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Entering his 17th season as the coach of the Green Terror,
Keating is the most successful coach in McDaniel’s
history.
The 23rd coach in the storied football tradition at McDaniel,
Keating’s 98-65-3 mark at the College is 38 wins better than
that of football legend and Hall of Fame Inductee Dick Harlow. He
passed Harlow’s protege, Charlie Havens ’30, who
finished his career with 77 wins, in 2003. With more championships
than any coach in the College’s history, Keating has carved
his place in one of small college football’s finest
traditions.
With a 14-10 home victory over Juniata in 2007, Keating ushered
McDaniel into the 500-win club, one of just 25 programs in Division
III history to acheive the feat. He needs just two wins for his
100th on the Green Terror sideline.
Eighty-one of Keating’s 98 wins at McDaniel have come over
the past 12 seasons. The Green Terror ran off 33 straight
conference wins en route to the handful of championships under
Keating, who now has seven Centennial Conference crowns to his
credit. He also led the squad to five straight appearances in the
NCAA playoffs between 1997 and 2001 and saw his team invited to
ECAC postseason play in 2002 and 2004.
In 1997, Western Maryland leaped from 4-6 the prior year to a mark
of 10-1 and its first appearance in the NCAA tournament. For his
efforts, Keating was named the Division III Coach of the Year by
American Football Quarterly magazine.
That was not the first time Keating had orchestrated the
turnaround of a program. Taking over at Wesley in 1988, Keating
inherited a club with a two-year mark of 0-17, then steadily
improved the program to a 9-2 powerhouse.
A native of Amherst, N.Y., Keating played football at Bethany
College (W. Va.), where he picked up his 100th career win as a head
coach in 2002. He graduated in 1975 with a degree in
communications.
Keating broke into the collegiate coaching ranks with a pair of
two-year stints as an assistant at Georgetown (1978-79) and DePauw
(1980-81). Keating followed DePauw coach Jerry Berndt to the
University of Pennsylvania (1982-85), where he helped construct a
dynasty that dominated the Ivy League. He then moved to Rice
University for the 1986 and 1987 seasons.
Now firmly entrenched in the longest coaching stint in his career,
Keating has become a bit of a local celebrity in Westminster. Proof
of that fact can be found on the menu at Harry’s Main Street
Grill, which now features a “Coach Keating”-sized
chili.
Keating resides in Westminster with his wife Claudia. The College
has become a home away from home for the Keatings. Claudia received
her master’s degree here in 2001. Keating’s son, Matt,
was a four-year attackman on the Green Terror lacrosse team while
his daughter, Hillary, graduated in May.
Aaron Bartolain
Now the assistant with the longest continuous tenure on the Green Terror staff, Bartolain enters his ninth season on the sideline.
After spending the previous three seasons with the reins of the offensive line, Bartolain was commissioned with calling the offense in 2008. In 2009, he continues with that duty and will spend his second season working specifically with the running backs. Prior to his stint with the line, he spent his first four seasons as the special teams coordinator.
In that capacity, Bartolain’s players worked his system to success with three of his return specialists ranking in the top 45 in the nation in 2003 while his punt returner ranked 19th in the NCAA in 2004. His kicker and punter each earned All-Centennial Conference (CC) first-team honors in 2003 as did his return specialist in 2004.
He is also a certified strength and conditioning coach, and oversees the Green Terror’s physical training regimen and serves as the team’s recruiting coordinator.
A four-year starter for the Green Terror, Bartolain was the CC’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2000. He was also a Hewlett-Packard All-America honorable mention selection that season.
Bartolain is a native of Sarasota, Fla., and graduated from
Western Maryland (now McDaniel) with a degree in physics. He lives
in Sykesville with his wife Tara, who teaches in the exercise
science and physical education department, with two-year-old
daughter, Addisan, and newborn daughter, Emmalea.
With a wealth of football knowledge, Dailey joins the Green Terror coaching staff in 2009.
Dailey comes to McDaniel as a 19-year veteran of the Arena Football League (AFL), which suspended operation indefinitely prior to last season. While in the AFL, he compiled a record of 115-83 in his 12 years as a head coach.
Dailey spent seven years at the helm of the Firebirds organization that included leading Albany to the 1999 title. He also was named Coach of the Year that same season.
His final five seasons in the AFL were at the helm of the Colorado Crush, where he guided the squad owned by John Elway to the 2005 championship.
Dailey ranks fourth all-time in the AFL in games coached, fifth in overall wins and fifth in postseason victories.
Prior to his tenure with the indoor league, Dailey spent time in
the college ranks at George Mason, Towson and Montgomery College.
Chris Bassler
Following a successful career at West Virginia, Bassler returned
home to join the Green Terror staff in 2008.
Bassler was a scholarship member of Mountaineers from 2003-06,
playing offensive tackle on the 2004 and 2006 Gator Bowl teams and
2005 Sugar Bowl championship squad.
A 2003 graduate of Francis Scott Key, Bassler returned to his high
school alma mater as the offensive and defensive line coach for the
varsity squad last fall.
