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Head Coach Todd Mooney
 Mooney was named the first head football coach at LaGrange College in February, 2005. Mooney was the defensive backs coach and assistant baseball coach at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.
His hiring ended a four-month search process that attracted more than 170 applicants representing every region of the country and every major collegiate association and division.
"We are extremely pleased that Todd will become our first football coach," LaGrange College President Stuart Gulley said. "His hiring begins a new campus sport that will not only add to the student-life experience here, but also will help us meet some key strategic goals."
LaGrange College Athletics Director Phil Williamson, chair of the search committee, said Mooney had the credentials the college was looking for.
"Todd comes very highly recommended by his peers at Rhodes," Williamson said. "The search committee, coaches and students who have met with Todd have been very impressed with his openness, candor and enthusiasm for the opportunity to become our football coach."
Mooney has served at Rhodes for six years. Like LaGrange College, the school is an NCAA Division III member.
"The opportunity to be named head coach for the first time in your career is extremely exciting, and having that first head coaching position also be the first in LaGrange College history is humbling to say the least," Mooney said.
A Westerville, Ohio, native, Mooney holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in athletic administration from Ohio University. He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Ohio and later was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach for five years at Urbana (Ohio) University. While at Urbana, Mooney served as interim head coach for one season.
Before coming to Rhodes, he worked at Oberlin (Ohio) College as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for a season, before switching to defense as the coordinator and secondary coach.
Mooney and his wife, Kelly, are the parents of a daughter, Jessica, and a son, Todd Jr.
Assistant Coaches
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 Tony Kunczewski
Defensive Coordinator, Strength & Conditioning, Secondary
Kunczewski (pronounced Kun-chess-key)- comes to LaGrange from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He was the secondary coach and strength and conditioning coach at Bowdoin in 2004. Kunczewski helped lead Bowdoin to its most wins since the 1998 season and its first shutout since the 1998 season. The secondary had two players named New England Small College Athletic Conference players of the week and returned two interceptions for touchdowns.
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 have a daughter, Jocelyn and a son, Samuel. He is a native of Irwin, Pa.
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 David Shonts
Offensive Line, Tight Ends-
Shonts comes to LaGrange after three years at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. He was the tight ends coach for two seasons and the quarterbacks coach in 2004. 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.
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 Marcus Blandingburg
Linebackers
The LaGrange native 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. Blandinburg 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.
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 Daniel Brunner
Defensive Line
Brunner is in his second year of coaching the Panthers' defensive line. The Roswell, Ga. native is a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. He was a four-year starter on defense for Rhodes. Brunner was named twice to the All-SCAC team. He led the conference in sacks as a senior. Brunner was also a team captain.
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 Dialleo Burks
Wide Receivers
Burks played college football at Eastern Kentucky and is currently a member of the Dallas Desparados of the Arena Football League. He has played in the AFL for the past four seasons with the Georgia Force and Grand Rapids Rampage.
Burks also has played for the Orlando Rage of the XFL and the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe. He has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Carolina Panthers of the NFL. He played in the World Bowl Championship with Rhein and was the Georgia Force Ironman of the Year in 2004.
At Eastern Kentucky, Burks finished his career with 1,430 yards and 12 touchdowns, leading the team in receiving his junior year. Burks, a LaGrange native, was a member of the 1991 LaGrange High state and national championship team. Burks and his wife Patricia have a son, D.J. and two daughters Kennedy and Payton.
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 Rory Faver
Running Backs
Faver, a Houston, Texas native, is in his first year of coaching. He was a four-year letterman in football and baseball at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. Faver was a two-time All-SCAC safety and a team captain in football. In baseball, he also earned All-SCAC honors as an outfielder. Faver is engaged to Katie Yendle.
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 Pat Hall
Safties/Assistant Secondary Coach
Hall starts his second season working with the secondary and assisting with the team's vidography. Hall is a graduate of Auburn University. He comes to LaGrange College from Auburn High School, where he has worked the past two seasons as an offensive line coach and defensive scout team coach. Hall played his high school football at Houston Academy in Dothan, Ala.
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 J.R. Revere
Quarterbacks
Revere is a Georgia Southern graduate. The LaGrange native was a two-year starter at quarterback and led Georgia Southern to back-to-back NCAA I-AA national championships. At Georgia Southern, he was voted an All-American in 2001, first team All-Conference and the Southern Conference player of the year runner-up.
Revere has played professional Efootball in the Canadian Football League with the Montreal Alouettes and arena football with the Macon Knights, Rome Renegades and Chattahoochee Valley Vipers. He was also drafted in baseball by the Colorado Rockies, spending over a year in their organization.
In high school, Revere was an Honorable Mention All-State selection and the Region Player of the Year as a senior. He and his wife, Dawn, are the parents of a daughter, Lana.
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