GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Marc Kolb has been named the new offensive coordinator for the Tusculum College football team announced Pioneer head coach Frankie DeBusk.
Kolb comes to the Greeneville, Tenn. campus after serving as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach at the University of Missouri at Rolla. The Seminole, Fla. native spent the last five seasons guiding one of the top passing attacks in NCAA Division II, including the last two years at the assistant head coaching post. He also served as quarterback and wide receiver coach from 2002-06 at UMR.
The Miners led the nation this past season in passing offense, averaging 350.9 yards per game. UMR was also eighth in the country in total offense (415.7 ypg) and 16th in scoring offense (31.8 ppg). During his five years with the Miners, UMR established numerous offensive records and was one of the top passing squads in Division II over the last three seasons. Under Kolb’s watch, the Miners scored 132 touchdowns through the air since the start of the 2003 campaign.
In 2006, he mentored All-American quarterback Joe Winters, who led the nation in total offense (339.2 ypg) and passing yardage (338.5 ypg) in NCAA II. Winters went 261-for-468 and completed 35 touchdowns. The Miners’ passing attack recorded completions to 11 different receivers, including six with at least 20 receptions each.
"We are very happy to have Coach Kolb as a part of our staff," said DeBusk. "He brings a great deal of experience to our program and has tremendous enthusiasm for the game."
He also mentored two-time All-Americans Ashton Gronewold (2005, 2006) and Cole Drusse (2003, 2004), as well as Academic All-American® Phil Shin (2005).
During his tenure at UMR, the Miners also set or tied eight conference records and three NCAA II records.
"I'm excited about joining the Tusculum College family and look forward to working with Coach DeBusk and the rest of the staff," said Kolb. "I look forward to help Tusculum compete for a South Atlantic Conference championship and take our team to the NCAA Playoffs."
Prior to coming to the Rolla, Mo. campus, Kolb had a successful three-year stint as offensive coordinator at Fairfield University. He started at Fairfield as the Stags defensive line coach in 1998. He moved to the offensive side a year later as he became the offensive coordinator and became the team’s assistant head coach in the 2001 season. In the three years Kolb served as offensive coordinator at Fairfield, the Stags scored 37.1 points per game in 1999, which ranked 12th in NCAA I-AA. A year later, Fairfield upped its scoring production to post 38.7 ppg, which was fifth, nationally. His teams established or matched 78 Fairfield University records.
Kolb has coached offensive units that have finished among the top teams in Division I-AA in several offensive categories, including rushing, passing and total offense. The Stags averaged 406.7 yards of total offense in that span.
Kolb earned his Bachelor's degree at Brown University in 1994 and entered the coaching ranks in 1995 at Curry College in Massachusetts. In 1997, Kolb moved onto Framingham State to serve as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for one season before joining the Fairfield staff.
Kolb and is wife Lisa are the proud parents of son, Matthew, 5, daughter, Hannah, 3 and son William, 22 months.
Kolb replaces David Elsenrath, who stepped down last month to accept a position as assistant coach at Valdosta State University.
