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Robb Akey
– University
of Idaho – Head Coach
Coach Akey accepted the Vandal head coach job last December
and brought with him an attitude of “climbing the ladder”. For Akey, the
next rung on the ladder is to have the Vandals climb the Western Athletic
Conference ladder. Robb was a
standout player at Weber
State University. After four years of playing defense for
the Wildcats, Akey received his first opportunity
to coach when Mike Price hired him as an assistant defensive line
coach. One year later he was named
Defensive Line Coach. After five
years at that level he accepted a job at Northern Arizona(1995). In 1999, Coach Price came
calling with an opportunity for Akey to coach in
the Pac10. He coached the Cougars
defensive line for four seasons before being elevated to Defensive
Coordinator in 2003. Coach Akey has coached teams to 10 victory seasons, three top
10 finishes, one Outland Trophy winner, and the individual and unit that
led the nation in quarterback sacks.
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Gary Barlow – Delta Jr. College
– Head Coach
Coach
Barlow begins his 7th season at the helm of Mustang
football. Since assuming the reins as
the Head Coach in 2001, he has led the program to a 41-23 combined record,
program ranked #7 nationally by J.C. Gridwire and
#2 in Northern California, 20-11 in conference, conference champions twice
in five seasons, 2001 Shrine Bowl Champions, 2004 Holiday Bowl Champions,
signed 51 student-athletes to full ride scholarships and have had 63
athletes make Academic All-Conference.
Coach Barlow was named Mid-Empire Conference Coach of the Year in
2004.
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Al Biancani – Biancani Fitness & Physical Therapy
Dr. Al Biancani has a doctorate in Physical
Education/Sociology, is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
with Distinction and a Master Trainer for Reebok University.
He has over 30 years of experience training world-class athletes. He is the owner of “Biancani
Fitness & Physical Therapy” for 23 years and they offer a unique speciality, providing intense, dynamic, multi-faceted
daily training sessions to prepare athletes for serious competition. Al trained the Sacramento Kings (18 years),
Sacramento Monarchs (6 years), and Sacramento Knights (4 years).
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Bobby Biggs – Varsity/UCA
Bobby
is in his 12th year of cheerleading. Bobby is a former cheerleader at Sacramento State University. Upon finishing school, he began coaching and
choreographing for many teams in the Western United
States. Coach Biggs has
also worked for UCA for 8 years and is currently the State Director for California and Nevada. Bobby is the current head coach at Sacramento State University
for the coed and all-girl cheerleading program.
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Mike Mollett
– Varsity/UCA
Mike is
in his 12th year of cheerleading. Mike is a former cheerleader at Sacramento State University. Currently he is in his 12th
year with UCA. Mike is involved with
staff training and Varsity Family Plan.
Mike has taught camps and clinics in over 20 states and also taught
camps in South America and Europe. Coach Mollett
has been involved with the NFL Pro Bowl, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,
Disneyland Parade, and the Hollywood Christmas Parade. Mike has been featured on instructional
videos including the video “CHEER” which is sold in stores nationwide. He is known for making some of the best
music mixes for cheerleading anywhere.
Currently Mike is the coach at Folsom High School.
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Nigel Burton – Oregon State
– Cornerbacks Coach
Coach
Burton is in his 5th year at Oregon State. He has developed some of the top corners
in the history of the program, including 2005 freshman All-American Keenan Lewis
and 2004 All-Pac 10 selections Aric Williams and
Brandon Browner. Burton
came to OSU from Portland
State where he
coached the 2001 and 2002 seasons.
In 2002 Coach Burton served as an intern for the Denver Broncos with
secondary and linebacker responsibilities.
Nigel played football at University
of Pacific and then finished his
playing career at the University
of Washington, where
he earned three letters as a safety.
He started 35 of 36 games for the Huskies, and competed in the Holiday, Aloha and Oahu Bowls. He completed his Husky career with 175
tackles and three interceptions.
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David Cisar
– Nebraska
Youth Football
Dave is
a renowned youth football coach from Omaha
Nebraska. He is founder and president of the
Screaming Eagles Program in Nebraska
with over 400 players. He is a 15
year youth coach veteran, author and clinc
speaker and has a youth coaches web site : www.winningyouthfootball.com. His book (Winning Youth Football a Step
by Step Plan” was
endorsed by Tom Osborne and Dave Rimington and he
has helped train youth coaches nationwide.
Since moving to his version of the Single Wing “Scoring Explosion”
Offense, Dave’s teams have won an amazing 97% of their games. He did it with 5 totally different teams
in 5 different leagues and “mercy ruled” nearly 80% of their opponents
while averaging nearly 40 points per game.
His teams have retained over 90% of their players and have a
national reputation for sportsmanship and aggressive play.
