DANA HOLGORSEN – West Virginia University
Topic: TBA
The Dana Holgorsen era at West Virginia University officially began on June 10 2011, when he was named the school’s 33rd head football coach. Before coming to Morgantown, Holgorsen spent last year as the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State. He was a finalist for the 2010 Broyles Award, given to the nation’s top assistant football coach, and also named the Rivals.com Offensive Coordinator of the Year. The Cowboys led the nation in total offense during the regular season and finished No. 2 in passing offense and No. 3 in total and scoring offense. Prior to OSU, Holgorsen was Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks coach for the Houston Cougars, his offenses once again put up explosive numbers where his offense ranked No. 3 in total offense in 2008 and No. 1 in 2009. Before his two-year stint with the Cougars, Holgorsen was a member of the coaching staff at Texas Tech from 2000-07, serving as the inside receivers coach from 2000-04, before being elevated to co-offensive coordinator in 2005 and offensive coordinator in 2006-07. Holgorsen also spent time at Valdosta State (1993-95) as the quarterbacks, receivers and special teams coach, Mississippi College (1996-98) as the quarterbacks, receivers and special teams coach and at Wingate (1999) as the quarterbacks and receivers coach. During his coaching career, his teams have earned 11 bowl appearances. Three of his top pupils, Crabtree (San Francisco 49s), Harrell (Green Bay Packers) and Wes Welker (New England Patriots) are in the National Football League.
DAVID SHAW – Stanford University
Topic: "TBA"
After serving as Stanford's offensive coordinator for four seasons, David Shaw was appointed the Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football on January 13, 2011, becoming the 34th head coach in Stanford history. A 1994 Stanford graduate, he is the fifth alum to hold the position of head football coach. A four-year letter winner at Stanford from 1991-94 as a receiver, Shaw was a member of Stanford's 1991 Aloha Bowl team coached by Dennis Green that finished the season with an 8-4 mark and was the third-highest scoring team in school history. As the team's offensive coordinator for the past four seasons, Shaw played an instrumental role in the resurgence of the Stanford program which has established school scoring records each of the last two campaigns. Prior to his appointment as offensive coordinator at Stanford, Shaw served as the wide receivers and passing game coordinator at the University of San Diego under during the 2006 season. Shaw's coaching resume also includes nine years of NFL experience with the Philadelphia Eagles (1997), Oakland Raiders (1998-2001) and Baltimore Ravens (2002-05).
PAUL PASQUALONI – University of Connecticut
Topic: "TBA"
Paul Pasqualoni became the 28th head football coach at the University of Connecticut on January 14, 2011. A native of Cheshire, Conn., Pasqualoni has extensive coaching experience on the high school, college and professional level and has served as a collegiate head coach for 19 seasons. Before taking the Connecticut position, Pasqualoni had been coaching in the National Football League where he was a member of the Dallas Cowboys staff (2005-07 and 2010) and the Miami Dolphins (2008-09). Pasqualoni served as the head coach of Syracuse from 1991-2004 and led the Orange to nine bowl games and was the head coach at Western Connecticut from 1982-86 and led them to an NCAA Division II postseason appearance. Pasqualoni developed a solid contingent of professional players at Syracuse, including a string of 17 selections in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft, as seven were first-round picks. Syracuse produced at least two NFL draft selections in 11 of Pasqualoni's 14 years as head coach. After finishing his undergraduate degree at Penn State, he spent four seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Cheshire High School (1972-75). His first collegiate job was as an assistant at Southern Connecticut in 1976 and was elevated to defensive coordinator in 1980. Pasqualoni had a five-year stint from 1982-86 as the head football coach and athletic director at NCAA Division III Western Connecticut State in Danbury, CT.
