Football
- Title:
- Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator
- Email:
- ejstults@bsu.edu
- Phone:
- 765.285.8251
Coaching Experience:
29th Year as a football coach
Bluffton College, assistant, 1980-87
Cincinnati, assistant, 1988
Edinboro University, assistant, 1989-93
Defiance College, head coach, 1994-95
? Compiled a 9-11 overall record in two seasons
California (Pa.), assistant, 1996-2000
Jacksonville, assistant, 2001-02
Ball State, assistant, 2003-present
? 2003 - Offensive Tackles and Tight Ends
? 2004-05 - Offensive Coordinator/Tackles and Tight Ends
? 2006-07 - Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends
? 2008 - Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator
NOTES: Promoted to assistant head coach and special teams coordinator after the 2007 season . . . Tutored tight end Darius Hill, who was a 2007 All-Mid-American Conference First-Team selection and a semifinalist for the John Mackey Award, which goes to the nation’s best tight end . . . As offensive coordinator in 2005, assisted in quarterback Joey Lynch’s school-record setting season with 18 touchdown passes . . . Helped wide receiver Dante Ridgeway set nearly every Ball State receiving record for single game, single season and career in 2004 . . . Helped tutor an offense that led the nation in fewest turnovers lost in 2004. . . Coached an offense, which featured a tailback who earned 2004 Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year honors . . . Led an offensive unit comprised of two All-MAC First-Team selections . . . At Jacksonville, coached wide receiver Jon Turner, who set every single-season receiving record and was named an NCAA Division IAA All-American.
Personal Information:
Family: Married to the former Pam Lewis . . . two children -- Libby and Katie
High School: Paulding H.S. (Class of ?76) in Paulding, Ohio
College: Bachelor’s - Bluffton ?80
NOTES: Began his coaching career at his alma mater after earning four letters in football and all-conference honors as a linebacker.
