There are few coaches in Division III with the experience that it takes to lead a program as steeped in tradition as the Emory & Henry College football team. Don Montgomery is one of those few coaches.

Montgomery, now in his seventh season at the help of the Wasps’ football program, is beginning his 35th year of coaching college football, nearly all of which have been on the D-III stage.

Last season, E&H posted a 5-5 record and saw eight players named to All-ODAC teams. The Wasps were sixth in the nation in attendance with an average of 5,391 fans at each home game.

In 2009, Emory & Henry went 7-3 on the year, finishing fourth in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Caleb Jennings received Honorable Mention All-America honors while winning the Lanier Award as the Richmond Touchdown Club’s College Division Offensive Player of the Year. Jennings was also named ODAC Offensive Player of the Year.

The Wasps were 6-4 in 2008, finishing in a four-way tie for first place in the conference, a tie which was broken by Randolph-Macon. E&H posted a 6-4 record in 2006 and saw Marshall Doss selected as the ODAC Defensive Player of the Year and a Honorable Mention All-America pick.

Montgomery and his staff dedicate themselves to inspiring leadership in the long tradition of Emory & Henry football: champions producing champions – on the gridiron, in the classroom, and in life.
Prior to coming to Emory & Henry, Montgomery served his alma mater for 28 years. During his time at Mount Union, Montgomery helped build the Purple Raiders’ football program into a national powerhouse, and Division III’s “Team of the 1990’s,” taking seven of 10 national championships 1993-02 and winning 104 straight regular season games.

He was an offensive line coach, a defensive line coach, an inside linebacker coach and, for his last 19 years, defensive coordinator. As defensive coordinator, his teams led the country in scoring defense and total defense numerous times.

In addition to his duties on the gridiron, Montgomery was the Purple Raiders’ head wrestling coach for 22 seasons (1978-2000). During that time, he coached 34 All-Americans, an individual NCAA Division III National Champion and won nine Ohio Athletic Conference championships, including a record six in a row.

For those achievements, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in March of 2010.

After graduating from Mount Union in 1977, Montgomery served as an assistant coach at Indiana State University while working on his master’s degree.

Among Montgomery’s coaching honors are the 1999 AFCA National Assistant Coach of the Year Award and the Cleveland Touchdown Club’s College Coach Service Award in 2004. Montgomery has also been listed as one of American Football Monthly’s “Hottest Coaches To Watch.”

As a player, Montgomery was an All-Ohio Athletic Conference at offensive guard as a senior. That same season, he was named team co-captain and Offensive Most Valuable Player. His junior year, he received the Jack Thorpe Memorial Football Award.

Montgomery’s wife Theresa, is a P.E. teacher at Meadowview Elementary School. The couple has three daughters and a son and resides in Glade Spring. Ann Marie is a 2002 graduate of Mount Union and is married to Scott Kish. The couple had their first child, Khloe, in May. Joe, a 2006 Mount Union graduate, is entering his fifth season as Head Wrestling Coach and Assistant Football Coach for Muskingum University in Ohio. Katelyn is a 2010 graduate of King College. Kara is a senior at Patrick Henry High School, where she is a member of the soccer team.

Rob Grande is entering his seventh season as an Assistant Football Coach at Emory & Henry College and his third as Associate Head Coach. Grande is also E&H’s Defensive Coordinator and coaches the defensive backs while coordinating recruiting for the Wasps.

Under Grande’s leadership the E&H defense has proven to be an important part of the team’s succes over the past seasons. In 2006, linebacker Marshall Doss was selected as the ODAC Defensive Player of the Year.

Prior to coming to Emory, Grande served as an assistant coach for his alma mater, Salisbury University, eleven years. While with the Seagulls, Grande coached the linebackers and special teams as well as serving as recruiting coordinator.

Grande was also a high school head coach and math teacher in Maryland for one year.

Grande is a 1992 graduate of Salisbury State College in Maryland where he was a placekicker for the Seagulls. He and his wife, Penny, have three sons, Sean, Nick and Matt.

Stan Hodgin is entering his first year as an Assistant Football Coach at Emory & Henry College and will serve as the Wasps’ offensive coordinator

Hodgin joins the Wasps after spending last season as an assistant coach at Averett University in Danville, Va. While with the Cougars, Hodgin coached the wide receivers and assisted with the special teams. Averett led the USA South in passing in 2010 and Hodgin coached USA South leading receiver Jeremy Dixon to All-America honors.

Prior to coaching at Averett, Hodgin served as the Head Coach at Halifax County High School in South Boston, Va., for five seasons. His teams led the state in several special teams categories and twice reached the Virginia State Playoffs.

Hodgin got his start in coaching at his alma mater, Person County High School in Roxboro, N.C., where he coached from 1988 to 2002. Over his career, more than 50 of his players have gone on to play college football, and the teams he has coached have had a .720 win percentage with six conference championships.

A scholar of the game, Hodgin has attended countless coaching clinics, college spring practices and NFL training camps including the University of Texas, West Virginia University the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons.

Hodgin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education from Carson-Newman College in 1988. He was a four-year member of the C-N football team and won NAIA National Championships in 1984 and 1986. As a junior and a senior, Hodgin served as a Student Assistant under Head Coach Ken Sparks, assisting with the quarterbacks receivers and coordinating the scout team offense.

Hodgin and his wife, Laurie, have four daughters: Ashley, Zoe, Kasey and Delaney.

