West Chester University of Pennsylvania Men's Football

Charles "Duke" Greco begins his third season on the sideline of West Chester University's football program as the 16th head coach in school history. He is 8-13 overall and 6-7 against Eastern Division opponents in two seasons as the Golden Rams' mentor. Greco won three of his first four games in 2025 with the lone setback coming by two points on the road at nationally ranked California (Pa.). In fact, three of the team's seven losses were one-score games. Senior LB Connor Noble was a first-team all-conference and first-team All-Super Region 1 selection while place-kicker Rylan Zuk was a second team pick in the Eastern Division. After beginning his stint in the purple & gold with four straight losses, Greco and his charges won four of the team's last six contests in 2025 to slide up the standings into third place. Much of that success towards the end of the season was due to quarterback, Cooper Jordan, who was named the Eastern Division's offensive player of the year under Greco's tutelage. A total of six Golden Rams were named all-conference, including four on the first team. Linebacker, Connor Noble, was a first team All-Super Region One selection and an honorable mention All-American by Don Hansen Football Gazette Magazine. Along the way, three Golden Rams were honored as academic all-region by PhillySIDA and two of those were CSC Academic All-District by the College Sports Communication organization. Greco amassed an astounding 91-15 record with postseason berths each year, including six NCAA appearances, three trips to the NCAA quarterfinals, six consecutive (2017-2018-2019-2021-2022-2023) Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) championships, two Centennial-MAC Bowl Series championships, and four MAC Coach of the Year honors. The Aggies finished the 2023 regular season 9-1 overall and a perfect 9-0 in conference play, extending their win-streak against MAC teams to 53 straight. The streak is the longest in the 70-year history of MAC football and dates back to the 2016 season. Additionally, five Aggies were named D3football.com All-Region 1 at the end of the season. The 2022 season marked the second time DelVal hosted an NCAA quarterfinal game during Greco’s tenure. The Aggies tied the program record with 12 wins to just one loss and capped another undefeated regular season with their fifth consecutive MAC title. Delval would continue their dominance in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with a 59-0 win over Gallaudet. In the second round, the Aggies won a thrilling 39-32 showdown against #14 Randolph Macon. The Aggie’s only loss of the season would come in the quarterfinals of the NCAA playoffs against the number two team in the country, Mount Union. Greco would lead one of the best defensive units in the country during the 2022 season. The DelVal defense led the way with only 13 touchdowns surrendered all year and 9.15 points per game against. The Aggies saw three individuals earn All-America honors including defensive end Michael Nobile who earned the program’s first National Player of the Year accolade. 17 Aggies were named to all-conference teams and seven earned All-Region. The 2021 season proved to be another remarkable year for the Aggies, as Greco and his staff led the team to an 11-1 mark, including their fourth consecutive MAC championship. DelVal ran through the regular season at 10-0, including an 8-0 record in conference play. After defeating Anna Maria 62-10 in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Aggies fell at home to Muhlenberg 14-0 and their season came to an end. The Aggies outscored opponents 443-81 and their defense ranked first in the country in nine different categories, while finishing in the top ten in five others.  In 2019, the Aggies were back in the NCAA quarterfinals after going 11-1 in the regular season with another unblemished 8-0 mark in MAC play. The magical run came to an end after DelVal flew to the outskirts of Chicago and suffered a heartbreaking, 31-14, defeat at the eventual Division III National Champions North Central College. The squad won 10-straight games that year, including eight MAC contests and two NCAA road playoff games, and outscored conference opponents 317-72.  The eight conference victories extended the program's win-streak against MAC opponents to 28 games, a new all-time conference record, and a streak that dates back to the 2016 season. Individually, a program-record five players earned All-Region and All-American honors, and sophomore defensive end Michael Nobile was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Year for the second time while Greco earned his second Coach of the Year award from the league. A total of 17 players earned all-MAC nods and 25 were on the MAC Academic Honor Roll.  For the 2018 season, Greco and his staff entered conference play 1-1 after a loss to nationally-ranked Wesley. From there, the squad ripped off eight straight conference victories by a combined score of 299-77. The Aggies finished the regular-season ranked 13th in one national poll and fourth in the East Region. They hosted Muhlenberg College in the first round of the NCAA playoffs, but fell in heartbreak fashion on a late fourth quarter pick-six.  