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updated 11/12/2009

  Rose-Hulman News Football Coaching Staff
 

Steve Englehart

* Head Football Coach
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Steve Englehart continues to hold Rose-Hulman's all-time record for winning percentage by a head football coach after four successful seasons at the helm of the Fightin' Engineers.

Englehart has led the Fightin' Engineers to a 26-14 record and a .650 winning percentage over his four years at the NCAA Division III institution, including two seasons at 7-3 and two at 6-4.  Rose-Hulman has also recorded four consecutive six-win seasons for the first time in school history.

The four-year span is the best stretch of football at Rose-Hulman since the 1987-90 teams were 29-10-1.

Englehart led the Engineers to their best conference finish since 1988 with an outright second-place effort in 2008.  The past three squads have combined for the 30 all-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference awards.

In 2008, Englehart successfully engineered the team's first foreign trip in six years with a summer trip to Italy. The tradition will continue in three-year increments as permitted by NCAA Division III rules.

In addition, his efforts included implementation of the "Locker Room Project" to help reconnect alumni with the football program and raise revenue for the team.  The project has provided the resources for new team uniforms and travel over the past two years, while allowing alumni to have their name and playing seasons placed into the locker corresponding to their jersey numbers.

Englehart, entering his ninth season on the Fightin' Engineer coaching staff, served as the team's offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator from 2003-05.  Rose-Hulman compiled a 14-16 record during those three seasons.

"This is a great place to coach, because our kids are over-achievers. Our players balance football, a rigorous curriculum, campus organizations, work study and sometimes even ROTC to be where they are today. Personally, after playing high school and college football in Terre Haute, I always appreciate this wonderful opportunity to be the head coach at Rose-Hulman," said Englehart.

Englehart's philosophy on both sides of the ball emphasizes aggression and power, along with the best available use of talent.

Englehart's offensive units have made a significant mark on the Fightin' Engineer record book.  Derek Eitel graduated with every major career passing record at Rose-Hulman after completing 576 passes for 7,507 yards and 52 touchdowns over the last four years. 

Tailback Charlie Key completed a standout career with a school record 4,400 all-purpose yards, ranked second in school history with 38 touchdown rushes, and moved into fourth on the all-time rushing list with 2,741 yards.  Reed Eason currently ranks second in school history with 155 pass receptions and 19 touchdowns, and will enter his senior year needing just 15 catches and four touchdowns for program records.

Englehart began his coaching career as the Rose-Hulman's quarterback coach in 2002, before earning a promotion to offensive coordinator during the following off-season. He earned three varsity letters as quarterback at Indiana State University, while earning a bachelor's degree in health education in 2000.

Off the field, Englehart earned academic all-Gateway Conference recognition in 1998 and 1999, was named a GTE Scholar Athlete three times, and earned Sycamore Honor Athlete recognition for four seasons.

Prior to his playing days at Indiana State University, Englehart was a four-year starting quarterback at Terre Haute North High School, prior to his graduation in 1996. Englehart and his wife, Carrie, reside in Terre Haute and have two children, Caden (8) and Ty (5).

E-mail: englehar@rose-hulman.edu
Phone: (812) 877-8903
Fax: (812) 877-8407

Russ Houser

* Defensive Coordinator
* Defensive Backs Coach

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Russ Houser enters his second season as Rose-Hulman's defensive coordinator this fall.

Houser, entering his third season on the Engineer defensive staff, led a defensive unit that tallied six all-conference honorees in 2008.  Rose-Hulman finished 7-3 overall last season and earned outright conference runner-up honors for the team's best league finish since 1988.

Houser enters his seventh year in college coaching, including three years on the defensive coaching staff at Youngstown State University from 2002-04. He also coached defensive backs at Kenyon in 2001.

During his playing career, Houser earned NAIA Academic All-American honors and was an academic all-league honoree at Malone College in Ohio.  He started three years as a defensive back and captured Most Outstanding Scholar-Athlete and academic all-league honors.  The Magna Cum Laude graduate also received the Dick Gallagher Memorial Award, honoring the late director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Following his playing and early coaching career, Houser was a managing partner at ProScoutVideo, a video editing software company, from 2005-06. He has completed a master's degree in physical education at Indiana State University and earned a business administration degree at Malone.

