USD Football 2003

Coaching Staff

5 2003 USD Coaching Staff (1-r):

Thad Porlas Steve Jacobacci

Mike Fisher Tim Drevno

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Head Coach Kevin McGarry

Jason DesJarlais Shaun Murgel Richard Sanchez Kyle Slusser

Not Pictured: Mike Rish

MIKE RISH - Wide Receivers, 20th Year

Mike Rish is beginning his 20th season on the Torero staff. He returns to coach the receivers, something he has done for eighteen of the past nineteen Torero seasons. Mike played for USD from 1979-83 where he posted career numbers that make him one of the best receivers ever to play at USD -- he ranks second all-time with IO I receptions, 18 receiving touchdowns and 1,722 receiving yards. He held the school marks in all three career receiving departments from 1983 through 1997; he was passed by Torero receiver Dylan Ching.

In 1983 he was selected the team's scholar-athlete by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. In the Toreros' nationally-televised game between Occidental in 1982, Rish was named the CBS Chevrolet P layer of the Game. Mike graduated from USD with an Accounting degree in 1984. He is the Vice President for Secondary Marketing for Guild Mortgage Company in San Diego. THAD PORLAS - Quarterbacks, 3rd Year

Thad Porlas begins his third season with the Toreros. For the second straight year he wi llbeon theoffensivesideofthe ballwhere he will coach the quarterbacks; in 200 I he directed the inverts on defense. Last season, in his first year overseeing the quarterbacks, the Toreros ranked Ist in the nation in passing efficiency ( 158.72) and 12th in passing offense (278.1 yards per game). Junior quarterback Eric Rasmussen finished first in the nation in passing efficiency with a 164.2 rating. Thad has just completed a season as an assistant coach for the San Diego Riptides, an Arena2Football team where he worked with

the receivers. Porlas came to USD from Mesa College where he coached four seasons with receivers and kick returners. Prior to that, he spent six years ( 1992-97) at Point Loma High School coaching receivers and defensive backs -- during that stretch Point Loma advanced to the CIF playoffs each season. No stranger to USD, Thad played football for the Toreros for two seasons (1982-83) as a wide receiver. He graduated with his B.A. in Business Administration, and later earned two M.S. degrees in Education/Mathematics and Special Education. The past thirteen years he has taught Special Education for San Diego City Schools. Thad and hi s wife Sue have three chi ldren: Dane, Kalani and Cheynna.