A total of 16 players were named to the all-MAC squad including Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, freshman defensive end, Michael Nobile. Nobile, his twin brother Anthony, and tight end Dan Allen received all-East Region accolades with Michael and Allen going on to become All-Americans.  The 2017 campaign was one of coach Greco's finest to date, and one of the best season's in program history. The completed a perfect 10-0 regular season that was capped with a conference championship. The Aggies were selected as a top seed in one of the NCAA brackets and won a pair of home games to reach the quarterfinals. They nearly reached the semifinals for the first time in program history, but fell on a last-second field goal. The team tied a school record with 12 wins as well as a number five ranking during the season. The accolades poured in for Greco and his players for the 2017 campaign. Nineteen Aggies were named to the all-conference team while Devauntay Ellis was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year. Five players received all-region accolades with Stephen Adams and Shawn Miller going on to earn All-America accolades. Twenty-two players were named to the MAC's academic honor roll with five picking up Academic All-Area honors and one named to the all-district team while being added to the Academic All-American ballot. For Greco, he was selected as the MAC Coach of the Year and the Maxwell Football Club Tri-State Coach of the Year.   Greco's other NCAA appearance came in his first year as head coach as the 2014 edition won its first nine games, played for the MAC championship in the final game of the regular season and earned an at-large berth and a home game in the playoffs. Eleven players were named to the all-conference team, including wide receiver Rasheed Bailey, who was the MAC Offensive Player of the Year. Bailey was named to three separate All-America Teams and later signed a free agent contract with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles (he is currently with the Winnipeg Bombers of the CFL). In both 2015 and 2016, Greco led DelVal to a 9-2 record and victories in the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series. Thirty-two Aggies received all-MAC accolades over those two years with one first-team All-American in Rashaad Lighty. Prior to becoming head coach, Greco had an 11-year stint as an assistant coach at his alma mater, including eight as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator. In Greco's eight years as the offensive coordinator at DelVal, the Aggies won four MAC championships and reached the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs three times. The four MAC titles were from 2008 to 2011 as DelVal was one of just five football teams in the 100-year history of the conference to notch four or more consecutive championships. They also captured a pair of Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Bowl championships. Greco began his coordinator stint in 2006 and worked a rookie quarterback into the system. The result was an eight-win season with three offensive players earning all-MAC honors. The next year, five players were named to the all-conference team. In 2008, the team posted 25 and 41 points in upset wins over the No. 3 and 6 teams in the country. Three players grabbed all-MAC honors with quarterback Mike Isgro also being named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year. The Aggies were even better in ‘09 as they averaged 30.7 points per game, including a then school-record 66 in the NCAA playoff win over Susquehanna.  The next year, DelVal averaged 31.3 points and 414.4 yards per game. Eight offensive players were named to the all-conference team while tailback Matt Cook was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year. 2011 was, perhaps, Greco’s greatest challenge as he had to replace nearly the entire starting offensive unit, including the quarterback, running back, two wide receivers and four offensive linemen. He worked a rookie quarterback into the system from day one and DelVal went on to average 35 points and nearly 440 yards per game while reaching the second round of the NCAA playoffs.  In 2012, the team averaged 34.1 points and 460.5 yards per game while five offensive players were all-conference picks.The next year saw eight offensive players named to the all-MAC team as the unit averaged 30.8 points and 425.9 yards per contest. Greco coached various positions with DelVal from 2002 to 2004, including in ‘04 as the Aggies won the MAC title and reached the NCAA quarterfinals. Greco first joined the staff after finishing his playing days as one of DelVal’s all-time leading passers. Despite playing just 20 games at quarterback (he started his career as a defensive back), Greco graduated as the school’s second all-time leading passer with 299 completions, 3,974 yards and 41 touchdowns. Greco earned second team all-MAC honors in 2001 as he shattered all DelVal single-season records with 2,405 yards and 28 touchdowns (since broken). His 369 yards in a loss to Lebanon Valley was the second-highest, single-game total at the time and it still stands fourth on the list. Greco was also a threat to run and finished the ‘01 campaign with 172 yards and a team-best five rushing touchdowns. Greco graduated in 2003 with a bachelor of arts degree in sports management.  

