2012
WASHINGTON STATE
COUGAR FOOTBALL
COACH'S CLINIC
Friday, April 6th - Saturday, April 7th
Bohler Athletic Complex,
WSU Campus, Pullman, Washington
WIAA CLOCK HOURS AVAILABLE - SEE BELOW
OUR CLINIC HAS REACH ROOM SEATING CAPACITY, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS!
SCHEDULE
Friday, April 6th
4:00pm Check-in Bohler Lobby/Galleria
5:00pm Weight Room with Strength & Conditioning Staff
6:00pm Dinner
7:00pm Introduction of Coach Leach and Staff
7:15pm WSU Highlight
7:30pm Mat Taylor, Head Coach, Skyline HS, Sammamish, WA
8:45pm Coach Mike Leach
9:45pm Break Out Sessions
Saturday, April 7th
8:00am Continental Breakfast (Bohler 280)
8:30am Shawn Amos, Head Coach, Coeur d'Alene HS, Idaho
9:45am WSU Offensive Staff
10:30am WSU Defensive Staff
11:30am WSU Special Teams
12:00pm Lunch on your own
1:00pm WSU Football Practice (Rogers Field and Martin Stadium)
Download Clinic/Campus Parking Information
A parking permit will be required on Friday, April 6th, prior to 3:30pm.
Permits are available to purchase through the Football Office.
Parking is enforced 24 hours a day 7 days a week, make sure you are legally parked while on campus.
For more information on travel to Pullman and lodging choices visit:
www.visitor.wsu.edu
We have been approved for 15 WIAA Clock Hours.
The paperwork will be available to complete at check in.
Clock Hours are $2.00 per hour.
Payment must be made via cash or check payable to WIAA.
CLINIC PRESENTERS:
Mat Taylor
Head Coach, Skyline High School, Washington
Career Record as Head Coach 49-6
2008, 2009, 2011 State 4A Champions
Seattle Times Coach of the Year 2008 and 2011
Coached the last four Gatorade Players of the Year for Washington
Wide Receivers Coach at Skyline 1999-2007
Career Record as Assistant Coach 86-14
Three State Titles in 2000, 2005, 2007
Shawn Amos
Head Coach, Coeur d'Alene High School, Idaho
2010 and 2011 Idaho 5A State Champions
2011 Inland Northwest Sportswriters Coach of the Year
2010 and 2011 Idaho State Coach of the Year
16th Ranked Team in 2011 USAToday Super 25 Boys Varsity
WASHINGTON STATE
COUGAR FOOTBALL
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach
Mike Leach brings a proven record of winning to Pullman. In 10 seasons as a head coach, all at Texas Tech (2000-09) his program earned 10 bowl bids and recorded a school record 84 victories. His offense led the nation in passing six times and three times accumulated the most total yards. In 2009, The Red Raiders were second in passing offense and fourth in total offense with both marks tops among BCS conference schools.
Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
Mike Breske – a 30 year coaching veteran who has spent the past two seasons as the defensive coordinator/safeties coach at the University of Montana. It was his second stint in Missoula, serving in the same role under Joe Glenn (2000-03). Breske spent the 2009 campaign as defensive coordinator at North Dakota State following six years (2003-08) at Wyoming as the assistant head coach/defensive coordinator. He has been the defensive coordinator for Northern Colorado (1987-99), Wayne State (1983-87) and the secondary coach at Yankton College (1982-83). A 1981 graduate of South Dakota State, he began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Northern Iowa (1981).
Inside Linebackers
Jeff Choate has spent the past six seasons at Boise State where he coached special teams and nickel backs (2010-11), linebackers (2009) and running backs (2006-08). He joined Boise State after spending one season as Eastern Illinois' special teams coach as the Panthers finished the 2005 season first in the Ohio Valley Conference. Prior to that Choate spent two years as the special teams coach at Utah State, also working with the defensive line and safeties before becoming the special teams coach. A 1993 graduate of Montana Western, Choate coached high school football for eight seasons prior to Utah State.
