and his wife, Sarah, have two sons, Logan and Wyatt. The Weaver File Year at :...4th Career Year:...4th Hometown:...Parker, CO Alma Mater:..., 2006 Asst. Offensive Line Pres. Football 55

18 Matt Weikert is in his 11th year overall at Air Force and eighth as outside linebackers coach. Weikert had previously coached the outside linebackers from before coaching the defensive line in 2013 and the inside linebackers in Weikert has helped transform the Falcon defense into one of the top units in the conference last two seasons, improving in scoring, rushing, passing and total defense. He has worked with standouts like Haji Dunn, Jr., who was among the conference leaders in sacks and tackles for loss the last two seasons. He also oversaw the development of John Rabold as one of the top defensive players in the conference in Rabold was a first-team all-conference honoree, recording 74 total tackles and a teambest 17.5 tackles for loss. Rabold also had 5.5 quarterback sacks and led the conference with four fumble recoveries in addition to three forced fumbles. Weikert also helped develop an undersized Hunter Altman into one of the defense s big-play weapons. Altman was third on the team in tackles with 88 and had 8.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 quarterback sacks and was named honorable mention all-conference in In 2009, had one of its best defenses matt weikert - outside linebackers in school history. The defense led the conference and ranked fifth nationally in pass defense with a mark. The unit was second in the MWC and 11th in the nation in total defense, allowing just yards per game. The team was second in the MWC and 10th nationally in scoring defense with a 15.7 norm, which is the best mark in school history since The defense also scored five touchdowns in Weikert served as Wake Forest s operations and video assistant in 2006 in his second stint at the school. He spent the 2005 season as the outside linebackers coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga. Prior to his work at UTC, Weikert worked at Wake Forest for two years as a graduate assistant. The first year he was the defensive graduate assistant, working primarily with defensive coordinator Dean Hood and linebackers coach Brad Lambert. He was also heavily involved with the scout offense in preparing the defensive unit each week, as well as weekly opponent game planning. The second year, he was the offensive graduate assistant, working closely with offensive coordinator Steed Lobotzke and tight end/fullback coach Tom Elrod. He instructed the defensive scout team and was involved in film breakdown and preparation for the upcoming opponent. Weikert originally joined the Wake Forest staff in August 2002 as a recruiting intern under recruiting coordinator Ray McCartney. A 2002 graduate of Ohio University, Weikert received a bachelor s degree in communications. The Weikert File Year at...11th Career Year:...16th Hometown:...Covington, OH Alma Mater:...Ohio, 2002 Outside Linebackers Pres. Defensive Line Inside Linebackers Outside