FOOTBALL
MARTY O’LEARY
OFFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT
ASSISTANT AD/FOOTBALL OPERATIONS • SIXTH YEAR AT UCF Marty O’Leary is in his fi�h year on the UCF football staff as the director of football opera�ons and sixth overall a�er spending one season as a graduate assistant. O’Leary was promoted to assistant A.D. for football opera�ons in the spring of 2008 following the Knights run to the C-USA Championship �tle the previous season. Prior to UCF, he worked in the financial field for Invesco Re�rement, Inc. O’Leary oversees the day-to-day operations of the football program from budget development, daily logis�cs of prac�ce, as well as the ins�tu�on of football policies and procedures.
For the past three summers, O’Leary has been in charge of managing the UCF Football Women’s Clinic, which has helped teach the game to more than 500 female fans of the program. He also serves as a liaison between football and academic services, compliance and other campus governing bodies. O’Leary graduated from Georgia Tech in 2002 with a degree in business management. He le�ered in football at Tech as a free safety.
SPECIAL ASST. TO THE HEAD COACH • SECOND YEAR AT UCF general manager and vice president of Tropical Ford Inc., turning the dealership from a 90-unit a month opera�on into a 600-unit a month opera�on, one of the largest in Orlando. Messegeur served as a pilot in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam era and remains instrument rated as a private pilot. He is originally a na�ve of Miami and first moved to Orlando when sta�oned at McCoy Air Force Base. Manny lives with his wife Madalana. They have three children and five grandchildren.
ALBERT BOONE
Michael Buscemi begins his second season as the offensive graduate assistant for the UCF football program. The team’s long snapper, Buscemi concluded a three-year playing career at UCF in 2007. In 2006, Buscemi was named to the Coaches’ All-Conference USA second team and in 2007, both the league’s media and coaches named him to the All C-USA first team.
ANDREW THACKER SECOND YEAR AT UCF Andrew Thacker begins his second season as the defensive graduate assistant with the UCF football program. Thacker joined the UCF staff a�er finishing his collegiate playing career at Furman. A four-year starter at safety for the Paladins, Thacker was the 2004 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year. He earned undergraduate degrees at Furman in poli�cal science and spanish. Thacker is pursuing a master’s degree in poli�cal science at UCF.
OPERATIONS GRADUATE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL • FIRST YEAR AT UCF Albert Boone is in his first season as the Knights’ director of player personnel. Boone focuses on assis�ng with UCF’s recrui�ng efforts. In his new role, Boone manages UCF’s recruiting database, handles correspondence with recruits, helps coordinate recrui�ng travel and assist recruits during the admission process. He oversees all oncampus visits by recruits and direct events including junior day and high school coaches’ clinics. Boone is no stranger to UCF Athle�cs. From 2005-08, he served as an assistant general manager for ISP Sports on campus. During his tenure at ISP, Boone handled adver�sing sales, sponsorships and marke�ng. He also assisted in the produc�on of UCF
SECOND YEAR AT UCF
DEFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT
MANNY MESSEGUER Manny Messeguer, who has missed only a couple games in UCF’s 30 years of football, begins his second year as special assistant to head coach George O’Leary. Messeguer, who has met every UCF president, athle�cs director and football coach, began his associa�on with the program in 1979 as a fan and proud Orlando resident. In 1982 he became a donor leader and has served the program in numerous capaci�es, including as a radio network sideline reporter and a personal pilot for former head coach Gene McDowell. Prior to formally joining the UCF program in February of 2008, Messeguer spent 18 years as
MICHAEL BUSCEMI
Sports Today with George O’Leary and the football weekly radio show. Prior to joining the UCFISP Sports staff, Boone was an account execu�ve in the USF marke�ng and �cket sales office for one year. A�er gradua�ng from Florida State in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in marke�ng, Boone worked as an associate adjuster for USAA Insurance.
