Tony Kunczewski
Phone: (706) 880-8775
E-mail: tkunczewski@lagrange.edu
Defensive Coordinator, Strength & Conditioning, Linebackers
Kunczewski (pronounced Kun-chess-key) begins his third year at LaGrange. He came from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine where he was the secondary coach and strength and conditioning coach in 2004. Kunczewski helped lead Bowdoin to its most wins since the 1998 season and its first shutout since the 1998 season.
   Kunczewski was at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa. for three seasons before going to Bowdoin. At Allegheny, he coached linebackers and was the strength and conditioning coach. Allegheny reached the NCAA Division III playoffs in 2003, winning the North Coast Athletic Conference championship.
   Kunczewski played on two conference championship teams and was a four-year letterman at Grove City College in Grove City, Pa. At Grove City, he earned several all-conference awards and was the team's Defensive Most Valuable Player as a senior. Kunczewski led the team as a senior with 101 tackles and was a team captain. Kunczewski has a degree in business management from Grove City and a masters in exercise and health promotion from California University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Football Coaches Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the National Association of Sports Medicine. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a certified performance enhancement specialist through the National Association of Sports Medicine.
   Kunczewski and his wife Nicole are the parents of a daughter, Jocelyn and a son, Sammy.

David Shonts
Phone: (706) 880-8776
E-mail: dshonts@lagrange.edu
Offensive Line, Special Teams Coordinator 
Shonts begins his third year at LaGrange. Before arriving at LaGrange, he was the tight ends coach for two seasons and the quarterbacks coach in 2004 at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. As quarterbacks coach, Shonts helped Rhodes have one of the top passing attacks in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
   Shonts is a 2001 graduate of Rhodes with a degree in Greek and Roman Studies. He attended British Studies at St. John's College, University of Oxford in England and has worked on an archaeological excavation in Turkey. He was a four-year letterman at Rhodes as a defensive lineman. Shonts was a team captain his senior year. He was second-team All-SCAC as a junior and honorable mention All-SCAC as a senior.
    Shonts and his wife Cindy are the parents of a son, Jack.

Marcus Blandingburg
Phone: (706) 880-8461
E-mail: mblandingburg@lagrange.edu
Corner Backs
The LaGrange native is in his third year on the Panthers' coaching staff. He is a graduate of Jacksonville State University. At Jacksonville State, he was a 3-1/2 year starter as a cornerback. He earned all-conference honors and was named conference defensive player of the week twice.
  At LaGrange High School, he was a three-year starter at free safety and three-time MVP defensive back. Blandingburg was the first LaGrange High player chosen to win the Walter Scott Heart of a Granger Award. He has worked with defensive backs as a graduate assistant at Jacksonville State and as the defensive coordinator for Dawson Street Christian Academy in LaGrange.

Dialleo Burks
Phone: (706) 880-8465
E-mail:

Alex Conforti
Phone: (706) 880-8466
E-mail: aconforti@lagrange.edu
Tight Ends/H Backs
Conforti is in his first year on the Panthers' coaching staff. He is a 2007 political science graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. Conforti was a four-year starter at Rhodes, lettering two years as a defensive lineman and two years as an offensive lineman. He earned All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference team awards for two years on offense and a year on defense. Conforti was selected as a team captain.

Zach Dennis
Phone: (706) 880-8462
E-mail: zdennis@lagrange.edu
Running Backs
Dennis joins the Panthers' coaching staff after graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University with a degree in Sports Management. Dennis was the Most Valuable Player for Ohio Wesleyan in 2007, leading the team with 54 receptions for 888 yards, the second highest single season receiving yards total in the school's history. Dennis finished his career at Ohio Wesleyan second on the school's career receiving yards list with 1,913. He was named to the All-North Coast Athletic Conference second team as a senior. Dennis earned ESPN Academic All-District honors at Ohio Wesleyan. He is a native of Jefferson, Ohio. At Jefferson Area High School, Dennis was a three-sport letterman in baseball, basketball and football.

Rory Faver
Phone: (706) 880-8468
E-mail: rfaver@lagrange.edu
Safeties
Faver, a Houston, Texas native, is in his third year on the coaching staff of the Panthers. For the past two seasons, he has coached the running backs. Faver was a four-year letterman in football and baseball at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. He was a two-time All-SCAC safety and a team captain in football and also earned All-SCAC honors as an outfielder in baseball. Faver is engaged to Katie Yendel.