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Tom Allen
Tom Allen recently completed his fourth season as the head coach at Indiana University. Since taking over at IU, Allen has guided the Hoosiers to back-to-back bowl appearances, including the 2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and the 2021 Outback Bowl. Last month, Coach Allen was also named the Werner Ladder AFCA FBS Coach of the Year. Prior to Indiana, Allen served in various roles at the University of South Florida, the University of Mississippi, and Arkansas State University.
Ray Anderson
Ray Anderson has served as the Athletic Director and Vice President of Athletics for Arizona State University since 2016. Prior to coming to Tempe, Anderson has served other football executive positions with the National Football League front office and the Atlanta Falcons.
Todd Knight
Todd Knight currently serves as the head football coach at Ouachita Baptist University, where he has established an elite program among the Division II ranks. He boasts five Great American Conference Championships, and he was named GAC Coach of the Year in all five championship seasons. Knight has also spent time coaching at Delta State University and the University of Texas at El Paso.
Fred Farrier
Fred Farrier is entering his second season as the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Alabama A&M University. Prior to joining the Bulldogs, Farrier spent time as the Associate Head Coach and wide receivers coach at South Carolina State University. Prior to SCSU, Farrier spent four seasons at Morgan State University, where he served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach before taking over as the head coach.
Justin Grandenetti
Justin Grandenetti currently serves as the offensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator, and wide receivers coach at Jack Britt High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Prior to Jack Britt High School, Grandenetti served as a recruiting specialist at Athletes for College. Before taking on the aforementioned role, Grandenetti spent time coaching the wide receivers at Pace University.
Julian Griffin
Julian Griffin currently serves as the running backs coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Prior to UTSA, Griffin served as the offensive quality control assistant for two seasons at the University of Arkansas. Before Arkansas, Griffin was an offensive quality control assistant at Southern Methodist University, where he helped the Mustangs’ offense rank in the top-20 nationally across several offensive categories.
Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz is a retired football coach. Although he spent time at numerous notable institutions, Holtz is best known for the time he spent as the head coach at the University of Notre Dame and the University of South Carolina. At Notre Dame, Holtz guided the Fighting Irish to one undefeated season, nine consecutive New Year’s Day bowl games, a National Championship and five Top-10 finishes in the AP poll. At South Carolina, Holtz guided the Gamecocks to two Outback Bowl victories before he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. Coach Holtz is the only coach to earn AFCA Regional Coach of the Year honors at four different schools: North Carolina State University (1972), the University of Arkansas (1979), the University of Notre Dame (1988) and the University of South Carolina (2000).
Dan Lundy
Dan Lundy is an alumnus of the University of Miami, where he played on the 2001 National Championship team. In 2006, Lundy founded 4th Down University, a training program that has produced dozens of Division 1 kickers, punters, and long snappers. In recent years, some of Lundy’s students have been fortunate enough to make it to the NFL.
Colin McQuillan
Colin McQuillan enters his third season, in 2021, as the Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining the Bulldogs, McQuillan spent time coaching at Missouri Western State University, where he coached for six seasons over two different stints. McQuillan started his coaching career as a student assistant at MWSU before coaching in the high school ranks for three seasons.
Jason Miran
Jason Miran is the Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks coach for Bucknell University. He also has coaching stops at Valparaiso, Lehigh, and Franklin & Marshall.
Recruiting Analytics
Recruiting analytics is a sports tech company based in Atlanta, Georgia that uses player tracking technology to unlock data from game films.
Terry Riggs
Terry Riggs is currently the head football coach at Elwood Junior-Senior High School, in Elwood, Indiana. Prior to taking over the Panthers’ football team, Coach Riggs served as a defensive coach at Decatur Central High School, in Indianapolis. Coach Riggs has also spent time at Franklin College and Kentucky Christian University.
Bob Simmons
Bob Simmons served as the head coach at Oklahoma State University from 1995-2000. Prior to taking over at OSU, Simmons spent time coaching at the University of Colorado and West Virginia University. Since leaving OSU, Simmons has coached at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Washington and Boulder High School (CO).
Frank Solich
Frank Solich has served as the head football coach at Ohio University for more than 15 years. During his tenure at Ohio, Solich has become the winningest head coach in Mid-American Conference history. Prior to taking over the Bobcats’ program, Solich spent six years as the head coach at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska. With a career total of 171 wins, Coach Solich ranks fourth among active FBS head coaches. Coach Solich has also served as the president of the American Football Coaches Association and received the Tom Osborne Legacy Award.
Phil Tran
Phil Tran is an Assistant Football Coach at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, MD. Additionally, Tran serves as the Maryland state director for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Prior to coaching, Tran was a football letter winner at Baylor University, where he earned First-Team Academic All-Big XII honors and Big XII Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognition.