Ball State University Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers
- Email:
- damelvin@bsu.edu
- Phone:
- 765.285.8253
Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers
2nd Season at Ball State
21st Year as a Football Coach
Alma Mater: Western Illinois ‘94
Coaching Experience:
East Aurora H.S., defensive coordinator, 1990-92
Western Illinois, assistant, 1993-98
Missouri State, defensive coordinator, 1999-2005
Georgia Southern, assistant, 2006
Bowling Green, assistant, 2007-08
Ball State, assistant, 2009-10
NOTES: Coached Ball State's linebackers during the 2009 season and was promoted to special teams coordinator prior to the 2010 season . . . spent the 2008 season in his second year at Bowling Green of the Mid-American Conference . . . coached seven All-Americans in his career from 1993-2008 . . . coached two players who were Buck Buchanan award winners as the top player in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Personal Information:
Date of Birth: Aug. 12, 1964, in Aurora, Ill.
Family: Married to the former Beverly Talley . . . the couple has two daughters, Lywanna and Sherese . . . Lywanna was a member of the Ball State track and field team in 2009-10.
High School: East Aurora H.S. (Class of ‘82) in East Aurora, Ill.
College: Bachelor’s - Western Illinois ‘94
NOTES: Earned all-state and all-conference honors as a linebacker at East Aurora H.S. as a senior . . . earned All-America and all- league honors as a linebacker at the College of Dupage.
