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.