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Karl Dorrell
– U.C.L.A. – Head Coach
Coach Dorrell is in his fifth season as head coach of his
alma mater. Karl came to UCLA from the
Denver Broncos, where he was in his third year as the wide receiver
coach. His record-setting receivers
played very well during his time with the team. Prior to his arrival in Denver he coached 12 years on the
collegiate level, including seven seasons as an offensive coordinator. He has participated in 16 Bowl games in
his career as a player and a coach, including 3 Rose Bowls, 2 Fiesta Bowls,
2 Cotton Bowls and this years Emerald Bowl. Last season, he led a young team with
just two full-time senior starters to a record 7-6, an upset of #2 USC and
a berth in the Emerald Bowl against Florida State. It was UCLA’s fourth straight bowl
appearance under Dorrell and his career record is
now 29-21, including 17-8 in the last two seasons. Two years ago, UCLA won 10 games for only
the seventh time in school history, opened the season 8-0 and finished in
third place in the Pac-10. Dorrell was named 2005 Pac-10 co-Coach of the Year by
his peers and was a finalist for several National Coach of the Year awards.
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Sonny Dykes – University of Arizona
– Offensive Coordinator
Coach
Dykes became Arizona’s
offensive coordinator in early December, 2006 and brings a new direction
for the Wildcat offense with a strong background in the spread passing
attack. He will coach UA
quarterbacks and call the plays for the Wildcat offense. Prior to UA Dykes was co-offensive
coordinator working with head coach Mike Leach and inside receivers coach
Dana Holgorsen running Texas Tech’s wide-open
passing attack in 2005-06 and was Tech’s wide receivers coach for seven
seasons. The Red Raiders led the
nation in total offense 2003-05 and in passing from 2002-05. Dykes was named
the All-American Football Foundation’s Mike Campbell Top Assistant Award
last spring and was cited as one of the nation’s top college football
recruiters by Rivals.com this year.
He was instrumental in Tech’s record-setting passing attack which in
his career has seen receivers set numerous individual school and Big 12
Conference records.
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Earl Hansen – Palo Alto High School
– Head Coach
Coach
Hansen has coached for 27 years, 24 as a head coach. He began coaching in 1980 at Palo Alto
High, then San Lorenzo (1983-87), Mountain View
(1988-90) and back to Palo Alto
(1991). Earl’s overall coaching
record is 149-108-2. In 1992 his
team won their first League Championship (in 35 years). Other titles won by his teams have been:
1995 CCS Section Title, 2005 League Championship, and 2006 CCS League &
Section Titles. Coach Hansen has
been awarded Peninsula Coach of the Year in 1992, and in 2006 CCS &
Palo Alto Daily Coach of the Year.
He runs a West Coast offense and a 4-3 defense.
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Dave Hoskins – Elk Grove
High School – Co-
Head Coach
Coach
Hoskins has coached for 40 years and boasts an overall record of: “More
wins than losses”. His career
includes coaching at : Sac
State, Valley High School,
Christian Brothers, ARC, SCC and Elk Grove.
His teams have won 3 Section titles, 4 City Championships and 10
League titles. Dave was honored as
Nor Cal Coach of the Year from 1998-2001.
He has also been Sac Bee Coach of the Year. His teams run a Wing T offense and a 5-2
Blitz/4-4 Blitz defense.
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Steve Kenyon – Sports Specific
Training
Steve
was the 1995 National High School Strength Coach of the Year and was
nominated for this prestigious award a second time in 1999. He is a Certified Strength and
Conditioning Specialist and a Level II USAW Weight Lifting Coach. Always a strength and conditioning coach,
Steve developed three high school football programs into three playoffs
teams in three different decades.
Steve is also a noted speaker and author on strength training and is
a nationally known authority on training the high school athlete. www.sportsspecifictraining.net
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Ed Lombardi – Sheldon High School
– Head Coach
Coach
Lombardi has coached for 37 years, 31 as a head coach and with one more win
will have a career win of 200 games. His coaching career began at Lassen High
School (1971-1986), then to Elk Grove (1986-2000), Clovis West (2000-2003)
and Sheldon from 2003 to present.
Ed’s coaching records include 11 League Championships, 12 Playoff
Appearances and 4 Section Championships.
His latest record in 2006 – coaching Sheldon High School
to a League Championship. Coach
Lombardi has been honored as Delta River League Football Coach of the Year
in 2006, Tri-City Athletic Coach of the Year in 2002, Tri-River Coach of
the Year in 2001, 7 time Delta League Coach of the
Year, 3 time Sacto Bee Coach of the Year, 3 time
Sac-Joaquin Section Football Coach of the Year.
