USD Football 2004

Assistant Coaches

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MATT HOHMAN Special Teams Coordinator & Defensive Line Matt Hohman enters his first season at USD where he will coach the defensive line and be the Special Teams Coordinator. He joins the Torero staff from Ashland University (Ash land, Ohio) where he had been Offensive Coordinator since March, 2001.

During this time he also coached the offen– sive line; coordinated all phases of the offensive game plan; and his 2001 squad tallied 4,523 yards of offense and 411.2 yards per game. One of his players earned All-America honors with seven gar– nering All -Conference recognition. He was also the school's Strength Coach and played a key role in the Recruiting efforts. Prior to Ashland Un iversity he was a graduate assistant at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) in 1999, assisting with the offensive li ne. During the 1997-98 campaign he was offensive line coach and strength coach at Wilmington College in Wi lmington, Ohio. In 1996-97 he spent one year at the University of Dubuque (IA) where he was the team's li nebackers coach. From Medina, Ohio, Hohman graduated from Miami University with a B.S . degree in Health and Sports Studies (1995). His major was Health Appraisal and Enhancement Sports Organization with a minor in coaching. DAVE ADOLPH - Linebackers Dave Adolph enters his first season at USD where he will coach the linebackers. He returns to coaching fo ll owing a 37-year coaching career that ended in January, 2000 when he retired from hi s post with the Kansas City Chiefs as assistant head coach/linebackers coach. He spent 21 years in the NFL ranks, including two tours of duty with the Chiefs. He served as the team's defens ive coordinator from 1992-1994 and worked as the club's assistant head coach/linebacker coach in 1999. This respected defensive expert spent

his entire pro coaching career (21 years) in the AFC, including 14 years as a defensive coordinator and 12 seasons in the AFC West, making I I career playoff appearances in the process. Prior to joining the Chiefs, Adolph spent two years ('97-98) as lineback– ers coach for the Oakland Raiders. He signed on with Oakland after a two-year stint ('95-96) as defensive coord inator for the San Diego Chargers. During his

three-year tenure as Kansas City's defensivecoordinatorfrom '92-94, the Chiefs made three straight playoff appearances and allowed an average of just 18.1 points per game. A native ofAkron, Ohio, Adolph originally came to Kan sas City after spending three seasons(' 89-9 l) as defensive coordinator for the L.A. Raiders. He spent the '86-88 seasons as defensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns. Adolph began his NFL career as the Browns defensive line coach in 1979. He tookovertheclub 's linebackers in '8 1before assuming duties as defensive coordinator midway through the '84 season when Marty Schottenheimer was named head coach. He then spent one season (' 85) as an assistant for San Diego before rejoining the Browns in '86. A 16-year coaching veteran on the collegiate level , Adolph worked with the legendary Woody Hayes at Ohio State from '77-78. He also coached at Illinois ('73-76), Kentucky ('69-72), Connecticut ('65-68) and his alma mater of Akron ('63-64). An all– conference guard and linebacker for the Zips, Adolph spent three years (' 59-61 ) as a commissioned officer in the Air Force before beginning hi s coaching career at Cleveland's Shaw High School in '62.