Wednesday, November 16, 2011

New Mexico Coaching Staff

Bob Davie is the new head football coach at New Mexico. He is back after 10 years away from coaching after he was the head coach at Notre Dame from 1997-2001. The coaching tree has compiled a list of some potential assistant coaches for Davie's staff based on past relationships at former coaching stops. The list will surely change when Davie hires his coordinators, but here is a preliminary set of names for now:

* = candidate for coordinator position

QUARTERBACKS COACH


Bob Toledo* - ex-Tulane Head Coach
  • Offensive coordinator at New Mexico in 2006 before becoming the HC at Tulane in '07.
  • OC at Texas A&M from 1989-93, when Bob Davie was the team's defensive coordinator.
Kevin Rogers* - Boston College Offensive Coordinator
  • Offensive coordinator at Notre Dame under head coach Bob Davie from 1999-2001.
Ron Powlus - Akron Quarterbacks Coach
  • Played QB at Notre Dame from 1994-97. Bob Davie was the DC at Notre Dame from 1994-96 before taking over as head coach in '97.

RUNNING BACKS/WIDE RECEIVERS COACH


Mike Sanford* - ex-Louisville Offensive Coordinator
  • QB coach at Notre Dame in 1997 and '98, working under head coach Bob Davie.
Chris Wiesehan - Winnepeg Blue Bombers (CFL) Wide Receivers Coach
  • Graduate assistant at Notre Dame in 1997 and '98 under HC Bob Davie.
Larry Edmondson - Rice Quarterbacks Coach
  • Graduate assistant at Texas A&M from 1984-86. Bob Davie came in as the Aggies LB coach in '85.

OFFENSIVE LINE COACH


Dave Borbely - Louisville Offensive Line Coach
  • OL coach at Notre Dame from 1998-2001 under head coach Bob Davie.
Tony Wise - ex-Pitt Offensive Line Coach
  • Assistant offensive line coach at Pitt in 1977, where he worked on staff with Bob Davie, who was a GA at Pitt in '77.

DEFENSIVE LINE COACH


Terry Price - Ole Miss Defensive Line Coach
  • Graduate assistant at Texas A&M in 1993, when Bob Davie was the Aggies defensive coordinator.
  • Played defensive line at Texas A&M from 1986-90. Davie coached linebackers until becoming DC in 1989.
Todd Howard - Washington State Defensive Line Coach
  • Graduate assistant at Texas A&M from 1991-93, where he worked under DC Bob Davie.
  • Played LB at A&M from 1983-86. Davie came in as his position coach in '85.
Bert Hill - SMU Defensive Line Coach
  • Strength & conditioning coach at Texas A&M from 1983-87 and in '89, working with Bob Davie each of those years.

LINEBACKERS COACH


Kirk Doll* - San Jose State Running Backs/Special Teams Coach
  • LB coach at Notre Dame from 1994-2001, working under Bob Davie each season with the Fighting Irish.
  • LB coach at Texas A&M, working under Davie, who was on the Aggies' staff from 1985-93.
Kevin Fouquier* - ex-Louisiana-Lafayette Defensive Coordinator
  • Graduate assistant at Texas A&M in 1991 and '92, where he worked with Davie, who was the defensive coordinator at the time.
Johnny Holland* - Virginia Destroyers (UFL) Linebackers Coach
  • Played linebacker at Texas A&M from 1983-86. Bob Davie was his position coach in 1985 and '86.

DEFENSIVE BACKS COACH


Taver Johnson* - Ohio State Cornerbacks Coach
  • Graduate assistant at Notre Dame in 1999, Davie's 3rd season as head coach.
Mike Woodford - New Mexico Defensive Backs Coach
  • Played DB at Arizona from 1978-81. Bob Davie was the linebackers coach at Arizona in 1978 and '79.
Jerry McManus - ex-Kent State Running Backs/Special Teams Coach
  • Coached defensive backs at Pitt in 1982 and at Tulane in 1983 and '84. Bob Davie coached linebackers at Pitt in '82 before becoming the defensive coordinator at Tulane in '83.


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