MARK CAMMACK FOURTH YEAR AT UCF Mark Cammack begins his second season as the opera�ons graduate assistant for the football program. Cammack had spent two previous seasons assis�ng with recrui�ng and opera�ons as a student assistant. Cammack graduated in the summer of 2007 from UCF with a B.S. degree in Sports and Fitness and is currently pursuing a master’s in the same field. An Oviedo, Fla., na�ve, he le�ered at Oviedo High School in football, track and field and weightli�ing. 143
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MARY VANDER HEIDEN
HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER/FOOTBALL • 10TH YEAR AT UCF Mary Vander Heiden begins her 10th year as an athle�c trainer for UCF and third as the head football trainer. Vander Heiden completed her master’s of art degree in exercise physiology in 2001 from UCF while serving as a graduate assistant athle�c trainer for the football team. A 1998 graduate of Wisconsin Eau-Claire, Vander Heiden earned a B.S. degree in kinesiology, with a minor in exercise management and a concentra�on in sports medicine. Prior to her gradua�on, Vander Heiden a�ended the Wisconsin-Stout where she played so�ball from 1993-97. As part of her gradua�on requirements at UW
Eau-Claire, Vander Heiden worked with the University of Minnesota football team as a student athle�c trainer. Vander Heiden served as the associate head athle�c trainer for the annual Gridiron Classic from 1999-2004. She was an instructor in the NATABOC Accredited Athle�c Training Program at the University of Central Florida from 2001-2004, teaching Intro to Pharmacology, and Field Applica�ons and assis�ng with Biomechanics and Modali�es as a lab instructor. Vander Heiden remains a clinical instructor. Vander Heiden is a na�ve of Port Washington, Wisc.
JUD FANN
ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER • THIRD YEAR AT UCF Jud Fann embarks on his third season at UCF serving as the top assistant on the Knights’ athle�c training staff. Fann coordinates all day-to-day athle�c training opera�ons for UCF football. Fann came to UCF from Stetson where he served as an assistant athle�c trainer from 2005-07, working with the Ha�ers’ men’s basketball team. He also served as an assistant strength and condi�oning coach while at Stetson. A na�ve of Safety Harbor, Fann graduated from UCF in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in athle�c training and also worked as a student athle�c trainer while an undergraduate. He earned a master’s degree in exercise science from Tennessee. While in
Knoxville, Fann served as a graduate assistant athle�c trainer for UT’s intramural and club sports. He is a member of NATA, the NSCA, ATAF and SETA.
ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER
ED WOODLEY SECOND YEAR AT UCF Ed Woodley starts his second season as an assistant athle�c trainer working for the Knights’ football team. He helps in a full-�me capacity with all day-to-day athle�c training components of the UCF football program. Woodley first came to the Sunshine State as an athle�c training intern at the University of Florida where he worked mainly with the Gator football and men’s tennis teams. He spent the 2006-08 seasons as a graduate assistant at Southern Miss working with the so�ball, football and track and field and cross country teams in Ha�esburg. He also worked a summer internship with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2008 and as a student athle�c trainer at the United States Air Force Academy for the fall 2003 semester.
GA ATHLETIC TRAINER
MARCO ZUCCONI SECOND YEAR AT UCF Marco Zucconi is in his second year as the UCF football team’s graduate assistant athle�c trainer. Zucconi assists in all of the team’s day-to-day athle�c training needs including injury care and preven�on while also instruc�ng in the athle�c training educa�onal program. Zucconi came to UCF from San Diego State where he served as a student athle�c trainer. He was the primary trainer for the Aztecs’ cross country and track and field teams while also working with football, baseball and basketball. He also spent the 2007-08 year interning with the San Diego Chargers. Zucconi received a bachelor’s degree in exercise nutri�onal science with an emphasis in athle�c training in 2008 from SDSU. He is working on a master’s in sport leadership and coaching with a concentra�on in exercise physiology from UCF. He is a member of NATA, ATAF, SETA and CATA.
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DR. KENNETH KRUMINS, M.D. TEAM PHYSICIAN
Kenneth A. Krumins, M.D. has been an Orthopaedic Surgeon since 1997 and has been part of the Winter Park/ Orlando community ever since. Dr. Krumins has been the head team physician for UCF since 2003. He has been trained in and is extremely successful in Arthroscopic & Reconstruc�ve Surgery of the Knee, Sports Medicine and General Orthopaedics. Krumins serves as the Chairman of Orthopaedics at Winter Park Hospital. A�er earning a bachelor’s degree from DePauw
in 1986, Krumins a�ended The Medical College of Pennsylvania, gradua�ng in 1990. He was both an intern and resident at West Chester County Medical Center in New York while also doing a residency at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse. He first came to Florida in 1997 as a fellow at Jewi� Orthopaedic Clinic in Winter Park.
