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  • Head Coach

    Dave Cecchini

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  • Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach

    Jason Miran

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  • Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs Coach

    Ernest Moore

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  • Offensive Line Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

    Vinny Giacalone

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  • Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach

    John Snyder

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  • Defensive Line/Strength & Conditioning Coach

    Tony Rouse

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  • Tight Ends Coach

    Sami Caygoz

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  • Linebackers Coach

    Ryan Manalac

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  • Outside Linebackers Coach

    Zach Greiner

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  • Student Manager

    Meghan Reider

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  • Student Manager

    Alejandra Guzman

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  • Student Manager

    Luis Palacios

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2016-17 Football
# Full Name Pos Ht. Academic Year Hometown / High School
3 Derrick Estell LB 5-11 /
4 J.J. Nunes DB 5-10 Sr. /
6 Idode Kerobo DB 5-10 Sr. /
8 Ryan Moore WR 6-1 So. /
9 Ryan Shea WR 5-11 /
10 Jarrett Morgan RB 5-10 Jr. /
11 Christian Campbell DB 5-11 So. /
12 JD Koehler WR 6-0 /
13 Grant Papenfuss QB 6-2 Fr. /
14 Joe Mullen QB 6-4 /
16 Ryan Clarke QB 6-5 Jr. /
17 Brandon Riley DB 5-10 Jr. /
18 Mike Wheeler LB 6-2 So. /
20 Jamari Booker DB 6-0 Fr. /
21 Elias Earley WR 5-7 /
22 Kyle Dye DB 5-9 So. /
23 Kellan Hughes DB 6-2 Jr. /
24 Drew Snouffer LB 6-0 So. /
26 Tim Foley DB 5-11 /
27 Brett Fox TE 6-1 Sr. /
28 Josmar Diaz-Martinez DB 5-10 So. /
29 Jalin LeAndre DB 6-0 So. /
30 Frank Catrine WR 6-0 Jr. /
31 Dylan Johnson SN 6-1 Fr. /
32 Cody Boxrucker RB 6-0 Fr. /
33 Gowan Baldwin LB 6-3 So. /
34 Jay Slone LB 6-1 /
35 Kyle Bender DB 5-11 Fr. /
36 Parker Welch SN 6-3 Fr. /
37 Kyle Farwick SN 5-10 Fr. /
38 Kyle Petroff LB 6-3 Fr. /
39 Jack Buckey LB 6-2 Fr. /
40 Michael O'Brien LB 5-11 Fr. /
41 Charlie Hackett DL 6-1 /
42 Jake Iery DL 6-1 So. /
43 John Regan LB 6-0 Jr. /
44 Kyle Cartales RB 6-2 Fr. /
46 Nolan Fortman DB 6-1 Fr. /
47 Matthew Messler LB 6-0 /
48 Brent Dickson DL 6-5 Fr. /
49 Nick Turner LB 6-0 So. /
50 John Horan OL 6-2 /
52 Johnathan Coyne LS 6-1 /
54 Jesse Studyvin DE 6-4 So. /
55 Connor Sperling RB 6-2 Fr. /
56 Tristan De La Rosa DL 6-2 Jr. /
57 Torrin Sallis LB 5-9 /
59 Tyree Thomas LB 6-1 /
60 Andrew Lundberg OL 6-5 /
61 Sean Pearce OL 6-3 Fr. /
63 Sean Stephens OL 6-1 Fr. /
64 Connor Rettig OL 6-0 /
65 Jack Jarnigan OL 6-2 /
67 Eric Rentschler OL 6-2 So. /
69 Alex Helander OL 6-0 /
70 Brady Sullivan OL 6-3 /
71 Bryce Biggs OL 6-4 Fr. /
72 Solomon Kamara OL 6-2 Fr. /
73 Tom Schofield OL 6-3 So. /
74 Brian Lang OL 6-4 /
75 Shannon Taliaferro OL 6-1 So. /
76 Alex Cotton OL 6-2 /
77 Terrance Roberts OL 6-4 So. /
78 Ronald Williams OL 6-1 Fr. /
80 Austin Petrie RB 5-10 Fr. /
81 Brannen Martin TE 6-1 Fr. /
82 Jayson Reckards WR 6-0 Fr. /
83 Chris Orlich WR 6-0 Fr. /
84 Mason Sutter TE 6-5 So. /
85 Ronnie Reitz WR 6-0 Fr. /
86 Bailey Gessinger WR 5-10 Fr. /
88 Alex Ng K/P 6-0 So. /
89 Thomas Hassel TE 6-4 Fr. /
90 Brandon Doepke DL 6-2 /
93 James Reed DL 6-1 Fr. /
94 James Zajac DL 6-6 Fr. /
95 Murphy Osmond DL 6-5 Fr. /
97 Michael Penn DL 6-1 So. /
98 Jake Simpson K 5-11 Jr. /
99 Jakob Trumpower DL 6-4 /
1-O Jean Rene WR 5-9 So. /
1-S Dimitrios Latsonas K 5-11 Fr. /
15-D Isaac Lane DB 5-10 /
15-O Chris Duncan QB 6-4 Fr. /
19-D Tyler Newkirk LB 6-1 Fr. /
19-O Jimmy Seewald QB 6-5 Fr. /
2-O Griffin Norberg RB 6-3 So. /
2-S CJ Elion K 5-9 Fr. /
25-O Parker Fox WR 5-11 /
25-X Denzell Conway WR 5-11 /
45-D Taylor Allen DB 5-10 Fr. /
45-O Kenneth Floyd RB 6-1 /
5-D Bryce Crook DB 5-11 Fr. /
5-O Ryan Dugan WR 5-11 So. /
7-D Kye Hall LB 6-0 Jr. /
7-O Dalton Stokes QB 6-0 /
87-D Jordan Goebel DL 6-3 Fr. /
87-O Martin Petruf TE 6-5 Fr. /

Football Coaching Staff

Football - Coaching Staff
Image Name Title
Dave Cecchini Head Coach
Jason Miran Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach
Ernest Moore Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs Coach
Vinny Giacalone Offensive Line Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
John Snyder Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach
Tony Rouse Defensive Line/Strength & Conditioning Coach
Sami Caygoz Tight Ends Coach
Ryan Manalac Linebackers Coach
Zach Greiner Outside Linebackers Coach
Meghan Reider Student Manager
Alejandra Guzman Student Manager
Luis Palacios Student Manager

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