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Rick Chamberlin - Head Coach |
| Chamberlin is in his 29th season on the Flyer coaching
staff and his
first as the head coach. He has been with the Flyer football program
longer than any other member of the staff. His involvement began in
1975, when he was a four-year letterwinner at linebacker. Chamberlin is
the 23rd head football coach since the program began in 1905. He is the
first of the 11 modern era coaches to have lettered for the Flyers, and
the second to be a graduate of the University of Dayton. Chamberlin's
guidance, the Flyers have led the Pioneer Football League in scoring
defense the last seven seasons, including finishing second in NCAA
Division I-AA (9.8) in 2002, third (14.1) in 2005 and fourth in FCS in
2007 (15.6). In 2004, Dayton led NCAA Division I-AA football in total
defense (263.10). |
Recruiting Areas: Dayton area and
along
I-75 North to Lima
E-Mail: Ricky.Chamberlin@notes.udayton.edu
Phone: (937) 229-4423 |
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Dave Whilding - Offensive Coordinator |
| Whilding enters his 31st season at UD, marking his 27th
coaching the
quarterbacks and his 25th as offensive coordinator. In the entire time
Whilding has been with the Flyers, no Dayton team has been shut out.
With Whilding directing the UD attack, three different Dayton
quarterbacks led their respective NCAA divisions in passing efficiency
in a five-year period in the early 1990's. |
Recruiting Areas: Mid-Ohio, New
York, New
Jersey
E-Mail: david.whilding@notes.udayton.edu
Phone: (937) 229-4402 |
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Chris Ochs - Assistant Coach |
| Ochs enters his eighth year with the Flyers. In the
last seven seasons,
the Flyers have been in top five in NCAA I-AA in rushing yardage per
game four times. Ochs came to UD from Defiance College, where he had
been an assistant coach since 1996. At Defiance, he served as both
offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Prior to that he was an
assistant at Southern Illinois University where he coached the
offensive line while getting his masters in educational administration
and higher education. |
Recruiting Areas: Northeast Ohio,
Texas,
California
E-Mail: chris.ochs@notes.udayton.edu
Phone: (937) 229-4403 |
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Landon Fox - Assistant Coach |
| Fox, who will coach the Dayton secondary, had been a
graduate assistant
coach for the Flyers in 2002 and 2003. Dayton was 20-3 in Fox's two
seasons working under then-head coach Mike Kelly and then-defensive
coordinator Rick Chamberlin. The Flyers won their first of two NCAA
Division I-AA Mid-Major national championships while going 11-1 in
2002, and then turned in a 9-2 campaign in 2003. |
Recruiting Areas: Southern Ohio,
Kentucky,
Central Indiana, West Virginia, and Tennessee
E-Mail: foxlandz@notes.udayton.edu
Phone: (937) 229-4588 |
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Patrick Henry - Assistant Coach |
| The Avon, Ohio native graduated Defiance College in
2005 Defiance
College after becoming a three-year letter winner as a quarterback.
Henry was a member of the 2001 Heartland Athletic Conference
Championship team and NCAA DIII playoff qualifier. From 2006 to 2007 he
served as a Graduate Assistant at Clarion University of Pennsylvania,
graduating with a Masters of Education degree. He will be coaching wide
receivers for Dayton. |
Recruiting Areas: Northwest Ohio
above rt.
30 and as far east as Lorain County, Florida, Georgia
E-Mail: henrypal@notes.udayton.edu
Phone: (937) 672-2401
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James Stanley - Assistant Coach |
| From 1997 to 2002 played defensive back at the
University of Toledo.
Stanley was a four year letter winner and played pro ball in the arena
league for four years. Before Dayton, Stanley served as an assistant
football coach at Fairborn High school where he also taught. This will
be his first year working with the defensive secondary. |
Recruiting Areas: Southern Michigan,
Wisconsin
E-Mail: stanlejm@notes.udayton.edu
Phone: (937) 672-8302 |