DR. DANIEL MONETTE, M.D. TEAM PHYSICIAN
Dr. Daniel Mone�e has been with UCF since 2002, while he also assists with Seminole High School and Seminole Community College. An associate clinical professor at Florida State, Mone�e works at the North Seminole Family Prac�ce and Sports Medicine in Sanford. Throughout his career, Mone�e has been associated with the athle�cs scene. In 1999, he was a spectator urgent care physician for NASCAR and worked at Daytona Interna�onal Speedway from
2001-02 as an a�ending physician. He also has spent �me with Embry-Riddle, Daytona Beach Community College and Bethune-Cookman University. A graduate from the University of Colorado in 1994 with a bachelor of arts in African American studies, Mone�e received his medical doctorate from the UC Health Sciences Center in 1998.
UCF ALL-TIME ASSISTANT COACHING ROSTER Aldridge, Miles .................................................... 2004-06 Amman Richard ................................................... 1981-82 Anderson, Jerry ................................................... 1983-84 Barbour, Bernie .........................................................1980 Barresi, Jamie ...................................................... 2001-03 Beckton, Sean..........................................1996-2003, 09 Bennet, Bruce ...................................................... 1986-88 Bernhardt, Jim ..................................................... 2005-06 Blackney, Gary ...........................................................2008 Bland, Tommy .................................................. 1979-1980 Brady, Dave ................................................................1979 Carter, Aaron .............................................................1985 Carter, Doug .................................................... 1985-1986 Chandler, Ernie ..........................................................1979 Chandler, Wes...................................................... 1994-95 Chizik, Gene ..................................................... 1998-2001 Coa�a, John ...............................................................1985 Collins, Earnest ..........................................................2007 Collins, Geoff .................................................... 2008-09 Coso, Nick ........................................................ 1983-1984 Costan�ni, Lorenzo .............................................. 2000-03 Cox, Andy............................................................. 1996-99 Crossman, Danny ................................................. 1997-98 Cubit, Bill ............................................................. 1983-85 D’o�avio, Bill ....................................................... 1999-03 Dorrell, Karl ...............................................................1989 Ector, Robert ........................................................ 1991-93 Engelberg, Lewis “Bugsy” ..........................................1980 Flournoy, Melvin .................................................. 1987-88 Fontes, John ........................................................ 2002-03 Forbes, Reggie ...........................................................1981 Fountain, Sco� ................................................ 1997-2003 Freeman, Tom...................................................... 2007-08 Fry, Craig .............................................................. 1983-84 Gilbert, Joe .......................................................... 2004-06 Godsey, George ................................................ 2005-09 Gooch, Alan ..................................................... 1991-2003 Goodyear, Tod ..................................................... 1981-83 Graham, Mark ...........................................................1995 Green, Art ..................................................................1979 Green, Eric .................................................................2004 Hatcher, Chris ............................................................1996 Heath, Ted .................................................................1992 Hemmer, John ..........................................................1979 Hinshaw, Darin ..........................................................2000 Hoffman, Charlie ................................................. 1989-90 Huff, Charles .................................................... 1997-2002 Huxtable, Dave ................................................. 2004-09 Jeremia, Davis (J.D.) ...................................................1983 Jones, Willie......................................................... 1995-96 Kelly, David....................................................... 2007-09
Kessier, Bob ...............................................................1981 Key, Brent ......................................................... 2006-09 Koschewa, Edgar.................................................. 1993-94 Kruczek, Mike ...................................................... 1985-97 LePain, Ma� ........................................................ 1995-96 Lounsberry, Paul .................................................. 1987-99 Manfredi, Terry ..........................................................1982 Mar�n, Dana ....................................................... 1985-93 Mar�nez, Willie ................................................... 1995-96 McCarthy, D.J. ...................................................... 2004-05 McCarty, Peter ..................................................... 2004-07 McCaskill, Jack ...........................................................1979 McCrone, Ron ...................................................... 1992-94 McFarland, Robert ............................................... 2000-03 Messina, Mike ...........................................................1989 Miller, Eric..................................................................1994 Moore, Tom ...............................................................1991 Moss, Perry.......................................................... 1986-87 Murphy, Tom ....................................................... 1979-82 Nelsen, Bill .................................................................1994 Nickrenz, Chris ...........................................................1985 Owens, Billy ...............................................................1991 Panagos, Jim..................................................... 2007-09 Parker, Frank ..............................................................1981 Perkins, Jay ................................................................1993 Pesonen, Dick ............................................................1980 Piccinini, John ............................................................1979 Polian, Brian ..............................................................2004 Pollard, Don “Deek” ............................................ 1990-93 Richart, Phil ......................................................... 1981-82 Robinson, Joe ............................................................2003 Rock, Ma� ..................................................... 1994-95, 99 Romero, Randy .................................................... 1986-90 Ross, Lou.............................................................. 1979-80 Russell, Rusty .............................................................1989 Salem, Tim ....................................................... 2004-09 Sco�, Dennis..............................................................1984 Seagraves, Al ....................................................... 1983-85 Shackelford, Bob .................................................. 1988-90 Sirota, Mitch ..............................................................1983 Skladany, John ...........................................................2007 Snell, David ................................................................1991 Stewart, Bill ...............................................................1994 Stewart, Pete .............................................................1983 Stocks�ll, Rick ...................................................... 1985-88 Taaffe, Charlie ....................................................... 2009 Thompson, Lance ................................................ 2004-06 Tuzzeo, Ray ................................................................1979 VanGorder, Brian ................................................. 1995-97 Winters, Bill ...............................................................1991 Current assistant coaches in bold.
