Mike Terwilliger

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E-mail: mterwilliger@po-box.esu.edu
Phone: (570) 422-3770

Mike Terwilliger, a member of the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame as a player and a coach, enters his 34th year at ESU and his 30th as an assistant coach. In 2006, Terwilliger was recognized by the American Football Coaches Association as the Division II Assistant Coach of the Year.

Terwilliger has been involved in every game that Denny Douds has been on the sidelines as a head coach. He was a four-year starter at quarterback for the Warriors from 1974-77, and has been an assistant coach since graduating in the spring of 1978 with a degree in health and physical education. He also holds a Master's degree in physical education from Temple University, which he earned in 1983.

Terwilliger has been the offensive coordinator since 2001 and has led a record-setting offense that has averaged more than 30 points per game over the last five years. His son Jimmy directed the offense over the last four seasons and left with 15 ESU records and 14 NCAA records, including Division II standards for passing yards (14,350), total offense (16,064) and passing touchdowns (148). Jimmy was a three-time selection as the PSAC East Offensive Player of the Year and won the Harlon Hill Award in 2005 as the most outstanding player in Division II football.

In 2005, the Warriors averaged 42.6 points per game and 508.4 yards of total offense as they won the Division II Northeast Region championship and advanced to the national semifinals for the first time in school history. The younger Terwilliger threw for 4,571 yards and 50 touchdowns, while the rushing game averaged 163 yards per game.

The 2004 Warriors recorded nearly 500 yards of total offense per game and Jimmy Terwilliger led the nation in pass efficiency while throwing for 3,826 yards, the third-highest total in PSAC history. In 2003, Terwilliger set the Division II record for total offense by a freshman.

As ESU's quarterback coach since 1978, Terwilliger has tutored all of his successors at the position. His teaching has helped standout quarterbacks Damian Poalucci, an NCAA record-holder, along with Andy Baranak, Bret Comp, James Franklin and Jeremy Palm establish school passing records.

Terwilliger was one of the finest quarterbacks in the school's history, leading the Warriors to undefeated seasons and PSAC championships in 1975 and 1976 in his four years as a starter. He was inducted into the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994.

After taking over as a starter early in his freshman year, Terwilliger guided the Warriors to a 30-4-1 record over four seasons. He earned All-Conference first team honors twice and was also an Associated Press Little All-American. He threw for 3,799 yards and 33 touchdowns in his playing career.

Terwilliger and his wife Kim are the parents of three children. Jimmy is a physical education teacher at East Stroudsburg South High School, Kelly is a senior field hockey player at Ohio State, and Jackie is a three-sport athlete at East Stroudsburg South High School. The Terwilligers live in East Stroudsburg.

Mike Santella

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E-mail: msantella@po-box.esu.edu
Phone: (570) 422-3875

Mike Santella is in his 10th season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, and his seventh as the full-time offensive line coach.

A 1994 graduate of ESU, Santella has already made an impact as an assistant coach for two championship NCAA Division I-AA programs, and two NCAA Division II Playoff teams at ESU, during his coaching career.

His front five has provided the protection for the Warriors' record-setting offensive performances since he became the offensive line coach, and was instrumental in Jimmy Terwilliger's Harlon Hill campaign in 2005. ESU has averaged nearly 500 yards of total offense and more than 35 points per game in each of the last three seasons.

Santella has coached 10 All-PSAC selections and has had at least one All-PSAC offensive lineman in the last seven years, including tackle Mike Habel who was named to the first team last season. Guard Greg Munch was a member of the first team in 2002 and 2003, while centers Dan Crozier and Joe Burton were both two-time All-PSAC honorees.

He was a part-time assistant coach for the Warriors in both 1998 and 1999, working with the offensive line, and was a student coach in the fall of 1994 after receiving his bachelor's degree in physical education.

A native of Bethlehem, Pa., Santella went home to join the coaching staff at Lehigh University where he was an assistant for three years. He worked with the offensive line in 1995, coached the tight ends in 1996 and was the running backs coach in 1997.

Lehigh won the 1995 Patriot League championship in Santella's first year on the staff, and tailback Rabih Abdullah was a first team all–league selection and went on to play in the NFL.

