Tom Dexter is in his 18th 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.

Rob Quinn is in fifth 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 is now inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame.

Jonathan Michaeles is in his third 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.

  Mike Civitello
Defensive 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, 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 ninth year with the athletic department.