 Delaware's
Brian Ginn Promoted to Full-Time Football
Assistant Position
DATE:
March 7, 2005
NEWARK, DE
-- University of Delaware football running
backs coach Brian Ginn, who served the
past three seasons on the staff in a
part-time capacity, has been promoted to a
full-time position, head coach K.C. Keeler
announced Monday.
The move
came about after the resignation two weeks
ago of passing game coordinator and
receivers coach Bryan Bossard, who
accepted the receivers coach position at
the University of Maryland after nine
years on the UD staff. Another part-time
coach will be added to the staff to
replace Ginn in the near future.
An
announcement naming a new offensive line
coach to replace Kyle Flood, who resigned
in February to take an assistant coaching
position at Rutgers University, is
expected later this week.
"Brian is
an outstanding young coach," said Keeler,
who led the Blue Hens to a record of 9-4,
the Atlantic 10 Conference title, and a
berth in the NCAA I-AA quarterfinals this
past fall, his third at the helm. "He has
paid his dues. We are very excited to have
the opportunity to promote him to a
full-time role on our staff."
Ginn, 27,
a native of Yorktown, VA, has done an
outstanding job as running backs coach the
previous three years and has been
instrumental in the development of former
standout running backs Germaine Bennett
and Antawn Jenkins, the duo that helped
lead Delaware to the 2003 NCAA I-AA
national title, 2004 team co-captain Sean
Bleiler, and current Blue Hen sophomore
Omar Cuff.
Bennett
rushed for a school record 1,625 yards and
earned College Sports Television
All-American honors in 2003, Jenkins
surpassed 2,000 yards for his career,
Bleiler rushed for 333 yards in the first
five games of the 2004 season before
suffering a career-ending knee injury, and
Cuff broke on to the scene midway through
the 2004 season as a freshman and rushed
for over 100 yards in four of the final
five games and set a UD single season
freshman rushing record with 673 yards in
just eight games.
A
four-year standout quarterback for the
Blue Hens, Ginn, earned his degree in
consumer economics from Delaware in
January, 2001 and served on head coach
Tubby Raymond's staff as a student
assistant coach in 2000, helping the Blue
Hens advance to the NCAA I-AA semifinals,
and as a full-time wide receivers and
tight ends coach in 2001.
During the
2001 season, he coached All-Atlantic 10
spread end Jamin Elliott, a sixth round
pick of the Chicago Bears who also later
played one season with the New England
Patriots. After Raymond retired following
the 2001 season and Keeler was hired in
the spring of 2002, Ginn remained on the
staff in a part-time role.
As a
player, Ginn was a key member of Blue Hen
teams that posted a four-year record of
34-14 and advanced to the NCAA I-AA
playoffs twice, including advancing to the
I-AA semifinals in 1997.
After
serving as a backup to All-East
quarterback Leo Hamlett in 1996, Ginn took
over the starting quarterback spot as a
sophomore and led the Blue Hens to the
1997 NCAA I-AA semifinals. He threw for
1,681 yards and14 touchdowns and ranked
10th nationally in passing rating for the
season. He split time with All-American
Matt Nagy as a junior in 1998 before
suffering a season-ending broken leg in
the third game of the season.
As a
senior captain in 2000, Ginn began the
season as No. 2 behind Nagy but took over
late in the season when Nagy was injured
and threw for 997 yards and six
touchdowns. He threw for a career-high 308
yards and three touchdowns in the
season-ending loss to Villanova. For his
efforts, he was named the Blue Hen
Touchdown Club Outstanding Senior
Offensive Player of the Year. For his
career, Ginn threw for 2,839 yards and 22
touchdowns with just seven interceptions.
He is single and resides in
Newark.
Delaware
will begin pre-season practice Monday,
April 4 with the spring game set for
Saturday, April 30.
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