Tom Dexter is in his 17th 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.

Bill Lund enters his sixth 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 in fourth season as an assistant coach with the Colby football team and his fifth 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.

Jonathan Michaeles is in his second year with the Colby coaching staff after five years as offensive coordinator and associate head coach at St. Anselm College. A Sturbridge, Mass., native, Michaeles is a 1992 graduate of Bates College, where he was a four-year football player. He then was an assistant high school football coach in Sturbridge, Mass., for a year before moving on to Allegheny College, where he coached wide receivers for three years on a team that had a 29-1 regular season record during that time. Michaeles later had stints as a wide receiver/tight end coach at Penn and wide receiver coach and recruiting coordinator at Fordham.

Brandon Irwin enter his second year on the Colby coaching staff after a stellar playing career with the Mules. A native of Sherburne, N.Y., Irwin was Colby's football captain in 2003, and earned NESCAC second-team honors for the second straight year. He ranked fifth on the 2003 team with 44 tackles, including two for losses. Irwin also had one interception, one forced fumble, five pass break-ups, and averaged 21.6 yards on kickoff returns. During his four years of playing at Colby, he helped the Mules win three CBB (Colby-Bates-Bowdoin) championships.

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, Maine, 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 eighth year with the athletic department.