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Football Coaching Staff

Keith Buckley

Head Football Coach
boxerfootball@pacificu.edu

After spending one complete year recruiting and putting the building blocks in place for the rebirth of the Pacific University football program, Keith Buckley is looking forward to moving the Boxers from the paper to the field.

Buckley was named the head coach of the new Pacific football program on July 31, 2009. He arrived in Forest Grove after four seasons as part of the coaching staff at UC Davis, including serving the 2007 and 2008 seasons as assistant head coach. Buckley emerged from an exhaustive national search that saw over 125 people apply to lead Pacific’s first football team since 1991.

In his one year building the Pacific program, Buckley has positioned the Boxers to be a competitive program from the start. Buckley and his staff have brought in over 130 players to be part of the new program. He has also worked diligently to build the buzz that is surrounding Pacific football both in the media and the Forest Grove community.

Buckley relishes the chance to be part of building a new program. “This is a coach’s dream,” Buckley said. “There are few situations where you have the chance to build a program from the ground up, develop young talent and have a chance to put Pacific on the football map. I am excited for this opportunity, not only for me professionally but for my family.”

Buckley arrives at Pacific after a four-year stint at UC Davis, where he served as assistant head coach and coordinated recruiting efforts for the Aggies’ NCAA Division I-FCS program in addition to coaching the safeties. Prior to being promoted, Buckley spent three seasons as the Aggies’ defensive backs coach.

During his time at his alma mater, Buckley played an instrumental role in the team’s transition from Division II to Division I under Head Coach Bob Biggs. The Aggies succeeded in extending their string of 37 consecutive winning seasons in addition to pulling off an upset of Stanford in their third season of transition to Division I. Buckley was also the primary position coach for UC Davis’ first Division I All-American, free safety J.J. Barsi (2006).

In addition to his coaching duties, Buckley created and coordinated the Aggies’ annual high school football skills camp and worked as a lecturer in the physical education program, teaching courses in elementary physical education, sport in society and activity courses.

A 1996 graduate of UC Davis with degrees in rhetoric and communications and English, Buckley played for the Aggies as a defensive back. During his time on the line, the Aggies advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs twice and the team compiled a 30-11-2 record.

An injury forced Buckley to the sidelines in his senior season, but gave him a jump-start in his coaching career. He spent the 1996 season as a undergraduate assistant coach before being named cornerbacks coach in 1997 and defensive backs coach in 1998.

Buckley made his first move to the Northwest in 1999, coaching defensive backs and outside linebackers for two seasons at Idaho while earning a master’s degree in physical education. At Idaho, Buckley worked for both current Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable and Chris Tormey, current special teams coach at Hawaii.

After a one-year stint as a defensive backs coach at Humboldt State in Arcata, Calif., for the 2001 season, Buckley spent three seasons as the associate director of football operations at Stanford under Buddy Teevens and Walt Harris.

A native of Milpitas, Calif., Buckley and his wife, Kara, are the proud parents of two daughters, Kristen and Kaitlyn.

Jim Craft

Offensive Coordinator
craftj@pacificu.edu

Longtime Portland State assistant coach Jim Craft makes a return to the NCAA Division III level, joining the Pacific football program as the Boxers' offensive coordinator.

Craft brings a significant level of NCAA Division I FCS experience and local knowledge to Pacific, joining the program after nine seasons at Portland State, including serving the last season as the program’s offensive coordinator.

“I am very excited for Jim to join the staff,” said Pacific Head Football Coach Keith Buckley. “We get someone who is an experienced offensive coordinator and someone who has experienced different offensive systems. He will be able to put to use what he learned under Tim Walsh and Mouse Davis. That package will allow us to build a complete and dynamic offense.”

Craft was elevated to offensive coordinator for Portland State in 2009 by then Head Coach Jerry Glanville after the retirement of run-and-shoot master Mouse Davis. As the program’s play caller, Craft was charged with coordinating the offensive insertion calendar, game preparation and designing the offensive scheme. Among the season highlights was the selection of quarterback Drew Hubel to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII Football Team.

Craft plans to run many aspects of a West Coast Offense, with some run-and-shoot flairs that he learned under Davis. “The offense is exciting because we will run a multitude of sets,” Craft said. “Over the first couple of years we will constantly be evaluating and finding what we have for the best chance of success.”

