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STRENGTH & CONDITIONING 

NOEL DURFEY 

Head Football Strength & 

Conditioning Coach 

1st Season at Duke 

SONNY FALCONE 

Director of Strength & Conditioning 

29th Season at Duke 

• Noel Durfey joined the Duke staff in January of 2008 and serves as Head 

Football Strength & Conditioning Coach. 

• Durfey came to Duke after working the previous seven years at the University 

of Mississippi including the last three as the Rebels’ Coordinator of 

Strength & Conditioning. 

• With the Rebels, Durfey worked primarily with the football and baseball 

programs while helping direct the staff’s efforts with all 18 varsity sports. 

The Ole Miss baseball team made appearances in the NCAA Tournament 

in six of Durfey’s seven years in Oxford. 

• Prior to working at Ole Miss, Durfey served stints at Tennessee (1996-98), 

BYU (1998-99) and James Madison (2000). As a graduate assistant at Tennessee, 

he helped with the football program along with swimming and diving, 

basketball and track and field. At BYU, Durfey assisted with the football team 

while working with the baseball and men’s basketball squads. He worked 

with the baseball, women’s tennis and men’s swimming and diving programs 

during his one year at James Madison. 

• Durfey lettered two seasons in baseball at Lincoln Memorial University 

before graduating in 1988 with a degree in physical education. He later 

earned a master’s degree in sport administration from the University of 

Tennessee in 1998. 

• One of the nation’s longest-tenured coaches, Sonny Falcone serves as 

Duke’s strength and conditioning coach. The Durham native has been on the 

Duke staff since 1980 and works with all varsity athletes in their conditioning 

and strength needs. 

• On May 8, 2008, Falcone was named Master Strength and Conditioning 

Coach — the highest honor in the profession — by the Collegiate Strength 

and Conditioning Coaches association. 

“This is an incredible honor for Sonny,” said Dr. Chuck Stiggins, the CSCCa 

Executive Director. “Being named a Master Strength and Conditioning 

Coach signifies a commitment to the student-athlete, a commitment to the 

Duke University Athletic Program, and a commitment to the strength and 

conditioning profession.” 

• Falcone, a 1976 graduate of Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in 

history, lettered three seasons as a defensive tackle on the football team. 

• Falcone has tutored 12 All-Americas, five ACC Players of the Year and 32 

first team All-ACC selections. 

• Falcone resides in Durham and has a daughter, Christina, who is a member 

of the Duke volleyball team. 

• A native of Lambertville, Mich., Durfey is married to the former Kelly 

Jones of Knoxville, Tenn., and the couple has two daughters, Savannah Beth 

and Olivia Grace. 

Noel and Kelly Durfey with Savannah and Olivia. 

WILLIAM STEPHENS 

Assistant Strength & Conditioning 

Coach 


• Assistant strength and conditioning coach William Stephens is in his 11th 

season with the Duke athletics program. Stephens is the strength and conditioning 

coordinator for men’s and women’s basketball. 

Sonny Falcone with Christina. 

• Stephens graduated from N.C. Central University in 1987 with a degree in 

criminal justice and worked 13 years in law enforcement before moving into 

athletics. An accomplished weightlifter, he was a three-time State Drug-Free 

Powerlifting champion from 1991-93. He also held the state record in the 

deadlift (661 lbs.) in 1993 and won a gold medal at the World Championships 

for Law Enforcement in 1994. 

• A member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Stephens 

has been a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) since 1996. 

• Stephens resides in Morrisville, N.C., with his son, William (P.J.). 

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SPORTS MEDICINE 

DAVE ENGELHARDT 

Head Athletic Trainer 


HAP ZARZOUR 

Head Football Trainer 


• A veteran of his trade with over 30 years of experience, Dave Engelhardt 

serves as the head athletic trainer at Duke Univesity. 

• Engelhardt took over as head athletic trainer for the department of athletics 

13 years ago and oversees the entire staff of certified athletic trainers. 

Engelhardt’s staff handles the medical needs of all 26 intercollegiate sports 

at Duke. 

• A 1973 graduate of Mankato State University with degrees in athletic training 

and history, Engelhardt worked at the University of Minnesota-Morris 

for eight years prior to coming to Duke in 1981. He served as the school’s 

football trainer when he first arrived in Durham. 

