1,722: Stonehill's average home attendance . One year ago, the Skyhawks averaged just 1,494.
274.4: Yards per game in 2007, up from 162.8 per game a season ago.
18.4: Average points per game in 2007, up 10 ppg from 2006.
8: Number of interceptions thrown by Stonehill in 2007, down from 15 in 2006.
2: ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team members in Sean Donahue and Kevin Bonnett.
2: Northeast-10 Player of the Week honors: Mike DeBye and Jon Kilborn.
1: 1st place in NE-10 turnover margin (+1.60) and red zone defense (60.5%).
Congratulations Stonehill Football
Coach Talley and his Skyhawks, after being picked to finish ninth in the Northeast-10 in the preseason coaches poll, wrapped up the 2007 season at 5-5, in sole possession of fifth place. Stonehill had its first non-losing season of football since the 1996 season.
Coach Talley has helped revive the Skyhawks and given reason for great optimism for the future of Stonehill football. What's more, Talley is just the second African-American head coach in Stonehill's history and one of only two active black head coaches in New England (Mel Mills - Becker College). He is also just one of two active black coaches in all of Division II (Paul Winters - Wayne State).
VOTE COACH TALLEY FOR COACH OF THE YEAR
>Bio
Fresh off the staff of the much-improved San Francisco 49ers, Robert Talley was introduced as Stonehill College's sixth varsity head football coach on February 27, 2007.
Talley, who brings over 16 years of coaching experience to his position at Stonehill, including 15 years at the collegiate level alone, will try to replicate the turnaround he helped maneuver in the Bay Area at Stonehill.
For the previous two seasons, Talley held the positions of Special Assistant to 49er head coach Mike Nolan and Assistant Offensive Line Coach, where he helped mentor a line that paved the way for a record-setting season from second-year running back Frank Gore. The team as a whole finished sixth in the NFL in rushing yards per game (135.8), highlighted by Gore's 1,695 yards, third most in League. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Talley served as a team liaison and oversaw the offensive playbook and game book preparation.
Prior to his appointment with the 49ers, Talley spent eight years on the staff at Dartmouth College, rising from Defensive Secondary Coach in his first three years on the Big Green staff to Defensive Coordinator in his final five campaigns. During his time in Hanover he developed All-Ivy defensive backs Clayton Smith and Steve Jensen, who was the 2001 Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
Only the second African-American football head coach in New England, Talley joins Becker College's Mel Mills as sideline bosses at the 54 institutions in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont and Rhode Island that offer NCAA programs. He is also on the second African-American head coach in Division II football along with Paul Winters at Wayne (Mich.) State.
While at Dartmouth, Talley spent his summers participating in the National Football League's Minority Coaching Fellowship Program, which provides training camp positions to minority coaches. Talley spent five summers learning from some of the greatest football minds in the game, including the New England Patriots Bill Belichick, Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants, Dick Jauron, formerly of the Chicago Bears and Dennis Green, formerly of the Minnesota Vikings. At each stop he worked exclusively with the defensive line, except for his time with the Bears, where he worked with the defensive backs.
During the 1996 season, Talley was the Linebackers Coach at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
From 1991-1996, Talley was a member of the University of Massachusetts staff, first as assistant defensive backfield coach (1991-1992), then as defensive ends coach and special teams coordinator (1992-96). In 1992 the Minutemen went 7-3 and follwed that season up with a 9-2 ledger, good for second in the conference.
A 1991 graduate of Boston University with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Talley served as co-captain during his senior season in 1990 and is the school's career leader in tackles. A two-time All-America performer for the Terriers, he earned all-Yankee Conference honors during each of his final three seasons of play.
Talley joins Cliff Sherman, David Swanton, Connie Driscoll, Rich Beal and Chris Woods as Stonehill's head coaches since the inception of varsity football in 1988.
The 38-year old Talley is married to Sarah Talley, an assistant volleyball coach at Stonehill.
Talley, who brings over 16 years of coaching experience to his position at Stonehill, including 15 years at the collegiate level alone, will try to replicate the turnaround he helped maneuver in the Bay Area at Stonehill.
For the previous two seasons, Talley held the positions of Special Assistant to 49er head coach Mike Nolan and Assistant Offensive Line Coach, where he helped mentor a line that paved the way for a record-setting season from second-year running back Frank Gore. The team as a whole finished sixth in the NFL in rushing yards per game (135.8), highlighted by Gore's 1,695 yards, third most in League. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Talley served as a team liaison and oversaw the offensive playbook and game book preparation.
Prior to his appointment with the 49ers, Talley spent eight years on the staff at Dartmouth College, rising from Defensive Secondary Coach in his first three years on the Big Green staff to Defensive Coordinator in his final five campaigns. During his time in Hanover he developed All-Ivy defensive backs Clayton Smith and Steve Jensen, who was the 2001 Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
Only the second African-American football head coach in New England, Talley joins Becker College's Mel Mills as sideline bosses at the 54 institutions in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont and Rhode Island that offer NCAA programs. He is also on the second African-American head coach in Division II football along with Paul Winters at Wayne (Mich.) State.
While at Dartmouth, Talley spent his summers participating in the National Football League's Minority Coaching Fellowship Program, which provides training camp positions to minority coaches. Talley spent five summers learning from some of the greatest football minds in the game, including the New England Patriots Bill Belichick, Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants, Dick Jauron, formerly of the Chicago Bears and Dennis Green, formerly of the Minnesota Vikings. At each stop he worked exclusively with the defensive line, except for his time with the Bears, where he worked with the defensive backs.
During the 1996 season, Talley was the Linebackers Coach at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
From 1991-1996, Talley was a member of the University of Massachusetts staff, first as assistant defensive backfield coach (1991-1992), then as defensive ends coach and special teams coordinator (1992-96). In 1992 the Minutemen went 7-3 and follwed that season up with a 9-2 ledger, good for second in the conference.
A 1991 graduate of Boston University with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Talley served as co-captain during his senior season in 1990 and is the school's career leader in tackles. A two-time All-America performer for the Terriers, he earned all-Yankee Conference honors during each of his final three seasons of play.
Talley joins Cliff Sherman, David Swanton, Connie Driscoll, Rich Beal and Chris Woods as Stonehill's head coaches since the inception of varsity football in 1988.
The 38-year old Talley is married to Sarah Talley, an assistant volleyball coach at Stonehill.
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