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NCAA News Release
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NCAA Selects 26 Coaches for 2007 Expert Coaches Academy in Miami, Florida
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For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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Contact(s)
Gail Dent
Associate Director of Public and Media Relations
317/917-6117
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INDIANAPOLIS---The
NCAA has selected 26 football coaches for the 2007 NCAA Expert Coaches
Academy, which takes place May 31-June 2 at the Doral Golf Resort and
Spa in Miami, Florida.
The Expert Coaches Academy is an NCAA program that addresses the
critical shortage of ethnic minorities in head coaching positions in
the sport of college football, primarily at the Division I level. Of
the current 117 Division I-A head football coaches, six are
African-American. Three percent of head football coaches in all NCAA
divisions are ethnic minorities, excluding the historically black
colleges and universities.
Coaches selected for the 2007 NCAA Expert Coaches Academy are:
Warren Belin, Vanderbilt University, linebackers coach/special teams coordinatorKenneth Carter, Vanderbilt University, recruiting coordinatorDeondri Clark, Fort Valley State University, head coach/recruiting coordinatorRick Comegy, Jackson State University, head coachRenato Diaz, Florida A&M University, assistant football coach/recruiting coordinatorRon Dickerson, Jr., University of Louisiana at Monroe, associate head coach (secondary)Gary Emanuel, San Jose State University, defensive line coach
Fred Farrier, Kentucky State University, head coachTed Gilmore, University of Nebraska, assistant football coachMichael Haywood, University of Notre Dame, offensive coordinatorLarry Johnson, Pennsylvania State University, assistant football coachLawrence Livingston, University of Texas at El Paso, assistant head coach/offensive line coachHenry Mason, University of Wisconsin, associate head coachTrent Miles, University of Washington, running back coachCurtis Modkins, Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology, assistant football coachHeishma Northern, Prairie View A&M University, defensive coordinatorBrian Norwood, Pennsylvania State University, assistant football coachDon Pellum, University of Oregon, assistant head coach/director of recruitingTony Pierce, Alabama State University, assistant head coach/defensive coordinatorLarry Porter, Louisiana State University, assistant head coach/running back coachDonovan Rose, Hampton University, assistant head coachBradley Sherrod, Duke University, assistant football coachJoseph Tumpkin, Southern Methodist University, assistant football coachVincent White, Southeast Missouri State University, assistant head coach/offensive coordinatorGerard Wilcher, Lehigh University, assistant football coach
- Buddy Wyatt, University of Nebraska, assistant coach
The mission of the Expert Coaches Academy is to assist the coaches with
career advancement, networking and exposure opportunities, and to raise
awareness regarding the substantial pool of talented and qualified
coaching candidates. Most of the participants are Division I-A or
I-AA offensive or defensive coordinators, assistant head coaches, head
coaches in Division II or III, or have experience in years that
elevates them to the consideration level for head coaching positions.
The NCAA Expert Coaches Academy program has had two participants attain
status of head coach since the program began in 2004. Norries Wilson,
who participated in the 2004 NCAA Expert Program, was named head
football coach at Columbia University in December 2005. Ron Prince,
who participated in the 2005 NCAA Expert Program, was named the head
football coach at Kansas State University, also in December 2005.
The coaches will participate in workshops during the three-day program that focus on:
communication (networking, booster relations, interviewing skills, building a portfolio)fiscal responsibility (fundraising, budgeting, development)building
a successful football program (managing staff, game strategy,
maintaining relationships with senior officials at the university, in
athletics departments, alumni, student-athletes, faculty and the
community)compliance (gambling issues, NCAA rules and regulations/infractions, agents, integrity, mental choices); and
- academics (fraud, support, retention, success)
The NCAA administers its Expert Coaching Academy with support from the
American Football Coaches Association (AFCA); the Black Coaches
Association (BCA); and the National Football League (NFL). The
academy will precede the BCA convention, which also is being held at
the Doral Golf Resort and Spa.
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