Tom Dexter begins his 15th 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.

Mark Godomsky is a 10 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.

Bill Lund enters his fourth season as linebacker and special teams 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 their national semifinal season in 1996.

Rob Quinn is entering his second season as an assistant coach with the Colby football team and is third as head coach of the men's lacrosse team. He led the Mules' lacrosse team to the NESCAC title game and was honored as conference coach of the year during his first year at Colby. Quinn is a 1989 graduate of Westfield State College, where he was an All-American lacrosse player and was recently inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame.

Bill Lawrence head into his first year working with Colby's defensive line. He spent the past two years assisting the defensive line coach at the University of Maine-Orono. Lawrence, a 1999 graduate of Plymouth State College, served as a graduate assistant and defensive line coach at Brockport State during the 1999 and 2000 football seasons. He was a student assistant coach at his alma mater in 1998. During Lawrence's playing days at Plymouth State, the Panthers had a 31-10 record and made two NCAA tournament appearances.

Jeff Owen, a member of the Colby Class of 2003, will coach the tight ends and the punters for head coach Tom Austin. Owen had a fine senior season with the Mules last year at linebacker and punter. He was third on the team in tackles with 43, was second in sacks with 2.5, and was tied for third in tackles for loss with nine. Owen also punted 34 times for a 33.6-yard average, had a long boot of 56 yards, and had nine punts go inside the 20-yard line.

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.