• Engelhardt has been a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers 

Association since 1974. 

• A native of Chaska, Minn., Engelhardt and his wife, Janice, live in Durham. 

KERRY MULLENIX 

Director of Athletic Rehabilitation 


• Kerry Mullenix serves as the director of athletic rehabilitation in the Duke 

training room. 

• Mullenix earned a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in athletic training 

from Nebraska in 1993 and a master’s degree in physical therapy from the 

Nebraska Medical Center in 1997. 

• Prior to arriving at Duke in 1998, the Woodbine, Iowa, native worked at 

Jennie Edmundson Sports Medicine in Iowa and at Healthworks Rehabilitation 

Center. 

DR. CLAUDE T. MOORMAN III 

Head Team Physician 

Director, Duke Sports Medicine 


• Former Blue Devil football letterman Claude T. Moorman, III serves as 

Duke’s head team physician and is the director of Duke Sports Medicine. 

• Moorman returned to Duke after serving as the head team physician for 

the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens. 

• A football letterman at Duke from 1980-82, Moorman graduated from 

the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1987. He served as the 

Director of Sports Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center 

from 1996-01. 

• Hap Zarzour joined the Duke staff in 1992 and serves as the head trainer 

for the Duke football program. 

• A 1982 graduate of Bowling Green, Zarzour came to Duke after an eightyear 

stint at Western Michigan. In 1983, he earned a master’s degree from 

Western Michigan and was a summer intern with the Detroit Lions. 

• Zarzour coordinates Duke’s player meals and diets and directs player 

rehabilitation following injuries. 

• Along with his wife, Katie, Zarzour has three children, Billy, Sarah and 

Brian. 

NICK POTTER 

Assistant Director of 

Athletic Rehabilitation 

3rd Season at Duke 

• Nick Potter is the assistant director of athletic rehabilitation at Duke 

University. In addition to providing rehabilitation for Duke athletes, he is 

an instructor in the doctor of physical therapy program in Duke’s School 

of Medicine. 

• Potter entered his current position after completing the sports physical 

therapy fellowship at Duke Sports Medicine. Prior to his fellowship, he 

completed a combined orthopedic residency/manual therapy fellowship 

at Sports Medicine of Atlanta. 

• Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., Potter earned his B.S. in sports medicine with 

emphases in athletic training and pre-physical therapy at Mercyhurst College 

in 2001. Potter earned his doctorate in physical therapy from Duke in 2004. 

DR. JEFF BYTOMSKI 

Head Medical Team Physician 


• Jeff Bytomski serves as Duke’s head medical team physician. 

• Bytomski completed a fellowship at the Duke University Sports Medicine 

Center in 2002. During the fellowship, he worked with the women’s soccer 

and women’s basketball team. He was also the medical team physician for 

North Carolina Central University and Carolina Cobras (Arena Football). 

• Now in his fourth year at Duke, Bytomski is a 1993 graduate of San Diego 

State University. He completed his medical training at Kirksville College of 

Osteopathic Medicine in 1998 and family medicine residency at the Phoenix 

Baptist Hospital. 

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GERALD J. HARRISON 

Assistant Director of Athletics for 

Football Development 


SUPPORT STAFF 

TONY SALES 

Director of Football Operations 


• Gerald J. Harrison joined the Duke football staff in January of 

2008 and serves as an Assistant Director of Athletics for Football 

Development. 

• In this role, Harrison serves as a liaison to the Duke and Durham 

communities while overseeing the plan for the program’s development 

within the institution’s structure. 

• Harrison spent six years on the football staff at the University of 

Tennessee, serving as Director of Community Relations (2002-04) 

and Director of High School Relations (2005-07). 

• During Harrison’s tenure, the Volunteers won 52 games with 

three 10-win seasons, five bowl game appearances and a pair of SEC 

Eastern Division championships. 

• A native of Florence, S.C., Harrison graduated from Tennessee in 

2001 with a degree in communications. 

• Tony Sales became a member of the Duke football staff prior to the 

2000 season and serves as the Director of Football Operations. 

• In this role, Sales coordinates all aspects of Duke’s team travel 

and facilities while overseeing the day-to-day administration of 

the program. 

