Occidental College Men's Football

Semones, formerly an assistant head coach at Yale University, is entering his fourth season as Oxy's Head Football Coach. In his first three years, Semones took the Tigers from a 2-7 mark in 2012 to a back-to-back-back 5-4 records and three consecutive 4-3 records in the SCIAC. His signature win came against his Alma mater, Cal Lutheran in 2013. The Tigers beat the Kingsmen 44-34 on Oct. 26, 2013, handing Cal Lu just its second SCIAC loss in 29 games. Nine Tigers have been named First Team All-SCIAC, six named to Second Team and one was named the SCIAC Newcomer of the Year. In 2014 nose tackle Dallas Gosselin was named D3football.com All-West Region as well.  In 2015, Semones coached Kwame Do, who became the SCIAC's all-time leading rusher and was the SCIAC Offensive Player of the Year.  Prior to Oxy, Semones spent three seasons at Yale from 2009-11 where he worked with the outside linebackers, coached the defensive line and recruited very similar types of academically gifted student-athletes that Oxy attracts. Before his stop in the Ivy League, Semones coached at various places around the country in high school, college and pro.  He won four OIA Championships and went 68-14-2 in seven seasons as the head coach (1989-95) at Kahuku HS in Hawaii and later had a three-year stint as the special teams coordinator and defensive line coach at the University of Hawaii from 1996-98.  Shortly after his tenure with Hawaii, he was the defensive and special teams coordinator for the Hawaiian Islanders of the Arena Football League. Semones was most recently the defensive coordinator at Hillhouse HS in New Haven, Conn. where he helped the team to a 2012 state championship. "I've coached everything from Pop Warner to professional football where guys got paid so I love the game and it's similar on all levels," Semones said. "You've got to put the work in to be successful and have fun." Semones grew up in Mesa, Ariz. and then later played defensive back at Scottsdale Community College and Cal Lutheran, where he earned his BS in Physical Education in 1983. In 1994, he earned masters in special education at the University of Hawaii. Doug lives in Eagle Rock with his wife Linda. He has two children that were collegiate student-athletes. His son Jake played baseball and football at Yale class of 2014 and his daughter C.J. was a softball player at Georgetown class of 2016.

Brown began his coaching career at Calabasas High school in 2011, where he coached the football and track teams. He also served as the assistant speed and agility coach. In addition to coaching at the high school level, Brown has experiences in training a variety of sports in football, basketball and baseball from the youth, collegiate and pro level athletes. Prior to coaching, Coach Brown attended Los Angeles Valley Community College from 2002-2003 where he was a two-year defensive captain in football. In 2002, he was named Iron Man of the Year and All-Valley Defensive Back. In 2003, Brown was awarded a full football scholarship to Division I-AA Western Illinois University where he played for the Leathernecks from 2004-2006. In 2012, Brown graduated from Western Illinois where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in General Studies with a minor in Marketing. After college, Brown has had tryouts for various NFL and CFL football teams at wide receiver and defensive back. In 2007-2009, Richard played arena football for the Kansas City Brigade, the Texas Copperheads, and the Iowa Barnstormers. Richard, a Los Angeles native, went to high school at El Camino Real High School; and is currently married to his wife Jeannine.

Arceneaux had a very successful high school coaching career in Hawaii, which included coaching future Heisman winning and Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota. He began in 2003 as the head football coach of Saint Louis HS in Honolulu where he led his team to a 9-2 record, an ILH championship and a 2 place finish in the state finals. He then became the offensive coordinator at Mililani HS in 2006 and the head coach from 2007-2010. In 2010 he returned to Saint Louis as the head coach and assistant athletic director. During his second stint at Saint Louis is when he mentored Mariota. He led that 2010 team to the State Championships and a 12-1 record and earned Hawaiis Coach of the Year awards from MaxPreps and the ILH. In 2012 he earned HS coach of the year from the NFL Pro Bowl. Arceneaux played his collegiate ball at University of Utah from 1996-2000, where he was 11-2 as the teams starting QB, a team captain in 1999 and 2000 and voted 4x Most Inspirational Offensive Player. In 1999, he led Utah to a victory in the Las Vegas Bowl over Fresno State. He graduated Utah with a B.S. in Sociology. A Hawaii native, Arceneaux enjoyed a decorated high school career. In 1995, he was the Hawaii Athlete of the Year (Honolulu Quarterback Club), Hawaii Offensive Player of the Year, was the nation's 14th ranked quarterback, and was first-team all-state quarterback (an honor he also received in 94). He was also all-state basketball player in 1995-96 and led St. Louis to three state prep bowl championships and two IHL basketball championships.  He is married to his wife Nicole and has three children, Chloe, Kekoa and Elle.