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Phoenix College Bears 2016 Football Media Guide

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Table of Contents

Phoenix College Athletic Department Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

2016 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2016 Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2016 Season Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2016 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13


Ms. Kristi Kincaid Women’s Basketball Coach

Mr. Dan Cozzetto Football Coach

Mr. Heinz Muller Softball Coach

Ms. Maybritt Hair Office Coordinator

Mr. Jim Howell Asst. AD/Sports Information Director

Mr. Chris Sagar Women’s Soccer Coach

Mr. David Cameron Men’s Soccer Coach

Ms. Tricia Melfy Volleyball Coach

Mr. Paul DeRose Vice President

Administrative Services

Ms. Samantha Ezell Athletic Director

Ms. Chris Haines Interim President Phoenix College

Phoenix College Administration

Ms. Lisa-Ruiz Gonzales Head Athletic Trainer and Ass’t Athletic Director

Mr. Kevin Kimball Baseball Coach

Ms. April Perotti Athletic Trainer

Mr. Matt Gordon Men’s Basketball Coach

Athletic Department Coaches and Staff

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Team Information

Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Cozzetto

Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . Robin Pflugrad , Todd Williamson, Mark Garalczyk, Everrette . . . . . . . . . . . . Thompson, Kerry Taylor, Marlon Farlow, Myron Blueford, Pierre Singfield, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Peters,Herb Pierce, Brian Howard

Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bears

Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue and Gold

Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoy Stadium at Hogan Field

Phoenix College Athletic Department

General Information

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phoenix, Arizona

Opened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1920

Fall Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,000

Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maricopa Community College

Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arizona Community College Athletic Conference

Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85013

Phone (Athletic Department) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602-285-7175

FAX (Athletic Department) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602-285-7333

Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www .phoenixcollege .edu

Conference Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www .accac .org

Chandler-Gilbert Community College • Estrella Mountain Community College • GateWay Community College • Glendale Community College • Maricopa Skill Center • Mesa Community College • Paradise Valley Community College • Phoenix College • Rio Salado College • Scottsdale Community College

South Mountain Community College • SouthWest Skill Center

Phoenix College and the Maricopa County Community College District are EEO/AA institutions .

www.phoenixcollege.edu

Phoenix College (Main Campus)1202 West Thomas Road Phoenix, AZ 85013602 .285 .7800

PC Downtown 640 North 1st AvenuePhoenix, AZ 85003602 .223 .4051


2016 Schedule

Date Day Opponent Location Time AUGUST

20 Saturday Tucson Prep Home 7:00PM

27 Saturday Glendale Community College Glendale 7:00PM

SEPTEMBER

3 Saturday Mesa Community College Home 7:00PM

10 Saturday* Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale 7:00PM

17 Saturday* Glendale Community College Home 7:00PM

24 Saturday Scottsdale Community College Home 7:00PM

OCTOBER

8 Saturday* Mesa Community College Mesa 7:00PM

15 Saturday* Arizona Western College Home 7:00PM

29 Saturday* Pima Community College Tucson TBD

NOVEMBER

5 Saturday* Eastern Arizona College Home 7:00PM

12 Saturday* Snow College Ephraim, UT Noon


2016 Coaching Staff

Dan Cozzetto Head Coach

Not just on this level, but likely any level in the Arizona college coaching ranks . If you’re looking for a head coach to turn around your college football program, once the resume’ of Dan Cozzetto hits your hands, it’s unlikely you need to look much

further, since his is more well-known among Arizona College coaching circles than nearly anyone’s over the last three decades . And yet, with his 36 years of coaching experience-which features 32 years as an assistant at the NCAA Division I level for various schools, Cozzetto stepped onto the Bears’ Football sideline for the first time last August as a head coach for the first time ever . Cozzetto’s coaching journey began at his alma mater-right after he completed his playing career (as a tight end, linebacker and offensive lineman) at the University of Idaho in 1979 . Cozzetto spent a dozen years with the Vandals, moving his way up the coaching change until finally winding up as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator his last two years, and helping Idaho win 5 Big Sky Championships . From there, Cozzetto would spend the next 13 years of his life making several Pac-10 programs bowl-worthy . Cozzetto went from Idaho to the University of California, leading the Bears to Copper Bowl and Citrus Bowl Championship in successive years . He then followed Bruce Snyder (who hired him at Cal-Berkeley) to Arizona State University as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, and helped the Sun Devils go undefeated in conference play to win the Pac-10 title, and reach the Rose Bowl for only the second time in their storied history in 1997; then took the most potent rushing attack in ASU history (172 rushing yards per game) to an Aloha Bowl victory two years later . After seven years in Tempe, Cozzetto longed for the Pacific Northwest again (he’s born and raised in the state of Washington), so he reunited with his former boss