FOOTBALL TEAM PHYSICIAN
DR. MICHAEL JABLONSKI, M.D. Dr. Michael Jablonski has worked with the UCF football team since 2003 and is also the primary physician for UCF’s basketball and baseball teams. He is also an assistant team physician for the Orlando Magic and physician to the Orlando Ballet. Jablonski works at the Jewe� Orthopaedic Clinic where he specializes in arthroscopic and reconstruc�ve knee and shoulder surgery. He is cer�fied by the AmericanBoard of Orthopaedic Surgery. Jablonski earned his Pre-Med degree from Florida in 1991, graduated from UF’s College of Medicine in 1995 and served as a resident at UF’s College of Medicine un�l 2000. Jablonski then spent a year as a fellow at the American Sports Medicine Ins�tute in Birmingham, Ala.
TEAM PHYSICIAN
DR. DOUGLAS MEUSER, M.D. Dr. Douglas Meuser has a 19 year history of service in the Orlando area. He has been actively involved with UCF athletics since 2001 as a primary care physician. A�er arriving in 1989, he prac�ced for nine years as a community primary care physician. He taught at the Family Medicine residency at Florida Hospital between 1998 and 2006. He currently prac�ces at Personalized Primary Care with emphasis on pa�ent-centered care, evidencebased medicine, and preven�ve health. For the past six years, Meuser has received the “Best Doctor” award. Twice he received the Florida Hospital Faculty of the Year award for his residency training work. He con�nues to provide clinical and classroom instruc�on for local medical students. Since 2004, Meuser serves as the medical director the Athle�c Training Educa�onal Program at UCF. He is a na�ve of Columbus, Ohio. A�er gradua�ng from St. Olaf College, he received his medical degree from Ohio State with honors. His post-graduate training was completed at Florida in Family Medicine. In 1999, he earned a Cer�ficate of Added Qualifica�on in Sports Medicine. Meuser is an ac�ve member of the AAFP, FAFP, AMSSM and Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society.
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ED ELLIS
ASST. STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
DIRECTOR OF STRENGTH & CONDITIONING • SIXTH YEAR AT UCF Ed Ellis is in his sixth season as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at UCF, working directly with the football program while overseeing the strength and condi�oning efforts for UCF’s 16-sport athle�cs program. Ellis served in the same capacity since 2001 at Georgia Tech before arriving at UCF in January of 2004. The 2000 College Strength and Condi�oning Professional of the Year for the Atlan�c Coast Conference by the Na�onal Strength and Condi�oning Associa�on, he was the head strength coach at Wake Forest for seven years before his s�nt at Georgia Tech. Prior to his stretch at Wake Forest, Ellis spent four years (1991-94) as the head strength and condi�oning coordinator at Illinois State and two years (1989-91)
as an assistant strength coach at Ole Miss. He started his career as a graduate assistant at Arkansas from 1987-89. Ellis earned his bachelor’s degree in physical educa�on from Alabama in 1987 and received a master’s degree in educa�on from Arkansas in 1989. Ellis is a master strength coach, which is the highest honor given by the collegiate strength and condi�oning associa�on. Ellis is married to the former Dyann Edmonston, and the couple has four children: Jessica, Nicole, Eric and Brian.
B.J. FAULK SIXTH YEAR AT UCF B.J. Faulk is in his sixth year as an assistant strength and condi�oning coach at UCF. Faulk works with football as well as men’s basketball, baseball and track and field. Faulk has worked previously at both Illinois State and Wake Forest. He is a 1995 graduate of Illinois State, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology. He was a member of the track and field team for two years.