Linebackers Wake Forest Operations/Video Tennessee-Chattanooga Outside Linebackers Wake Forest Offensive Grad. Asst Defensive Grad. Asst Recruiting Intern While at Ohio, Weikert was a member of the football team for five years, playing four seasons under head coach Jim Grobe. As a senior, Weikert played for former assistant coach Brian Knorr, who was the head coach at Ohio in He earned second-team all-mid- American Conference honors in 2000 after leading the Bobcats in tackles for loss (16) and sacks (6). Weikert had two interceptions and broke up four passes. His 16 tackles for loss ranked third in the conference. Weikert, a native of Covington, Ohio, and his wife, Kelly (Graher), have three sons, Laken, Knox and Finley. Football 56

19 steve senn - dir. of recruiting/player personnel Steve Senn begins his 12th season with football overall and third as director of recruiting and player personnel. Senn previously served as the junior varsity head coach and varsity assistant as an officer in the. Senn retired from active duty in 2009 and served as an executive assistant for five years before taking over recruiting duties. Senn is a 1990 graduate of the Academy where he earned his bachelor s degree in social sciences. While at the Academy, Senn lettered three years in football as a wide receiver and helped the Falcons to a pair of bowl games. He holds the school record for receiving yards in a bowl game with 150 set in the 1989 Liberty Bowl. He is also the record holder for touchdown catches in a bowl game with two, which he did in both the 1987 Freedom Bowl and 1989 Liberty Bowl. Following graduation, Senn served for one year as an assistant coach with the football team before going to undergraduate pilot training at Reese AFB, Texas. He was then assigned to Dover AFB, Del., where he was a C-5 aircraft commander from Senn was then a C-27A evaluator pilot at Howard AFB in Panama from He returned to the C-5 as an evaluator pilot while stationed at Travis AFB, Calif., from Prior to returning to the Academy, he was a C-20H instructor pilot at Ramstein AB, Germany, from Senn is a 1985 graduate of Cibola High School in Albuquerque, N.M., where he was a first-team all-state quarterback and free safety. Senn s wife, Sophie, who is also a 1990 Academy graduate, retired from active duty in 2009 as well. They have two children, Arran and Eric. The Senn File Year at :... 12th Career Year:... 12th Hometown:... Albuquerque, NM Alma Mater:..., 1990 Director of Recruiting/ Player Personnel Pres. Administrative Asst JV Head Coach/ Varsity Assistant Football 57

20 support staff Col. Mike Van Valkenburg NCAA Faculty Rep. Col. Troy Harting Officer Representative Col. Pete Ohotnicky Officer Representative Janel Mitchell Office Manager Jeff Cosky Football Operations Jerry McGinty Athletic Training Scott Richardson Equipment Mgr. Jess Souza Events Manager Dan Siermine Support Gary Sheffield Stadium Manager Drew Bodette Strength Coach Jack Braley Strength Coach Jon Morris Ticket Operations Chris Miller Video Operations Erik Kozlowski Head Football Trainer Ernie Sedelmyer Football Trainer Mark Peters Football Trainer Derek Fitts Football Trainer Josh Fralick Video Operations Football 58

