Alcalá 1986

The USO Football Program entered its third year under Head Coach Brian Fogarty. Prior to coming to USO, Fogarty coached at St. Francis High School in La Canada, CA for thirteen years, four of those years as Head Coach. The past two years were spent recruiting student athletes who fit the USO program. "We are looking for young men who are interested in getting an outstanding edu– cation, and have the ability and desire to continue their football career." The USO staff concentrated most of its recruiting efforts on the high schools. "In our opinion, we can build a more consistent program with four year players. They can have more time to learn our system and be more effec– tive when their time comes to be a starting player." Brian was confident this decision would begin to pay off this season. The 1985 Toreros saw the return of 35 letterman and 16 starters. The future looked very bright for the USO Football Program. The program is an CAA Division lil Indepen– dent. Division Ill football provides an opportunity for many outstanding athletes who may not have

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what the "major" colleges are looking for. Many are told they are too short or a step slow to play in the big time. They still can't measure the heart. The past two recruiting years have included the two largest and mo t talented Fre hmen cla ses in the twelve years of Division III football at USO. The students returned in eptember to find a new 3500 square foot weight facility. The coaching staff ha also seen some changes. Coach Kevin McGarry was given full time status which would allow him more time to coach football and recruit in the off eason. The four new coaches on the staff brought a wealth of experience with them. Chet Francisco, Dan Ritter, and Rick Tre trail are all former high chool head coaches with 41 years of combined coaching experience.Jeff 01 en comes from an outstanding college program. The Torero Defen e returned eight starters. The major lo was defen ive back Greg tein. Greg wa the defensive captain and Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 1984. Heading the list of returning players was Co– Defensive Player of the year Mike Hamilton ( r. 6'0" 205 ). From his inside linebacker position Mike led the team in total tackles with 113 and was second in interception with 5. Mike wa at line– backer by two year starter and third leading tackler, Pete McMahon ( r. 6'0" 210) . At outside lineback– er, Don Pannier ( r. 5'10" 195) returned who