"Coach Brock is well respected in college football coaching circles as not only an offensive innovator and a relentless recruiter, but as a teacher who has a proven track record of getting the absolute best from the young men he coaches.” -- Ron Prince, upon the hiring of Brock in February 2007.

Personal: Born June 5, 1967. Hometown is Moorestown, New Jersey. He and his wife, Karen, have four children, Henry, Kate, William and Maggie. Bachelor of Science degree in Politial Science. Was a linebacker at Ferrum (Va.) College.

Prior to taking the helm at East Central, coach McCarty built Tabor College (Kan.), into an NAIA power from the ground up. In his first season at Tabor in 1999, the Bluejays had just 14 players in the program and struggled through a 0-10 campaign. But improvements followed rapidly as McCarty guided the Bluejays to a 3-7 record in 2000, a 5-5 mark in 2001, a 6-4 ledger in 2002 and ultimately a 9-2 record in 2003 that saw Tabor achieve a No. 15 national ranking and the program’s first berth in the NAIA playoffs. His efforts in 2003 earned him both the KCAC Coach of the Year and NAIA.net’s National Coach of the Year awards. Coached earlier at Greenville College, Southwest Baptist University, Dodge City Community College, Middle Tennessee State University, the University of Kansas and Fort Hays State University.

Personal: Born August 14, 1962 in Hardtner, Kansas. He and his wife, Jillian, have two daughters, Bailey and Kendall. Graduated from Fort Hays State in 1985 with a degree in education ... finished his master of education degree in administration from Middle Tennessee State in 1994.

Prior to his tenure in New England, Leonard worked 10 seasons on the coaching staff at Richmond, serving as the Spiders’ offensive line (1994, 1997-2003) and running backs coach (1995-96) as well as the program’s recruiting coordinator (2003).

Before arriving at Richmond, Leonard spent four seasons as the outside linebackers coach at the University of Connecticut (1990-93). He also served six seasons as a defensive line coach and then offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Western Connecticut (1982-84, 1987-89) and two seasons as the defensive line coach at Central Connecticut State (1985-86).

Personal: Born April 5, 1958. A native of Wethersfield, Connecticut, Leonard and his wife, Kathy, have one daughter, Maria. Has bachelor’s ('82) and master’s ('86) degrees from CCSU and played football there for three seasons.

A 2002 graduate of Cornell, he was the running backs coach at his alma mater in 2005 before coming to K-State as a graduate assistant. He worked as an assistant defensive line coach at Holy Cross in 2004 where he was responsible for all video breakdowns of opponents’ defense and special teams and assisted the defensive coordinator in developing game plans while coordinating scout teams.

Rahne worked as an intern in the National Football League office during the summer before his senior year. Prior to his stint at Holy Cross, Rahne worked at the Cintas Corporation as a part of the company’s management trainee program.

Personal: Born July 19, 1980. Hometown is Morrison, Colorado. Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Labor Relations. Was a three-year starter at quarterback for Cornell, earning the team’s MVP honors three times on his way to becoming the school's career leader in completions, yards, TD passes and 200-yard games. Finished his playing career ranked No. 3 in the Ivy League with 7,710 passing yard.

Before Elon Coach Ruggiero worked as the quarterbacks coach for six years at Hofstra University, also spending the first two seasons (2000-01) as the recruiting coordinator and the last four (2002-05) as the offensive coordinator.

Previously, he coached the halfbacks and tight ends at The College of William and Mary during the 1999 campaign.

Under his guidance, Elon's Wes Pope established a new program record in 2006 by throwing for 2,572 yards, shattering the previous mark of 2,079 set in 1968. At Hofstra, Ruggiero recruited and coached current New Orleans Saint standout Marques Colston.

Prior to coming to William & Mary, Ruggiero was the head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Glenville State College for two seasons (1997-98); the quarterbacks coach, running backs coach and offensive coordinator at Clarion University of Pennsylvania for three seasons (1994-96); the quarterbacks coach, running backs coach, offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at The Defiance College for five seasons (1989-1993) and a graduate assistant at the University of Delaware for the 1988 campaign.

Personal: The Glen Rock, N.J. native earned a bachelor of science degree in physical education and philosophy in 1988 and a master of science degree in physical education and health in 1992 from Delaware. While there, Ruggiero played four years as a quarterback. He and his wife, Jennifer, have one child, Emma.