SCOTT SINCLAIR
ASST. DIR. OF STRENGTH & CONDITIONING • SIXTH YEAR AT UCF Sco� Sinclair is in his sixth year at UCF as an assistant director of strength and condi�oning. He works with the football program while also training the men’s and women’s golf teams. Sinclair came to UCF a�er working as an assistant strength and condi�oning coach at Georgia Tech from 2001-03. While with the Yellow Jackets, Sinclair worked as the director of player development for Georgia Tech’s football squad. Prior to Georgia Tech, he served as an assistant at Wake Forest from 199901. A na�ve of Rockingham, N.C., Sinclair earned his bachelor’s degree in sports medicine from Guliford College in 1999. He received a master’s degree in
physical educa�on from UCF in 2006. Sinclair is a member of both the Na�onal Strength and Condi�oning Associa�on and the Collegiate Strength and Condi�oning Coaches Associa�on. Sinclair is also a cer�fied strength and condi�oning coach through the Collegiate Strength and Condi�oning Coaches Associa�on. Sinclair and his wife, Farrah, have one son, Creed, and one daughter, Asher.
SUPERINTENDENT OF GROUNDS
ROBERT SAMPLE NINTH YEAR AT UCF Robert Sample has been at UCF since 2001 and, along with a diligent staff of eight, expertly maintains all of UCF’s varsity and intramural playing fields, covering 30 acres in all. Sample helps ensure that Bright House Networks Stadium and UCF’s prac�ce fields are in excellent condi�on for the Knights. Prior to UCF, Sample worked for the PGA Tour for over 20 years, maintaining several courses including the TPC Sco�sdale, TPC at Prestancia, Tucson’s Starr Pass and, eventually, Orange County Na�onal in Orlando. Sample graduated from Michigan State with a bachelor’s degree in turf grass management. He also a�ended Murray State where he played two years of varsity golf for the Racers. Sample resides with his wife, Leah.
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FOOTBALL
ROBERT JONES
SENIOR SECRETARY
COORDINATOR, SPORTS EQUIPMENT OPS • 10TH YEAR AT UCF Robert Jones begins his 10th season as the equipment coordinator at UCF. His primary responsibility is with the sport of football while he also oversees the equipment department for all 16 sports. Prior to ge�ng back in collegiate athle�cs, Jones spent two years with Bike Athle�c as its Na�onal Promo Director. Jones career in equipment began in 1985 with the Orlando Renegades of the USFL. A 1984 graduate of Carson Newman, Jones has worked previously in equipment departments at
Northwestern (1985-87), Purdue (1987-93) and Louisville (1993-2000). Jones and his staff were named the 2006-07 Conference USA Equipment Staff of the Year at the annual Athle�c Equipment Managers Associa�on Conven�on.
THADDEUS RIVERS
ASSISTANT EQUIPMENT MANAGER • SIXTH YEAR AT UCF Thaddeus Rivers is in his sixth season at UCF as the assistant equipment manager for football, coming to Orlando in 2004. Rivers handles all day-to-day equipment opera�ons for UCF’s football team and support staff, including ordering, issuing, maintaining and inventory. He also orders equipment for the sports medicine, video services and strength and condi�oning departments. Rivers came to UCF a�er spending three seasons working in equipment opera�ons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers under the direc�on of Tim Sain, including the Buccaneers Super Bowl XXXVII win over the Oakland Raiders in San Diego. Rivers was previously a student equipment manager at the
University of Florida for four years while an undergraduate. A na�ve of Tallahassee, Rivers graduated from UF in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in commercial recrea�on and general business. He went on to earn a master’s from UCF in sports and fitness in 2008. Rivers is a member of AEMA. He and his wife, Rochelle, have an infant daughter, Adriann.
TERIE LEA WATKINS THIRD YEAR AT UCF Terie Watkins is in her third season at UCF serving as the administra�ve assistant for the assistant coaching staff. Watkins helps the staff with the compila�on and assembly of playbooks and other tasks preparing the Knights for game day and beyond. She also serves as a general recep�onist for the Wayne Densch Sports Center. She spent the 2006-07 academic year working at Florida State as the administra�ve assistant to the Seminoles’ women’s soccer and men’s and women’s cross country and track and field programs. A na�ve of Hartsville, S.C., Watkins a�ended Coker College where she was a captain for the soccer team. Watkins earned two bachelor’s degrees, in English and Spanish, in 2005. She is presently working towards a master’s degree in English from UCF.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
LINDA WATTS
THIRD YEAR AT UCF
Linda Wa�s is in a familiar role serving as the administra�ve assistant to head coach George O’Leary as she also worked in that capacity at Georgia Tech. Wa�s coordinates much of O’Leary’s schedule and helps with general office management. She worked for over 30 years at Georgia Tech, including �me under head coaches Pepper Rodgers and Billy Curry, along with O’Leary. She also worked directly for many Georgia Tech athle�c administrators during her �me in Atlanta. Wa�s is a na�ve of Cha�anooga who a�ended Cha�anooga Business School and spent 13 years at Western Union before going to Georgia Tech. She has three daughters, Tracie, Michelle and Sabrina, three grandchildren, Marcus, Shannon and Logan, and a pair of great grandchildren, Marcus, Jr. and Hannah.
