the Beast hires Rod Broadway
December 21, 2000

Coach Rod Broadway
Rod Broadway
Another former player comes home.
Chapel Hill _ Coach John Bunting continues to bring them back home!  This is very exciting.  The new coaching staff may prove to be the best ever assembled at Carolina!
 


Coaching Experience
2000 Florida (Defensive Line/Defensive Tackles/ Extra Point/Field Goal Block
1995-99 Florida (Defensive Tackles)
1981-94 Duke (Defensive Line)
1979-80 East Carolina (Nose Guards)
Bowl Games as a Coach/Player
1974: Sun 1996: Fiesta 1977: Liberty 1997: Sugar
1989: All-American 1998: Citrus
1994: Hall of Fame 1999: Orange
2000: Citrus

Coaching Accomplishments

  • Has 21 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level, all on the defensive line.
  • Coached on the 1996 National Championship team.
  • Has coached on three conference championship teams (Duke - 1989, Florida - 1995, 1996).
  • Coached in the 1995 National Championship Game in the Fiesta Bowl vs. Nebraska and the 1996 National Championship Game in the Sugar Bowl vs. Florida State.
  • Coached in three SEC Championship Games (1995, 1996, 1999).
  • Coached on seven bowl teams, including five New Year's (Jan. 1 or Jan. 2) games.
  • At Florida has coached two All-Americans (Mark Campbell and Ed Chester) and four first-team All-SEC selections (Mark Campbell, Ed Chester, Reggie McGrew and Mike Moten).
  • In his five seasons at UF (1995-99) the Gators have held their respective opponent to less than 100 rushing yards in 32 of 63 games.
  • UF has ranked among the top three teams in the SEC in rushing defense in four of the five seasons he has been at Florida and led the SEC in 1997 and 1998.
  • In 19 of UF's last 49 games (1996-99 seasons) the opponent has been held to 50 or less rushing yards.
  • Over the last three seasons (1997-99) the Gators have ranked no lower than ninth in the nation in rushing defense (2nd in 1997, 4th in 1998 and 9th in 1999).
  • The best single-season rushing defense performance in UF history occured in 1997 (70.7).
  • The 1998 Gator defense was one of just five in the nation to rank in the Top 10 in the final NCAA stats in rushing defense, pass efficiency defense, total defense and scoring defense.
  • The Gators set a new school record with 50 sacks in 1997, an average of 4.5 per game. UF has ranked first in the SEC in quarterback sacks in each of the last four seasons (1996-99).
  • Florida was one of only six schools in 1997 to rank in the national top 15 in rushing defense, pass efficiency defense and total defense.
  • Served as Duke's defensive line coach for his entire 14 years on the Blue Devil staff, playing a key role in the unit's improvement against the run.
  • Duke's 1989 team shared the Atlantic Coast Conference title with Virginia and made its first bowl appearance in over 25 years, in the All-American Bowl vs. Texas Tech.
  • The 1989 Duke team finished the year with seven straight victories and a co-ACC Championship in Steve Spurrier's final year at the helm.

Playing Career

  • University of North Carolina (1974-77), All-ACC in 1977 at defensive tackle, Helped the Tar Heels to two bowl bids, the 1974 Sun Bowl and the 1977 Liberty Bowl
  • Hamilton Tiger Cats of the Canadian Football League (1978)
  • West Stanley High School, Named All-State and All-America, Selected as the Most Valuable Player in the Shrine Bowl as a high school senior

Prominent Players Coached

FLORIDA:

  • DE/DT MARK CAMPBELL - Third-team All-American by Football News in 1995, First-team All-SEC in 1995, Played in the East-West Shrine Game and Hula Bowl Chosen in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.
  • DT ED CHESTER - First-team All-SEC selection in 1996, Associated Press Third-team All-America in 1997, Second-team All-SEC in 1998.
  • DT REGGIE MCGREW - First-team All-SEC in 1998, Sporting News Freshman All-America team in 1996, Knoxville News-Sentinel SEC All-Freshmen team in 1996, A first-round selection by San Francisco in the 1999 NFL Draft.
  • DT MIKE MOTEN - First-team All-SEC in 1997, Signed as a free agent with Arizona Cardinals in 1998. DUKE:
  • NG SCOTT YOUMANS - Third-team All-ACC in 1993, Freshman All-American in 1989, 1993 Brian Piccolo Award recipient (given annually to the most courageous player in the ACC).

NFL Players (Round drafted)
DT David Barnard (FA) - Florida '95 -- Baltimore Ravens
DE/DT Mark Campbell (3rd) - Florida '95 -- Denver Broncos
DT Reggie McGrew (1st) - Florida '98 -- San Francisco 49ers
DT Mike Moten (FA) - Florida '97 -- Arizona Cardinals

Personal Information
Birthdate: April 9, 1955
Hometown: Oakboro, N.C.
Education: 1978 - B.A. in Recreation Administration and Leisure Studies from University of North Carolina; 1974 - West Stanley High School in Oakboro, N.C.
Marital Status: Married to the former Dianne Bynum
Children: Kenneth (15)



Welcome back home, Coach Broadway!

the Ram Man