Andrew Ankeny
	Head Football Coach aankeny@laverne.edu (909) 593-3511, ext. 4439

Andy Ankeny will begin his fourth season as head football coach at the University of La Verne in 2010.  Just the fourth Leopard coach in the past 60 years, Ankeny helped build a winning football program at East Texas Baptist University prior to his arrival to Southern California in 2007.

Ankeny, who spent seven seasons as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the Tigers, becomes just the fourth head coach at La Verne since 1948.

He earned his first head coaching win against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in October 2007.

Ankeny arrived on staff at East Texas Baptist in 2000 and worked with wide receivers during the Tigers' inaugural year of football that season. He was promoted to assistant head coach and defensive coordinator in 2003 and helped the Tigers win their first American Southwest Conference championship that season. Under his direction, the ETBU defense finished as the top-ranked unit in the conference and was No. 15 in the nation. The Tigers were the seventh-best defensive unit against the run nationally in 2003, and ETBU set a team and conference record with 51 sacks on the year.

A native of Homedale, Idaho, Ankeny began his coaching career at his alma mater, Taylor University, as a graduate assistant at the Upland, Ind., NAIA-affiliated institution following a playing career that saw him earn NAIA All-America honors as a defensive back at Taylor.

He earned his bachelor's degree at Taylor and then completed a master's degree in Athletic Administration from Ball State University just prior to his arrival at ETBU in the summer of 2000.

Andy and his wife, Kate, have two children: daughter Zane (6), and son Elijah (3).

	Mark Odin
	Assistant Football Coach modin@laverne.edu (909) 593-3511, ext. 4857

Mark Odin begins his third season at his alma mater to serve as co-defensive coordinator in 2010.  Prior to joining the Leopard program, Odin was a fixture in the Inland Empire and San Gabriel Valley.  He possesses more than 10 years of coaching experience and has served at both  Chaffey and Pasadena City College in addition to stints at Diamond Bar, San Dimas, Ganesha and Northview High Schools.  Additionally, he served as tight ends coach at Division I Sacramento State during the 2006 campaign.

A member of the Leopards' 1996 football squad, Odin earned his bachelor's degree in Business from La Verne while also receiving an Associate Arts degree from Citrus College.

	Brent Baier

Assistant Coach Brent Baier is in his first season with the Leopard football program.  Baier will work with the Leopard offensive, specifically serving as quarterbacks coach. Last season, he served on the University of Idaho staff as the Offensive Administrative Assistant.

No stranger to the SCIAC, Baier previously served as an assistant at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps as quarterbacks coach and was the recruiting and video coordinator.  He also was a quarterback at Cal Lutheran during his playing days.

	John Ausman
	Assistant Football Coach

	Joe Manfre
	Assistant Football Coach

	John Kuslieka
	Assistant Football Coach

Leopard football alum John Kuslieka returns to his alma mater for the 2009 campaign, serving as offensive line coach.  An All-SCIAC performer during his playing days, Kuslieka served as a collegiate assistant coach before moving to the high school ranks.  He has previously served as  head coach at both Montclair HS and Alta Loma HS.

	DeAngelo Wall
	Assistant Football Coach