In 2000, Santella was the tight ends coach at the University of Pennsylvania and helped the Quakers claim the Ivy League
championship with a 7-3 record. The Quakers had the number one passing offense in I-AA football.

Frank Lupin

Frank Lupin enters his 26th season as an assistant coach at ESU and his 47th year in coaching. Including his eight years as a player, four in high school and four for the Warriors, this fall will mark Lupin's 55th year in football.

Lupin was recognized for his longtime contributions to Warrior football when he was inducted into the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame in the fall of 2002. He was a player for the Warriors from 1957-60, served as a freshman coach in 1961, and returned to ESU in 1983 where he has been a member of the coaching staff ever since.

Lupin has developed all-conference, record-breaking pass catchers nearly every year since his return. He has coached almost all of the top receivers in school history, including Evan Prall, who set PSAC records with 4,093 yards receiving and 50 touchdowns in his career, and also holds the ESU school record with 236 receptions.

Prall was a two-time All-America selection and set PSAC marks with 1,766 yards receiving and 23 touchdowns as a junior in 2005. Tim Strenfel, John Jeffries, Justin Kondikoff and John Kotorsky have also been All-PSAC selections at wide receiver since 2000.

As a player at ESU, Lupin was one of the Warriors' top running backs under head coach Jack Gregory from 1957-60. As a senior, he averaged 7.3 yards per carry, fourth–best in school history, with 313 yards on 43 rushing attempts.

After leaving ESU, Lupin was an assistant coach at Binghamton (N.Y.) North High School from 1962-67, and was head coach at Waverly (N.Y.) High School from 1968-79. Lupin returned to the Poconos in 1980 and was the head coach at Pocono Mountain High School for three seasons before taking a position on the ESU coaching staff.

Lupin retired from teaching in 2003 and was a physical education teacher at the Pocono Elementary Center in Tannersville. He earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education from ESU in 1962, and his Master's degree in physical education in 1978.

Dan Weller

Dan Weller is in his 14th season as a member of the coaching staff at ESU and has over 30 years of football coaching experience. He coaches the defensive line for the Warriors.

Andrew Marsteller, David Dean and Dustin Barno have all been first team All-PSAC selections at defensive tackle under Weller's guidance. Barno was a first team All-PSAC selection in 2001 and 2002, and has played for the Colorado Crush in the Arena Football League for the past four seasons.

A 1970 graduate of West Chester University, Weller coached football at Kutztown for one year and at Ursinus College for four seasons. He has also spent 12 years at Pottstown High School, including six as the head coach, and was the defensive coordinator at Pius X High School in Pottstown for three seasons.

Mike Bender

Mike Bender, a two-year football player at Penn State, begins his eighth year as an assistant coach at ESU.

Bender was the Warriors' defensive end coach for the past seven seasons, where he coached Greg Thoman, a two time All-PSAC honoree who was a member of the first team as a senior in 2006.

Bender was a scout team player at running back for the 1994 Penn State team which won the Rose Bowl to finish the season 12-0 and ranked second in the country. He also played defensive back on the 1995 team which participated in the Outback Bowl.

Bender graduated from Penn State in 1997 and coached for two years at Bald Eagle Area High School before coming to ESU.

Joey Smith

Joey Smith, who played in the NFL for four years with the New York Giants, is in his seventh season as outside linebackers coach at ESU. He also coaches the returners on special teams.

Smith returned kickoffs and punts and also saw action at wide receiver and defensive back for the Giants from 1991-94. He was a defensive back and kick returner at the University of Louisville and played on the Cardinals' 1990 Fiesta Bowl championship team. Smith graduated from Louisville in 1991.

Rob Mikulski

Rob Mikulski is in his 21st year as the strength and conditioning coach at ESU.

In 2005, he was named the Division II Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by American Football Monthly. Nine coaches of the year were awarded, from high school to the NFL.

Mikulski earned two bachelors degrees at Penn State and graduated in 1986. He earned a letter as a defensive tackle on the Nittany Lions' national championship team and played at Penn State for three years after transferring from Bucknell University.

Mikulski holds a Master's degree from ESU. He is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is director of drug and alcohol prevention for the New Jersey Head Start Association.