Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Moravian College Head Coach Scot Dapp Named 2005 AFCA President

LOUISVILLE, KY. — Scot Dapp, head football coach at Moravian College, will lead the American Football Coaches Association in 2005 as president of the organization.

Dapp, who moves up from second vice-president of the Association, succeeds outgoing president Ken Hatfield of Rice University. Dapp was elected president by members attending the Association’s 2005 convention this week in Louisville.

“Just being named to the Board of Trustees in 1999 was a great honor,” Dapp said. “I hope I can live up to the level of excellence set by the coaches who have been in this position before me. Regardless of the division we coach, we all coach football and influence young people. I want people to realize that everyone who attends this convention and everyone working the sidelines on Friday and Saturday nights are doing wonderful things and the end result is so important in the development of young men.”

The AFCA, founded in 1922 by Amos Alonzo Stagg, John Heisman and others, has more than 10,000 members from all levels of the profession. According to its constitution, the AFCA was formed, in part, to “maintain the highest possible standards in football and the coaching profession,” and to “provide a forum for the discussion and study of all matters pertaining to football and coaching.”

In addition to Dapp, 2005 AFCA officers include first vice-president Mel Tjeerdsma, Northwest Missouri State University; second vice-president Ken Sparks of Carson-Newman College and third vice-president Tyrone Willingham of the University of Washington.

Also serving on the Board in 2005: Larry Kehres, Mount Union College; Rob Ash, Drake University; Chuck Amato, North Carolina State University; Lloyd Carr, University of Michigan; Bill Snyder, Kansas State University; Mike Bellotti, University of Oregon; Tim Murphy, Harvard University; Joe Glenn, University of Wyoming; Joe Novak, Northern Illinois University; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn University and Rob Ianello, University of Notre Dame, ex officio member and chairman of the Assistant Coaches Committee. Murphy, Glenn, Novak and Tuberville are newly-elected members of the Board this year. AFCA Executive Director Grant Teaff serves as secretary-treasurer of the organization.

Dapp is the first coach from Moravian to serve as president of the AFCA. He was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 1999. He is the first coach from a Division III school to serve as AFCA President since Central’s (Iowa) Ron Schipper in 1994.

In 18 seasons at Moravian, Dapp has a career record of 110-74-1. His tenure at the Bethlehem, Pa. school has been the most successful period in Moravian football history. The Greyhounds have made two trips to the NCAA playoffs, including a berth in the 1988 South Region final; a Middle Atlantic Conference championship in 1988 and a Commonwealth Division title in 1993; ECAC Southeast Championship game appearances in 2002 and 2004 and a string of 11 consecutive winning seasons — the longest streak in school history.

Before coming to Moravian in 1987, Dapp served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Delaware State. He spent seven years at Susquehanna, where he coached defensive backs and linebackers and served as defensive coordinator. In 1983, Dapp helped the Crusaders to a ninth-place national ranking. He also coached the Susquehanna baseball team. Dapp’s credentials also include two seasons as offensive backfield coach at Kutztown University.

A 1973 graduate of West Chester University, Dapp earned his master’s degree in physical education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also is a National Athletic Trainers Association-certified trainer and is a professor of physical education at Moravian.

For more information on the AFCA and its programs log on to the AFCA’s website at www.afca.com.

Release Courtesy of the AFCA.