• Sales previously served as Duke’s Director of High School Relations 

from 2000-03 and Director of Football Business Operations 

from 2004-07. 

• Sales came to Duke from N.C. State University, where he served 

as a graduate assistant coach for the football team for three seasons 

from 1997-99. 

• A two-year letterman and scholar athlete, Sales helped N.C. State 

to records of 9-3-1 in 1992 and 7-5 in 1993 as the Wolfpack played in 

the Gator and Hall of Fame Bowls those two seasons. Sales earned 

his bachelor’s degree in technology education in 1996, and went on 

to receive a master’s degree in education from N.C. State in 2000. 

• Sales and his wife, Ann-Marie, reside in Raleigh and are the parents 

of Isabella Catherine, who was born on July 17, 2005. 

Gerald Harrison. 

Tony and Ann-Marie Sales with Isabella. 

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KENT McLEOD 

Director of Football Relations 


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TERRELL SMITH 

Assistant Director of 

Football Relations 


• Kent McCleod serves as Duke’s Director of Football Relations. 

• McLeod worked alongside Duke head coach David Cutcliffe while 

the two were at the University of Mississippi. 

• At Duke, McLeod oversees the recruiting efforts for the football 

program while administering camps and clinics. 

• McLeod came to the Duke program in 2008 after working the 

previous seven years at Ole Miss. He joined the Rebel staff in 2001 

as a recruiting assistant, was elevated to Coordinator of Football 

Operations in 2005 and spent the 2007 campaign as an Assistant 

Athletic Director for Football Operations. 

• A native of Ackerman, Miss., McLeod graduated from Ole Miss 

in 1999. 

• Terrell Smith returned to his alma mater as a member of the Blue 

Devil staff prior to the 2005 campaign and the former All-ACC safety 

serves as the program’s Assistant Director of Football Relations. 

• Smith, a native of 

Wingate, N.C., and 

2004 graduate of 

Duke University, 

co-captained the 

Blue Devils during 

his senior season 

in the fall of 2003 

and earned co-team 

MVP and second 

team All-ACC honors 

after recording 

140 tackles. 

• In 40 career games, 

Smith racked up 321 

tackles and three interceptions. 

• Following his 

Terrell Smith. 

graduation from 

Duke, Smith worked one year on the coaching staff at Lenoir-Rhyne 

College before returning to his alma mater. He served as a graduate 

assistant coach in 2005 and then spent two seasons in the player 

development office. 

Kent McLeod. 

ETHAN J0HNSON 

Recruiting Assistant 


• Ethan Johnson serves as a Recruiting Assistant in the Duke football 

program. 

• Johnson began working with the Duke football program as an 

administrative assistant in the spring of 2006. 

• A native of Hillsborough, N.C., Johnson received a degree in sport 

management from Liberty University in 2005. 

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SUPPORT STAFF 

MARK CARTER 

Director of the Gridiron Society 


WESLEY PICKELL 

Head Football Equipment Manager 


• In the spring of 2008, Mark Carter was named the first Director 

of the Gridiron Society – the fund-raising arm of the Blue Devil 

football program. 

• Carter previously had served in the Iron Dukes office since August 

of 2004. 

• After graduating from the University of Memphis’ Fogelman 

School of Business in May 2002 with a B.A. degree in Finance, 

Carter served as an intern in the Iron Dukes office during the 2002- 

03 academic year. 

• Wesley Pickell joined the Duke staff in January, 2008 and serves 

as the head football equipment manager. 

• Pickell graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2007 with a 

degree in sport management while minoring in business. He worked 

as a student equipment manager from 2001-07 for the Volunteers. 

• A native of Kingston, Tenn., Pickell currently resides in Morrisville, 

N.C., with his wife, Ashley. 

• In May 2003, Carter left Duke to take a similar position with the 

Volunteer Athletic Scholarship Fund - the University of Tennessee’s 

athletics development office. While at Tennessee, he earned a 

Master’s of Science degree in Sport Management in August 2004. 

• He is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors 

of Athletics as well as the National Association of Athletic Development 

Directors. 

• A native of Fayetteville, Tenn., Carter is married to the former 

Emily Zweig of Germantown, Tenn. 

Wesley and Ashley Pickell. 