During his playing days at Key, he was a four-time All-MVAL
selection and three times earned all-county honors. A member of the
2003 Baltimore Touchdown Club Super 22 team, he was a two-time
all-state tight end and was named to the all-metro team by the
Baltimore Sun.
Bassler graduated from West Virginia in 2007 with a bachelor of
arts in history.
Escalante joins the Green Terror staff in 2009.
Escalante comes to McDaniel after four years as a student assistant at Springfield, where he assisted the offensive coordinator in preparation for practice. He was responsible for conducting offensive line drills as well as designing drills and practice plans for the kickers and long/short snappers.
Over the last two years, he also worked as an intern at Rutgers. While working with the Scarlet Knights, he had responsibilities in all aspects of the football program, including coaching, recruiting, administration, academics, strength and conditioning, high school camps and training camps.
Prior to the opening of the Green Terror camp this fall, he was awarded an NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship to work with the New York Giants during their preseason camp. While there, he performed duties that mirror those of full-time NFL assistants, including planning and directing workouts, formulating strategies and breaking down tape.
A graduate of Glen Rock High School in Glen Rock, N.J., Escalante is responsible for recruiting in his home state.
Escalante graduated from Springfield in May with a bachelor of
science degree in movement and sports studies.
Fuhrman returned to the Hill for his third stint as a coach with
the Green Terror in 2003. In his six seasons since, he has coached
six All-CC linemen.
His first tour included the final year before Tim Keating’s
arrival and the first year of Keating’s tenure in 1992 and
1993 when Fuhrman handled the same position group he is presently
charged with.
After coaching several seasons of high school ball, Fuhrman
returned for the 2000 season and worked primarily with the special
teams.
A 1983 graduate of Frostburg, Fuhrman started at defensive end for
two seasons before beginning his coaching career with the
Bobcats.
The six-year high school head coach began his teaching career more
than 20 years ago at Calvert High School. He currently teaches
social studies at Franklin High School in Baltimore County.
Joey Garner
Garner enters his second season on the Green Terror sideline in
2009.
Garner joined the college ranks last year after the spending the
previous six seasons at the high school level. From 2002-03, he was
the offensive coordinator at Friends School of Baltimore before
spending the next two seasons as a defensive assistant at Patterson
High School in Baltimore.
In 2003, four of his offensive players at Friends School were
selected All-Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association after
his offense averaged 17 points per game and 250 yards per game.
In 2006, he moved on to be the defensive backs and assistant
running backs coach at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.
A 2002 graduate of Morgan State with a bachelor of science in
telecommunications – radio and television production, he was
the morning news floor director at WBFF Fox 45 in Baltimore from
2002-07. In January 2007, he left that post to take a position as
adjunct professor and aquatics director at Coppin State.
Parsons enters his third year with the Green Terror.
After working with the running backs in his first season, Parsons
shifted to working with the quarterbacks last year – the
position he played in college.
In his season working with the running backs, Parsons was
responsible for a shift in the running game that saw the backs
produce eight more rushing touchdowns than in 2006 and an increase
of more than 35 rushing yards per game.
In 2008, he was charged with the development of two freshmen
signal callers. Both rookies made starts in their debut campaigns
under Parsons tutelage.
Parsons, a 2007 graduate of Averett, was a four-year varsity
letterwinner on the football team. He was team captain his senior
season in addition to being named the team’s Offensive
MVP.
A two-time all-conference quarterback, Parsons guided the Cougars
to the USA South championship in 2006.
He holds the program records for passing yards per game (219.1
ypg), passing yards in a single game (361), passing efficiency in a
season (128.9), passing touchdowns in a game (4), season (18) and
career (42) as well as total offense in a game (401), season
(1,997) and career (4,881).
He did an internship with the Averett football program during the
spring of 2007, assisting with recruiting, video editing and spring
practices.
Rutter joins the Green Terror staff in 2009.
Adding more local flavor to the coaching staff, Rutter is a Francis Scott Key graduate where he played with fellow Green Terror staffer, Chris Bassler. Rutter was a three-time all-county selection.
A 2008 graduate of William & Mary, Rutter was freshman of the year at linebacker. He also earned All-Colonial Athletic Association third-team honors accolades and was a captain as a senior. Despite missing four games with injury, he averaged 8.1 tackles per game during his all-conference season.
Currently living in New Windsor and pursuing a masters in
physical education, Rutter graduated from William & Mary with a
bachelor of science in kinesiology.
Jamie Unger
A wide receiver for Green Terror from 2002-05, Unger returns to his alma mater to coach the same position at which he excelled during his playing days on the Hill.
Part of Centennial Conference championship teams in 2002 and 2004, Unger holds the program and conference record for the longest play from scrimmage when he was on the receiving end of a 98-yard Brad Baer pass against Dickinson on Oct. 16, 2004.
A local product, Unger still holds the single-season and career receiving records at South Carroll.
The offensive most valuable player in 2005, Unger graduated in
2006 with a degree in business administration.
