USD Football 1986

Head Coach Brian Fogarty The 1986 season will mark the fourth year for Brian Fogarty at USO. There has been many positive changes during that time. The most important being a shift to primarily high school recruiting. The past three recruiting years have included the largest and most talented freshman classes in 13 years of Division Ill football at USO. Brian and his staff feel this provides for a more consistent program. After a 5-5 season last year and many outstanding players returning, it looks like the future is very bright. Along with coordinating the offense, Brian coaches the quarterbacks and receivers. Before coming to USO, Brian coached at St. Francis High School in La Canada, California where he was head coach for four years and an assis- tant coach for nine years prior. As Head Coach his record was 28-18-2 and his teams made the playoffs all four years. Brian and his wife Vicki have three children, Bridget, Joe and Colleen .

USD Football Profile Three years ago, we set a goal to develop a foot- ball program that would be consistently competitive and also reflect the values of the University of San Diego. In order to reach this goal, we must attrach student athletes who are truly interested in an out- standing education and have the ability and desire to continue their football career. Most of our recruiting efforts have been at the high school level. We feel that the majority of our players should be four year players if we are to develop the consistency we hope to achieve. Our past three recruiting years have been outstand- ing. Our 1986 roster includes 52 lettermen, 13 starters and only 8 seniors, yet we expect to have an outstand- ing team. We have also done very well on the academic side. Our team G.P.A. this past year was 2.72 with several on the Deans List. We are an NCAA Division Ill independent. Division Ill football provides an opportunity for the many outstanding athletes who may not have what the "major" colleges are looking for. They still can't measure the hearts of a player. At USO, your education is the top priority. We work hard, but do not require a large amount of time. This provides you with the fun and satisfaction of playing football and the opportunity to do well academically. We are very proud of our program at USO and we are looking forward to many successful years.

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