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2006 Football
Coaches
HEAD COACH
BILL STRUBLE
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Hometown:
Vincentown, N.J.
Alma Mater/Yr.:
West Virginia Wesleyan College/1976
Coaching Record at Wesleyan (Yrs.):
107-125 (23)
Career Coaching Record (Yrs.):
107-125 (23)
Honors:
Coach
Struble is Wesleyan's all-time leader in coaching victories...He
sits tied for fourth all-time with Walter Barr for most wins in
WVIAC history...Led Wesleyan to first conference championship
in 34 years (1995)...Won three league titles in just nine seasons
(1995, 2002, and 2003)...Named WVIAC Coach of the Year in each
of his championship seasons.
Notes:
Co-Chairman of Registration for American Football Coaches Association...Member
of NCAA Division II Top 25 committee.
Personal:
He and wife, Jenny, have one son, Luke (23), and two daughers,
Carley (21), and Hillary (16).
E-mail:
struble_w@wvwc.edu |
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DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
PAUL PRICE
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Hometown:
Munhall, Pa.
Alma Mater/Yr.:
B.S., West Virginia Weselyan College/1984;
Master of Education, West Virginia Wesleyan
College/1986.
Honors:
Architect of defense that helped bring Wesleyan
three conference championships (1995, 2002, and 2003)...Former
WVIAC Coach of the Year for the Bobcat track teams.
Notes:
Eighth season as defensive coordinator for
Bobcats...Spent three seasons as head coach at WVU Tech (1996-98)...Defensive
coordinator and head track coach at Wesleyan (1989-96)...Assistant
football coach and head wrestling coach at Cumberland Regional H.S.
in Seabrook, N.J. (1988)...Graduate assistant offensive line coach
at Wesleyan (1985-1987)...Assistant football coach at Hudson Valley
Community College in Troy, N.Y. (1984)...Active Member of American
Football Coaches Association...Founder of and mentor to Bobcats
and Books, a reading program for various elemetary schools in the
surrounding areas.
Playing Career:
All-WVIAC First Team Selection at
center in 1981 and '82...Captain of 1982 squad.
Personal:
Father of two, daughter, Erin, age 18, and
son, Coleman, age 16.
E-mail:
price_p@wvwc.edu |
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OFFENSIVE LINE
CRAIG MORGAN
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Hometown:
Huntington, W.Va.
Alma Mater/Yr.:
Furman University (S.C.)/2005
Notes:
Second year as a member of the Bobcat coaching
staff...Served as Furman's student assistant offensive line coach
and was also in charge of strength and conditioning in the fall
of 2004.
Playing Career:
Two-year starter at center for the Paladins
during his junior and senior seasons.
Personal:
Coach Morgan and his wife, Andrea, reside in Buckhannon.
E-mail:
morgan_c@wvwc.edu |
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WIDE RECEIVERS
JOHN PENNINGTON
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Hometown:
Charleston,
W.Va.
Alma Mater/Yr.:
West Virginia University/2005
Notes:
Second
year as a member of the Bobcat coaching staff.
Playing Career:
Played five seasons at WVU...Walked-on for four seasons before
earning a scholarship in 2004...Caught 15 balls for 164 yards
(10.9 avg.) and two touchdowns in his career as a Mountaineer.
E-mail:
jpennwvu80@yahoo.com
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SECONDARY
MIKE COUNAHAN
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Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Alma Mater/Yr.:
West Virginia Wesleyan College/2003
Notes:
Second
year as a member of the Bobcat coaching staff...Spent last season
as an assistant coach at North Allegheny High School (Pa.).
Playing Career:
Four-year player at Wesleyan at strong safety and rover...Member
of 2002 and 2003 WVIAC champsionship teams...Earned Honorable
Mention All-WVIAC honors in 2003.
E-mail:
mccounahan@hotmail.com
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