Coach Tibesar came to UND after spending one season as tight ends coach at Cornell (N.Y.) University in 2000. Prior to that he was a graduate assistant and assistant offensive line coach at the University of California in 1999, a linebacker coach and teacher at Grossmont (Calif.) College in 1998 and a student-assistant at San Diego State from 1997-98.

Personal: Born: August 27, 1972. Native of St. Paul, Minnesota. Family includes his wife, Jill ... graduated from UND in 1995 summa cum laude with a 4.0 grade point average and a degree in business economics. Received a master’s degree in business administration from San Diego State in 1998. Played linebacker at UND from 1993 to 1996 and was a three-time All-NCC performer, earning first team All-America honors as a senior and receiving a National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholarship Award in 1996.

Scooling the defensive line, Latimore had an essential role with a unit that ranked among the nation’s top 10 in total defense in eight of the last 11 seasons, including top 5 rankings in 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. During this run he helped coach three All-Americans, including first team honorees Tim Colston (1995) and Mario Fatafehi (2000), two conference Defensive Newcomers of the Year (Fatafehi; 1999 and Tank Reese; 2001) and one conference Defensive Player of the Year (Colston; 1995). Colston was the first defensive lineman in school history to earn first team All-America accolades and Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year honors. He also tutored 11 all-conference players during this span, including six first-team selections. Beginning in 1997, Latimore coached at least one all-conference linemen for six consecutive seasons, including three first team honorees. Fatafehi became the first of two Latimore protégés to earn Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year honors in 1999. In 2000, he coached a defensive line that saw three of its four starters (Monty Beisel, Chris Johnson and Fatafehi) earn All-Big 12 honors, while Fatafehi became Latimore’s second first team All-American in six seasons. In addition, the line recorded 39 sacks and helped the Wildcats finish fourth nationally in total defense. In 2002, Latimore’s defensive line anchored a unit that set a school record for rushing defense, allowing only 69.5 yards per game, and led the nation in scoring defense. His 2003 unit helped lead the nation in sacks with 51 as the team finish sixth in the nation in total defense and eighth in scoring defense.

In the fall of 2008 coach Latimore will begin the 14th year of his second Wildcat coaching stint, after ten years on the K-State staff in the '70s and '80s. Between his stretches at K-State he was the defensive line coach at UTEP from '84-'89 and then left UTEP with former Wildcat Bob Stull in 1989 to join Stull's staff at Missouri for four years.

Personal: Born July 29, 1949, in Byron, Georgia ... married to the former D'Anne Mitchell ... the couple has two children, Marion II and Mallory. Earned his bachelor's degree in physical education. Was a two-year starter for the Wildcats ('70, '71) at offensive guard, earning third-team All-America and first-team All-Big Eight honors in '71 and playing in the '71 Senior Bowl and North-South Bowl ... played four years in the CFL after being a seventh-round pick of the New York Jets.

Jackson coached Washington Husky safeties in 2003 and served as recruiting coordinator, linebackers in 2002. Prior to Seattle stint he mentored Houston Cougar linebackers (2000-01); Arizona State running backs (1996-99); New Mexico linebackers (1995); linebackers at Pacific (1992-94); Utah State linebackers (1990-91); Central Missouri State graduate assistant (1988-89).

Jackson has taken advantage of NFL internship programs to work for several of the league's teams during their off-season. He was an intern coach for linebackers for the Seattle Seahawks in 1993, worked with the St. Louis Rams' running backs in 1999 and was an intern coach for the Denver Broncos' running backs in 2001. In the summer of 2004, Jackson served as an intern with the San Diego Chargers coaching staff, working with linebackers.

Personal: A Jackson, Mississippi native, Cornell was a two-time all-conference defensive back (1982 and 1983) at Hinds Junior College in Raymond, Miss. He is married to the former Lorri Raser.

Personal: Jeff was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and prepped at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas. He played four seasons at linebacker for North Texas where he earned his degree in business, specializing in entrepreneurship and strategic management in 2000.

Personal: Born July 8, 1960 in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Married to the former Deena England. Bachelor's degree from Fairmont State (WVA) in 1982 and master's from NC State in 1987.