The definition of longevity on the West Chester University sideline and in the coaches’ booth on game day, Gerald Toney is in his third decade (34 years) as an assistant coach at his alma mater under three head coaches in current mentor Duke Greco, former head coach Bill Zwaan, Sr., and WCU Killinger Football Hall of Fame head coach Rick Daniels. , A former student-athlete at West Chester University, Toney has been as much the face of the Golden Rams’ football program as anybody at the school. Counting the five years that Toney played for West Chester in the late 1980s, along with one season as a graduate assistant, Toney has had his hands on the Golden Rams' defensive unit for a long time. Toney, a senior defensive captain in the Golden Rams' secondary helping West Chester reach the NCAA Division II Tournament twice, Toney has been mostly responsible for the defensive secondary and the special teams development for the majority of his time at West Chester. Toney has served as the assistant head coach for Greco the last three seasons, a role he held under Zwaan, Sr. as well, while doubling as defensive backs and special teams coordinator the first two campaigns. The Trenton, N.J. Last fall, place-kicker Sean Henry became just the third kicker in school history to boot a 50-yard field goal and was a second team all-conference selection at the end of the year as a result. Among Toney's other star pupils have been former DB Al-Hajj Shabazz and Nydair Rouse, who each spent some time in the NFL and NFL camps. Shabazz played in eight regular-season games, and one playoff game, with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2016 while Rouse spent the 2019 preseason with the Green Bay Packers. Shabazz is one of two All-America defensive backs to learn their trade under Toney's watchful eye. Jarey Elder was the other. West Chester has ranked among the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's top five passing defenses five of the past 10 years while sporting a pass defense efficiency rating that put the Golden Rams in the top five in the PSAC for seven straight campaigns from 2013 to 2019. Toney helped orchestrate the loop's top pass defense three times (2014, 2015, 2019) and the top pass defense efficiency rating twice (2014, 2018). In 2018, when WCU paced the conference with the lowest pass defense efficiency rating (106.5), the Golden Rams intercepted 18 passes - the most in a single season by the squad since 2013. In 2013, Toney helped direct a group of defensive backs that tied for second in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in interceptions. In the Super Region 1 championship game on the road at Shepherd, Safety Brandon Pepper intercepted passes on consecutive throws, returning one for a touchdown, that helped seal the fate of the Shepherd Rams and send West Chester to the national semifinals. In 2012, Toney coached the conference’s eighth-ranked defense against the pass, while local product, John O’Donnell, returned two interceptions and one fumble for a TD, scoring three defensive touchdowns for the Golden Rams all by himself. In all, West Chester intercepted 13 passes while both O’Donnell and sophomore LB Ronell Williams led the team with three picks each. Toney was instrumental in the development of a unit that started three seniors with three more seniors second on the depth chart. The special teams unit has not been too shabby in its own right under the direction of Toney, ranking 13th nationally in kick coverage (16.7 yards per kickoff return) while Tyler Karpinski returned a punt for a touchdown, and Brandon Monk brought back a kickoff for a TD. Monk wound up leading the league in kick returns in 2015 as well (25.5 yards per return). Toney has tutored three of the school's top five all-time leaders in kickoff returns, including former all-purpose All-American Rondell White. He also turned Brandon Monk into the most prolific kick returner in school history. Monk graduated as the program's all-time leader in average yards per kick return (27.3). However, it has been the punt return units which have fared the best under Toney's tutelage. West Chester has led the PSAC in punt return average three times since 2002. A big reason for that was Monk once again, who ranks fifth all-time at West Chester in punt returns. D'Shaun Seals was named second team all-conference as a return man during his college career, which ended in 2024. Toney’s stint as offensive coordinator (2008-10) was very successful as WCU consistently ranked among the best in the conference in average yards per game. West Chester averaged better than 400 yards of total offense per game in each of Toney’s three years as the OC when the Golden Rams ranked fourth, third and sixth, respectively, in total offense. In 2008, Toney tutored PSAC offensive player of the year and first team All-America wide receiver Mike Washington, who was a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy. The Golden Rams passing attack