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Dunny Goode

After military service, Goode took a job as a graduate assistant at Hardin-Simmons, and then got his first high school coaching position in Lefors, Texas.


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Aubrey Hill

During his first season as a graduate assistant, the Gators won the 1997 Sugar Bowl to capture their first national championship.

Bill Zito

After earning a B.A. in History in 1987, Zito played ice hockey in several lower-division leagues in Europe before returning to attend the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he also served as a graduate assistant ice hockey coach for the Badgers under the stewardship of Jeff Sauer.

Bobby Wilder

Upon graduation from the University of Maine in 1987 with a degree in physical education, Wilder served as a graduate assistant coach for two seasons under Jack Bicknell at Boston College, where he earned his master's degree in educational administration in 1990.

Dave Cottle

Cottle began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Salisbury and then spent three years as the head coach at the Severn School, where he compiled a 26–9 record.

Dave Pilipovich

Pilipovich began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at California University (Pa.) before being named an assistant coach in 1988.

David Bailiff

He returned to coaching in 1988 as a graduate assistant at Southwest Texas and was promoted the next year to a full-time position that he held until he was hired to coach the defensive line at the University of New Mexico by Lobos' head coach Dennis Franchione.

Gary Reynolds

Reynolds started his coaching career as a graduate assistant and assistant recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M University in 1991.

Jon Heacock

The next two seasons, he was a graduate assistant on Bo Schembechler's staff at the University of Michigan, where he worked with both the defensive backs and special teams during a stretch in which Michigan won two Big Ten Conference titles and the 1989 Rose Bowl.

Keith Gilbertson

After three stints as a graduate assistant, Gilbertson became an offensive coordinator in 1977 at Utah State under head coach Bruce Snyder.

Lynell Hamilton

Lynell Hamilton (born August 5, 1985 in Stockton, California) is a former American football running back who has most recently worked as a graduate assistant at San Diego State University.

Nell Fortner

She turned to the college ranks as a graduate assistant under Gary Blair at Stephen F. Austin during the 1986-87 campaign while completing a master’s degree in education.

Skip Peete

In 1988, Peete became a graduate assistant with the Panthers, and in his final two seasons with Pitt, he coached future Pro Football Hall of Famer Curtis Martin.

Ted Roof

Roof began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Alabama in 1987, where he helped on defense before taking his first full-time position as the linebackers coach at the University of West Georgia for the 1989 season.

Terry Fair

In January 2013 he became a Graduate Assistant for the University of Tennessee Volunteers under Coach Butch Jones.

Timmy Chang

On May 19, 2012, Southern Methodist University head football coach June Jones, who coached Chang at Hawai'i, announced Chang would join his staff as graduate assistant.

Troy Calhoun

After graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 1989, Calhoun served on the Air Force coaching staff under Fisher DeBerry as a graduate assistant during the 1989–90 seasons.

Vassa Larin

In 2006-2008 she worked as the Graduate Assistant of the renowned expert on Byzantine Liturgy, Professor Robert F. Taft, S.J., at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome.

Will Wagner

Will then transferred to Northwest Missouri State to serve as a graduate assistant for Mel Tjeerdsma.