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The Un i v e r s i T y of Ak r o n • 2008 fo o T b A l l Me d i A GU i d e
COACHES AND STAFF
Car m e n Br i C i l l o
Graduate Assistant (offense)
Third Season
Duquesne, 1999
Carmen Bricillo enters his third season with
the Akron football program, but second on the
coaching staff. In 2006, Bricillo served as the
department’s director of video services.
With the Zips, Bricillo works with the offensive
line, while coordinating the offensive scout
team unit.
Prior to coming to Akron, Bricillo was the offensive line coach at his alma
mater Duquesne for the 2004-05 seasons. He was a two-time All-MAAC offensive
lineman (1995 & ‘96) while playing for the Dukes (1994-97).
Prior to joining the staff at Duquesne, Bricillo spent two seasons as an
assistant coach at Indiana Area High School.
During his playing days with Duquesne, Bricillo was part of DU’s first
two MAAC championship teams in 1995 and 1996 - earning first team allleague
honors both seasons. He also helped the Dukes to the 1995 ECAC
Bowl title.
The Indiana High School graduate was an offensive line assistant two
years after his playing career. He received his business administration degree
from Duquesne in 1999.
Bil l Dr o D D y
Football Athletic Trainer
Eighth Season
Akron, 1998
Bill Droddy is in his eighth year as a member
of the Zips’ sports medicine staff and is
in his seventh season as the football athletics
trainer.
A native of Steubenville, Ohio, Droddy is
no stranger to Zips athletics as he earned his
undergraduate (1998) and graduate degrees
(2000) in sports medicine from the The University of Akron.
Following a one-year stint with the Anchorage Aces, a minor league
hockey team in Alaska, Droddy was hired at his alma mater. In his first season
back in Akron, he worked with women’s soccer, and both men’s and
women’s cross country and track & field programs.
Akron’s 66th and Final Season at the Rubber Bowl
Dan Ba i l e y
Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
14th Season
Nebraska, 1988
Dan Bailey is responsible for the strength and
conditioning of UA’s 19 intercollegiate teams.
In addition, he manages the 8,000-square-foot
strength training facility in the Stile Athletics
Field House, which opened in August, 2004.
He is in his 14th season at Akron and oversees
all football strength and conditioning activities.
That the Zips have evolved into a much more physical football team during
his tenure is due in large measure to Bailey and his staff. The strength
and conditioning department, with financial help from the Varsity “A” Association,
has worked to transform their facility into one of the department’s
recruiting strengths. The weight room in the Stile Field House is regarded
as one of the best training venues in the midwest. Record numbers of pro
scouts have attended the past four NFL Timing Days which were held in the
Field House and saw at least one Zip drafted each season. Numerous football
players from other local schools attended the pro days which combined
to have representatives from nearly every NFL team.
Many former and current football players have set strength records, including
NFLers Ryan Myers and Chase Blackburn, as well as Andy Alleman
(a 2007 third round pick of the Saints) and Kiki Gonzalez (signed as a free
agent in 2007 with the Chiefs). This past spring, Davanzo Tate turned in one
of the best 40-yard dash times among all the NFL hopefuls across the nation.
Also, current Zips Ryan Bain and Almondo Sewell each bench pressed
over 450 pounds.
Prior to his stint at Akron, Bailey was an assistant and later associate
strength coach at Tennessee. In all, he spent seven years with the Southeastern
Conference power. Bailey began his association with the Volunteers
in 1988 as a part-time assistant strength and conditioning coach. In January
of 1989, he joined the staff on a full-time basis and was promoted to associate
in 1994.
At UT, Bailey assisted the director of fitness and strength training with
the design and implementation of the strength and conditioning program
for the Volunteers’ football team. He helped train eight first-round NFL draft
picks, played a role in the Vols winning two Southeastern Conference titles
and gaining berths in six consecutive bowl games. He also worked with UT
men’s basketball and spring sports athletes. Bailey was responsible for the
design and implementation of strength and speed programs for several of
Tennessee’s Olympic sports as well.
Bailey, 41, is a Gibbon, Neb., native and graduated from Nebraska with
a degree in exercise science in 1988. While working toward his degree, he
was an offensive guard with the Cornhuskers from 1983-86. During that
span, the ‘Huskers played in two Sugar Bowls, the Orange Bowl and the
Fiesta Bowl under legendary coach Tom Osborne.
He is formerly the Tennessee Director for the National Strength and Conditioning
Association (NSCA) and earned his certification as a strength and
conditioning specialist in May of 1990 from the NSCA. He also served as
the head strength and conditioning coach for the Knoxville Cherokees, a
minor league hockey team, in 1990.
Bailey and his wife, Shannon, reside in Green with their children Kyle (15)
and Kelli (13).
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