was considered one of the most dangerous in all of Division II and was a big reason WCU scored better than 30 points per game. As recruiting coordinator for the Golden Rams until recently, Toney was directly responsible for attracting some of the state’s top talent to Chester County. His main focus was in-state talent, but did stretch to southern New Jersey and Delaware, bringing in some of the finest athletes the tri-state area had to offer. A 1992 graduate of West Chester University with a degree in Health & Physical Education, Toney was a four-year letterwinner for head coach Danny Hale and a member of two NCAA Division II playoff teams at West Chester. During his senior season, he was selected All-PSAC East and All-ECAC Division II. He was the team’s captain his senior year and was inducted into the Killinger Foundation Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

Zwaan begins his 14th season as head coach of the Golden Rams, having put together one of the most impressive coaching resumes in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference during that span. Zwaan has won four PSAC Eastern Division titles (2004, 2007, 2008 and 2015) while copping Coach of the Year plaudits each time. He has guided the Golden Rams to the NCAA II playoffs a school-record seven times while authoring the second-most wins in school history (108) and steering the institution to the national semifinals twice (2004 and 2013). His 14 years of service to the Golden Rams football team ties him for the second longest stint as head coach in school history with the man he replaced in 2003 (Rick Daniels). Only the legendary W. Glenn Killinger coached West Chester football for a longer period of time (23 years). In 13 years on West Chesters sideline, Zwaan has masterminded a 108-51 (.679) record. He sports an overall record of 162-65 (.714) in 19 years. As he begins his second decade in the head coaching profession, Zwaan stands behind only the venerable Denny Douds (43 years at East Stroudsburg) in coaching seasons within the PSAC. Additionally, Zwaans 20 years of service as a head coach is tied for seventh across the nation in Division II in terms of longevity. His .714 career winning percentage ranks seventh among active head coaches in DII and 21st all-time among coaches who spent at least part of their career at the Division II level. His 165 career wins ranks fifth nationally among active head coaches at DII and 41st all time. West Chester has never suffered a losing season in conference play under Zwaans tutelage either, authoring a 71-18 mark against the rest of the PSAC Eastern Division since 2003. The 19-year college football mentor collected his 100th career win against Lock Haven in the 2008 season opener and is one of only a handful of college coaches to lead a school to the NCAA Tournament semifinals at both the Division II and III levels, having guided West Chester to the Division II semifinals in both 2004 and 2013, and Widener University to the Division III semifinals in 2000. He was inducted into the Delaware County chapter of the Pennsylvania State Sports Hall of Fame in July 2008. West Chester University has captured the Team of the Year award handed out by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) seven times during Zwaans tenure (2004, 2006-09, 2013-14).      In his first 13 years at West Chester University, Zwaan has mentored seven players who were finalists for player of the year at their respective positions. The most recent, defensive end Andrew Cohen, was a finalist for both the Gene Upshaw Award and the Cliff Harris Award in 2015. He graduated as the PSACs all-time sacks leader with 33.5 to his credit. He ranked fourth in the country at Division II in sacks a year ago. Place-kicker, Shawn Leo, was named a finalist for the Fred Mitchell Award in both 2010 and 2011, handed out to the national kicker of the year, who examplifies excellence both on the field and in their community. Meanwhile former wide receiver Mike Washington was a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy in 2008, handed out to the Division II national player of the year, and former standouts Rondell White and Sean McCartney were each finalists for the same award in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Additionally, linebacker, Ronell Williams was named a finalist for the Cliff Harris Award in 2013, and defensive back Al-Hajj Shabazz was a finalist fo that honor in 2014. Shabazz, who signed a free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts and spent the NFL preseason in camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, signed on with the Pittsburgh Steelers following the 2015 NFL season and will tryou for head coach Mike Tomlins squad this coming fall.. WR Dan DePalma, another product of Zwaans Spread Wing-T offense, spent three seasons in the NFL on the practice squad for the New York Giants in 2011 and 2012, before moving over to the San Diego Chargers practice squad in 