Welcome #BlueHens

Welcome #BlueHens New football head coach Danny Rocco introduces his 2017 coaching staff

MATT SIMON - OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

35-year coaching veteran
Former Head Coach at North Texas State
Won Super Bowl with Baltimore Ravens in 2000
Won NCAA National Championship at Washington in 1991
Member of University of Washington and Eastern New Mexico Halls of Fame

Chris Cosh - Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs

Veteran of 32 seasons as a college coach, 18 as a defensive coordinator
Led Richmond to NCAA Playoffs in only season in 2016
4 members of Richmond defense were All-CAA in 2016
Has coached with Nick Saban, Lou Holtz, Bill Snyder, and Ralph Friedgen
1984 graduate of Virgina Tech

Bill Polin - Tight Ends

Veteran of 17 seasons as a college coach at all four divisions
Led Richmond to 3 straight NCAA Playoff appearances
Richmond set nearly every school passing record during tenure
Served at Middlebury under Delaware Hall of Famer Mickey Heinecken
2000 graduate of Colby College in Maine

Fontel Mines – Wide Receivers

Coached 5 seasons at Richmond
Led Spiders to 3 straight NCAA Playoff appearances
Played parts of 3 seasons in NFL with Chicago Bears
Participated in Minority Internship with Washington Redskins in 2015
2007 graduate of Virginia

Blaine McCorkle – Offensive Line

Veteran of 18 seasons as a college coach
Spent last 8 seasons at UR, leading Spiders to 3 straight NCAA Playoff appearances
Served under Rocco at both Liberty and Richmond
Long snapper who led LSU to 2 SEC titles during playing career
2000 graduate of LSU

Manny Rojas – Inside Linebackers

Coached 7 seasons under Danny Rocco at Liberty & Richmond
2-time All-Big South linebacker at Liberty under Rocco
Led Spiders to 3 straight NCAA Playoff appearances
Part of 6 conference titles during 11 seasons as college coach and player
2007 graduate of Liberty

Clint Sintim – Outside Linebackers

Led Richmond to consecutive NCAA Playoff appearances in 2015-16
Super Bowl XLVI Champion as a linebacker with New York Giants
Captain and All-American at Virginia
Took part in NFL Minority Internship Program in 2016
2009 graduate of Virginia

Eddie Allen – Special Teams / Running Backs

9-year college coaching veteran
Delaware special teams coordinator last 3 seasons
UD annually ranked among CAA leaders in punting, kickoff coverage
Previously coached at Rhode Island
2003 graduate of New Haven

LEVERN BELIN - DEFENSIVE LINE

Coached with Coach Danny Rocco at Virginia, Liberty, and Richmond
Coached 8 All-CAA defensive lineman while at Richmond
1991 graduate of Wake Forest
Veteran of 25 collegiate coaching seasons

Carl Kotz - Associate Director of Operations

Spent last 4 seasons on staff at Richmond
Previously worked at Clemson, UConn, and with NFL Jacksonville Jaguars
Worked with NFL Europe’s Cologne (Germany) Centurions
2003 Clemson graduate

Chris Stewart – Strength & Conditioning

Veteran of 8 seasons at Richmond as Strength & Conditioning coach
Led Richmond to 3 straight NCAA playoff appearances
Served 11 seasons at Tennessee and trained 64 NFL players and 7 Olympians
1998 graduate of Western Carolina and 2001 master's graduate of Tennessee

Tony Palmieri – Video Coordinator

9-year veteran of video coordination, 5 at Richmond
Previous stints at Yale and with NFL N.Y. Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars
Father is long-time strength coach with New York Giants
2009 graduate of North Florida

Appreciate

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