ASSISTANT COACHES CEDRIC CORMIER
2nd Year Wide Receivers Cedric Cormier (pronounced cormee-AIR) came from Miami (Ohio) University to take over the Rebel receiving corps. He spent the 2009 season coaching the RedHawk wide receivers after working the previous two seasons in the same capacity at Montana. In Missoula he coached future NFL wideout Marc Mariani, who in 2008 was a second team All-American with 1,308 receiving yards, 15 touchdowns and a school-record 2,265 all-purpose yards. Prior to Montana, Cormier was an assistant coach at Baytown (Texas) High School for two seasons after starting his coaching career at Channelview (Texas) High School in 2004. The Houston native was a four-year letterman at receiver Colorado from 1998-2001.
DOMINIC DASTE
2nd Year Running Backs Former Pac-10 player and coach Dominic Daste (pronounced DAS-tee) oversees UNLV’s running backs after seven seasons as an assistant at Montana. He coached the Grizzlies’ tight ends during his last four years at UM and also spent 2009 as running game coordinator for its high-powered offense. He began his tenure coaching the offensive line. Daste went to Missoula after two seasons as graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Washington, after lettering four years for the Huskies at guard.
MIKE GERBER
2nd Year Strength & Conditioning Mike Gerber (pronounced GRR-burr) is in his second year at UNLV as strength and conditioning coach for the football program. Gerber came to the desert after finishing his fourth season as the University of Montana’s strength coach in charge of football. He joined the Grizzlies after being in private business in New York as owner of Mike Gerber SportStrength and co-owner and president of Strength in Motion. He served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Syracuse University from 1995-2000 and also made stops at the University of Maryland, Yale University and Middlebury College.
CHAD GERMER
2nd Year Offensive Line Chad Germer (pronounced JUR-mur) was hired as offensive line coach after serving in that same capacity at Montana. In the previous two years, his lines opened holes for standout running back Chase Reynolds as the 2009 second team All-American rushed for a combined 44 touchdowns and 3,085 yards in 2008-09. In 2009, the Grizzlies ranked 18th in the FCS in fewest QB sacks allowed. Germer is also a veteran of the MWC after coaching the line at Wyoming from 2003-08. A 1991 All-American center at Montana, he began his coaching career at his alma mater in 1998 and went on to coach four All-Americans during his first stint at UM.
MICHAEL GRAY
2nd Year Defensive Tackles Michael Gray, who coaches defensive tackles at UNLV, boasts an extensive resume. A veteran of the Pac-10 and SEC, Gray spent four seasons coaching the defensive line at his alma mater, the University of Oregon, from 2005-08. He returned to the Ducks after coaching two years at the University of Kentucky (2003-04). That was preceded by a six-year stint at Oregon State (19972002) during which the Beavers played in three bowl games, including the team’s 41-9 rout of Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.Gray spent two seasons in the NFL as part of the staff of the Los Angeles Rams (1996-97), two years at Weber State (1994-95) and got his first coaching job for the Canadian Football League’s British Columbia Lions (1993-94). The Baltimore, Md., native played two seasons at Oregon (1981-82) before turning in an eightyear career (1985-92) playing in the CFL for B.C. and Winnipeg.
BRENT MYERS
2nd Year Tight Ends Brent Myers brought three decades of collegiate coaching experience to Las Vegas where he coaches the UNLV tight ends. Myers spent the previous three seasons as offensive line coach and running game coordinator at the University of Louisville. Before joining the Cardinals he spent three seasons in the same position at Arizona State of the Pac-10 Conference. A veteran of eight bowl games, Myers also served one season as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at Utah in 2003. He joined the Utes after spending three seasons as the offensive line coach at Washington (2000-02). He was also the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Boise State (1998-99) and Myers’ other stops included Northern Arizona (1992-97), Eastern Washington (1982-83, 1985-91) and Southern Illinois (1984). A Seattle native, Myers was a Division II honorable mention All-America player at EWU in 1981 and earned his degree from the school in 1982.