2013. DePalma spent the last two seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Former linebacker Sam Scott has enjoyed a lengthy career north of the border in the CFL. He enters his sixth season in Canada this summer, after signing a free agent contract with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He previously spent one year with the Calgary Stampede and four with the Hamilton Tiger Cats. Last fall, Zwaan snared the PSAC East title for the fourth time in his tenure at West Chester, reaching the PSAC Championship Game for the second time. With a sophomore quarterback and a young offensive line, the Golden Rams pulled out a division crown under difficult circumstances. The Golden Rams finished 6-1 in league play, before falling to nationally ranked Slippery Rock in the conference championship game to end the 2015 campaign. Zwaan has guided his charges to the NCAA II playoffs in both 2013 and 2014, advancing past the first round on each occasion. In 2013, the Golden Rams won a single-season best 13 contests on their way to the national semifinals. In 2014, West Chester defeated PSAC rival Slippery Rock in the first round, before falling to Mountain East Conference champion Concord on the road in the second round. Zwaans patented Spread Wing-T offense has averaged better than 400 yards of total offense per game in 11 of his 13 years at WCU and scored at least 50 touchdowns per year in his first six campaigns. The biggest reason for Zwaans offensive success recently was attributed to Sean McCartney, who graduated in 2014 second all-time at the school in both passing yards and touchdowns. He became just the second signal-caller in school history to eclipse 9,000 yards passing and throw 90 TDs in a career. McCartney, a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, was a master at Zwaans Spread Wing-T system. In 2014, the Golden Rams set a school record averaging 500 yards of total offense per game marking the first time that WCU ever averaged more than 500 yards per game. Despite having the reputation as a head coach that favors throwing the ball, Zwaans stable of running backs each fall wind up among the conference leaders in rushing. Former RB Rondell White set 21 school records during his four-year tenure at West Chester that ended in 2013. The consensus All-America running back finished 2013 with 1,989 rushing yards, 843 receiving yards and 275 return yards. His 406 carries also broke the NCAA Division II single-season record. White is the only running back in DII history to eclipse 400 rushing attempts in a single season. White is the Golden Rams all-time leading rusher (4,336 yards). He was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II All-America Team, AP Little All-America Football Team and the All-PSAC Eastern Division First Team while being named the ECAC Offensive player of the year and being honored by the Maxwell Football Club and the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association as regional player of the year on both occasions.     Defensively, linebackers Ronell Williams and Mike Labor are widely considered two of the best Zwaan has overseen during his 12 years at West Chester. Williams was named a finalist for the inaugural Cliff Harris Award as the top small college defensive football player in the country, representing nearly 500 NCAA Division II, III and NAIA colleges and universities. In 2014, Al-Hajj Shabazz was named a finalist for that very same award. The senior defensive back earned All-America accolades and was considered among the top defensive backs in DII. Over the past four years, West Chester has authored a 38-12 record and captured one PSAC Eastern Division crown. However, the recent success of the Golden Rams follows a two-year stint of back-to-back losing seasons in 2010 and 2011. They are the only two sub .500 seasons in Zwaans 19-year coaching career. Those experiences helped Zwaan re-evaluate what he and his coaching staff were doing and how they were doing it. The results speak for themselves. Since the end of the 2011 campaign, Zwaan has embraced the athletic departments leadership program, named for former WCU quarterback Michael Horrocks, and the affect has been a steady line of well-trained leaders on the club, who organize and support each player off the field. The leadership program focuses on teaching life skills to its cadets and showing them ways in which they can help their fellow teammates improve. Zwaan put together a 7-4 campaign in 2009. The Golden Rams managed to win their final three games of the season, after having been knocked out of the divisional championship race. It marked the first time since Zwaans first year at WCU that the football squad didnt reach the NCAAs and the first time it was not nationally ranked in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) postseason poll since 2005. Despite the disappointment in not reaching the postseason in 2009, West Chesters defense was the top-ranked unit in the