at Idaho, Dennis Erickson, as Erickson’s running backs coach at Oregon State, where he helped take them to a Pac-10 title, and a pair of bowl appearances (including a Fiesta Bowl win over Notre Dame in 2001) in three years . The move to his home state became complete when he joined Rick Neuheisel’s staff at the University of Washington for the next two years . Erickson gave Cozzetto his first chance at pro coaching in 2004 when he hired Dan as tight ends and offensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers . After one season at that level, the Cozzetto-Erickson combo returned to the college ranks, and returned to a pair of familiar stops: Idaho in ’06, then Arizona State for the next two years . After taking the Devils to the Holiday Bowl (after winning a share of another Pac-10 crown), Cozzetto returned to UW for five seasons at offensive line coach and run game coordinator . Cozzetto spent the 2014 season as run game coordinator for the FXFL’s Boston Brawlers, but longed for a job in Arizona, and was fielding offers until the PC job opened up . Year 1 saw the debut of the 6th-best passing offense in the NJCAA last year .

A graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education from the University of Idaho, Cozzetto and his wife, Debbie, have finally decided to make Arizona their permanent home, and will celebrate their 16th year of marriage in the Grand Canyon State . The Cozzettos are the proud parents of 4 grown children: Adrian (40), Rachel (38), Ryan (33), and Tara (29); as well as two grandchildren .


2016 Season Outlook

The earmarks of a new era: 1) a head coach and assistant head coach whose previous success absolutely blew away the coaching staffs of any other WSFL Football program; 2) a new attitude and atmosphere that even those that could absolutely care less about Bears’ Football around campus noticed, and responded; 3) a high-powered offense that averaged nearly 40 points during the 2015 season, and kept fans in the stands and on GoBears SportsNet on the edges of their seats throughout the season . Those three are what everyone hoped for and were gratified to see when Dan Cozzetto and Robin Pflugrad stepped on the Hogan Field at Hoy Stadium field for the first time last year to lead the program .

The fourth earmark of that ‘new era’ feeling was one that absolutely no one expected: 4) wins are hard to come by in the first year .

With that said, though, expectations are still through the roof for the 2016 Bears, and it’s not just that the Cozzetto/Pflugrad tandem has a great track record of spinning losing teams into consistent winners . First of all, while the wins weren’t forthcoming in 2015, the aerial attack was non-stop… so much so that the Bears had the 6th-most potent passing offense IN THE NATION . They accomplished it without a consistent running game, and they think they’ve solved that problem with incoming recruits Jeremiah Cornist and Pavone Meyers to handle that load . They’ve also shored up the offensive line in front of them, since returning starters Chris May, Daniel Cruz and Daniel Reyes all have a year of experience under their belts, and have wowed the coaches during spring and summer drills . And for that ‘aerial attack’, wide receiver Jaeran Burch and tight end Brandon King both return from 2015, with redshirt quarterback Eric Kump, ’15 backup Josh Eckley and California transfer Brett Hollingsworth set to battle it out to see who replaces the graduated All-WSFL QB Nick Duckworth .

The defense was a season-long work in progress in 2015, and Cozzetto has brought in new defensive coordinator Todd Williamson to make sure it’s a much quicker learning curve in 2016 . Williamson has more than a few returning starters to rely on, and the flashes of brilliance that guys like linebacker Kahlil Gulley, defensive end Dillon Proby, and defensive backs Marcus Nash and Spencer Knox showed a year ago are expected to happen much more this fall . Pressing them for starting jobs are highly touted recruits Macarius Blount and Keevile Brown .

So, while the official ‘time for a change’ happened last year for Cozzetto’s regime, and the fans certainly saw evidence of the move in the right direction, there’s still essential puzzle pieces that Cozzetto is impatiently sliding into place to get the scoreboard and the standings moving in the right direction for his Bears . “We took our lumps last year, and I will never get used to having that happen . Neither will our staff nor our players,” said Cozzetto . “We’ve already seen evidence of that in the strength of our recruiting class, and with the climbing level of talent that is pushing each other for starting jobs . Our fans will see evidence of that in exciting fashion this fall .”