The first challenge will be drawing athletes to the new Division III program. That will be a specialty for Craft, who also spent the last three years as the Vikings’ recruiting coordinator. “Recruiting will be exciting because it’s a unique challenge to get the kind of student-athletes we are looking for,” Craft said. “We need guys who know the challenge that we are presenting to them, both on the field and in the classroom, and are ready to step up and accept it.”

Before being elevated to offensive coordinator at Portland State, Craft spent one season as the offensive line coach and one season as the wide receivers coach. Under previous Head Coach Tim Walsh, Craft spent five seasons as the tight ends coach and one year as quarterbacks coach. He also assumed the duty of special teams coordinator for four seasons. He coached Portland State all-conference performers Scott Weaver, Adam Whitehead and Tony Curtis. Curtis is a current member of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs.

As special teams coordinator, Craft saw the 2005 Vikings lead the Big Sky Conference in punt return average and ranked in the top 20 in the nation in both punt return average and kickoff return average. The Vikings were second in punt coverage in 2004, 19th in punt returns and 22nd in kickoff returns.

Prior to joining the Portland State staff, Craft spent the 1999 and 2000 seasons as the tight ends coach at Lewis & Clark College.

Craft played his collegiate football at Portland State from 1995 to 1998, catching 57 passes and scoring nine touchdowns. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Portland State in 1998 and a master’s in teaching in 2003. Craft, 33, resides in Tualatin with his wife, Kelley, daughter Kayla (7) and son Tyler (3).

Jacob Yoro

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
jyoro@pacificu.edu

Jacob Yoro brings a wealth of experience at the high school, NAIA and NCAA Division I-FCS ranks to the NCAA Division III level for his first season as Pacific’s defensive coordinator.

In addition to his coordinator duties, Yoro will do specific position work with the Boxers’ linebackers. Yoro also plays a key role in the recruitment of players from Hawaii to the Pacific program. In preparation for the first season in 2010, Yoro helped to bring nearly 30 players from the Islands to Forest Grove.

Yoro arrived to Pacific after one season as the linebackers coach at the University of Montana Western in Dillon, where he helped lead the Bulldogs to a 4-6 record.

Prior to returning to the mainland, Yoro spent eight seasons coaching in the high school ranks in his native Hawaii. He spent the 2008 season at a linebackers coach and defensive consultant at Waipahu High School. Prior to Waipahu, Yoro spent six years at the St. Louis School in Honolulu where be began as linebackers coach before spending three seasons (2005-2007) as defensive coordinator. Yoro began his coaching career at Mililani High School where he was the linebackers coach.

Yoro played his collegiate football at the University of Montana, where he was a two-year letterwinner before seeing his career cut short by a knee injury. He was a part of Grizzlies’ teams that advanced to the Division I-FCS playoffs in 1998 and 1999. Yoro played his high school ball at the St. Louis School where he earned all-league and all-state honors in football.

A native of Mililani, Hawaii, Yoro, 30, earned his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Hawaii-Manoa in 2008.

Ian Falconer

Offensive Line Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
falconer@pacificu.edu

Ian Falconer brings nearly a decade of NCAA Division III coaching and recruiting experience to Forest Grove, joining the Pacific football staff as offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator.

Falconer joins the Pacific staff after four seasons as the offensive line coach and offensive line coach. The former Portland State standout joins his former offensive coach, Jim Craft, as the Boxers’ two primary offensive coaches.

As recruiting coordinator, Falconer has experienced great success in drawing students to Pacific’s first year program. Of the 130-plus players out for Pacific in year one, Falconer succeeded in netting 110 freshmen to take part on the new team.

“We want the kids that we are recruiting to understand the unique challenge of what we are trying to do here at Pacific,” Falconer said. “It’s going to be fun, but it will more work than you would as a freshman or sophomore at an already established program. We also want to bring in the right guys for the long-term health of the program, not just grabbing anybody and everybody. What will ultimately run the program is the quality of all of the people involved.”

Falconer served as offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at Lewis & Clark from 2006 to 2009 and played a key role in the rebirth of the Pioneers’ program. He developed a diverse one back package that included zone, gap and option technique variations. In addition to his coordinator duties, Falconer spent the last two seasons as the Pioneers’ recruiting coordinator. He also coordinated video responsibilities and spent three seasons coordinating the team’s off-season strength and conditioning program.