Runningbacks
Jim Mastro, a veteran in the collegiate coaching ranks for more than two decades, joined Leach's staff after spending the 2011 campaign as tight ends and F-Backs coach at UCLA. He spent the previous 11 seasons at Nevada (2000-10), building one of the top running attacks in the nation as he had five 1,000 yard running backs in his final four seasons. Mastro was on the staff at Idaho (1998-99), San Jose State (1995) and at his alma mater, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (1989-94). A running back at Cal Poly in 1987, a member of the coaching staff was Leach, who began his coaching career that year working with the offensive line.
Offensive Line
Clay McGuire arrives in Pullman having spent the past two years as running backs coach and special teams coordinator on Ruffin McNeill's staff at East Carolina. Prior to East Carolina, McGuire enjoyed a total of nine bowl appearances as a player and staff member at his alma mater, Texas Tech. A 2004 Texas Tech graduate, where he played H-back for Leach, McGuire was a video intern (2006), offensive graduate assistant (2007), special teams coordinator (2008) and running backs coach (2009) on the Red Raider staff.
Inside Wide Receivers
Eric Morris is reunited with Mike Leach, who he played for from 2005-08. He spent the past two seasons as an offensive graduate assistant at Houston, which led the nation in passing, total offense and scoring in 2011. In 2009 Morris played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders after a Texas Tech career that saw him earn All-Big 12 Second Team as a punt returner by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2007 Academic All-Big 12 Team accolades and a degree in communication studies.
Special Teams Coordinator
Eric Russell arrives at Washington State after spending the last two seasons at Tennessee, where he was the special teams/tight ends coach. Prior to that he spent one season as special teams coordinator on Leach's staff at Texas Tech (2009) following two years (2007-08) in a similar position at Louisiana Tech. Russell served 13 seasons (1994-2006) at North Texas, including five as special teams coach, helping lead the program to four consecutive Sun Belt Conference titles. He began his career as a graduate assistant at New Mexico (1993) and Idaho (1991), where he earned a degree in public relations.
Defensive Line
Joe Salave'a is in his 4th year of collegiate coaching following a nine year NFL career. He spent the 2011 campaign as the defensive line coach at his alma mater, Arizona, following two seasons in a similar capacity at San Jose State. At SJSU he mentored tackle Jarron Gilbert, the NCAA leader in tackles for loss and the Chicago Bears' first pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. A native of Leone, American Samoa, Salave'a was drafted in the fourth round by the Tennessee Titans in 1998 where he spent five seasons, one split year with the Baltimore Ravens and San Diego Chargers (2003) and his final three years with the Washington Redskins (2004-06).
Outside Wide Receivers
Dennis Simmons returns to a familiar role on Leach's staff as the outside receivers coach after spending the previous two seasons (2010-11) in a similar position at East Carolina. Prior to ECU he spent 10 seasons (2000-09) as part of Leach's staff at Texas Tech, the last two as outside receivers coach where he mentored Michael Crabtree, the 2008 Biletnikoff Award winner and No. 10 overall draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 2009. He was also Leach's chief of staff and assistant athletic director/quality control while at Texas Tech. A graduate of BYU, Simmons has also coached running backs at Cornell and spent one season at his alma mater working with the offensive line and special teams.
Outside Linebackers
Paul Volero last coached collegiately during the 2009 season when he was the defensive ends/special teams coach at Central Michigan. The past two years Volero has been the defensive coordinator at Key West High School in Key West, Florida. He arrived at Central Michigan as the defensive line coach in 2007, a position he held for two seasons before adding special teams in 2009. Volero spent the 2004-06 seasons as the special teams quality control coach and academic graduate assistant at West Virginia. He began his coaching career in 1996 at Glenville State by coaching the defensive line, spent 1997-2002 coaching high school in Florida before returning to the collegiate ranks in 2003 at South Florida as the assistant strength coach while working with the defensive line.
Contact Information:
509.335.0250
mariet@wsu.edu
Football Office Fax: 509.335.4214
Mailing Information:
Our mailing address for
US Postal Service:
WSU Football
P O Box 641602
Pullman, WA 99164-1602
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