Tom Dexter begins his 14th season on Colby's football coaching staff. A 1987 graduate of SUNY-Cortland, Dexter played quarterback and defensive back while in college. In 1988 he earned his master's degree from Cortland while serving as a defensive line coach there. Dexter then went to Cornell University for one year, where he was the defensive secondary coach and defensive coordinator of the freshman football team. Dexter also serves as head baseball coach and director of the fitness center at Colby.

Ed Mestieri returns to the Colby coaching staff for his 14th season working with the offensive line and also serving as offensive coordinator. Mestieri began his coaching career at Kent State after graduating from Springfield College in 1976. He coached at Dartmouth from 1979 to 1981. He came to Colby after seven sesons at Norwich University, where he served as offensive coordinator and earned his master's degree. Mestieri also serves Colby as its assistant athletic director for operations.

Godomsky is a ninth-year member of the Colby football staff, and also serves as the Mules' head alpine ski coach. A graduate of Mt. Blue High School in nearby Farmington, Maine, Godomsky was a four-year football player and three-year member of the ski team at Bates College, where he graduated in 1991. Godomsky coached alpine skiing at Colby from 1991 to 1993 and then returned to Mayflower Hill in 1994 He also has served as assistant athletic director and assistant alpine program director at Carrabasset Valley Academy in Kingfield, Maine.

Kempton is a six-year member of the Colby football staff after several highly successful years as a Maine high school coach. The University of Maine graduate was an assistant coach at Old Town High School in 1991, then served as head coach at his alma mater, Winthrop High School, from 1992 to 1995. His teams compiled a 25-13 record during his tenure at Winthrop, winning the Western Maine Class C championship in 1995. In 1996, Kempton was defensive coordinator at Lewiston High School.

William Lund enters his third season as defensive line coach at Colby. Lund served as linebacker coach, recruiting coordinator, as well as special teams coordinator for three seasons at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. prior to joining the staff at Colby.

A Wisconsin native and graduate of Lawrence University, Lund was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at Lawrence playing both sides of the ball at linebacker and center. He received the Landis Award for the Most Dedicated Senior Athlete as well as All Conference recognition at center in 1995, helping his team lead Division III in rushing.

Coach Lund continued his career playing semi-pro football with the Granite State Warriors of the Eastern Football League from 1996-98. He played linebacker and served as defensive coordinator for the team during there national semi-final season in '96.

Mark D'Ambrosio '01 made a quick transition from the playing field to the sidelines, joining the Colby coaching staff for the second year after a stellar playing career for the Mules. The Winthrop, Mass. native served as a team captain in 2000 and played a pivotal role as Colby shared the first-ever NESCAC Championship. As a starting strong safety, D'Ambrosio was among the Mules' leading tacklers and was named a first-team All-NESCAC selection and a second team All-ECAC Division III Northeast honoree. D'Ambrosio graduated from Colby with a degree in American Studies.

Chap Nelson
Equipment Manager

One of the more familiar faces on campus is Chap Nelson ('82), who has served as Colby's equipment manager since 1985. In that role, the Clinton, ME, native and Lawrence High School graduate oversees the procurement and maintenance of equipment and uniforms for all of the school's varsity teams, as well as the myriad of club and intramural sports offered by the College.

Nelson graduated from Colby with a degree in administrative sciences, then attended The Ohio State University where he earned a master's degree in athletic administration in 1984. Nelson returned to Colby in 1985 as the equipment manager. He is assisted in the equipment room by Mary Lou Caron, now in her seventh year with the athletic department.