2016 Coaching Staff

Robin Pflugrad Assistant Head Coach

Robin Pflugrad begins his 2nd year as part of easily the most experienced coaching duo in the Western States Football League . When Dan Cozzetto was hired to be a head coach for the first time in his 36-year coaching career in January 2015 at PC, he

immediately thought of Pflugrad and his 33 years of experience to be his assistant head coach and offensive coordinator, and reunited with him as a coach for the first time in 15 years . While this is Pflugrad’s first coaching job on the community college level, it returns him to his roots, since that’s the level Pflugrad’s college playing career started at as a wide receiver at Mt . Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon . From there, though, Pflugrad has gone the four-year route for playing and coaching for more than three decades, first winding up his playing days at Portland State University (catching passes from future Cardinals’ great Neil Lomax), then (like Cozzetto) starting his coaching career at his alma mater as soon as he hung up his helmet for the final time . Pflugrad spent five of the next six years on the PSU coaching staff (with the other year spent back in Eugene as a varsity high school coach) before following PSU’s head coach, Don Read, when Read took the head job at the University of Montana . The move proved to be one of the best of Pflugrad’s career-not only because he spent the next nine years of his career moving up the ladder from coaching wideouts, quarterbacks and rushers to becoming assistant head coach for the final five years there; but that it would also lay the groundwork for his first head coaching job years later .

The next step in Pflugrad’s career would be pivotal for a few reasons . First, it was the move to Arizona State University’s coaching staff, which put Pflugrad on a staff that would win a Pac-10 title and reach the Rose Bowl in his second year there . Second, it would pair Pflugrad and Cozzetto on the same offensive staff for the next three years . Third, since Pflugrad-

as the Sun Devils’ recruiting coordinator-would bring in some of the top recruiting classes in the Pac-10 over that stretch, it opened doors for Pflugrad, such as becoming the assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator at Washington State after ASU (three straight 10-win seasons and an ’03 Rose Bowl berth); and returning to his home state as a wide receiver coach at the University of Oregon (making the Ducks the conference’s top offense) . Finally, Pflugrad got the chance to be a head coach when he returned to Montana in 2009 as an assistant, then moved up to the head job a year later . In two years, Pflugrad’s teams won 18 games, including an 11-win season in ’11 (one of Montana’s best seasons ever), and not only earned Pflugrad Big Sky Coach of the Year honors, but also made him a finalist for the Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Award . Despite high praise both inside and outside of the organization, Pflugrad was back on the job market three months later, and took a year off before joining Weber State University as their offensive coordinator in 2013, and then jumping at the chance to reunite with Cozzetto last year . That reunion resulted in the 6th-most potent passing attack in the nation for the Bears last year,

Pflugrad earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Portland State University . Pflugrad and his wife, Marlene, have watched their two children follow their father into the sports world, since their daughter, Amanda, is a sports broadcaster with the NBA’s Boston Celtics; and their son, Aaron, a former standout receiver at Arizona State, in his 2nd year as a full-time assistant at Northern Arizona University after spending 3 years as a grad assistant at his alma mater .


2016 Roster

No. Name Position Height Weight Year Previous School

1 Malcolm Allen DB 6’3” 190 FR Gilbert, AZ Campo Verde

Adonis Battle LB 6’5” 200 FR Phoenix, AZ Desert Vista

Delvin Bellamy

Isaac Bia

Macarius Blount S 5’11” 178 FR Phoenix, AZ Mountain Pointe

Blair Broady DL 6’ 260 FR Goodyear, AZ Verrado

Dylan Brown

Keevile Brown LB 6’3” 217 FR Phoenix, AZ Mountain Pointe

Jaeran Burch WR 6’ 185 SO Chandler, AZ Perry

Isaiah Butler DB 5’10” 180 FR Phoenix, AZ Mountain Pointe

Devon Cardoza DB 5’8” 160 SO Surprise, AZ Willow Canyon

Gunnar Chiesa DL 6’2” 220 SO Lake Havasu City, AZ Lake Havasu

Anthony Clay RB 5’7” 190 Chandler, AZ Chandler

Matt Conchos DB 5’10” 170 FR Phoenix, AZ Moon Valley

LeAndre Cooper

Jeremiah Cornist RB 5’9” 158 FR Avondale, AZ La Joya Community

Jonathan Crain RB 5’8” 180 Laveen, AZ Cesar Chavez

Daniel Cruz OL 6’ 300 SO Phoenix, AZ Apollo

Desmond Daniels

Vidal Daniels S 5’8” 160 Phoenix, AZ Mountain Pointe

Da’Shon Daugomah DB 6’3” 245 Phoenix, AZ Mountain Pointe

Jacob Davis OL 6’2” 340 SO Phoenix, AZ Betty H . Fairfax

Jac-Quan Davis OL 6’3” 300 SO Stuart, FL Martin County

Daniel Deck LS 6’3” 175 Richmond, VA Monacan

Josh Eckley QB 6’1” 180 SO Tempe, AZ Marcos De Niza

Alex Engquist

Brandon Fisher WR 6’1” 205 RSO Oklahoma City, OK Perry(AZ)