TOM WILLIAMS – Yale University
Topic: "TBA"
Tom Williams completed his second season as the Head Coach of Football at Yale in 2010 and now has an 11-9 overall record as a collegiate head coach. He orchestrated a turn-around from the 4-6 mark in 2009, leading the Bulldogs to a 7-3 campaign last fall. Williams, who came to New Haven after serving as a defensive assistant for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars, became the 33rd (3rd in 44 years) coach in the illustrious history of Yale Football. Williams coached two seasons with the Jaguars. He joined the team in 2007 as assistant special teams coach after spending the previous 11 seasons as an assistant coach on the collegiate level. Williams served as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at San Jose State for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Williams spent three seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Stanford (2002-04). He coached linebackers, served as the co-defensive coordinator in 2002 and 2003 and was the associate head coach in 2004. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Stanford in 1993 under Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Walsh while earning a master's in university administration (1995). In addition, Williams spent three (1996-98) seasons at Hawaii, including one as defensive coordinator. He also served as linebackers coach at the University of Washington from 1999-2001 and helped the Huskies to three consecutive bowl games, including a 2001 Rose Bowl win. That capped an 11-1 season and earned the team a No. 3 national ranking.
DAVID CUTCLIFFE – Duke University
Topic: "TBA"
David Cutcliffe, who led Ole Miss to four bowl games in six seasons and mentored Super Bowl MVP quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning, was named Duke University’s 21st head football coach on December 15, 2007. Cutcliffe came to Duke after serving the previous two seasons as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee. His head coaching experience includes a six-year stint at the University of Mississippi from 1999-04 where he compiled a 44-29 (.603) ledger with five winning seasons; five bowl game appearances and a share of the SEC Western Division championship in 2003. Cutcliffe was named the SEC Coach of the Year in 2003 after leading the Rebels to a 10-3 record including a 31-28 victory over Oklahoma State in the Cotton Bowl. As a member of the coaching staff at Tennessee from 1982-98, Cutcliffe helped the Volunteers to five Southeastern Conference championships, 16 bowl games in 17 seasons and the national title in 1998. His first tenure with the Vols featured the mentoring of quarterbacks Andy Kelly, Heath Shuler, Tee Martin and Peyton Manning. While at Mississippi, Cutcliffe tutored 2003 SEC Player of the Year Eli Manning. Manning was a first team All-America pick as a senior, closed his career with an SEC-record 10,119 passing yards and was the top overall choice in the 2004 NFL Draft
DOC HOLLIDAY – Marshall University
Topic: "TBA"
During his coaching career, Holliday has coached in 20 bowl games, three national championship games and coached 11 players that have gone on to the National Football League. Holliday comes to Marshall after serving as associate head coach at West Virginia for the past two seasons where he also served as the director of recruiting while coaching tight ends and fullbacks for the Mountaineers. Rivals.com has named him one of the Top 25 recruiters in the nation and he helped WVU amass a 2009 recruiting class that was nationally ranked No. 22 by Scout.com and No. 27 by Rivals.com. Prior to that, he worked as the associate head coach and safeties coach at the University of Florida from 2005 to 2007 and as the associate head coach and wide receivers coach at North Carolina State University from 2000-04. During his tenure at Florida, the Gators won the 2006 National Championship and the UF secondary led the SEC in interceptions in both 2005 and 2006. The 2003 N.C. State team set six different school-records for passing including yards, yards per game, passing touchdowns and completion percentage.
Video Tape Recorders or Cassette Tape Recorders are not permitted at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinics.
NOTE: Upon Registering, Please enter the names of all participating Coaches, Number of names entered MUST match your quantity selected. Failure to do so will result in additional fee's "At The Door Rates" upon Clinic Sign In...
NOTE: All "Online Registrations" are Final upon completion. NO REFUNDS AVAILABLE!
Copyright 2009: NIKE Coach of the Year clinic, All rights reserved All Images and Content are the sole property of NIKE Coach of the Year Clinics and Related Sponsors Any Reproduction or Duplication of Said Images or Content Prohibited by Law
DANA HOLGORSEN – West Virginia University