PSAC, highlighted by a run defense that yielded just over 77 yards rushing per contest. The Golden Rams offense was ranked third in the PSAC under the guidance of sixth-year senior QB Joe Wright, who finished the year as the loops second-rated passer. West Chester finished 9-4 in 2008 with the schools second consecutive PSAC Eastern Division title in tow, marking the third straight nine-win campaign and second straight undefeated conference slate. As a result, West Chester captured the Division II team of the year award in the ECAC for the second straight season. The Golden Rams made it five postseason appearances in a row, topping Southern Connecticut State, 52-32, in the first round of the NCAA playoffs and setting a school record for most points in a playoff game. West Chester boasted the conferences second-ranked offense, averaging 428 yards per game and scoring 58 touchdowns. Senior WR Mike Washington was the focal point of that offense, earning Division II first team All-America accolades and being honored as one of eight finalists for the Harlon Hill Trophy handed out to the Division II player of the year. In 2007, West Chester posted an overall record of 9-3 en route to the PSAC Eastern Division crown with a perfect 5-0 mark. The Golden Rams once again reached the NCAA II playoffs. After guiding the Golden Rams to a 9-4 mark in 2006, including a first-round victory over Bryant in the postseason, West Chester captured its second Lambert Cup in the previous three years as the top team in the East. In 2004, Zwaan was chosen the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division coach of the year as his club posted a school-record 11 victories against just four losses. The Golden Rams won the PSAC East, captured the Division II Lambert Trophy for the first time since 1967 and claimed an NCAA Division II playoff victory for the first time in the history of the program. Zwaans magical run through the NCAA II playoffs ended with a loss to national power Valdosta State (Ga.) in the semifinals. It marked the first time that West Chester University won the NCAA regional championship and advanced to the semifinals in school history. The former Widener University head football coach and director of athletics took over the Golden Rams coaching reins in February of 2003. He led West Chester to an 8-3 mark, its most wins in a season since 1999. In 2002, Zwaan completed his sixth and final year as head coach of perennial NCAA Division III powerhouse Widener by leading the Pride to their third consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference championship with a 9-1 mark. He stepped down from his post as both head coach and the schools athletics director to take over at West Chester. Zwaan still owns the highest winning percentage in school history at Widener University with a .794 ledger (54-14). In 2001, he guided Widener to its second straight MAC title and a spot in the national quarterfinals. He produced the first undefeated regular season in 20 years and reached second in the Division III national polls for five weeks during the campaign. In addition to being named the MAC and Region II coach of the year in 2000, and again in 2001, Zwaan was named the Tri-State Region coach of the year by the Maxwell Football Club and was also honored as the American Football Monthly coach of the year. Widener won a dozen games in both the 2001 (12-1) and 2000 (12-2) seasons and the Pride advanced to the NCAA Division III national semifinals in 2000. That year, Widener also captured the Division III Lambert Cup and also won the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III team of the year award. Zwaan has produced 15 All-Americans and four academic All-Americans. His latest protégé, MLB Ronell Williams was the first sophomore All-America selection in Zwaans coaching career. Additionally, WR Mike Washington caught for more than 4,000 yards during his college career and set numerous records on the national, conference and school levels. His record of 50 straight games with at least one pass reception is a Division II record and one shy of the NCAA record at any level. Former Widener University wide receiver Michael Coleman became the first Pride drafted by the NFL in 20 years (2002) thanks to Zwaans tutelage. Jim Jones, who along with Coleman, helped form the most formidable receiving tandem in the country, signed a free agent contract following the draft that same year. Former Widener standout T.J. Hess received two of the highest honors in the nation as he was named Academic All-America of the Year for the college division (Divisions II, III, NAIA) and was one of 16 recipients of an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame while playing for Zwaan. Zwaan has been an outspoken advocate for both Autism Speaks and the Be The Match national marrow donor program many college football programs across all three divisions around the country have gotten involved with. Each fall, Zwaan and his football