DATE: June 1, 2004

NEWARK, DE -- K.C. Keeler, head coach of the 2003 NCAA I-AA national champion University of Delaware football team, has announced the additions of Dave Scott and Lyle Hemphill to the Blue Hen coaching staff for the 2004 season.

Scott, who will begin his second stint with the Blue Hen staff, will serve as tight ends coach and assist with special teams. He replaces Rick Brown, who served the past two seasons as tight ends coach and special teams coordinator. Brown resigned to spend more time in his full-time job in the mortgage business.

Hemphill (pronounced Hempel) will serve as a graduate assistant coach, working on the defensive side of the ball. He replaces Brandon Walker, who served at Delaware the last two seasons before being hired as a full-time assistant at Fordham University.

Scott, who also works full-time as a mathematics teacher at Glasgow High School in Newark, DE, previously served on the Blue Hen staff under former head coach Tubby Raymond for four seasons from 1998-2001 as a defensive assistant. He helped lead the Blue Hens to an NCAA I-AA national semifinal appearances in 2000 when the team posted a 12-2 record.

Prior to joining the Blue Hen staff, Scott enjoyed an successful career as head football coach at Glagow High School for 10 seasons as he led the Dragons to three state playoff appearances, including winning the state title in 1989. He began his coaching career as an assistant at nearby Mt. Pleasant High School in Wilmington, DE in 1981-83, helping the team capture the 1981 state title. He served two years as defensive coordinator at Glasgow in 1984-85, one season as assistant coach at NCAA Division III power Widener University in 1986, and was head coach at St. James High School in Pennsgrove, NJ in 1987.

One of the state's most respected high school mathematics teachers, Scott earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware in 1981, his master's degree from Delaware in 1998, and received his National Board Certification in December, 2003. He and his wife, Jane, reside in Wilmington.

Hemphill earned his degree in political science and international relations with a minor in exercise and sports science and coaching from Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA in 2002 and is currently pursuing a master's degree in sports administration from Neumann College in Aston, PA.

A three-year varsity football player as a strong safety and one-year wrestling letterwinner at Ursinus, he began his coaching career at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA where he served as special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. He played a big part in helping the team follow up a 2-8 season in 2002 with a 9-2 campaign this past fall, one of the biggest one-year improvements in NCAA history and the team's best mark in 20 years. He coached two All-Americans in free safety Carlo DeAngelo and kick returner Taylor Ramos.

Also a former volunteer wrestling assistant coach at his alma mater, St. Elizabeth High School in Wilmington, DE, Hemphill's father, Joe, is one of the most successful high school football coaches in Delaware history, serving as head coach for the last 35 seasons at St. Elizabeth.

Delaware is coming off the finest season in school history in 2003 when the Blue Hens set a school record with 15 victories, won the Atlantic 10 Football Conference title, and captured the NCAA I-AA national title with a 40-0 win over Colgate in the title game in Chattanooga, TN. The Blue Hens will open the 2004 season Sept. 2 at home vs. New Hampshire.