E-mail: houser@rose-hulman.edu
Phone: (812) 877-8050
Fax: (812) 877-8407

Jayson Martin

* Assistant Football Coach (Offensive Coordinator, WRs)
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Jayson Martin enters his second season on the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology coaching staff and first year as the team's offensive coordinator this fall.

Martin, who also served as wrestling interim head coach in 2009, also serves as the team's recruiting coordinator. 

As a college football player, Martin led Kentucky State to a Division II Pioneer Bowl title in 1997 and led the state of Kentucky in passing in 1993.

He has most recently served as offensive coordinator at Holy Trinity Academy High School in Florida.

E-mail: martin1@rose-hulman.edu
Phone: (812) 877-8471
Fax: (812) 877-8407

Mike Ellis

* Assistant Football Coach (Offensive Line)
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Mike Ellis enters his fourth season on the Rose-Hulman football coaching staff this fall.

Ellis has more than 20 years of overall coaching experience at various levels of football.  His Rose-Hulman squads have had at least one all-conference offensive line honoree during each of Ellis' seasons at the college.

Ellis has served on the staff at Edgewood, Northview, Shiloh and Terre Haute North in his coaching career.  He most recently spent four years as offensive line coach at Northview High School, where the team compiled a 26-14 record. 

His efforts helped a pair of 1,000-yard running backs become just the second and third players in school history to accomplish the feat.  Northview also won the school's first-ever sectional game and back-to-back conference titles in his four-year stint.

E-mail: ellis1@rose-hulman.edu
Phone: (812) 877-8903
Fax: (812) 877-8407

Lou West

* Assistant Football Coach (Inside Linebackers)

Lou West enters his second season on the Rose-Hulman coaching staff this fall.

West most recently served as head coach at NCAA Division I-AA Indiana State University for the three seasons.

Prior to his head coaching position at Indiana State, West served as a defensive assistant coach at Toledo, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Kent State and Cincinnati over the past 20 years.

E-mail: west1@rose-hulman.edu
Phone: (812) 877-8050
Fax: (812) 877-8407

Darius Gary

* Assistant Football Coach (Offensive Line)

Darius Gary joins the Fightin' Engineer coaching staff as an assistant offensive line coach this fall.

Gary earned a bachelor's degree from Oakland University in human resources development and served as a board member of the human resource development honor society. He also served as men's basketball team manager for the Golden Grizzlies in 2006-07.

Gary is currently pursuing a master's degree in physical education with a coaching emphasis at Indiana State University.

Phone: (812) 877-8471
Fax: (812) 877-8407

Kevin Steidel

* Assistant Football Coach (Running Backs)
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Kevin Steidel begins his first year on the Rose-Hulman football staff as running backs coach this fall.

Steidel served as a position coach and assistant special teams coordinator at Oak Hills High School for the last three seasons, after serving as general manager for the Ohio University men's ice hockey team for from 2001-03.

Steidel also served as daytime business and evening bar manager at Jefferson Hall.

He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Ohio University in 2003.

E-mail: steidel@rose-hulman.edu
Phone: (812) 877-8471
Fax: (812) 877-8407

Ethan Tyler

* Assistant Football Coach (Linebackers)
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Ethan Tyler joins the Engineer coaching staff with an emphasis on linebackers in 2009.

Tyler earned Great Lakes Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2006 at St. Joseph's College. He won the McMillan Award as Vigo County's top male athlete after a standout career at North H.S. in 2003.

Tyler has served as a football and basketball assistant at Terre Haute North for the last two years. He earned a bachelor's degree in physical education at St. Joseph's in 2007 and is pursuing a master’s degree at Indiana State.

E-mail: tyler@rose-hulman.edu
Phone: (812) 877-8050
Fax: (812) 877-8407

Brian Vaughn

* Assistant Football Coach (Defensive Backs)
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Brian Vaughn enters his first year as defensive backs coach at Rose-Hulman this fall.

Vaughn served as assistant coach at NCAA Division III Western New England for the past four years, including three years as defensive coordinator.  He also coached a secondary that ranked sixth nationally in interceptions with 22 in 2005.

Vaughn played four years of varsity football at Illinois College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science in 2005.

E-mail: vaughnba@rose-hulman.edu
Phone: (812) 877-8050
Fax: (812) 877-8407

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