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Rich Mosca enters his sixth year as head coach of the Devils with 53 returning letterwinners, the most in his tenure. After three straight seasons of bringing in a recruiting class of over 50 players, Mosca feels that the Devils have talent as good as any team in the programs' history. This veteran of the coaching ranks has had plenty of experience as an assistant collegiate coach and as a head high school coach before taking this, his first collegiate head coaching job. Overall, he enters his 36th year of coaching football. Before taking over as head coach, Mosca coordinated the Devils’ offense for four seasons. Mosca is also a sought-after speaker. He has spoken at various clinics on topics such as Offensive Football: Schemes and Implementations, Special Teams Concepts, Academic Strategies for Success, and Program Building. In addition to instructional speaking, Mosca has been the featured speaker at high school and youth football banquets around the state. Before coming to FDU for the 2000 season, he spent five years at Monmouth University coaching running backs and tight ends. He was involved in two Northeast Conference co-championships at Monmouth and in 1998, he coached the Northeast Conference Player of the Year, running back Chris Reid. Prior to that, Mosca spent six years as the head coach at Monmouth Regional High School and led them to their first winning season in 14 years. This is Mosca’s second tour of duty with the FDU-Florham football program. Last time around, he served as the offensive coordinator from 1985 to 1989. Using a balanced pro-style offense during that four year period, the Devils posted a 21-15 record. Mosca started the Middletown South High School football program in 1976 and coached there for nine years. In 1981, he led Middletown South to the Group 4 State Championship game. He began his coaching career in 1970 as an assistant at Keyport High School. Mosca became the head coach at Keyport in 1973 and, in 1975, led them to the state playoffs and their first Shore Conference D Division championship in 19 years. Mosca played scholastically at Red Bank High School, where he captained the football team. While there, he played offensive and defensive line. He then moved on to Concord College in West Virginia where he played linebacker and guard. Mosca resides in Eatontown with his wife Mary. |
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Brev Creech joins the FDU coaching staff in 2008 as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach. Creech comes to FDU after coaching the past three seasons at Division 1-AA Monmouth where he coached the defensive line. Before Monmouth, he spent two seasons at his alma mater, Union College, where he served as the assistant defensive coordinator, defensive line coach, special teams coordinator and strength and condition coach. In 2002, he was the linebackers coach at St. John's University and he started his coaching career in 2001 at Union. The Chico, CA native was a four-year letterwinner at defensive end for Union and was named First Team All-Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association during his senior year. He also played in the Aztec Bowl, a game for Division III All-Stars. Creech currently resides in West Long Branch with his wife, Nicole. |
Brev Creech
Defensive Coordinator/DB's Union • 2000 |
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Tom Paterno enters his third season on the Devils staff, where he will coach the linebackers after tutoring the offensive line the past two seasons. Previously, Paterno spent five years coaching at Western Connecticut. There he served as the defensive line coach, linebackers coach, and as an assistant offensive line coach to Bob Surace, who currently coaches the offensive line of the Cincinnati Bengals. Paterno earned a Bachelors of Science degree in English and is certified to teach kindergarten through fifth grade. Starting this fall, he will be a Special Education teacher at Madison High School while he continues to work toward a Master's Degree at FDU. Paterno is a member of the American Football Coaches Association and resides in Madison. |
Tom Paterno |
| Mark Hazen enters his second season on the Devils' coaching staff where he will again coach the kickers and punters. Hazen was a former place kicker at William Paterson where he earned Honorable Mention All-Conference in 1995. Before joing the FDU staff, Hazen developed kickers at varsity high school level. Hazen earned a B.S. in Business Management and is currently in fiber optic service with Verizon. He resides in Flanders, NJ with his wife Colette. |
Mark Hazen |
