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Linguist Named to AFCA Board of Trustees
1/9/2023 3:44:00 PM | Football
CHARLOTTE, NC – University at Buffalo football head coach Maurice Linguist has been elected as one of six new members to the Board of Trustees of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Linguist joins Tulane head coach Willie Fritz, Oregon State head coach Jonathan Smith, South Alabama head coach Kane McKendree, New Mexico head coach Danny Gonzalez and McKendree head coach Mike Babcock.
Elected by the members attending the 2023 AFCA Convention today, Linguist will serve as the representative for the Mid-American Conference.
Linguist and the others will join a group of distinguished head coaches who guide the AFCA. The Board formulates policy and provides direction for the AFCA, which was founded in 1922 by Amos Alonzo Stagg, John?Heisman and others. Returning members of the AFCA?Board of Trustees include incoming president Todd Knight of Ouachita Baptist, first vice-president Jeff McMartin of Central (Iowa), second vice-president Bobby Hauck of Montana and third vice-president Jim Catanzaro of Lake Forest .
Also serving on the Board in 2023 are: Steve Ryan, Morningside; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Sam Pittman, Arkansas; James Franklin, Penn State; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Brian Bohannon, Kennesaw State; Mike MacIntyre, FIU; Bobby Kennedy, ex officio member and chairman of the Assistant Coaches Committee; Van Malone, Kansas State, ex officio member and chairman of the Minority Advancement Committee; Michael Christensen, Carson (Calif.) High School, ex officio member and chairman of the High School Committee; and Scott Strohmeier, Iowa Western Community College, ex officio member and Junior College representative. AFCA Executive Director Todd Berry serves as secretary-treasurer of the organization.
Linguist finished his second year as head coach at Buffalo by leading the Bulls to a 7-6 record and a victory in the Camellia Bowl. He has an overall record of 11-14 in his first head coaching job. Linguist began his coaching career in 2007 as graduate assistant and safeties coach at Baylor after his playing days with the Bears were over. He spent one season at Valdosta State as defensive backs and special teams coach before spending three years as safeties coach at James Madison. Linguist's first stint at Buffalo started in 2012 as defensive backs coach, then he added a defensive pass game coordinator title in 2013. He left Buffalo for Iowa State for the 2014 and 2015 seasons with the same job responsibilities, then moved on to Mississippi State as safeties coach in 2016. Linguist traveled north in 2017 as defensive backs coach at Minnesota, then returned home to Texas for the 2018 and 2019 seasons as cornerbacks coach at Texas A&M. In 2020, Linguist moved to the NFL as the cornerbacks coach with the Dallas Cowboys, then was the co-defensive coordinator at Michigan before landing the Buffalo job.
Elected by the members attending the 2023 AFCA Convention today, Linguist will serve as the representative for the Mid-American Conference.
Linguist and the others will join a group of distinguished head coaches who guide the AFCA. The Board formulates policy and provides direction for the AFCA, which was founded in 1922 by Amos Alonzo Stagg, John?Heisman and others. Returning members of the AFCA?Board of Trustees include incoming president Todd Knight of Ouachita Baptist, first vice-president Jeff McMartin of Central (Iowa), second vice-president Bobby Hauck of Montana and third vice-president Jim Catanzaro of Lake Forest .
Also serving on the Board in 2023 are: Steve Ryan, Morningside; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Sam Pittman, Arkansas; James Franklin, Penn State; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Brian Bohannon, Kennesaw State; Mike MacIntyre, FIU; Bobby Kennedy, ex officio member and chairman of the Assistant Coaches Committee; Van Malone, Kansas State, ex officio member and chairman of the Minority Advancement Committee; Michael Christensen, Carson (Calif.) High School, ex officio member and chairman of the High School Committee; and Scott Strohmeier, Iowa Western Community College, ex officio member and Junior College representative. AFCA Executive Director Todd Berry serves as secretary-treasurer of the organization.
Linguist finished his second year as head coach at Buffalo by leading the Bulls to a 7-6 record and a victory in the Camellia Bowl. He has an overall record of 11-14 in his first head coaching job. Linguist began his coaching career in 2007 as graduate assistant and safeties coach at Baylor after his playing days with the Bears were over. He spent one season at Valdosta State as defensive backs and special teams coach before spending three years as safeties coach at James Madison. Linguist's first stint at Buffalo started in 2012 as defensive backs coach, then he added a defensive pass game coordinator title in 2013. He left Buffalo for Iowa State for the 2014 and 2015 seasons with the same job responsibilities, then moved on to Mississippi State as safeties coach in 2016. Linguist traveled north in 2017 as defensive backs coach at Minnesota, then returned home to Texas for the 2018 and 2019 seasons as cornerbacks coach at Texas A&M. In 2020, Linguist moved to the NFL as the cornerbacks coach with the Dallas Cowboys, then was the co-defensive coordinator at Michigan before landing the Buffalo job.
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