2012 Javelina Football Media Guide (PDF) - Texas A&M Kingsville

Joe Barron is in his fifth year working with the Javelinas and his third year as a defensive assistant coach. He was the
running backs coach for the previous two seasons. He played football at the collegiate level in his home country of Mexico
before coming to Texas A&M-Kingsville.
Barron has served as the team’s video coordinator over the past few seasons. He has been integral to the success of
the defense that has led the conference in rushing defense in three of the past four seasons.
The 2010 season saw Barron deal with adversity among the corp of running backs when Fred Winborn was ruled ineligible
after the third game of the season. Jonathan Woodson eventually moved into the starting role and flourished under
Barron’s guidance earning second team all-conference honors.
In 2009, Barron had a strong group of runners led by all-region running back Fred Winborn and all-conference back
Connell Davis. Winborn led the conference in rushing yards and was the first 1,000-yard rusher since 2003.
Daniel Oelschlegel is entering his second year as a graduate assistant for the Javelinas. This year, he moves into the
running backs coaches role.
Oelschlegel is a 2004 graduate of Calallen High School in Corpus Christi. He was a two-time all-district selection and
earned all-Metro, all-South Texas, all-Bay Area and all-Region honors as a senior. He graduated from Texas A&M with a
degree in Business and minors in Sport Management and History. He served as assistant to the Director of Football Operations
in 2007 under coach Dennis Franchione and assistant to the Recruiting Coordinator as well as Offensive Assistant
from 2008-10 under Mike Sherman.
Tim Byerly is in his second year as a graduate assistant coach for the Javelinas. He will work extensively with the tight
ends. In his first year, he had a strong group of tight ends led by Derek Tesch who earned all-LSC honors.
Byerly was a four-year letterwinner for the Javelinas as a center. He made 41 starts in his career. After earning the
starting role in the fifth game of the year as a freshman, he missed only one more game the rest of his career.
Byerly earned his undergraduate degree in History from Texas A&M-Kingsville and is currently pursuing a Master’s
degree.
Steven Thrash joined the Javelina coaching staff in 2012 and works with the wide receivers.
Thrash was the wide receivers coach at Northeastern Oklahoma Junior College in 2011. He had a pair of freshmen
earn All-SWJCFC honors. He joined the NEO staff after being a four-year starter, three-time all-conference player and All-
American at Texas Lutheran.
During his playing years, He also volunteered as a student coach for the TLU JV team. Thrash’s brother, Judd Thrash,
is a defensive backs coach at Lake Travis High School in Lake Travis, TX where they have won five consecutive Texas
state championships.
The Hubbard, TX native graduated from Texas Lutheran in 2010 with a degree in kinesiology. He is currently pursuing
a Master’s degree at Texas A&M-Kingsville.
Jordan Stack joined the Javelina coaching staff in 2012 and assists with the defensive backs as well as special teams.
Previously, Stack was a quality control coach for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League. There he
assisted with the defensive backs under current USC defensive backs coach Marvin Sanders; a unit that produced UFL Defensive
MVP Stuart Schweigert. He also worked directly under former NFL defensive coordinator Tom Olivadotti as his quality
control and assisted in all aspects of special teams for the Nighthawks, also as quality control. In addition to his coaching
duties, Stack worked under Nighthawks Head Coach, and former TD Ameritrade CEO, Joe Moglia, as the Assistant Chief of
Staff for the organization.
As an undergraduate, Stack worked for the athletics department at the University of Maryland. He was a strength
coach for the Terrapins for 2.5 years where he worked under Head Strength Coach Dwight Galt. He worked in all recruiting
and practice efforts for the Terps under Head Coach Ralph Friedgen and Head-Coach-in-Waiting James Franklin. During
the 2010 season, Stack was the Special Teams Quality Control for the Terps under Special Teams Coordinator Charles
Bankins, where their average punt return ranked #3 nationally and their five blocked kicks led the ACC.
Stack earned his Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiological Sciences in 2010 from the University of Maryland-College Park with a 3.6 GPA, and is currently
pursuing a Master’s degree in Kinesiology.
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