FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON AT FLORHAM

Rich Mosca enters his eighth year as head coach of the Devils with 50 returning letterwinners, the fourth year in a row with 50 or more returners.

Mosca will also welcome 72 freshmen to the squad in 2009 and with those additions added to the holdovers, he believes this is one of the deepest teams during his tenure.

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 37th 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 24-19-1 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 was a linebacker and guard.

At Concord, he was a member of the WVIAC champions as a freshman in 1967. After his sophomore year, Mosca transferred to West Liberty State where his playing career was cut short by injury.

Mosca resides in Eatontown with his wife Mary.

Brev Creech enters his second season on the FDU coaching staff in 2009 as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach.

Prior to FDU, Creech coached for 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 conditioning 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.