2008 Football Coaching Staff Finalized
February 11, 2008

MONTICELLO, Ark. – Head football coach for the University of Arkansas at Monticello Gwaine Mathews has finalized his coaching staff for the upcoming 2008 season.
 
All three of the new assistant coaches will handle the Boll Weevil offense, which finished the 2007 season ranked third in the Gulf South Conference in total offense, first in rushing offense.
 
Taking over the helm at offensive coordinator is Matt Middleton. Middleton has been coaching for seven years, all on the offensive side of the ball. Most recently, Middleton was the head football coach and athletic director at Cenla Christian Academy in Pineville, La. There, he brought the first year program to a No. 4 ranking in the state.
 
Prior to Cenla, Middleton was the head football coach and athletic director at Caldwell Parish High School in Columbia, La., where he turned a 1-9 team into an 8-3 team in his first season. His offense at CPHS averaged just over 40 points per game and averaged 495 yards of total offense per game. He led CPHS to its 5th playoff appearance in 44 years, 2nd playoff appearance in the last 18 years, and 2nd winning season in the last 18 years.
 
Middleton has spent time at the collegiate level. In 2004, Middleton served a brief term as wide receivers coach and assistant recruiting coordinator at NCAA Division II perennial powerhouse Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich. Prior to that, Middleton spent two seasons as an undergraduate assistant coach at Louisiana Tech, aiding in the team’s 2001 Western Athletic Conference Championship.
 
Middleton is a graduate of Louisiana Tech and has two sons, Luke and Cade.
 
Joining the Weevils as offensive line coach is Derek Warehime. Prior to joining UAM, Warehime was a graduate assistant coach at Rice University for two seasons. During this past season, Warehime aided the team to breaking 40 offensive school records.
 
While at Rice, Warehime worked with the offensive line, especially with centers and guards, while also being the assistant video coordinator.
 
Prior to his time at Rice, Warehime spent one season at his alma mater, the University of Tulsa, where he was a student assistant with the offensive line of the 2005 Conference USA champions.
 
Warehime spent one season playing with the Arena Football League’s Tulsa Talons, where he was a member of the 2005 Western Division champions. Prior to that, Warehime started 34 games for Tulsa, earning 1st Team All-WAC honors as a center during his senior season.
 
Warehime and his wife Kelly were married June 1, 2007.
 
Joining the Weevils as wide receivers coach is Dan Fodrocy. Fodrocy has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Grand Valley State. There, he aided the team to a 27-1 record, including a NCAA Division II national title and two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships. Also during his two years at GVSU, Fodrocy worked with two All-America players in wide receiver, Eric Fowler, and linebacker Anthony Adams.
 
Fodrocy is a graduate of Sagniaw Valley State University, where he lettered four years, playing on three D-II national playoff teams in 2002, 2003 and 2005. During his prep career, Fodrocy played on the 2000 Wisconsin Division Eight State Championship team at Muskegon Catholic Central High School.
 
Fodrocy is engaged to Jessica Schwartz of Saginaw, Mich.
 
These three assistants join Mathews and assistant head coach Donald Dykes for the 2008 season, which is scheduled to start Saturday, Aug. 30, when the Weevils travel to Pine Bluff, Ark. to face the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for a 6 p.m. kickoff.