About this speaker
Summary
• Career record through 2023 season: 52-10 (.838) in four seasons
• Three Centennial Conference championships
• Postseason bids in all five seasons
• Led Mules to first appearance in NCAA Division III semifinals and final national ranking in top 10 three straight years
• Three-time Centennial Conference coach of the year
• 2019 National Division III coach of the year
• Coached 10 All-America selections
Coaching Highlights
2022 Record 7-4 Centennial-MAC Bowl Series Champions
• Coached Muhlenberg to a winning record for the 12th straight season
• Mules won a postseason game for the fifth straight season
• Losses to the top three teams in the Centennial Conference were by a total of 18 points
• Offense averaged 35.7 points and 418.1 yards per game
2021 Record 11-2 Centennial Conference Champions, NCAA quarterfinals
• Centennial Conference coach of the year
• Final Division III rankings: No. 7 (D3football.com), No. 7 (AFCA)
• First CC team to be ranked in the D3football.com final top 10 in three consecutive seasons
• Advanced to NCAA quarterfinals for third consecutive season
• Recorded shutouts in NCAA Tournament first- and second-round games for the second straight season
• Took Mount Union to overtime in NCAA quarterfinals
• Offense averaged 37.4 points and 397.7 yards per game
• Muhlenberg won Division III statistical championship in kickoff return average
• Mules ranked in the top 15 in Division III in first downs, completion percentage, sacks, passes intercepted, turnovers forced
• Coached Region 2 offensive player of the year
2020 no season
2019 Record 13-1 Centennial Conference Champions, NCAA semifinals
• Centennial Conference coach of the year
• Named Division III National Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association
• Named Andy Talley Regional Coach of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club
• Final Division III rankings: No. 5 (AFCA), No. 7 (D3football.com)
• First outright Centennial Conference title since 2008
• Mules set a school record with 13 wins and finished the regular season undefeated for the first time since 2007
• Muhlenberg became the first team in Division III history to record shutouts in its NCAA Tournament first- and second-round games
• Second team in Muhlenberg athletic history to reach a Division III "Final Four"
• Offense averaged 38.4 points and 420.7 yards per game
• Mules ranked in the top 15 in Division III in first downs, passing efficiency, total defense, scoring defense, sacks, tackles for loss
• Coached South Region defensive player of the year
2018 Record 11-2 Centennial Conference Champions, NCAA quarterfinals
• Centennial Conference coach of the year
• ECAC coach of the year
• Final Division III rankings: No. 9 (D3football.com), No. 10 (AFCA)
• Became just the second coach in CC history to lead his team to a championship in his first season
• Earned at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and won opening game on the road at Delaware Valley
• Advanced to NCAA quarterfinals for first time in program history
• Only two losses were to teams that made the NCAA semifinals
• Offense averaged 34.5 points and 412.4 yards per game
• Mules ranked second in Division III in interceptions, behind only national champion Mary Hardin-Baylor
• Coached South Region defensive player of the year
Coaching Career
• 2015-17 Assistant coach/offensive coordinator at Muhlenberg
> Mules compiled a record of 25-8, averaging 33.3 points and 428.0 yards per game
> 2016 team ranked 17th in Division III in scoring
• 2008-14 Offensive line coach/offensive coordinator at Susquehanna University
• 2007 Guest coach with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League
• 2005-07 Assistant coach (offensive line) at SUNY Cortland
• 2004 Assistant coach (tight ends) at Hamilton College
Playing Career
• 1999-2002 Four-year letterwinner at Hobart College
> Earned first-team All–Liberty League honors twice and played on Hobart’s first two Division III playoff teams
Personal
• Married to Kristen with two sons, Matthew and Nicholas