* = Out of State


2016 Roster

* = Out of State

Quinton Garrett WR 5’10” 170 SO Phoenix, AZ Tempe

Prince Gbeadah RB 6’1” 210 FR Phoenix, AZ North

Christian Georgantas DL 6’3” 285 FR Peoria, AZ La Joya Community

JaQunn Gipson WR/DB 5’11” 155 Phoenix, AZ Mountain Pointe

Jaron Green MLB 6’1” 270 Mesa, AZ Dobson

Jerrell Green

Triston Griffin DE

Tyler Griffin LB 6’5” 235 FR Scottsdale, AZ Horizon

Kahlil Gulley LB 6’2” 230 SO Little Rock, AR North Little Rock

Anthony Hancock DE

Jejquille Harker DL 5’11” 215 SO Surprise, AZ Shadow Ridge

Jonathon Hebnes LB 6’2” 210 FR Missoula, MT Pinnacle (AZ)

Jacob Hernandez 5’10” 210 FR Tempe, AZ Marcos De Niza

Brett Hollingsworth QB 6’4” 200 RSO Riverside, CA Citrus Hill/King

Marquan Holloway NG 5’11” 210

Jordan Hopkins RB 5’10” 180 FR Chandler, AZ Chandler

Jourdan Hopkins

Kendall Johnson

Treyvon Johnson DB 6’ 210 SO W . P . Beach, FLMartin County

Alundis Jones DB 5’9” 165 Arlington, TX Bowie

Jaycee Jordan LB

Brandon King TE 6’4” 230 SO Lansing, MI Everette

Spencer Knox WR 5’9” 150 SO Phoenix, AZ Carl Hayden

Eric Kump QB Gilbert, AZ Higley

Frankie Leal LB 6’ 220 FR Peoria, AZ Peoria

Deon Lee DB 6’ 180 FR Phoenix, AZ Mountain Pointe

Ki’Jana Lee MLB 5’11” 195 FR Phoenix, AZ Sunnyslope

Cameron Lewis OL


2016 Roster

* = Out of State

Spencer Lewis OL 6’5” 263 FR Mesa, AZ Red Mountain

Willie Love OL 6’2” 290 FR Laveen, AZ Betty H . Fairfax

David Luster

Bryan Lynch

Christopher May, Jr . OL 6’5” 260 SO Phoenix, AZ Cesar Chavez

Matthew Mitchell WR 5’10” 185 FR Phoenix, AZ Joy Christian

Josh Morris S 5’10” 175 FR

Pavone Meyers RB 5’11” 195 Laveen, AZ Cesar Chavez

Marcus Nash DB 6’4” 215 SO Chicago, IL Verrado (AZ)

Tavita Neemia LB 5’9” 210 SO Samoana American Samoa

Elijah Newkirk RB 6’ 225 FR Phoenix, AZ Camelback

David Osweiler OL 6’3” 290 SO Phoenix, AZ Independence

Caleb Park S

Joseph Parker LS/QB

James Phillips, Jr .

Austin Pogue WR

Marshall Prater

Dillon Proby DL 6’1” 215 SO Laveen, AZ Betty H . Fairfax

Kelvin Quevedo PK Phoenix, AZ Camelback

Brandon Quinones

Bryan Ramirez S Phoenix, AZ Cactus

Dru Reaves

Bryce Redmond K 6’ 160 RFR Cave Creek, AZ Cactus Shadows

Daniel Reyes OL/TE 6’4” 260 SO Phoenix, AZ Barry Goldwater

Mark Rivera DL Tucson, AZ Mesquite

Sage Rivera

Eddie Roberts

Emilio Rodriguez MLB


2016 Roster

Robert Ross RB

Rahmi Rountree DB 6’2” 180 RSO Cheshire, CT Woodland Regional

Matt Samson S

Diante Sampson WR/OL 6’3” 245 SO Phoenix, AZ Fairfax

C .J . Schrimpf LS

Enoc Seri DE 6’2” 200 SO Denver, CO Grantview

Damon Sheehy WR 6’ 200 SO Lake Havasu City, AZ Lake Havasu

Sean Shovlin TE 5’11” 220 SO Smithfield, RI Smithfield

Israel Simpson WR 6’1” 210 SO Scottsdale, AZ Chaparral

Nate Simpson

Lester Smith

Zachary Smith

Bryan Stancil

Walter Tinsley CB Peoria, AZ Deer Valley

Isa Totah LB

Ivan Vazquez OL 6’ 260 SO Phoenix, AZ La Joya Community

Daniel Verducci OL 6’4” 299 SO Chandler, AZ Dobson

Daniel Wallace S

Aaron Whigham RB

Shaun Lowe-Williams WR 6’ 187 SO Newburg, NY Desert Heights (AZ)

Billy Williams DB 6’2” 185 SO Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne

Bryce Williams LB

Khaleif Zahir TE

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