players take part in the Autism Walk in Philadelphia that raises money for autism. Since 2007, Zwaan has been involved with the Be The Match marrow donor program through the assistance of Villanova head coach Andy Talley. Each spring, Zwaans football team holds a bone marrow drive on campus to sign people up and help grow the list of potential donors. That effort has resulted in five West Chester University students being deemed a match and helping to save a life. Former football players Dom Dividio, Bill Pommerer and Jared Bonacquisti were all singled out as potential matches in 2011. All underwent the extended testing necessary to determine if they are, in fact, a match for somebody. Of the three, Jared Bonacquisti was a match for a man in Illinois. Bonacquisti had the procedure done and the process helped save that persons life. In 2013, one year after going through the bone marrow transplant process, Bonacquisti met his match so to speak and had the opportunity to meet the person whos life he saved by donating his bone marrow. The fourth WCU student-athlete found to be a potential match was All-America womens lacrosse player, Tori Dugan. She went through the process before her senior year in 2012 and was deemed a match as well.   Zwaan was a standout quarterback at the University of Delaware during his college playing days, leading the Blue Hens to the 1974 NCAA Division II national championship game. He earned his bachelors of science degree in Marketing Management in 1979. Zwaan resides in Malvern, Pa., with his wife Rosemary. Together, they raised two children, Bill Jr., and Caroline. Zwaans son is a 2008 graduate of West Chester University,

Osunde returns to his alma mater for his third season mentoring a new generation of running backs and special teams return men. This fall, Osunde will be in charge of a very talented group of running backs, who need to find their own way, following the departure of Rondell White, who literally re-wrote the Golden Rams record book and holds virtually every rushing and all-purpose record at the school. He even holds a couple of receiving marks in that same vane. White finished his career as the schools all-time leading rusher and all-time leader in all-purpose yards. He set the NCAA Division II record for carries in a single season (406) and left the Golden Rams after amassing over 4,000 rushing yards, 2,000 receiving yards and 1,000 yards in returns. He was only the second player in NCAA history to hit all three milestones. His 3,107 all-purpose yards a year ago was second only to former Division II All-American Danny Woodhead for most in a single season.   West Chesters rushing offense ranked fifth in the PSAC in 2013 behind Whites 1,989 yards and 21 touchdowns. The Golden Rams averaged 187.5 rushing yards per game and 4.8 yards per carry. However, West Chester must now rely upon a bevy of talented backs that are ready to step up in the absence of White. Brandon Monk, Jarel Elder and Eddie Elliott are the featured trio that should all see plenty of playing time. With the help of Osunde, who is fourth on the schools all-time rushing chart, these three can make their own legacy on South Campus. The Golden Rams rushing offense ranked fourth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in 2012, boasting some of the leagues most exciting young runners and return men. Monk and Elliott have doubled as return men for the Golden Rams and will do so again in 2014. West Chester runners ran for more than 2,000 yards in 2012 and averaged 4.9 yards per carry, scoring a total of 17 touchdowns. Osunde graduated from WCU in 2007 as the schools third all-time leading rusher. He ranks among the schools top six in 10 career categories spanning rushing, all-purpose and kick return records. Osunde rushed for 3,846 yards and averaged 6.4 yards per carry during his outstanding career. His 51 rushing touchdowns is still the schools standard as well. He also ranks third all-time in all-purpose yards with 5,844, second in points scored with 342 and second in touchdowns with 57. Osunde is also third all-time in kick return yards in a career and average per return. He is one of only three Golden Rams to amass 2,000 all-purpose yards in a single season as well. He  volunteered his time with West Chester Universitys football program in 2011 and 2012, before being hired on full-time in the summer of 2012. Since then, head coach Bill Zwaan has never looked elsewhere for somebody to tutor his running backs. Osunde has fit right in from day one. Since receiving his masters degree from West Chester University in Business Administration in 2009, Osunde has been the owner and CEO of Muscle Gauge Nutrition in Glen Mills, Pa. Osunde graduated from West Chester University with his bachelors of science degree in Marketing in 2007. While an undergrad student at WCU, he was the Student-Athlete Advisory Council president in 2007 and 2008 while also being affiliated with LASO and appearing on the Deans List.

