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Trent Baalke - San Francisco 49ers: Director of Player Personnel

Trent Baalke enters his fourth season with the 49ers and his first as the team’s director of player personnel after being appointed to the position in February of 2008. In his 11th NFL season, Baalke oversees both the college and pro personnel departments.

Prior to being named director of player personnel, Baalke served as the Western region scout for the 49ers for three years. He joined San Francisco after spending four years on the Washington Redskins scouting staff, his last (2004) as the club’s college scouting coordinator. From 2001-03, Baalke served as Washington’s national scout, traveling throughout the country in search of rising talent.

Before joining the Redskins, Baalke spent three seasons (1998-2000) as a scout with the New York Jets.

He previously held the position as the athletic director at Shanley (Fargo, ND) High School. Before his stint at Shanley, Baalke was the defensive line/strength and conditioning coach at South Dakota State (1990-95) where he helped promote former Pro Bowl guard Adam Timmerman and current NFL kicker Adam Vinatieri to NFL scouts.

Baalke cut his coaching teeth as a graduate assistant and defensive line coach in 1989 for North Dakota State. He helped play a role in the team finishing with a 14-0 record and Division II National Championship, while also working with defensive lineman Phil Hansen, who went on to play 11 seasons for the Buffalo Bills.

A double major at Bemidji State (MN), Baalke received his bachelor’s degree in health and physical education. He went on to earn his master’s degree in secondary education and sports administration while coaching at North Dakota State. Baalke played outside linebacker and was a two-time All-Northern Sun Conference and an All-Mid West Region honoree at Bemidji.

Trent and his wife, Beth, have two daughters, Katy and Cassie. The family resides in Loveland, CO.

Aaron Vlcko - Truman State University
Position: Interim Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator

Aaron Vlcko will take over as interim head coach of the Truman football team on July 1, 2009. He will become the 21st Head Coach in Truman history after spending the previous four seasons as the team's offensive coordinator. In 2007, quarterback Matt Ticich, tight end Ryan King and offensive lineman Jon Frantz were named all conference after the Bulldogs averaged 366.5 yards of total offense. The breakout game was against Upper Iowa when Truman amassed 653 yards of total offense and Ticich set a new conference and school record with 493 yards passing. Following the 2006 season, Ticich and running back Jake Cunningham earned all-conference honors when the Bulldogs finished with a 6-3 conference record and in a tie for fourth place. In his first year, Vlcko had the difficult task of taking over an offense that lost its all-MIAA quarterback from the year before. Under Vlcko, the Bulldog offense showed improvement throughout the year, including averaging 414.2 yards of total offense during the final five games of the year. In addition to his coaching duties, Vlcko coordinates the Bulldog Football Summer Team camps. Before Truman, Vlcko coached at his alma mater Coe College (Iowa) in 2003 and, prior to that, was an assistant coach at Bemidji State (Minn.) from 1996-2003. He coached the quarterbacks at Bemidji State and in 1998, was named the team’s offensive coordinator. His being named offensive coordinator coincided with the Beavers turning their program around. After averaging less than two wins a seasons since 1990, Bemidji State won six games in 1998, eight games in 1999 and nine games in 2000. In each of those three seasons, the program finished third or better in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Over Vlcko’s last five years at Bemidji State, the Beavers’ offense averaged over 30 points and 400 yards of total offense a game. He coached over 20 all-conference players, one conference player of the year, several all-Americans and a regional Harlon Hill candidate. At Coe College, he coached the quarterbacks and running backs. Both his starting quarterback and running back earned first-team all-conference honors that season. Prior to his stint at Bemidji State, Vlcko was the running back coach at Lindenwold College (Mo.) from 1994-96. Vlcko lettered four years and started three seasons on the football team at Coe. He helped the team win three conference championships and earn two NCAA Division III playoff berths. Vlcko graduated from Coe in 1994 with a bachelor of arts in economics and business administration. In 1996, he earned a masters of business administration from Lindenwood, and in 1999 he earned a master of science in physical education from Bemidji State. Aaron and his wife, Michelle, have a daughter, Ashlyn, and a son, Brandon.

Erik Monson: Cal Lutheran University

Phone: 805.493.3010 E-Mail: emonson@clunet.edu

Wide receivers coach Erik Monson a graduate from Bemidji State University, has four years of prior coaching experience.

In 2003 he was the assistant coach at Macarthur High School. One year later he was assisting as a football and baseball coach and in 2005 he was the junior varsity head coach for Valley City State University. In 2006 he joined Macalester College as the assistant linebacker coach.

As a player, Monson played for Bemidji State for two years after a year at Northland Community College. He holds a teaching certificate for grades K through 12 and he studied character education through athletics for his graduate thesis. He has volunteered his time as a teacher assistant at VCSU in 2006 and he was a part of the youth sports camp that same year.