21 -- A -- ABEL, Richard (Detroit 56) Asst AKE, Wally (William & Mary 72) Def. Line ANDERSON, Maj. Roy (New Mexico) Freshmen B -- BACKHUS, Tom (Ohio State 70) Off. Line ; Off. Coord BAKKE, Capt. Tom (Navy 52) Ends BATTISTA, Capt. Julius (Florida 41) Line 1955 BECKMAN, Larry (Florida 66) TEs, Spec. teams, 1980; Off. Line BELL, Richard (Arkansas 59) Inside LBs ; Def. Coord BELL, Lt. Tom (Army 45) Def. Backs 1958 BERRY, Tom (Virginia 55) Def. Backs ; Freshmen 1961 BETANCE, Mike ( 90) JV Def. Coord BEZYACK, Capt. Marty (Utah 58) JV BLACKWELDER, Don (NE La. 62) Quarterbacks 1979 BLANCHARD, Lt. Col. Felix (Army 47) Freshmen BLASI, 1st Lt. Gene (Kansas 56) Line BOUNDS, 1st Lt. Jesse (Tulane 50) Line BOWMAN, Jim (Michigan 56) Troy Calhoun all-time coaches JV ; Freshmen ; Assoc. AD for Recruiting Support, BRALEY, Jack (Nebraska 56) Ends ; Def. Backs ; Off. Coord. 1977; Strength-Conditioning BRINSON, Larry (Florida 83) Running Backs 1983 BROOKSHIER, Lt. Tom (Colorado 53) Backfield 1955 BROWN, Rick ( 79) JV ; BUMPAS, Dick (Arkansas 71) Def. Line BURNETT, Johnny (UC-Santa Barbara 70) Off. Backfield 1977 BURTON, Ron (North Carolina 87) Defensive Line BYNUM, Capt. Todd ( 89) JV Asst ; JV Head Coach 1998; Running Backs C -- *CALHOUN, Troy ( 89) JV Asst. 1993; JV Off. Coord Head Coach, CAMPBELL, Dean (Texas 72) Running Backs ; Secondary *CAMPBELL, Jake ( 96) Offensive backfield asst CARNEY, Capt. John (Arizona 63) Linebackers COVINGTON, Patrick (Furman 06) Offensive Asst., CRIMMINS, Mike (Ohio 72) Linebackers 1975; Off. Line *CROSS, Tim (Northern Colorado, 90) Defensive Line, 2014-; Assitant Head Coach, D -- DAVITCH, Jerry (Arizona 65) Off. Line ; Receivers DEBERRY, Fisher (Wofford 60) Quarterbacks 1980; Off. Coord ; Head Coach DERUYTER, Tim ( 85) JV Def. Coord ; Def. Coord/ Safeties, 2007; Assoc. Coach/Def.-Coord DIGGS, Ricky (Shippensburg 75) Receivers 1990 DOW, Capt. Wes (Navy 52) JV DOWIS, Capt. Dee ( 90) JV Off. Coord Fisher DeBerry -- E -- ELLIS, Lt. Col. Dick ( 68) Freshmen ; JV , ; Prep School ; JV Head Coach ELLIS, Maj. Don (Texas A&M 54) Freshmen ; Backfield ELLWOOD, 1st Lt. Frank (Ohio St. 57) Backfield ENGA, Dick (Minnesota 63) Prep School, Head Coach 1978, ; Tight Ends EVANS, Capt. Pat ( 87) Prep School 1992; JV Def. Coord F -- FEDORA, Larry (Austin 85) Receivers FERNANDEZ, 1st Lt. Steve ( 98) JV/Varsity Asst FRYZEL, Dennis (Denison 64) Def. Backfield 1978 Football 59

22 -- G -- GAILEY, Chan (Florida 74) Def. Backfield ; Def. Coord GALBREATH, Lt. Mike ( 64) Freshmen GALIOS, Capt. Steve ( 59) Fr. Backs 1962; Def. Backfield GANSZ, Capt. Frank (Navy 60) Freshmen GILLORY, 1st Lt. Byron (Texas 49) Backfield GOLDSMITH, Fred (Florida 67) TEs 1979; Def. Coord. 