Shannon Johnson is entering his third season as an Assistant Football Coach at Emory & Henry College. Johnson is responsible for coaching the special teams and wide receivers for E&H.

Prior to Emory & Henry, Johnson was an assistant coach at Christopher Newport University, Hampden-Sydney College and Slippery Rock University. Johnson has also coached at the high school level at Buckingham County High School and his alma mater, Alleghany High School.

A four-year letterwinner at quarterback for the Wasps from 1999 to 2002, Johnson was a member of the most recent ODAC Championship and NCAA Playoff team in 2000. He amassed 6,603 yards of total offense and 44 touchdowns for his career and was twice named an All-ODAC performer.

Johnson still ranks third in most passing yards in a game (378 vs. Guilford, 2000) and is fourth in passing yards in a season (2,013 in 2000).

A 2003 graduate of Emory & Henry, Johnson and his wife Cassie have two children, Seraiye and Xavier.

Josh Wellenhoffer is in his seventh season as an assistant football coach at Emory & Henry College and also serves as Director of Facilities. This season, Wellenhoffer will be the offensive line coach for the Wasps after previously coaching E&H's defensive front.

Prior to returning to Emory, Wellenhoffer served as the defensive line coach at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va., for the 2004 season.

As a player, Wellenhoffer was a three-year starter for the Wasps on the offensive line, starting at all five positions. He was a member of one ODAC Championship team and one NCAA Playoff team.

Wellenhoffer received a bachelor's degree from E&H in 2003. In 2006, he conpleted his master’s degree from Virginia Tech in health promotions.

Wellenhoffer is married to the former Sarah Caldwell (E&H '04), and the couple has a son, Spencer. The Wellenhoffers reside in Abingdon.

Marshall Doss is entering his first season as an Assistant Football Coach at Emory & Henry College and will coach linebackers for the Wasps.

Doss returns to his alma mater after serving as an assistant coach at Brevard College in Brevard, N.C., for the past three seasons. While with the Tornados, Doss was the inside linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator.

At Brevard, Doss coached linebacker Stanley Jones, who led the South Athletic Conference in tackles for the 2009 season. Jones was a First-Team All-SAC pick was selected to play in the 2010 All-American Bowl College All-Star game.

Doss got his start in college coaching at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., where he was responsible for the defensive line for the 2007 season.

As a linebacker for the Wasps, Doss was named All-America as a senior in 2006 after being selected as the ODAC and Richmond Touchdown Club College Division Defensive Player of the Year. Doss received a bachelor’s degree in sports management in 2007.

General Franks is entering his fourth season as an Assistant Football Coach at Emory & Henry College. This season, he will serve as defensive line coach, transitioning from the secondary.

Last season, Franks assisted Defensive Coordinator Rob Grande in coaching two All-ODAC safties in Rakeem Rutherford and Daniel Woods.

A native of Warrior, Ala., Franks was letterwinner for the Wasps at linebacker from 2004-07.

Franks is a 2008 graduate of Emory & Henry and received a Master of Arts in history from E&H in 2010.

David Farris in entering his fourth season as an Assistant Football Coach at Emory & Henry College. Farris will once again assist with the Wasps' corps of linebackers.

Farris is a co-owner of Farris Funeral Home in Abingdon, teaches history at Abingdon High School and serves as an adjunct professor of history at Virginia Highlands Community College.

A 1986 graduate of East Tennessee State University with a bachelor's degree in business, Farris also holds two master's degrees from E&H.

Farris and his wife, Sonya, have two daughters, Lindsey and Emily, and two sons, Mark and Caleb. Lindsey recently graduated from ETSU while Emily is a junior at Virginia Tech. The family resides in Abingdon.

Doug Blevins in entering his sixth season overall and is in his second season of this stint as an Assistant Football Coach for Emory & Henry College. He will continue working with kickers.

An expert on the art of kicking, Blevins is well-known through the country and has been featured multiple times on television including ESPN and NBC.

He served on the coaching staff of the Miami Dolphins for six seasons. Blevins also has coached many NFL kickers, including future Hall of Famer Adam Vinatieri of the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts.

Blevins received his bachelor’s degree from the East Tennessee State University in 1988. A native of Abingdon, Blevins and his wife, Nancy, reside in Galax, Va. The couple has a daughter, Sarah, and Blevins has a son, Roman, by a previous marriage.

Mike Snow is entering his first season as an Assistant Football Coach at Emory & Henry College. This season, he will be responsible for the tight ends and will assist with the offensive line.

A 1978 E&H graduate, Snow played tight end for the Wasps under Fred Selfe. An All-ODAC tight end, Snow was named the team’s Most Valuable Offensive Player as a senior. He is still the leading receiver in school history among tight ends and ranks in the top 15 in receptions for all receivers.

Snow recently retired from operating an international shipping business in Philadelphia, Pa., after 27 years. The company specialized in the worldwide transport of military and commercial explosives.

Snow’s son, Gabe, is a redshirt freshman on E&H's football team.

Don Inazu is entering his fifth season as an Assistant Coach at Emory & Henry College. The 2007 winner of E&H’s Dave Thomas Twelfth Man Award, Inazu’s game day responsibilities include serving as an on-field equipment manager and handling general operations and organization.

Inazu is a 1963 graduate of Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa., and is retired from careers in education and medical administration.