Wittenberg University Men's Football

Bio Kennedy Cook joined the football coaching staff at Wittenberg University in December 2025. He serves as the team's co-offensive coordinator, and he is charged with oversight of the offensive line. Prior to returning to his alma mater, Cook spent two seasons (2024-25) as the offensive line coach at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio, and two seasons (2022-2023) as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator at Glenville State University in Glenville, West Virginia. At Glenville State, Cook coached a unit that ranked eighth in the nation for sacks allowed in 2022 (eight sacks allowed). He mentored three Pioneer players to all-conference honors, including Ian Pomeroy, a two-time first-team All-MEC and All-America selection. From 2019-21, Cook a graduate assistant, focusing on the offensive line, at Ohio State. While there, he coached in the College Football Playoff in 2019 and 2020 as the Buckeyes played Clemson both years, losing the Tigers in the 2019 Fiesta Bowl before defeating the same opponent in the 2020 Sugar Bowl. Ohio State lost to Alabama in the 2020 National Championship, and the Buckeyes beat Utah in the 2021 Rose Bowl. At Ohio State, Cook helped to mentor five All-Americans and 11 All-Big Ten players. Cook's first coaching job came as a graduate assistant, focusing on the offensive line, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, from 2017-2019. He coached three All-Mid-American Conference selections in his time there. Overall in his career, Cook has coached nine players that have been drafted by NFL teams. Cook was a three-year starter as an offensive lineman at Wittenberg University before earning his bachelor's degree in sport management (minor in business) in 2017. He earned All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors, and he was a member of three teams that won NCAC titles and made appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Cook earned a master's degree in kinesiology with a concentration in sports leaderships from Miami in 2019 and a master's degree in sport management from OSU in 2021.

Bio D'Gary Wallace joined the Wittenberg University football coaching staff in April 2026. He arrived at Wittenberg after more than 10 years of college coaching experience, including stops at Defiance College, Capital University, Cincinnati Christian University, Urbana University, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, and Alcorn State. In his career, Wallace has guided players to a total of 28 all-conference and two All-America awards. Wallace has been identified as a leader in the profession, including being named a “Rising Star” by FootballScoop.com and included on a “Minority Watch List." In 2022, he was chosen for the prestigious NCAA/NFL Administrators Academy. The NCAA also selected Coach Wallace as an “Emerging Leader” in 2021. Wallace has enjoyed success at every level of college football, and as a position coach, he has produced consistent results. In addition to his collegiate experience, Wallace served two stints as the defensive coordinator for his high school alma mater, Paul Laurence Dunbar in Dayton, Ohio. He helped guide seven players to all-state honors between 2017 and 2019. As a college athlete at Urbana University, Wallace was a two-time NCAA Division II All-American linebacker. He ended his career as the all-time leader for Urbana in career tackles, career-assisted tackles, total tackles in a single season, assisted tackles in a single season, and most tackles in a single game. In 2015, Wallace was named a finalist for the Cliff Harris Award for being the best defensive player in Division II. He was a three-time first-team All-Mountain East Conference honoree, and he still holds the conference record for most career tackles. Wallace graduated from Urbana with a degree in early childhood education.