Nick Brady came over to West Chester from Delaware Valley University with head coach Duke Greco where he was Greco's defensive coordinator for the previous eight years. In his first year in new surroundings, Brady mentored linebacker Connor Noble, who was a first-team All-PSAC East selection, first team All-Super Region One and an honorable mention All-American by Don Hansen Football Gozette last fall. West Chester ranked eighth in the PSAC in scoring defense, averaging 24.7 points allowed per game while learning a brand new scheme under Brady. The Golden Rams also ranked sixth in the conference in interceptions and 10th in sacks. Brady coached 14 years for his alma mater, including his eighth as the Aggies' defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Since taking over the defensive duties, he has seen 60 players named to all-MAC teams, including seven conference defensive players of the year, three all-east region defensive player of the year, 12 All-Americans, and 20 all-region players. In 2022, senior defensive end Michael Nobile became the first player in school history to earn national Player of the Year honors. The 2022 Del Val defense helped lead the Aggies to their fifth consecutive MAC title and third consecutive NCAA appearance. Brady led one of the best defenses in the country which included seven All-MAC selections, and 18 All-Region selections. Brady helped coach one of the best defensive players in the country during the 2022 season in senior Mike Nobile. Nobile finished the year as MAC Defensive Player of the Year, Region 1 Defensive Player of the Year, first team All-America, and was a semifinalist for the Gagliardi Trophy. Three Aggie defensemen, Nobile, Anthony Nobile and Blaine Netterman earned D3Football.com All-America honors. Del Val went undefeated in the regular season for the second consecutive year in a row and hosted three games in the NCAA Tournament. In 2021, Brady led the Aggies to an undefeated regular season and established his defense as one of the best defensive units in the entire nation. During the season, the Aggies defense only allowed 6.75 points per game and only eight touchdowns allowed. In 12 games, the defense did not allow a single rushing touchdown all season. Del Val had seven All-MAC selections, seven All-Region 1 selections and the 2021 Region-1 Defensive Player of the Year in junior, Yusuf Aladinov. Four Aggie defensemen Yusuf Aladinov, Anthony Tedesco, Jamir Prevard and Justin Harris were selected as 2021 All-Americans. The 2019 Aggie defense was once again ranked among the top units in all of Division III under Brady. They finished the season ranked seventh in scoring defense (12.8 ppg) and second in total defense (215.2 ypg), and ranked inside the Top 10 in four other categories. The squad inercepted 24 passes, the second most in the nation, recovered seven fumbles and got to opposing quarterbacks for 45 sacks. Individually, three defensive players earned All-Region and All-America honors and a total of nine players earned All-MAC accolades. For the second year in a row, Michael Nobile was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Year and an All-American, and he took home East Region Defensive Player of the Year honors for the first time. In 2018, Brady's squad allowed just 13.8 points and 152 yards per game to opposing offenses. They surrendered just two yards per rushing attempt and a total of 72 rush yards per showing. Defensive end Michael Nobile was named the conference Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, one of seven defensive players to be named to the all-conference team. Nobile and his twin brother Anthony represented the defensive unit on the All-East Region team and Nobile went on to earn All-America honors from two different publications. Brady's defensive unit was dominant in 2017 as Del Val won the MAC and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals. The defense allowed just 10.5 points and 262.8 yards per game while forcing a total of 33 turnovers. Nine players from the defense were named to the all-conference team, including Shawn Miller who was later selected to a pair of All-America teams. Brady's first year coordinating the defense saw the Aggies permit just 14.5 points and 268.3 yards per game. Eight players on the defensive side of the ball earned all-conference honors. Brady was a running backs coach for his first six seasons at Del Val and also was a co-special teams coordinator from 2014 to 2015. Eight running backs combined for 10 all-conference honors during that time, including All-Americans Matt Cook and Chris Smallwood.   Brady graduated from Delaware Valley University in 2004 with a bachelor of science degree in Sport Management.