JAY BISSETTE 

Assistant Football 

Equipment Manager 

2nd Season at Duke 

• Jay Bissette serves as an assistant equipment manager. 

• Bissette spent the 2007 season as an intern in the Duke football 

equipment office. 

Mark and Emily Carter. 

• A native of Wilson, N.C., Bissette earned a degree in management 

of recreation facilities and services from East Carolina in 2007. 

He worked as a student manager in the equipment room at East 

Carolina for four years and was the head student manager for the 

2006 season. 

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DREW DAYTON 

Graduate Assistant Coach 

Defense 


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JAKE PATTEN 

Intern 

Strength & Conditioning 


• Drew Dayton joined the Duke football staff in the spring of 2006 and serves as 

a graduate assistant coach. 

• Dayton spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Lenoir-Rhyne College in 

Hickory, N.C., serving as the Bears’ defensive secondary coach, recruiting coordinator 

and video coordinator. 

• A 2003 graduate of Wake Forest, Dayton was a three-year letterman on the 

gridiron and member of two Demon Deacon squads that won bowl games (Aloha 

Bowl in 1999 & Seattle Bowl in 2002). 

• A native of Spruce Pine, N.C., Dayton earned a bachelor’s degree in political 

science from Wake Forest in 2003. 

BO HARDEGREE 

Graduate Assistant Coach 

Offense 


• Bo Hardegree was hired as an offensive graduate assistant coach in January, 

2008. 

• As a quarterback at Tennessee, Hardegree helped lead the Volunteers to SEC 

Eastern Division championships in 2004 and 2007. Tennessee also won the 2005 

Cotton Bowl and 2008 Outback Bowl during his tenure. 

• Hardegree was named to the All-SEC Academic team from 2004-07. He was 

also a member of the Volunteer tennis squad. 

• A native of Jackson, Tenn., Hardegree earned a degree in exercise science in 

2007. 

EVAN BROWN 

Intern 

Strength & Conditioning 


• Evan Brown joined the Duke staff as a strength and conditioning intern in the 

spring of 2008. 

• Brown is currently pursuing his master’s degree in athletic administration at 

North Carolina Central University. He served as a graduate strength and conditioning 

coach with the Eagles from July, 2006 until taking the position at Duke 

in March, 2008. 

• A Durham native, Brown played football at Catawba College where he earned 

his bachelor’s degree in sport management. He currently resides in Durham with 

his wife, Laura. 

• Jake Patten joined the Duke football program in the spring of 2008 and serves 

as a strength and conditioning intern. 

• Patten was a two-year letterwinner at safety for the Virginia Tech football team. 

He helped lead the Hokies to the ACC Championship in 2004 and served as a 

team captain in 2006. After earning his degree in sociology in 2007, Patten signed 

a free agent contract with the San Francisco 49ers. 

• His father, Joel Patten, is a 1980 Duke graduate and three-year letterwinner on 

the Blue Devils’ football team. The elder Patten played in the NFL for nine seasons, 

including stints with the Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, San Diego 

Chargers and Los Angeles Raiders. 

• A native of Chantilly, Va., Patten lives in Durham. 

SHAUN SARRETT 

Quality Control Intern 

Offense 


• Shaun Sarrett was hired in January of 2008 to work with the Duke football 

program in the capacity of offensive quality control. 

• While earning his master’s degree in education from Marshall University, 

Sarrett worked in a similar capacity with the offense and special teams for the 

Thundering Herd football team as a graduate assistant. Prior to attending graduate 

school he was an offensive and defensive line coach at Streetsboro High School 

in Streetsboro, Ohio. 

• Sarrett was a three-year letterwinner on the gridiron at Kent State University. 

He earned his degree in health education in 2004. 

• A native of Beckley, W.V., Sarrett currently resides in Durham. 

CHARLES CLARK III 

Quality Control Intern 

Defense 


• Charles Clark, III joined the Duke staff as a quality control intern in February 

of 2008, and works with the defensive unit. 

• Clark was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at safety at the University 

of Mississippi. He led the Rebels in tackles as a sophomore and later served 

as a team captain during his final campaign. 

• A native of Green Cove Springs, Fla., Clark earned a bachelor of business administration 

degree in banking and finance from Ole Miss in 2007. He has one 

daughter, CadeMorgan. 

