Personal: Cosh and his wife, Mary, have two sons, J.J., who is a member of the football team at the United States Naval Academy, and Billy, a senior in high school. Cosh is a native of Washington, D.C., and graduated from Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Md. He was chosen Metro Defensive Player of the Year while serving as captain at Bishop McNamara before moving onto Virginia Tech where he led the Hokies in tackles in 1980.
In the fall of 2010 Latimore will begin the 16th year of his second Wildcat coaching stint, after ten years on the K-State staff in the '70s and '80s. Between these stretches at K-State he was the defensive line coach at UTEP from '84-'89 and then left UTEP with former Wildcat Bob Stull in 1989 to join Stull's staff at Missouri for four years. More details at SID bio.
Personal: Born July 29, 1949, in Byron, Georgia ... married to the former D'Anne Mitchell ... the couple has two children, Marion II and Mallory. Earned his bachelor's degree in physical education. Was a two-year starter for the Wildcats ('70, '71) at offensive guard, earning third-team All-America and first-team All-Big Eight honors in '71 and playing in the '71 Senior Bowl and North-South Bowl ... played four years in the CFL after being a seventh-round pick of the New York Jets.
Personal: A native of Emporia, Clements and his wife, Pelusa, have four children, Orianna, Chance, Emma and Kaden. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Kansas State in 1999. As a player Joe Bob was a four-year letter-winner who came to Kansas State as a walk-on before earning a scholarship prior to the 1996 season.
Burns was the head coach at Tulsa from 2000-2002 where his first team in 2000 went 5-7 to give Tulsa its most wins in the previous eight seasons. Before Tulsa he coordinated defenses at Arkansas (1998-99), Southern California (1994-97) and Pacific (1986-87) while also spending time at Rice as defensive pass coordinator and special teams coordinator (1989-92).
In his two seasons at Arkansas the Razorback defense improved from a national ranking of 103rd to the top 20 in total defense. The Razorbacks posted an overall 16-7 record and made consecutive bowl appearances. Following the 1998 season at Arkansas, Burns was one of five finalists for the Frank Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top assistant coach.
Started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Arkansas in 1984 before moving on to the University of the Pacific where he moved up the ranks to defensive ('87) and offensive ('88) coordinator.
Personal: Keith Burns is a native of Hurst, Texas. He and his wife, Yvonne, have three sons, K.C., Tanner and Davis. Was a three-year letter-winner at Arkansas from 1980 to 1982.
Personal: A native of Columbus, Ohio, Dimel and his wife, Julie, have a son and a daugher. Dimel played for K-State from 1983-86, lettering at tackle in 1985 and '86. More details at SID bio.
Miller began his coaching career at the high school level in 1972 when he became head coach at Plainfield High School in Plainfield, Iowa. In 1975, he left to become the defensive coordinator at Eagle Grove High School in Eagle Grove, Iowa. He then served as head coach at Eagle Grove from 1977-78.
With the opportunity to run his own program, Miller left Kansas State in 1995 to take over as head coach at Southwest Missouri State. He guided the Bears to a 21-23 record in four seasons, including their first winning mark in three years in 1996 at 7-4.
Personal: A native of Marengo, Iowa, Del is married to the former Jan Schafbuch. The couple has three sons, Todd, Tad and Troy (deceased). Bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1972 and master’s degree in physical education in 1976. More details at SID bio.
Personal: Dickey is married to the former Lisa Bradshaw, a native of Jetmore, Kansas, and a member of the Arizona women's basketball team from 1983-85. The couple has five children. Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Arizona University in 1987. As a player he started at offensive guard at Arizona from 1983-84 - compiling a streak of 1,230 consecutive offensive plays (including all 840 offensive plays of the 1983 season). He was named second-team all-Pac-10 in 1984 and was Arizona's Offensive Most Valuable Player. Before going to Arizona, he completed an all-conference junior college career at Scottsdale Community College.
Personal: After leaving school, Smith joined the Kansas City Chiefs for the 1992 season, returned to K-State as a student assistant in '93 and '94, received his degree in social science in 1995, and became a graduate assistant for the next two seasons assisting Greg Peterson with the receivers. Michael has two daughters, Kylie and Kenzie. More details at SID bio.
A 2002 graduate of Cornell, he was the running backs coach at his alma mater in 2005 before coming to K-State as a graduate assistant. He worked as an assistant defensive line coach at Holy Cross in 2004 where he was responsible for all video breakdowns of opponents’ defense and special teams and assisted the defensive coordinator in developing game plans while coordinating scout teams.
Rahne worked as an intern in the National Football League office during the summer before his senior year. Prior to his stint at Holy Cross, Rahne worked at the Cintas Corporation as a part of the company’s management trainee program.
Personal: Born July 19, 1980. Hometown is Morrison, Colorado. Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Labor Relations. Was a three-year starter at quarterback for Cornell, earning the team’s MVP honors three times on his way to becoming the school's career leader in completions, yards, TD passes and 200-yard games. Finished his playing career ranked No. 3 in the Ivy League with 7,710 passing yard. More details at SID bio.
Gordon was a Kansas State two-time All-Big Eight selection after stellar seasons as a sophomore and junior. A preseason All-American in 1996, he played in only four games before a leg injury ended his senior season. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in criminology he spent the 1997 season with the St. Louis Rams before heading to NFL Europe in 1998 where he played for the Rhein Fire.
Personal: A native of Arlington, Texas. More details at SID bio.
Snyder received his start as a part-time assistant coach with the Wildcats in 1994 and served in that capacity until 1996, when he began focusing his efforts on the administrative side of the program as the Director of Football Operations. In 1999 he was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations and Associate Athletics Director in 2001.
Personal: The son of legendary K-State head coach Bill Snyder, Sean Snyder earned his bachelor’s degree from K-State in money and banking in 1994. He is married to the former Wanda Boyett, the couple has three children. A member of Kansas State’s inaugural Ring of Honor Class in 2002, Snyder was one of the program’s most prolific punters during his playing days at K-State from 1991-92. Following his collegiate career, Snyder signed a free agent contract with the Phoenix Cardinals in 1993 and the following year with the San Diego Chargers. More details at SID bio.
