January 28, 1999

DAPP NAMED TO AFCA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

NASHVILLE, TN --- Moravian College head football coach Scot Dapp has been elected to the Board of Trustees for the American Football Coaches Association by the members attending the 1999 AFCA Convention in Nashville, TN.

Three new members on the Board, Sam Houston State head coach Ron Randleman, Northwest Missouri State head coach Mel Tjeerdsma and Wake Forest head coach Jim Caldwell, join Dapp.

Dapp, a Boyertown native, replaces outgoing trustee John Luckhardt of Washington & Jefferson College, who retired at the end of the 1998 season, as an at-large representative in Division III. Dapp has been the head coach at Moravian since 1987 and has a 12-year record of 80-42-1 (.654 winning percentage). A two-time Middle Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year, Dapp ranks as the second winningest coach in school history in both victories and winning percentage.

The four new members join a group of head coaches from across the nation who guide the AFCA. Amos Alonzo Stagg, John Heisman and others founded the organization in 1922 and the AFCA currently has over 8,000 members in all levels of the profession.

Returning members of the AFCA Board of Trustees include incoming president Rocky Rees, Shippensburg University; first vice-president Bob Ford, University at Albany; second vice-president Joseph Taylor, Hampton University and third vice-president Glen Mason, University of Minnesota.

Also serving on the Board again in 1999: Dick Tressel of Hamline University; Dick Tomey of the University of Arizona; Phil Fulmer from national champion University of Tennessee; Gary Blackney of Bowling Green State University; Ken Hatfield, Rice University and Kick Doll, University of Notre Dame, ex-officio and chairman of the Assistant Coaches Committee. AFCA Executive Director Grant Teaff serves as secretary-treasurer of the organization.