Ben Loebner 

Undergraduate 

Assistant 

Ryan Radloff 

Undergraduate 

Assistant 

Tyler Rice 

Undergraduate 

Assistant 

Kris Stubbs 

Undergraduate 

Assistant 

Mickey Laws 

Administrative 

Assistant 

Peggy Nelson 


Assistant 

Chris Pipkin 


Assistant 

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ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT 

KEVIN WHITE 

Director of Athletics 


Alma Mater: St. Joseph’s College ‘72 

Kevin White was named Duke University’s vice president 

and director of athletics on May, 31, 2008. 

“Kevin White is in the first rank of athletics directors 

nationally and will make a perfect fit for Duke,” Duke 

President Dr. Richard H. Brodhead said. “He has led 

coaches and players to the highest levels of athletic attainment 

while always remembering the larger goals of 

education. He is a superb communicator and a famous 

developer of the talent of others. He knows the business 

of intercollegiate athletics. And the quality of experience 

of student athletes is his highest priority. He is a passionate, 

inspiring leader. I am delighted to welcome him to 

Duke.” 

White, 57, joined the Duke family after leading Notre 

Dame’s athletics program to success both on the playing fields 

and in the classroom, He also has held a number of prominent 

national leadership roles within intercollegiate athletics, including 

his service in 2006-07 as president of the National Association of Collegiate 

Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and in 2005-06 as president 

of the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association. 

Notre Dame traditionally has been a leader in the priority areas 

identified in Duke’s plan. During White’s eight years at Notre Dame, 

the Irish claimed four national championships — women’s basketball 

(2001); fencing (2003 and 2005) and women’s soccer (2004). 

On the academic front, all of Notre Dame’s 26 athletic programs 

achieved at least a 3.0 grade-point average in 2005-06, the first time 

this occurred in school history. The university received a 2002 USA 

Today/NCAA Academic Achievement Award for graduating 90 

percent of its student-athletes within a certain time frame, and also 

received the 2003 award for highest overall student-athlete graduation 

rate (92 percent). 

White added a number of varsity scholarships 

and commissioned a facilities master 

plan that has guided Notre Dame’s 

subsequent upgrading or opening 

of several athletics facilities. He 

also administered a comprehensive 

intramural, club sport and campus 

recreation program, with 95 percent 

of the student body participating. 

Sports Illustrated On Campus rated 

the Irish intramural program tops in the 

nation in 2004. 

White, who holds a Ph.D. in education, has 

taught graduate-level classes since 1982 and currently teaches a 

sports business course in the management department of the Mendoza 

College of Business as part of Notre Dame’s MBA program. 

In August 2003, SI.com (the Sports Illustrated web site) listed 

White third in its rankings of the most powerful people in college 

football. In January 2004, The Sporting News listed him in its Power 

100 as third among five names in the “front office” category (and 

the lone college athletics director among the 100). 

White currently is a representative with the football Bowl Championship 

Series. He previously served on numerous NCAA committees, 

including the NCAA Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics 

(COIA) that deals with academics, fiscal reform and student-athlete 

well-being. He also was an ex-officio member of the NCAA Committee 

on Academic Performance and a member of its Penalty and 

Rewards subcommittee. 

Prior to joining Notre Dame in 2000, White served as athletic director 

at Arizona State University, Tulane University, the University of 

Maine and Loras College in Iowa, where he originated the National 

Catholic Basketball Tournament. 

Before becoming an administrator, White served as head track and 

field coach at Southeast Missouri State (1981-82) and assistant cross 

country and track and field coach at Central Michigan (1976-80). He 

began his coaching career at Gulf High School in New Port Richey, 

Fla., coaching cross country and track and assisting in football and 

wrestling. 

White earned his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in 1983 

with an emphasis on higher education administration. In 1985, he 

completed postdoctoral work at Harvard University’s Institute for 

Educational Management. He earned his master’s degree in athletics 

administration from Central Michigan University in 1976 and his 

bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1972 from St. Joseph’s 

College in Rensselaer, Ind., where he also competed as a sprinter. 

White and his wife, Jane, a former college track and field coach 

who is now an instructor with Notre Dame’s physical education 

department, have five children. 

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