Wofford picks up SDSU grad as assistant coach

[dungeonjoe]

"Josh Conklin, South Dakota State ’03, will serve as the assistant secondary coach for the football team. Prior to Wofford, Josh was the secondary and special team coach at South Dakota State."

http://www.wofford.edu/athletics/sportsMarketing/content.aspx?id=31986

any word from the Jackrabbit faithful on this hire?

[89rabbit]

Josh is a good guy, he will do well for you. Josh got his Masters at SDSU, and played and got his undergrad from Dakota State University. DSU is a NAIA school in Madison, SD.

This is info from the web site prior to the '06 season:

http://www3.sdstate.edu/Athletics/VarsitySports/Football/CoachingStaff/ConklinJosh/

Josh Conklin
Defensive Secondary Coach

Josh Conklin is in his second season as a full-time assistant and fourth overall as part of the Jackrabbit football staff.

Conklin served as a graduate assistant coach during the 2003 and 2004 seasons before being hired on as secondary and special teams coach prior to the start of the 2005 campaign.

A native of Gillette, Wyo., Conklin graduated from Campbell County High School in 1998, before enrolling at Dakota State University in Madison, S.D. . . . (read more)

http://www3.sdstate.edu/ClassLibrary/Page/Images/Data/8683.jpg
Josh has a lot less hair now, I think this was his pic. when he took the GA spot. ;)


SDSU already replaced Josh with a GA from UCLA.

http://www.gojacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15000&ATCLID=1139574

Lea completes football coaching staff

South Dakota State University has filled a vacancy in its football coaching staff with the hiring of Clark Lea as linebackers coach, head coach John Stiegelmeier announced Monday.


Lea (pronounced lee) joins the Jackrabbits after serving as a defensive graduate assistant at UCLA, working on a Bruin staff that posted a 7-6 overall record and fourth-place finish in the Pac-10 Conference. He also previously served as an offensive graduate assistant at his alma mater, Vanderbilt (Tenn.) . . . (read more)

[dungeonjoe]

thanks Rabbit, I thought Wofford did a typo with the DSU entry. I should have trusted my alma mater morexoopsx

Thanks for the informationxthumbsupx