Coaching Career: Enters his first season as a graduate assistant with the Bulldogs ... arrives at Fresno State after spending the previous four seasons as a linebacker coach at San Diego State ... instrumental in the development of SDSU middle linebacker Kirk Morrison, who was named two-time Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year while also earning first-team All-America honors ... under his direction last year, two SDSU linebackers were on the national watch lists for Nagurski and Butkus Awards and both were selected in the first three rounds of the 2005 NFL Draft ... prior to San Diego State, helped coach linebackers and special teams at California under head coach Tom Holmoe ... served two stints at Nevada, one coaching the secondary and special teams and the other as a graduate assistant ... worked with secondary and special teams at Saint Mary's in the spring of 1998 ... began coaching career at Orange Glen High School, where he spent year as assistant coach.
Athletics Career: Two-year varsity letterwinner at Nevada, where he played linebacker under head coach Chris Ault ... spent two years as a linebacker at Palomar College ... during his two-year stay at Palomar College, the Comets were a combined 20-2 and won a national championship ... ended his community college stint with All-America honors ... linebacker and tight end at Orange Glen.
Personal: Born June 20, 1973 ... earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Nevada in 1996 ... graduate of Orange Glen High Sschool in Escondido, Calif.
