USD Football 2008

Todd Washington, who enjoyed an 8-year playing career in the NFL prior to coming to USD,enters his second year as the offensive line coach. Last season's offensive line unit did an outstanding job with both run blocking and pass protection as the 9-2 Toreros averaged 44.3 points per game and 483.1 yards of offense. Senior linemen Jordan Paopao and Gabe DeAnda were named to the AII-PFL First Team, while junior Deene Kabiling was tabbed a Second Team honoree. Addi– tionally, Paopao and DeAnda were both accorded honorable mention All-America honors by The Sports Network. Washington, a 4th round pick by Tampa Bay in 1998, played five seasons with the Buccaneers (1998-2003),includ–

ing the 2002 Super Bowl XXXVII Championship team.He closed out his career with the Houston Texans (2003-2005). Played four years at Virginia Tech University (1994-97) where he earned All-Big East 1st team honors in 1997 and appeared in the Senior Bowl (1998).Washington earned his B.S.degree in Physical Education and Health in 1998. He was a coaching intern (August, 2006) for East Texas Baptist University and for the Amsterdam Admirals (February, 2006) at their NFL Europe Training Camp. Todd and his wife Shannon have three children, two boys and a girl - Cameron, Ava, and Zane.

USO FOOTBALL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS

Ben Barton enters his first season with the USD football program where he will be a Defensive Ad– ministrative Assistant. He'll assist the defensive coaches with daily football operations. From Tyler,Texas, Ben attend– ed Lubbock Coronado SA High School where he played football

Todd Rusinkovich enters his second season with the Torero football staff, this year as an Of– fensive Administrative Assistant. Last season Todd was the Defen– sive Assistant under the legend– ary Coach Dave Adolph. Rusinkovich is a graduate of Cornell University where he was

and graduated in 2003. Following two years at Lake Ta– hoe Community College, he transferred to the Univer– sity of Nebraska-Lincoln. In 2005 he was a student as– sistant for the Cornhusker football program and head coach Bill Callahan. Over the next two seasons he was a special teams and defensive assistant for coaches Bill Busch and Kevin Cosgrove.This past May he earned his B.A. degree in Industrial Technology Education.

a letterman on the Big Red Ivy League football team. He played defensive line, fullback, and tight end dur– ing his four years at Cornell and received the Fresh– man Scholar Athlete Award, was elected to the Cor– nell Football Players' Council and served as a position leader. Todd had a season ending knee injury during his sophomore year. Prior to Cornell, Todd attended San Clemente High School in San Clemente, California where he was an All South Coast League player at linebacker and led his team to the CIF semifinals. Todd captained the squad and was named the team's MVP. Rusinkovich was also the captain for his basketball and baseball teams while at SCHS and was named Athlete of the Year and Student of the Year as a senior. Todd 's two younger brothers, Jake and Chad, are extraordinary collegiate student athletes. Both are standout wide receivers,Jake a junior at Northwestern College and Chad a redshirt freshman at the Univer– sity of San Diego. Todd is currently enrolled in the USD Graduate School of Leadership and Educational Sciences.

Father Owen Mullen Team Chaplain

Janet Engelman Office Admin.Asst.