Marshall Mann/Dan Darcy/Kristin Willeford

Marshall Mann

Cornerbacks & Operations

Marshall Mann is in his second year on the Lamar University coaching staff. Originally hired as the director of operations, he has also taking on the added responsibility of working with the LU cornerbacks. Mann comes to the Golden Triangle after spending the previous three seasons at Howard Payne.

Dan Darcy

Strength & Conditioning Coordinator

Daniel Darcy was named the Lamar University strength and conditioning coordinator in April 2016. Darcy comes to Beaumont after spending six years as an assistant coordinator at Northern Arizona University. He served as the top assistant on the Mountain Campus, aiding in all facets of the football program which included organization and preparation of day-to-day training, nutrition education and Pro Day training. He helped train 16 All-Americans on the Lumberjack football team. Darcy also has a wealth of experience working with teams across the whole collegiate sports spectrum. While in Flagstaff, he also worked with men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, soccer, men’s and women’s track and field/ cross country and the swimming and diving programs. In addition to his work with NAU’s varsity sports, Darcy also worked with the ice hockey club team designing and implementing speed, agility, quickness,

Kristin Willeford

Strength & Conditioning Coordinator

Kristin Willeford was named Lamar University assistant athletics director for sports medicine in June 2019. Willeford comes the Golden Triangle from the Northwest after spending two years at Portland State.

During Willeford’s time in Portland, she served as the assistant athletic trainer providing coverage to the Viking softball and football teams. A certified athletic trainer who hold several licenses, Willeford also served as the athletic department’s mental health training coordinator and NCAA drug testing program coordinator. Mann was originally hired as a graduate assistant with the Yellow Jackets, before being promoted to assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. While the majority of his time was focused on the HPU secondary, Mann spent the 2018 season working with the Yellow Jacket defensive linemen. Mann arrived in Brownswood during a time when the HPU program was struggling. After recording just two victories in his first two seasons, Mann helped lead a squad that more than doubled its win total from the previous two years. The Yellow Jackets closed out the 2019 season with five wins. Mann graduated from Baylor in 2017 with a Bachelor of Education degree. He graduated from Howard Payne with a Master of Business Administration in May 2020.

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During the summer of 2010, Darcy did an internship at the University of Texas. He assisted with every aspect of football summer training including speed, agility, quickness training and testing, and worked with 11 future NFL draft selections. Prior to his internship at UT, Darcy spent two seasons in New Britain, Conn., serving as a graduate assistant at Central Connecticut State. While at CCSU, Darcy worked with the football, men’s and women’s soccer, track and field and cross country programs as well as women’s lacrosse and golf. Darcy began his career as an intern at Canisius College in 2006. Over the next two seasons, he worked with several sports including baseball, basketball, diving, softball, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, synchronized swimming and volleyball.

He has worked various camps over the years, including the SoccerPlus CT Speed, Strength and Conditioning Camp in 2010 in New Britain, Conn., and the Speed Development Camp in 2009 in Newington, Conn. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. He graduated with a bachelor’s of science in sports medicine from Canisius College and earned a master’s of science in physical education from Central Connecticut State University.

In addition to her duties with the PSU football and softball programs, Willeford oversaw the graduate assistant athletic trainers for women’s basketball. Prior to Portland State, Willeford spent three years at Furman in Greenville, S.C. working with the Paladin football program beginning in 2015. Before heading to Furman Willeford was a graduate assistant athletic trainer with the Illinois State football program from 2013 to 2015. Before returning to school to complete her graduate work, Willeford served as an Industrial Health Specialist with Concentra in Enid, OK. In this position, she worked with a variety of industrial employees to reduce workplace injuries and improve industrial safety regulations. Willeford has extensive experience in the evaluation and treatment of work related injuries as well as the treatment and rehabilitation of injuries associated with contact and collision sports. She holds additional certifications in graston manual therapy technique and is a certified concussion management specialist. Willeford received her Bachelor of Science degree in athletic training from Oklahoma State in 2011 and her master’s in athletic training from Illinois State in 2015. She is a native of Lakeville, Minnesota.