2016 LOUISIANA RAGIN’ CAJUNS FOOTBALL Brady Thomas
Jordan Frazier
Graduate Assistant - Offense Fourth year • Louisiana, 2012
Student Assistant - Special Teams Third year • Mississippi St., 2014
Brady Thomas enters his ninth season with Louisiana and fourth with the Ragin’ Cajuns football staff as an offensive graduate assistant. Thomas, a former quarterback from 2008-12 for the Cajuns, works with the quarterbacks and wide receivers and serves as an assistant to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Jorge Munoz. Thomas had a hand in all four R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl championships winning two as a member of the team (2011-12) and two as a member of the coaching staff (2013-14). He was the holder for Brett Baer’s 50-yard field goal that gave a the Cajuns a 32-30 victory over San Diego State in the 2011 New Orleans Bowl. A graduate of Louisiana in 2012 with a degree in kinesiology, Thomas is married to the former Victoria English.
Jordan Frazier enters his third season as a football assistant on the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns football staff. Frazier will work with the special teams as well as serving as a personal assistant to head coach Mark Hudspeth. He earned a degree in interdisciplinary studies from Mississippi State in 2014.
Kevon Beckwith Student Assistant - Defensive Line Third year • Louisiana, 2015
Lionel Stokes
Kevon Beckwith returns for his third season with the Ragin’ Cajuns football staff as an assistant to the defensive line coach. Beckwith worked with sixth round draft pick Christian Ringo in 2014. He also serves as an administrative and recruiting assistant. Beckwith earned a degree in health services administration from Louisiana in 2015.
Graduate Assistant - Defense Third year • Louisiana, 2012
Lionel Stokes, a two-year starter at defensive back for the Ragin’ Cajuns from 2010-11, enters his third season as the defensive graduate assistant for Louisiana. Stokes works with the defensive backs and helps with the day-to-day operations of the defensive staff including film breakdown, weekly game planning and managing academics. In 25 games, Stokes recorded 135 tackles and five interceptions playing both corner and safety. Stokes was influential in the Cajuns first nine win season since 1976 helping guide the program to the 2011 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl championship. Stokes earned an associates degree in Mathematics from Copiah-Lincoln Community College in 2009 before finishing up a bachelor’s degree in general studies from Louisiana in 2012. He is currently working on master’s degree in sports management.
Preston Bates Administrative Intern Second year • Mississippi State, 2014 Preston Bates enters his second season as an administrative intern at Louisiana. He will assist with off the field administrative duties for the Ragin’ Cajuns. Bates earned a degree in interdisciplinary studies from Mississippi State in 2014.
Hunter Bonvillain
Henry Ohrenberger
Graduate Assistant - Offense Second year • Louisiana, 2015
Administrative Intern Third year • Norwich, 2008 Henry Ohrenberger enters his third season as an administrative intern at Louisiana. Ohrenberger will work with the linebackers and also serve as quality control. He spent the 2014 season working with the defensive line, helping with film breakdown and assisting with quality control. Ohrenberger joined the Cajuns staff after spending six years in the U.S. Army including one tour in Afghanistan from 2013-14. Prior to joining the army, he played four years as an offensive lineman at Norwich University. Ohrenberger earned a degree in psychology from Norwich in 2008.
Hunter Bonvillain enters his second season as an offensive graduate assistant on the Ragin’ Cajuns football staff. He will work alongside offensive line coach Mitch Rodrigue while assisting with all aspects of the offense. Bonvillain spent four seasons on the staff as a student assistant from 201114. During that time he helped with the defensive line, secondary and special teams. Bonvillain earned a degree in applied science from Louisiana in 2015.
Dustin Nothnagel Administrative Intern Second year • LSU, 2015 Dustin Nothnagel begins his second season as an administrative intern with the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns football team, working with co-defensive coordinator Charlie Harbison. Nothnagel, a native of DeRidder, La., earned his degree in Sports Administration from LSU in 2015 and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Communication from Louisiana.
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