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Whipple spent the 2009-10 seasons as the assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at the University ofthey produced 5,199 yards in 2009, becoming only the eighth andninth teams in school history to amass 5,000 yards.Prior to joining the Hurricanes staff, Whipple spent the 2008season as an offensive assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles.That season, quarterback Donovan McNabb set single-season in the NFC Championship game.Whipple entered the NFL coaching ranks in 2004 with the quarterback Ben Roethlisberger set an NFL rookie record for became the youngest starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl.As head coach of the Minutemen, his teams posted an overallChampionship and captured two Atlantic 10 Conference titles. HeWhipple also spent four seasons as the head coach at his alma Whipple began his coaching career in 1980 as a graduate assistant USFL in 1984.Austin. Spencer was a quarterback at the University of Miamiduring the 2009-11 seasons and is now a graduate assistant at theUniversity of Pittsburgh.WHIPPLE’S CAREER COACHING BACKGROUND1980 St. Lawrence University, Graduate Assistant Coach1981-82 Union College, Offensive Coordinator1983 Brown University, Wide Receivers Coach1984 Arizona Wranglers (USFL), Offensive Quality Control Coach1986-87 University of New Hampshire, Offensive Coordinator1988-93 University of New Haven, Head Coach1994-97 Brown University, Head Coach1998-2003 University of Massachusetts, Head Coach2004-06 Pittsburgh Steelers, Quarterbacks Coach2008 Philadelphia Eagles, Offensive Assistant Coach2009-10 University of Miami (Fla.), Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach2011- Cleveland Browns, Quarterbacks CoachMIKE WILSONwas second among rookie wide receivers last year and was thesecond highest total by a Browns rookie.WIDE RECEIVERSYEAR WITH BROWNS: 2 NDYEAR IN NFL: 7 TH development of second round pick Greg Little, who led the team Wilson spent the 2009-10 seasons as the wide receivers coach ofthe Las Vegas Locomotives, of the UFL, as the team claimed theleague championship both years.Prior to his stint with the UFL, Wilson spent three seasons with adding 1,409 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. Boldin recordedcareer-bests with 102 receptions and 1,402 receiving yards in 2005,as the duo became only the third pair of teammates in NFL historyto each catch more than 100 passes and top 1,400 receiving yardsin the same season.COACHING STAFF 33