USD Football 2007

Dave Adolph enters his fourth season at USD, and his third in a full-time capacity where he will again be the Assistant Head Coach. He will also be the program's Defensive Coordina– tor and Linebackers coach. The 2006 Torero defense ranked in the top-25 in twelve

Jk different areas including 2nd in scoring defense (12.9), 4th in pass efficiency defense (97.07 rating), tie-6th in turnover margin (+1.0), 10th in rushing defense (107.3 yards per game) and 12th in total defense (269.08). The Toreros posted two shutouts and a total of six games where they limited their opponent to 7 points or less. Dave returned to coaching in 2004 following a 37-year coaching career that ended in January, 2000 when he retired from his 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 defensive 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 coor– dinator and 12 seasons in the AFC West, making 11 career playoff appearances in the process. Prior to joining the Chiefs, Adolph spent two years ('97-98) as linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders. He signed on with Oakland after a two-year stint ('95-96) as defensiver coordinator for the San Diego Chargers. During his three-year ten– ure as Kansas City's defensive coordinator from '92-94, the Chiefs made three straight playoff appearances and allowed an average of just 18.1 points per game. A native of Akron, Ohio, Adolph originally came to Kansas City after spending three seasons ('89-91) as defensive coordinator for the L.A. Raiders. He spent the '86-88 seasons as defensive coor– dinator of the Cleveland Browns. Adolph began his NFL career as

the Browns defensive line coach in 1979. He took over the club's linebackers in '81 before 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 his coaching career at Cleveland's Shaw High School in '62. ed

Ed Lamb enters his third year with the USD foot– ball program as coach of the secondary and special teams. Lamb came to San Diego after a two-year stint at the Universityof Idaho where he was the Vandals defensive coordinator. Over the span of two seasons at Idaho, the Vandals defense improved by 20 points per game allowed.

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Prior to Idaho he held coaching positions with BYU and the University of Redlands. At Redlands he was the defensive coordinator for three seasons with the Bulldogs finishing number one in total defense each season and winning two Southern Calfifornia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles (1999 & 2000).

Lamb earned his M.A. in Education in 1998 from Redlands, and holds a B.A. in English from Brigham Young. He and his wife, Sarah, have three daughters, Anna, Amelia, and Acorn. Lamb is a 1992 graduate of Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, California.