In second year as assistant at Western and 23rd overall ...Works with secondary ... Defensive coordinator at four different schools over previous 11 years ... Spent previous four seasons as assistant head coach at Utica College NY, the Pioneers having first winning season and being ranked third in the Empire 8 Conference in overall defense in 2005 ... Also was defensive coordinator three years at Kean University (Union, NJ), the Cougars having No.1 defense in New Jersey Athletic Conference in 2001; one year at Plymouth State University (Plymouth, NH), the Panthers leading Freedom Football Conference in defense and ranking No.18 nationally in NCAA III as they finished 8-3 and won East Coast Athletic Conference championship game in 2000; and three years at Chapman University CA where NCAA III Panthers were 26-4-1, being ranked fourth nationally in defense and No.2 in takeaways with 39 in 1995 ... Linebackers coach for 10 years, one at Whittier College CA, four at Fullerton College CA, which won Potato Bowl in 1991, and five at Cerritos College CA, which made three bowl appearances, winning Avocado Bowl in 1983 ... Played football at Weber State University UT and Cerritos ... Earned bachelor's degree at Long Beach State University in 1988 ... Graduate of St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., being member of California state runner-up team in 1978 ... 48 years old.