1980; Asst. HC GOODMAN, Jim (Florida 74) Def. Ends 1981 GOULD, Mike ( 76) Graduate Asst.1976; Prep School Head Coach, GROBE, Jim (Virginia 77) Linebackers GROH, Al (Virginia 67) Def. Coord GURSKI, Capt. John (Navy 53) JV Asst ; Def. Line H -- HAMILTON, Paul (Appalachian State 81) Quarterbacks/Fullbacks ; Fullbacks, 2006 HANDLEY, Ray (Stanford 66) Off. Backfield 1978 HARRIS, Walt (Pacific 68) Def. Backfield 1978 HATFIELD, Ken (Arkansas 65) Off. Coord. 1978; Head Coach HAWKINS, Capt. Jimmie (Texas A&M 88) JV Def. Coord all-time coaches HAYS, Lt. Col. Jeff ( 84) Kickers ; JV Head coach 2000 HEIMERDINGER, Mike (E. Illinois 75) Receivers 1981 HENDRIX, Clay (Furman 86) Co-Off. Coord./Offensive Line, ; Assoc. Head Coach/Offensive Line, HILLSTROM, Eldon Spike (Oregon 58) Off. Line HINSHAW, Roger (Appalachian State 72) Outside Linebackers 1983 HORTON, Tim (Arkansas 90) Receivers ; Halfbacks 2005 HUTT, Maj. Ed (UCLA 68) JV Asst ; WRs ; TEs I -- IGNARSKI, Capt. John (Kentucky 52) Off. Line ISAACSON, Maj. Terry ( 64) JV Asst. 1973; Receivers 1974; Off. Backfield J -- JACKSON, Capt. Charlie ( 00) JV/Varsity Asst JENKINS. 1st Lt. Marvin (Alabama 52) Ends JOHNSON, Bruce (Wofford 70) Def. Coord./Linebackers JONES, 1st Lt. Bob (Baylor 57) Freshman Ends 1960; Ends 1961 JOZWIAK, Capt. Tom ( 59) Freshmen Ben Martin -- K -- KENDALL, Leland (Oklahoma St. 54) Off. Line ; Def. Line ; Def. Coord KING, Capt. Edwin H., Jr. (Navy 52) Freshmen 1961; KITCHINGS, Des (Furman, 2000) Running Backs/Running Game Coord., 2011 KLECKNER, Capt. Alex ( 96) JV/Varsity Asst ; JV Head Coach KNORR, Brian ( 86) JV Off. Coord ; Falcon Backs 2005; Asst. Head Coach/ILBs, L -- LAMKIN, Capt. Ken (Texas A&M 67) JV Asst LAWRENCE, Lt. Jerry (Mississippi 54) JV 1960 LEGGETT, Capt. Dave (Ohio State) Freshmen, LEWIS, Derek (Texas 98) Wide Receivers 2015 LIONTAS, Lt. Col. Nick (Navy 52) Off. Backs ; WRs 1967; , Off. Backfield 1970 *LOBOTZKE, Steed ( 92) Tight Ends ; Offensive Line, LORBER, Maj. John ( 64) Def. Ends ; Linebackers 1977 Football 60

23 -- M -- MANUEL, Fred (Oregon 73) Def. Backfield 1977 MARTIN, Ben (Navy 45) Head Coach MASTIN, Maj. Darrell ( 76) Prep School Head Coach MATEOS, Capt. Carlos ( 85) Kickers MCCOMBS, Cal (Citadel 67) Def. Backfield ; Def. Coord./ Backs *MCGETTIGAN, Matt (Luther, 1987) Strength, Speed and Conditioning, MCLAIN, Maj. Bill ( 59) Freshmen MERRITT, Maj. Frank (Army 44) Asst. Head Coach 1955 METCALF, Lawrence Butch (Okla. 65) Off. Line MILLER, Capt. Alf (Texas 50) Centers *MILLER, Bart (New Mexico, 2008) Tight Ends, *MILLER, Ben (, 2002) Special Teams Coord ;Tight Ends ; Specialists, 2007-; Running backs MILLER, Tom (Cortland State 69) Def. Line ; OLBs ; Special Teams Coordinator, ; Kickers 2005 MITCHELL, Capt. Billy (East Carolina 72) Off. Backfield ; Running Backs ; JV Head Coach/Special Teams ; Defensive Line 1994 MOORE, Capt. Dennis ( 83) JV Off. Coord ; Prep School Head Coach MORGAN, Blane ( 99) JV / Varsity Asst ; Wide Receivers 2006; Co-Offensive Coord./QBs, ; Quarterbacks 2014 MORELAND, Jake (Western Michigan, 00) Tight ends , WRs, MOSS, Joe (Maryland 52) Def. Line all-time coaches PEAKE, 1st Lt. Bob (Indiana 55) JV Asst. 1957; Backs PETERSEN, Chuck ( 84) JV Off. Coord. 1990; Receivers ; Quarterbacks/Fullbacks ; Offensive Coord *PIPES, Lt. Col. Steve (, 98) JV Head Coach/Varsity Assistant, PRICE, Lt. Col. Bill (USAFA, 1991) JV/Varsity Assistant, R -- RAETZ, Maj. Bernie (St. Thomas 57) JV Head Coach ; Off. Backs , RANDALL, Craig (Colgate 58) Def. Line 1978 RASH, Charles (Missouri 59) Line REAGAN, John (Syracuse 94) Offensive Line RODGERS, 1st Lt. Pepper (Georgia Tech 55) Off. Backs RUCKER, Ken (Carson-Newman 76) Running Backs *RUDZINSKI, Capt. John ( 05) Defensive Asst., ; OLBs 2012; Recruiting Coord., Secondary 2014 RUSS, Capt. Carl (Michigan 75) Off. Backs Asst./JV Def. Coord *RUSS, Steve ( 95) Asst. Head Coach/Co-Def. Coord./2012; Secondary 2012; ILBs 2013; Asst. Head Coach/Def. Coord./Secondary, S -- SAMPSON, Capt. Tony (USAFA, 2000) JV/Varsity Assistant, SCHODERBEK, Capt. Steve (Navy 53) JV 1962 SCHUMACHER, Capt. Tim ( 98) JV/Varsity Asst *SENN, Steve ( 90) JV/Varsity Asst ; JV head coach ; Admin. Asst./Quality Control, ; Recruiting coordinator, SHAW, Lawrence Buck (Notre Dame 22) Head Coach SHEALY, Vic (Richmond 84) Defensive Backs SIMLER, Col. George (Maryland 48) JV ; Freshmen 1959 SIMPSON, Capt. Skinner ( 63) JV SINGLETON, Jemal ( 99) JV/Varsity Asst ; RBs ; Running Game Coordinator SMITH, Homer (Princeton 54) Backfield STARKEY, Neal ( 68) Freshman Asst. 1968; JV Def. Coord ; Prep School Head Coach 1971 STEINBRUNNER, Capt. Don (Washington St. 53) Ends STEINMARK, Sammy (Wyoming 79) Receivers ; Backs STEWART, Bill (Fairmont St. 75) Def. Line *STUBBLEFIELD, Taylor (Purdue, 2005) Receivers SUMRALL, Lt. Col Darryl (, 89) JV Head Coach, SUNDQUIST, Capt. Ted ( 83) JV Off. Coord ; Prep School Head Coach T N -- NEWBY, Matt ( 94) JV/Varsity Asst NEWMAN, Dylan (, 1999) Admin. Asst., JV/Varsity asst., NOBLITT, Bob (Washburn 63) Off. Coord./Off. Line O -- OLIVER, Jerome Jappy (Purdue 78) Def. Line ORDWAY, Capt. Goodwin III, Ski (Army 55) Freshmen 1962 OZEE, 1st Lt. Jim (Texas Christian 58) Freshmen P -- PARCELLS, Bill (Wichita State 63) Head Coach 1978 PARKS, Capt. Al (Auburn 52) Freshman Ends 1962 Football 61

24 THIEL, Capt. Norm (Oregon State) Freshmen, *THIESSEN, Mike (, 01) Wide Receivers, ; Co-Off. Coord., ; Off. Coord/QBs 2015 *TOTH, Nick (Ohio, 1999) Spurs/Nickels, TROTT, Bob (North Carolina 76) Def. Ends ; Def. Backfield V -- *VANDERLINDEN, Ron (Albion College, 78) Inside Linebackers, all-time coaches -- W -- WALKER, Michael ( 97) Defensive Asst., 2013, Administrative Asst, WALLERSTEDT, Matt (Kansas State, 88) Asst. Head Coach/ILBs ; Co-Def. Coord., WARINNER, Ed (Mount Union 84) Offensive Line WARREN, Charlton ( 99) JV/Varsity Asst ; Cornerbacks/ Recruiting 2007;Co.- Def. Coord ; Secondary/Recruiting ; Assoc. Head Coach/Def. Coord WEATHERBIE, Charlie (Okla. State 77) Quarterbacks/Fullbacks *WEIKERT, Matt (Ohio 02) Outside Linebackers, ; Inside linebackers 2012, Defensive Line 2013; Outside Linebackers 2013 WHITE, Brad (Wake Forest, 04) Defensive Asst., WHITLOW, Col. Robert (Army 43) Head Coach 1955, JV 1956 WIDEMAN, Maj. Giles ( 59) Freshmen WILEY, Capt. Al ( 83) Def. Line Asst WRIGHT, Capt. Robin ( 96) JV/Varsity Asst * denotes current coach Football 62