In his free time he enjoys reading, traveling, Pearl Jam music, and is interested in learning how to play the ukulele.

Marty Costello
Position: Offensive Line - Truman State University

Coach Costello has spent the past eleven years in the trenches playing and coaching the offensive line. Costello played collegiality for Bemidji State (Minn.) from 1995 until a career-ending injury ended his playing days in 1998. He then moved to the coaching side of football serving as student-assistant offensive line coach at Bemidji the next two years. In the 2000 season, Costello was named offensive line coach at Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Returning back to Bemidji to complete his graduate work, Costello served as the team’s running backs coach and handled recruiting duties both on and off campus. After graduating with his masters degree, Costello moved to Dana College (Neb.) and was the team’s offensive line coach, run game coordinator and the school’s strength and conditioning coordinator. In 2005, Costello moved to Culver-Stockton (Mo.) where he was the Wildcats offensive coordinator for two years. Just prior to coming to Truman, Costello spent the first few months of 2007 at Lindenwood (Mo.) University as the team’s offensive line coach.

Wallie Kuchinski joined the Tommie football staff in spring 2008 as inside linebackers coach and defensive coordinator. He came to UST after four seasons at Truman State (Mo.) University, where he was the Bulldogs' Defensive Coordinator in 2007. He also served as Truman's strength and conditioning coach, recruiting coordinator, and equipment coordinator.
     Coach Kuchinski was part of a defensive staff that helped the Bulldogs show significant gains. The 2006 Bulldogs ranked fifth in their league as they allowed opponents just 324.2 ypg and had the fifth-best red-zone defense in one of the nation's toughest conference, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association. In 2005, Coach Kuchinski helped defensive linemen Steven Holman and Andy Swedenhjelm earn All-MIAA honors. In Coach Kuchinski's final season, he coached senior James Thabuteau, who earned All-MIAA honors and participated in the 2007 Cactus Bowl (Division II Senior Bowl)
    Prior to Truman, Coach Kuchinski coached defensive linemen at Concordia-St. Paul for one season, where he was instramental in the Golden Bears' NSIC championship run and berth in the 2003 Mineral Water Bowl.
    He also previously coached the defensive line for a spring at Bemidji State, and was the head eighth-grade coach in 2002 at Bemidji Middle School.
     Coach Kuchinski was a four-year starter at Bemidji State. In 2000, he led the nation in tackles for losses, and his senior year, he was the conference sack leader. He was named a team captain in 2001 and was a unanimous first-team all-conference selection. He was a member of the most successful Bemidji team in school history, the 2000 squad that finished 9-2.
    He graduated from Bemidji State with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education, and earned a Master's degree in Education from Concordia-St. Paul. He lives in Chanhassen with his wife, Alicia.

Shaun Weaver
Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

Email: sweaver@gettysburg.edu

Shaun Weaver enters his third season as a member of the Gettysburg coaching staff and his second as the defensive coordinator.
Weaver, who will also coach the linebackers this fall, led the Bullet defense to a solid season in 2007. Gettysburg held three teams to 14 points or less and limited Ursinus College to a touchdown in a 21-7 victory. The Bullets also finished second in the Centennial Conference in sacks with 29. Weaver had three of his players earn a spot on the All-Centennial Conference team, including Josh Jerrold '09 and Conor Quinn '09, who finished second and third, respectively, among the conference's sack leaders. In addition, linebacker Harold Barton '08 was third in the conference in tackles.
Prior to his arrival at Gettysburg, Weaver served as a defensive line graduate assistant coach at Bemidji State University in Minnesota from 2004-05. He also spent two seasons coaching the defensive line and serving as the junior varsity defensive coordinator at his alma mater, Wilmington College in Ohio, from 2002-03. Weaver guided his players to multiple postseason accolades at both Bemidji and Wilmington, including coaching one to All-American status at the latter.
Weaver holds two Bachelor of Science degrees from Wilmington College, one in secondary education/social studies licensure, and one in history. In the spring of 2006, he was awarded a master's degree in sports studies by Bemidji State University.

Former Beaver David Brown (middle) golfs with longtime BSU professor Dick Beitzel and BSU Foundation Director Rob Bollinger at the 2009 Gordy Skaar Memorial Golf Tourney.
Dave Brown:
High School: St. Paul Central
Football at BSU: 1961, 1962, 1963
Hockey at BSU: 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65
BSU Major: Science, Chemistry; Career: 3M
Currently: Retired, living in Mahtomedi, MN and Naples, FL
Wife: Stormi Brown

Chris Canter Family

Beavers in the Pros

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#32 Terrell Phelps at the Minnesota Viking mini-camp try-out 2009