ESU Football Media Guide - East Stroudsburg University Athletics

Assistant CoachesMike TerwilligerOffensive CoordinatorMike Terwilliger, amember of the ESUAthletic Hall of Fame asa player and a coach,enters his 40th year atESU and his 36th as anassistant coach duringthe 2013 season. In2006, Terwilliger wasrecognized by theAmerican FootballCoaches Association as the Division II AssistantCoach of the Year.Terwilliger has been involved in all 407games - the Division II record - that DennyDouds has been on the sidelines as a headcoach. He was a four-year starter at quarterbackfrom 1974-77, and has been an assistant coachsince graduating in the spring of 1978 witha degree in health and physical education.He also holds a Master’s degree in physicaleducation from Temple University, which heearned in 1983.Terwilliger has been the offensivecoordinator since 2001 and has led a recordsettingoffense that has averaged at least 24points per game for 12 straight years. ESU QBshave ranked in the top three in the PSAC totaloffense in every season since 2002 - Matt Soltes(2012), Ray Wagner (2011), Matt Marshall (2009-10), Tim Roken (2007-08), Jimmy Terwilliger(2003-06) and Jeremy Palm (2002).Soltes had a standout season as a redshirtfreshman last fall, earning the PSAC EastFreshman of the Year award and leadingNCAA Division II freshmen in total offense andpassing efficiency. He set the PSAC and NCAAall-division freshman record with 666 yards oftotal offense, and ESU set a PSAC team recordfor total offense with 828 yards, at LIU Post onOctober 27.Wagner was a Harlon Hill Award candidatein his only season as a starter in 2011, ranking6th in DII in passing and total offense. Hewas also the first QB in PSAC history withconsecutive 500-yard passing games.Marshall guided the Warriors to their mostrecent NCAA Playoff appearance in 2009, thefirst of his two years under center.Terwilliger’s son, Jimmy, directed theoffense from 2003 through 2006 and left with16 ESU records and 18 NCAA records, includingDivision II standards for passing yards (14,350),total offense (16,064) and passing touchdowns(148). Jimmy was a three-time selection as thePSAC East Offensive Player of the Year andwon the Harlon Hill Award in 2005 as the mostoutstanding player in Division II football.In 2005, the Warriors averaged 42.6 pointsper game and 508.4 yards of total offense asthey won the Division II Northeast Regionchampionship and advanced to the nationalsemifinals for the first time in school history.The younger Terwilliger threw for 4,571 yardsand 50 touchdowns, while the rushing gameaveraged 163 yards per game.The 2004 Warriors recorded nearly 500 yardsof total offense per game and Jimmy Terwilligerled the nation in pass efficiency while throwingfor 3,826 yards, the third-highest total in PSAChistory.As ESU’s quarterback coach since 1978,Terwilliger has tutored all of his successors atthe position. His teaching has helped standoutquarterbacks Damian Poalucci, an NCAA recordholder,along with Andy Baranak, Bret Comp,James Franklin, Jeremy Palm, Tim Roken, MattMarshall, Ray Wagner and Matt Soltes establishschool passing records.Terwilliger was one of the finestquarterbacks in the school’s history, leadingthe Warriors to undefeated seasons and PSACchampionships in 1975 and 1976 in his fouryears as a starter. He was inducted into the ESUAthletic Hall of Fame in 1994.After taking over as a starter early in hisfreshman year, Terwilliger guided the Warriorsto a 30-4-1 record over four seasons. He earnedAll-Conference first team honors twice and wasalso an Associated Press Little All-American. Hethrew for 3,799 yards and 33 touchdowns in hisplaying career.Terwilliger and his wife Kim are the parentsof three children. Jimmy is a health and physicaleducation teacher and the head footballcoach at Pleasant Valley High School, Kelly is agraduate student at Ohio University and playedfield hockey at Ohio State, and Jackie is a recentESU graduate. The Terwilligers live in EastStroudsburg.Denny Douds By The Numbers• 39 seasons as head coach• 47 on coaching staff• 407 games as head coach (Division II record)• 237 wins (PSAC record)• part of 475 (of 775) games and 282 (of 453)wins in program history• 9 PSAC East championships as head coach• 3-0-1 record in PSAC championship games(won 1975, 1978, 1982, tied 1976)• 4 NCAA Playoff appearances(1991, 2004, 2005, 2009)Has coached against:• 38 different schools (39th, Seton Hill, in 2013)• 100 different head coaches(will add 4 new head coaches in 2013 -Seton Hill, Bloomsburg, Kutztown, Millersville)• 971 letterwinners as coach (since 1966)• 822 letterwinners as head coach (since 1974)• 347 All-PSAC selections• 183 All-PSAC first team selections• 4 four-time 1st team All-PSAC East selections(Jimmy Terwilliger, Mark Brubaker,Kevin Nagle, Jeff Johnson)• 67 ECAC All-Region selections (1974-2002)• 36 CoSIDA All-Region selections (since 1993)• 23 AP Little All-America selections(19 individual players)• 1 3-time Little All-American (Matt Freed)• 3 repeat Little All-Americans (Matt Freed,Jimmy Terwilliger, Evan Prall)• 5 AFCA All-America selections• 5 Harlon Hill finalists(Jimmy Terwilliger 3 times, Damian Poalucci,Dennis Mailhot)• 1 Harlon Hill winner (Jimmy Terwilliger, 2005)• 6 Academic All-Americans (Matt Freed 2 times,Matt Crispell, Ed Detwiler, Ernie Siegrist,Warren Brown)• 18 Academic All-District selections• 8 PSAC Top 10 recipients (Freed 2 times,Terwilliger 2 times, four others)Contact the ESU Football Coaching StaffHead coach Denny Douds - ddouds@po-box.esu.eduOffensive Coordinator Mike Terwilliger - mterwilliger@po-box.esu.eduOffensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator Mike Santella - msantella@po-box.esu.eduDefensive Coordinator/Linebackers Bob Forgrave - bforgrave@po-box.esu.eduDefensive Line Charles Alexander - calexande4@po-box.esu.eduDefensive Ends Zac Baltz - zbaltz@po-box.esu.eduPhone: (570) 422-3322Football Office • Koehler FieldhouseEast Stroudsburg University • East Stroudsburg PA 18301Mike Terwilliger and Denny Douds afterDouds set the DII record for gamescoached in 2011.6 ESU Football Media Guide