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Tom Mason – Fresno State
– Linebacker Coach
Tom
joined the Bulldog coaching staff in 2001 after spending one season as linebacker coach
with the Las Vegas Outlaws of the XFL.
Fresno’s
linebackers have been a strength on the team ever
since his arrival. Fresno State’s
linebackers corps was a question mark heading into
the 2004 season but developed into one of the best in the WAC on the
leagues’ top defense. The Bulldog
defense led the WAC in total defense, turnover margin, scoring defense,
pass efficiency defense and pass defense in 2003. Prior to coming to Fresno Coach Mason
spent time in the professional
ranks, serving as the receivers coach for the British Columbia Lions of the
Canadian Football League and as defensive backs coach for the Scottish
Claymores of the NFL Europe. Tom has
a multitude of experience coaching at the collegiate level, including serving
as defensive coordinator at Nevada,
Northern Iowa and Boise
State.
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Jim Michalczik
– U.C. Berkeley – Offensive Coordinator
Coach Michalczik is in his sixth season at Cal.
In February, 2007 he took over as offensive coordinator. Cal
is one of the five teams in the nation to rank in the top 25 in scoring
offense in the nation in the last five years. The offensive line has helped Cal’s offense
average more than 350 yards each of the past five seasons, including a
school-record 492.4 ypg in 2004. In 2006, Cal led the Pac-10 and ranked third in
the nation in sacks allowed at 1.0 per game. The Bear O-line has 20 overall
all-conference awards in the last five years, including all five starters
receiving all-conference recognition following the 2004 season. Michalczik was
on staff at Miami(Fla)
when the Hurricanes won the national championship with a 22-0 win over Nebraska in the 1992
Sugar Bowl. As a player, Jim was a
three year letterman at offensive guard at Washington State, earning
honorable mention All-Pac10 and honorable mention All-American honors (The
Sporting News) as a senior. He
played on the 1988 Cougar squad that beat Houston in the Aloha Bowl. In 1989 he signed with the NFL’s Arizona
Cardinals as a free agent.
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Sam Mosby – Elk Grove Jr. Herd –
Youth Head Coach
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Tim Murphy – Clovis East
High School – Head
Coach
Coach
Murphy has coached football for 12 years.
He was the defensive coordinator at Mt.
Diablo High
School for 2 years (1 League Championship) and Head Coach
at Ygnacio
Valley High
School, for 5 years (3 League Championships
and 1 CIF title). This will be Tim’s
6th season as Head Coach at Clovis East where he has coached his
teams to 3 League Championships and 1 CIF title. He went to College Park High
School where he was a two time All-League DB
and WR. He also played baseball and
ran track. After high school he
played strong safety at Diablo
Valley College
and UC Santa Barbara. His coaching
philosophy is “Teach kids that the best things in life come from hard-work
and the more you do it, the easier it gets.”
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Rob Pelfrey
–Professional Kicking Services, Inc.
PKS is
the largest and only full-time kicking educational program, providing
training for Pro Free Agents, college, and high school kickers and
punters. In the past six years, 18
out of 20 PKS program players have been honored as US TODAY
All-Americans. Our specialty kicking
and punting shoes represent years of research and design. PKS patented products and coaching tools
are impacting the kicking game across the nation, at every level.
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Norm Ryan – Casa Robles
High School – Head Coach
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Eric Reis – Manteca High School
– Head Coach
Coach
Reis has coached for 14 years – 5 of those as a head coach. He coached at Delta JC for 2 years, Sierra High School for 8 years and took
over at Manteca High School 5 years ago.
His overall record is 46-12-2.
Eric’s teams won a Section Title in 2005 and 2006 and in 2002 were
Section Runner-ups. Coach Reis has
been honored as 2006 Coach of the Year and 2006 Calif. Med. School Coach of the
Year. His teams run a Multiple Sets I, Spread, Fly Sweep offense and a 3-4 defense.
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Barry Sacks – University of Nevada
Reno –
Linebacker Coach
Coach
Sacks enters his sixth year at Nevada. He will act as the team’s special teams coordinator and will continue to coach Nevada’s outside
linebackers. Barry spend the last three seasons as Nevada’s co-defensive coordinator,
helping the Wolf Pack rank 30th in the nation in scoring defense
last year. Sacks
has 21 years in the coaching profession, including one in the Arena
Football League. He had served as a
defensive coordinator twice before assuming the co-coordinator role at Nevada, once at the collegiate level at NCAAII Adams State
in 1997 as well as in his one-year stint with the AFL’s San Jose Sabercats in 2001.
Prior to Nevada Barry coached at San Jose State for 3 years, Boise
State for 4 seasons and seven years at Portland State. As a player Sacks was a starting outside
linebacker for two years and a four-year letterman (1976-1979) at the University of Montana.