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JOHN KVATEK
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR • ASSA
DIRECTOR OF VIDEO SERVICES • SIXTH YEAR AT UCF John Kvatek enters his sixth season as a football support staff member and the director of video services at UCF. A 20-year veteran in the business, Kvatek was named the 2006-07 Bob Matey Na�onal Video Coordinator of the Year at the annual Collegiate Sports Video Associa�on in May of 2007. Prior to his arrival at UCF, Kvatek worked at Pinnacle Systems, Inc., where he worked from 19992004. During his tenure at Pinnacle, Kvatek served as a product marke�ng manager for Networked News and Sports Edi�ng Solu�ons. Prior to Pinnacle Systems, Kvatek was the athle�c video services coordinator at Wisconsin from 1995-99. During his �me in Madison, Kvatek was responsible for the development and u�liza�on of the world’s first
digital video network for sports video analysis and edi�ng and was a member of the Kohl Center Design Team. Kvatek has also worked as a video coordinator at Virginia Tech and Miami (Ohio) in their respec�ve athle�c departments. He is a graduate of Miami with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communica�ons. Kvatek was the Big Ten Video Coordinator of the Year in 1998 and earned the Conference USA award in 2007 and again in 2009. Kvatek and his wife, Michelle, have three sons: Conor, Liam and Declan.
EIGHTH YEAR AT UCF Kristy Belden is in her eighth year at UCF, where she serves an associate director in the academic services for student-athletes office. She serves as the lead advisor for the Knights’ football team. She recieved her bachelor’s degree from St. John’s. Belden was a member of the Red Storm track and field team. Belden earned a master’s degree in educa�onal psychology/sport psychology from Florida State.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR • ASSA
CHRIS HOOLEY
ASST. DIRECTOR/VIDEO SERVICES • FIFTH YEAR AT UCF Chris Hooley is star�ng her fi�h football season at UCF as the assistant director of video services. Hooley assists heavily with football and serves in a primary role for a total of nine sports at UCF, including both basketball teams. While with the Knights, she has been a part of UCF video staffs that were named Conference USA’s best in both 2007 and 2009. Hooley came to UCF from Southern Miss where she served as video coordinator from 2000-05 where she oversaw all team video opera�ons. Hooley was recognized as the best in C-USA by her peers in both 2001 and 2004 while at USM. She came to Ha�esburg from Houston where she spent 1998-2000 as
KRISTY BELDEN
assistant video director for the Cougars. She worked directly with football and the Clyde Drexler-coached basketball team while also overseeing students who covered all UH spor�ng events. The na�ve of Sistersville, W. Va., graduated from Kentucky in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in telecommunica�ons. Hooley also worked in the UK Sports Video office as a student.
LINDSEY BLACK
FIRST YEAR AT UCF Lindsey Black joined the ASSA staff as a fulltime advisor in June of 2009. Her current role includes being an advisor for football, women’s tennis and UCF’s na�onally-recognized spirit program. Black has also taken part in crea�ng and implemen�ng the Shining Knights Summer Bridge Program where she co-teaches the student-athlete sec�on of the student success course at UCF. A na�ve of Cocoa, Black earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from UCF in 2008 and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in educa�onal leadership from UCF.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR • ASSA
LISA MOSER
SECOND YEAR AT UCF
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Lisa Moser has been with Academic Services for Student-Athletes since June of 2008 and works extensively with the UCF football program. Her du�es include program coordina�on of the Mentor Program and coordina�on of tes�ng and assessments. Prior to arriving at UCF, she completed a graduate assistantship with the University of Oklahoma in a similar role. Moser earned her bachelor’s degree and played on the equestrian team at Fresno State. Prior to Fresno, Moser began her a�ended Medicine Hat College in Alberta, Canada, where she played basketball for two years.