Falconer began his college coaching career at Lewis & Clark, serving as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2003 season. In between Lewis & Clark stints, Falconer spent two years at NCAA Division III Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, where he worked as the offensive line coach and assistant head coach. He also served as the Yeomen’s strength and conditioning coach, team travel coordinator and recruiting coordinator.

In addition to his college experience, Falconer spent the 2002 season as the assistant offensive line coach at West Linn High School.

Falconer played his college football at Portland State University, and joins his former offensive coach, Jim Craft, on the Pacific staff. Falconer was a four-year offensive line standout for the Vikings, earning All-Big Sky Conference honors at center as a senior. He played a key role in a Portland State offensive line that gave up only 12 sacks during the 2000 season.

A native of Lake Oswego, Falconer is a graduate of Lakeridge High School and earned his bachelor’s degree in social science from Portland State in 2000. He and his wife, Angel, reside in Milwaukie.

Aaron Cloud

Special Teams Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach
acloud@pacificu.edu

Aaron Cloud, a former NCAA Division III football player and an experienced coach at the level, returns to the Northwest Conference as Pacific’s special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach. In addition to his on-field work, Cloud will also work as the Boxers’ video coordinator.

Cloud most recently spent the last three seasons coaching at the University of La Verne, a Division III program in La Verne, Calif. He spent the 2009 season as co-defensive coordinator while also working with the outside linebackers and special teams. Cloud’s previous two seasons were spent as a graduate assistant coach, serving primarily as the Leopards’ cornerbacks coach and as video coordinator.

Cloud made the return to Division III after spending the first five seasons of his career at the high school level. He spent three seasons at Sweet Home (Ore.) High School, where he spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons as the co-offensive coordinator. Cloud spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons as the wide receivers coach at Mt. Spokane (Wash.) High School.

A 2003 graduate of Whitworth, Cloud played three seasons with the Pirates, from 1999 to 2001. He also spent two seasons running sprints and hurdles for the Pirates’ track and field team.

A native of Albany, Ore., Cloud, 29, earned his degree from Whitworth in history education and earned his master’s in leadership and management from La Verne in 2009. When not coaching, Cloud works as a substitute teacher.

Mike McCabe

Running Backs Coach
mccabe@pacificu.edu

Mike McCabe, a former Pacific football player and longtime head football coach at Forest Grove High School, has joined the Pacific program as a head coach.

A 1977 graduate of program and a veteran of high school coaching circles, McCabe will provide valuable knowledge and assistance in local recruiting as the Boxers work on building their program for a Fall 2010 kickoff. In addition to recruiting, McCabe will be involved as an offensive assistant.

McCabe was a teacher and head football coach at Forest Grove High School for 12 years before retiring from education in 2009. As head coach, McCabe led the Vikings to state playoff appearances in 2003 and 2007. In addition to coaching, McCabe worked as a physical education and weight training teacher.

In addition to football, McCabe served as an assistant track and field coach from 2001 to 2006. He also served as an assistant varsity baseball coach from 1997 to 2001 with both Forest Grove’s high school and American Legion baseball programs.

As a teacher, McCabe spent his first 20 years as a physical education teacher in various local elementary and junior high schools. He moved to Forest Grove High School in 1997.

A native of Hayward, Calif., and a graduate of Forest Grove High School, McCabe earned his degree in physical education from Pacific in 1977. He played two seasons of football for the Boxers at center from 1973-1974 and also played four years of baseball. McCabe also earned his Master of Science in teaching from Pacific in 1984. He and his wife, Bonnie, continue to live in Forest Grove.

Paul Gonzales

Defensive Backs Coach/Equipment Manager
pmgonzales@pacificu.edu

Paul Gonzales has followed Keith Buckley from Davis, Calif., to Forest Grove to join the Pacific football program as the program’s defensive backs coach. He also serves as the program’s equipment manager.

Gonzales spent two seasons as an administrative assistant for the defensive coaches and a film coordinator at UC Davis, working the 2008 season under then-assistant head coach Buckley. During the 2009 season, Gonzales was part of a UC Davis coaching staff that went 6-5, the team’s first winning season since becoming a Division I-FCS program.

Prior to his work at UC Davis, Gonzales spent one season as the quarterbacks coach at Pioneer High School in Woodland, Calif.

