2026 Football Roster

Coaching Staff
Image	Name	Title	Email	Phone Number
	Willie Fritz	Head Coach
	Slade Nagle	Offensive Coordinator
	Austin Armstrong	Defensive Coordinator
	Shawn Bell	Assistant Head Coach/Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator
	James Ross III	Edges & Defensive Run-Game Coordinator
	Oscar Giles	Defensive Line
	PJ Hall	Safeties
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	Marcus Trice	Cornerbacks
	Jordy Joseph	Running Backs
	Brian Bell	Wide Receivers
	Eman Naghavi	Offensive Line
	Chris Couch	Special Teams Coordinator
	Robert Beacham	Offensive Assistant
	Michael Bishop	Offensive Assistant
	Henry Stone	Offensive Assistant
	Pete Brown	Defensive Assistant
	Will Weaver	Defensive Assistant
	Judson Hunter	Special Teams/Specialists Assistant
	Dre Fusilier	Offensive Graduate Assistant
	Carson Hemric	Offensive Graduate Assistant
	Garrison Vaughn	Defensive Graduate Assistant
	Eric Osborne	Defensive Graduate Assistant

Support Staff
Image	Name	Title	Email	Phone Number
	Shane Meyer	Associate Athletics Director, Director of Football Operations	smmeyer2@central.uh.edu
	Donn Landholm	Special Assistant to the Head Coach
	Wes Fritz	General Manager
	Marielle McLoughlin	Assistant Director of Operations	mmcloug2@central.uh.edu
	Bennie Wylie	Director of Strength & Performance
	Kevin McCadam	Assistant Strength Coach	kmccadam@central.uh.edu
	Tyler Kishbaugh	Assistant Strength Coach	tgkishba@central.uh.edu
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	Joseph Stone	Assistant Strength Coach
	Bryant Harper	Assistant Strength Coach
	Casey Smithson	Director of Player Personnel
	Jay Girdner	Director of Recruiting
	Jake Pittman	Director of Scouting
	Jordan Burgess	Director of Creative Media	jsburges@central.uh.edu
	Adrian Romero	Director of Creative Video	aromer24@central.uh.edu
	Andrew Crane, M.Ed, LAT, AT	Associate Director of Sports Medicine (Head FB)	aecrane@central.uh.edu
	Pat Winters, MS, LAT, AT	Associate Director of Sports Medicine (FB)	pwinters@central.uh.edu
	Kaleb Whitehair, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS	Associate Director / Director of Physical Therapy Services (Football)	kwhiteha@Central.UH.EDU
	Emily England	Director of Performance Nutrition	ekjohns2@central.uh.edu
	Andrew Johnson	Assistant Athletics Director for Equipment Operations	aljohn39@central.uh.edu
	Kevin Haynes	Director of Equipment Operations – Football	kshayne2@central.uh.edu
	Tatjana Banjeglav	Assistant Athletics Director for Academic Services	tbanjeg2@central.uh.edu
	Robert Nathan	Director of Football Video
	Hunter Quintana	Assistant Director of Football Video