Northwestern State University of Louisiana Men's Football

Korn, the first Director of Football Operations in program history, is responsible for coordinating all facets of the teams daily operations and implementing the administration, management and execution of strategies in support of the goals and objectives of the football program in the areas of budgetary management, team travel, pre-season training camp, practice planning, game day organization, and fundraising projects, as well as serving as the liaison to all athletic department support units that assist the football team.   His broad range of responsibilities includes assisting with the planning of team events and other football program projects. In his role, Korn works closely with university faculty and staff and the athletic department's facilities, marketing, media relations and development offices. He also serves as the pro liaison to NFL and CFL scouts and player personnel, handles agent relations and player education, and organizes NSUs yearly Pro Day for Draft-eligible prospects.   Korn plays a key role in managing the overall recruiting process as well with the planning and execution of official and unofficial visits, recruiting budget oversight, development of marketing messages, strategic planning, organization and evaluation of the recruiting prospect board and video database, and ensuring that the recruiting and evaluation plan stays on track. He is charged with monitoring staff efforts and providing direction and consistency throughout the recruiting process while keeping the staff abreast of the latest trends in recruiting.   As an essential component of the staffs recruiting efforts, he helped land NSU a 2010 signing class rated No. 4 nationally among FCS schools, according to the Rivals.com Recruiting Service rankings, while the 2007 and 2005 recruiting classes ranked No. 9 and No. 4 nationally respectively, providing the Demons with a foundation that was lauded among the nations finest.   In 13 seasons with Korn on staff as a football administrator, the Demons have posted an overall 70-64 (.522) mark highlighted by an overtime victory (27-24) at bowl-bound TCU in 2001 and a last-second win at 2014 Conference USA West Division Champion and Heart of Dallas Bowl participant Louisiana Tech University; captured a Southland Conference Championship title (2004); made three NCAA Football Championship (FCS)/Division I-AA post-season playoff appearances (2011, 2002, 2004); the program ranked as high as No. 11 nationally (2001-2004), while climbing to No. 3 in the Nation in 2002; four separate teams cracked the FCS Top 10 at some point of the season during the 2001-2004 campaigns; team set 30 offensive and special teams records in 2014; teams broke or tied four NCAA Division I-AA records, 10 Southland Conference records and 35 school records, including the single-season and single-game scoring records and seven defensive records (2001-2007); the 2004 Southland Conference championship team broke 13 school offensive records, including season records for total offense (4,905 yards), first downs (241), rushing yards (2,981), rushing touchdowns (34) and total touchdowns (53); posted four straight games with 40 or more points, an all-time school best. He has also assisted in the development of 12 All-American selections, six NFL Draft picks (Craig Nall (Green Bay Packers), Terrence McGee (Buffalo Bills), David Pittman (Baltimore Ravens), Demetress Bell (Buffalo Bills), Super Bowl XLVIII champion Jeremy Lane (Seattle Seahawks) and Deon Simon (New York Jets), as well as three Senior Bowl invites (David Pittman, Imoan Claiborne, Ed Eagan).   Previously, Korn spent six years in college athletics at NSU and served in various positions, including sports information, womens basketball operations, sports broadcasting, and ticket operations. As an undergraduate he was a recipient of the Ace Higgins Award, presented by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association to the states top sports information student assistant. His womens basketball media guides ranked as the top in the Southland Conference, second in the state of Louisiana, and top-40 nationally as the Lady Demons posted a 65-24 (.730) mark and a WNIT appearance under Head Coach James Smith. As the secondary contact for baseball for two seasons, the Demons went 78-34 (.696) and captured an SLC title under Head Coach Jim Wells. Korn also served on the Demon Sports Radio Network as a color analyst, sideline reporter and studio host (football, mens and womens basketball, baseball) before being named Director of Athletic Ticket Operations. Prior to his return as Director of Football Operations, Korn was the Sports Director & Anchor at KNTS-TV in Natchitoches where he also hosted weekly highlight shows for NSU and area high school football and basketball teams. He broke into the coaching and operations ranks as a graduate assistant in the role of Director of Basketball Operations as the Lady Demons recorded a 25-7 (.781) record and captured another WNIT appearance.   : A native of Bunker Hill/Grissom AFB, Indiana, Korn received his bachelors degree in Broadcast-Journalism from Northwestern State in 1994. Married to the former Melissa Antilley (NSU graduate in Education) of Natchitoches, they are the proud parents of three daughters and a son, twins Amber and Ashley, Stephanie (NSU graduate in Nursing) and Patrick (NSU graduate in Criminal Justice), as well as seven grandchildren, Aubree, Grayson, Alec, Valerie, Abram, Braylee and James. He enjoys spending time with his family, collecting sports memorabilia, watching movies, and is a voracious reader of books on football strategy and organization, NFL scouting and player evaluation processes, leadership management, coaching biographies, and military history, strategy and tactics. A rabid Cheesehead and die-hard fan of the Green Bay Packers (his father, a highly-decorated 25-year veteran of the United States Air Force and the Vietnam War, was born and raised in Green Bay, WI), Korn is a life-long shareholding owner of the Super Bowl XLV Champions and 13-time NFL World Champions.