Gonzales spent four years as an athlete at UC Davis, excelling on the baseball field as a pitcher. He compiled a 5-6 record as a reliever with a 6.33 earned run average. He was a five-time letterwinner in baseball and football at Bellarmine College Prep High School in San Jose, Calif.

A native of San Jose, Gonzales graduated from UC Davis in 2007 with degrees in psychology and communication. He is an active member of the Catholic Church and enjoys traveling.

Will Kofe

Defensive Line Coach
wkofe@pacificu.edu

Will Kobe brings a high level of playing and coaching experience at the NCAA Division I and junior college levels to Forest Grove, where he will mentor the Boxers’ defensive linemen.

Kofe arrives at Pacific after a short stint as the defensive line coach at American River College in Sacramento, Calif. Prior to the move to the junior college ranks, Kofe spent three seasons as the assistant defensive line coach at Division I-FCS Sacramento State.

An experienced collegiate player, Kofe spent the final two seasons of his career as a defensive line starter at Arizona State University. Under head coach Dirk Koetter, Kofe was a two-time “Scholar-Baller Award” winner and was named the Sun Devils’ Newcomer of the Year as a junior.

Prior to his arrival at Arizona State, Kofe spent one season at Dixie State College where he earned all-conference honors and named a top-100 defensive lineman recruit by Rivals.com. Kofe began his career at Montana State University where he started and lettered as a true freshman. In all, Kofe lettered all four years in college and three years at the Division I level.

Kofe played his prep football with the powerhouse Long Beach Poly High School team in Long Beach, Calif. A two-way performer, Kofe earned First Team All-CIF Division 1, First Team All-Southern California and Honorable Mention All-West Coast honors during his career. While at Long Beach Poly, the team lost just once in four years and earned No. 1 national rankings from both USA Today and ESPN.

Kofe, 27, earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Arizona State and a master’s in educational leadership from Sacramento State. An Eagle Scout, Kofe has a daughter, Lani (4).

Matt Leunen

Tight Ends Coach

After a distinguished five-year playing career, Matt Leunen moves from the field to the sidelines as Pacific’s tight ends coach.

Leunen followed his former offensive coordinator, Jim Craft, from Portland State to Pacific. Leunen played five years for the Vikings under both Jerry Glanville and Tim Walsh, spending two seasons as a tight end and three as an offensive tackle. He was selected as an Honorable Mention All-Big Sky Conference selection at tackle in 2009.

As a junior, Leunen played in all 11 games after making a successful transition from tight end to tackle. He played a key role in leading the Vikings to the top passing offense in NCAA Division I-FCS for the second season in a row.

A native of Redmond, Ore., Leunen was a standout football and basketball at Redmond High School. A three-time letterwinner in football, Leunen earned First Team All-Intermountain Conference and Second Team All-State honors at both tight end and punter. He was also selected to play in the 2005 Les Schwab Game.

Leunen, 23, graduated from Portland State in 2010 with a degree in social science. His brother, Maarty, was a standout basketball player at the University of Oregon.

Lou Bronzan

Defensive Assistant Coach

Lou Bronzan continues a long and distinguished five decade coaching career in Forest Grove, joining Keith Buckley’s staff as a defensive assistant coach.

Bronzan returns to the sidelines after a year away from coaching. Prior to Pacific, Bronzan spent 24 seasons on the staff at UC Davis, including 19 years as defensive coordinator where be both mentored Buckley on the field and coached with him on the sidelines. As defensive coordinator, Bronzan helped build a defense that ranked among the best against the run during recent seasons. In 2005, the Aggies yielded just 87.5 rushing yards per game, second best among NCAA Division I-FCS teams.

Prior to returning to UC Davis to become defensive coordinator, Bronzan spent five seasons (1984-88) as defensive backs coach at Chico State under then-head coach Mike Bellotti. He previously spent four season (1980-83) at Portland State as both linebackers coach and defensive coordinator. Bronzan began his coaching career at UC Davis in 1975, spending four seasons as linebackers coach.

Bronzan was a three-year letterwinner at UC Davis, earning All-Far Western Conference and All-Coast honors as a senior. A native of Brentwood, Calif., Bronzan earned his bachelor’s degree from UC Davis in 1975 and his master’s degree from Portland State in 1983. He and his wife, Shelley, have three sons, Mathew, Robbie and Patrick.

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