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Marshall Sperbeck
– Sacramento State – Head Coach
Coach Sperbeck took over the Hornet helm in January, 2007. In
his first three months, he brought in five new coaches, signed 20 student-athletes
to National Letters of Intent and installed a new offense – and attitude-
to the team. Prior to coming to the
CSUS, Sperbeck was the head coach at Foothill College
in Los Altos
for 15 years. During that time, he
produced a 109-53 overall record and led the Owls to 11 bowl games. In his final season at Foothill they were
10-1 overall and tied for the Northern California Football Association
title. They played in the Silicon
Valley Bowl and won 24-0. In 2006
Foothill was one of the top offensive teams in the state with Sperbeck calling the plays. The Owls led all California Jr. Colleges
with 478.8 yards per game. Foothill
also ranked at the top of the list with 590.2 all-purpose yards per game,
7.2 yards per play and 9.6 yards per pass attempt. The Owls were also second in the state
with 58 touchdowns and 42.8 points per game. As a player he played at the University of Nevada from 1981-1982 and led the
team to a pair of winning seasons while throwing for 3,425 yards.
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Chris Strausser
– Boise State – Tight End Coach
After a
one-year hiatus, Coach Strausser returns to Boise State as the team’s run game
coordinator and tight ends coach. Strauser spent five seasons at Boise
as offensive line coach with Coach Hawkins – accompanied Hawkins to Colorado for one
season. In his five seasons as
offensive line coach , Chris had four players earn
first team All-WAC honors. A veteran
assistant coach, Strausser has a varied coaching
background, one that has seen him make stops at six different schools in California and the Pacific
Northwest. In 2000
Chris was the offensive line coach at Portland State
University – the
Viking offense played a key role in the team going 8-3 and advancing to the
NCAA Division 1AA playoffs for the first time in school history. Coach Strausser
has coached at San Jose State, Foothill
College; being
instrumental in the Owls back-to-back 10 win seasons. (1998-1999)
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Steve Struzyk
– Galena High School – Head Coach
Coach Struzyk has been coaching for 13 years, 4 as a head
coach. He’s coached at Aberdeen
Central High Schoool (2 years), Northern State
University (1year) and 10 years at
Galena. His overall record is 20-24. In 2006 his football squad was Northern
Nevada Zone Champs and State Runner-up 4A.
Steve was honored as 2006 Coach of the Year in Northern
Nevada. His teams run a
West Coast-Balanced Attack-Multiple Formations Offense and a 4-4 Defense.
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Casey Taylor – Del Oro High
School – Head Coach
Coach
Taylor has been head coach at Del Oro since 2002 and has an overall record
of 51-10. In 2006 his team was the SFL Champions (three straight undefeated
SFL Titles). They are ranked #3 in Sacramento area and #7 Div.II in California. In 2005 they were CIF Div. II Section
Champions (13-0) and ranked #1 in Sacramento and #1 Div. II in Northern
California and #3 Div. II in California. Casey’s teams have made 5 straight
playoff appearances. Prior to
coaching at Del Oro Casey coached 2 years at Rocklin High and 7 years at Oak
Ridge High School and the Offensive Coordinator. Coach Taylor has been honored at 2005
Sacramento Bee Coach of the Year and and Optimist
All-Star Coach. In 2006 he was named
the SFL Coach of the Year, the Blitz 3 Holiday Classic All-Star Coach and
received the Character Combine Award.
Casey graduated from San
Francisco State University where he was the starting
linebacker under Coach Vic Rowan and was 2nd on the team in
tackles.
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Mark Watson – West Coach Youth
Football
Mark is
the co-founder and owner of West Coast Youth Football since 1996. Coach Watson has been a guest speaker at
several clinics including All Sports Clinic in San
Francisco & Seattle and
Frank Glazier Coaching Clinics in Long
Beach.
Marks coaching experience began in 1982 as a secondary coach at Long Beach State. He went on to coach at Oak Ridge High
School where he has a 89-28 record with three top ten rankings in the state
of California, including the 1998, 13-0 team, winner of the Section Champship. He
was honored as Sacramento Bee Coach of the Year in 1996. Currently Mark is an Assistant Varsity
Football Coach at Oak Ridge
High School.
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Rich Woods – Deer Valley
High School – Head
Coach
Coach
Woods has 24 years of football experience and 15 of those years as a head coach. Prior to coaching at Deer Valley
he coached at Vanden High
School.
His overall record is 118-55.
His teams have won the Bay Valley Athletic League ten times and in Vanden led the team to a Sac-Joaquin Div. III
Championship and a Southern California Championship. In 1995 Rich was awarded S.C.A.L. Coach
of the Year, State Small Schools Coach of the Year and Kiwanis East All
Star Coach. His teams run a Fly
offense and a 5-2 defense.
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