Weber Fills Coaching Vacancies

Head coach Ron McBride announced the hiring of two assistance coaches earlier this week. Kevin McGiven and Fred Fernandes join the coaching staff as quarterbacks coach and running backs coach, respectively. McGiven spent last season as the quarterbacks coach/offensive coordinator for Southern Utah. Fernandes is one of the most prolific high school coaches in the history of Utah, coaching at Northridge. The running backs coach from last season, Casey Waletich, will now server as the offensive coordinator.

Coach McBride on the new hires:

"We are extremely fortunate and lucky to be able to get two quality coaches in Kevin and Freddie," said McBride. "Kevin has a solid background in coaching and developing quarterbacks having done it at BYU and Southern Utah. I talked to several coaches about Kevin and they each gave him glowing recommendations. He knows the system we have in place and has some good ideas for improvement. I've know Freddie a long time and have followed his career as a player and coach. He's outstanding coach whose's had tremendous success. He took over a program at Northridge High and made it into a team which regularly won state championships. He's really a good people person and our players are really going to respond his coaching philosophies and techniques."

Coach McBride on Waletich:

"I feel very confident in Casey's ability to formulate game plans and make the right play calls," said McBride. "He's become a very good student of the game and has a very calm demeanor about him."

Look out folks, this Weber team could surprise some people in 2006. This is a program going nowhere but up.