Marshall University Athletics
Doc Holliday
Marshall Football Announces Staff Additions
2/4/2019 4:52:00 PM | Football
Lambert, Bielaniec return to Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall head football coach Doc Holliday has announced additions to the Thundering Herd's staff.
Defensive tackles coach J.C. Price has added the title of co-defensive coordinator. Chip West has joined the staff and will coach cornerbacks. Brad Lambert has returned to Huntington and is currently a volunteer defensive assistant. Mike Treier, who coached cornerbacks in 2018, will move over to safeties next season.
Additionally, Brad Bielaniec has returned to Marshall as the department's new Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. Bielaniec, who was on staff for the Thundering Herd during the 2017 season, was assistant strength and conditioning coach at Appalachian State last year.
Price, who has been on staff at Marshall since the 2012 season, coached first-team All-Conference USA pick James Rouse, who was named the league's 2014 preseason defensive player of the year by its coaches. Rouse was honored again by the league's all-conference list in the 2014 postseason honors. In 2015, Jarquez Samuel received second-team all-league honors. In 2017 and 2018, he coached two-time All-Conference USA second-team selection Ryan Bee.
Lambert, who was Charlotte's head coach for the past eight seasons, was an assistant coach at Marshall from 1990-95. He began his career as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma following his playing career at Kansas State (1983-86), where he was a defensive back for the Wildcats. He coached at Georgia from 1996-2000 before moving on to Wake Forest, where he coached from 2001-10, the final three years as the school's defensive coordinator.
West served as co-defensive coordinator on Lambert's 49ers staff in 2018 and coached corners there as well. He came to Charlotte from Howard, where he held the same position, following coaching stops at Virginia (where he coached for six seasons), James Madison, Fordham, Colgate and Old Dominion.
Last season, Lambert and West helped power a Charlotte defense that limited opponents to just 105.7 yards on the ground, the nation's ninth-best total. The unit also finished third in fourth down percentage allowed (29.41), ninth in first downs allowed (16.4) and 22nd in total defense (337.3).
"We're very excited to have these guys on our staff," said Holliday. "J.C. has been a big part of our success defensively for a number of years and we're happy that he's back. Chip and Brad Lambert were instrumental in the success that Charlotte had, defensively, and we saw that firsthand."
"We're also happy to have Brad Bielaniec back leading the strength and conditioning program at Marshall. His attention to detail and ability to motivate student-athletes to reach their potential, physically, is vital to our goal of becoming a better football team."
The Thundering Herd will open its 2019 slate against VMI on August 31.
Defensive tackles coach J.C. Price has added the title of co-defensive coordinator. Chip West has joined the staff and will coach cornerbacks. Brad Lambert has returned to Huntington and is currently a volunteer defensive assistant. Mike Treier, who coached cornerbacks in 2018, will move over to safeties next season.
Additionally, Brad Bielaniec has returned to Marshall as the department's new Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. Bielaniec, who was on staff for the Thundering Herd during the 2017 season, was assistant strength and conditioning coach at Appalachian State last year.
Price, who has been on staff at Marshall since the 2012 season, coached first-team All-Conference USA pick James Rouse, who was named the league's 2014 preseason defensive player of the year by its coaches. Rouse was honored again by the league's all-conference list in the 2014 postseason honors. In 2015, Jarquez Samuel received second-team all-league honors. In 2017 and 2018, he coached two-time All-Conference USA second-team selection Ryan Bee.
Lambert, who was Charlotte's head coach for the past eight seasons, was an assistant coach at Marshall from 1990-95. He began his career as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma following his playing career at Kansas State (1983-86), where he was a defensive back for the Wildcats. He coached at Georgia from 1996-2000 before moving on to Wake Forest, where he coached from 2001-10, the final three years as the school's defensive coordinator.
West served as co-defensive coordinator on Lambert's 49ers staff in 2018 and coached corners there as well. He came to Charlotte from Howard, where he held the same position, following coaching stops at Virginia (where he coached for six seasons), James Madison, Fordham, Colgate and Old Dominion.
Last season, Lambert and West helped power a Charlotte defense that limited opponents to just 105.7 yards on the ground, the nation's ninth-best total. The unit also finished third in fourth down percentage allowed (29.41), ninth in first downs allowed (16.4) and 22nd in total defense (337.3).
"We're very excited to have these guys on our staff," said Holliday. "J.C. has been a big part of our success defensively for a number of years and we're happy that he's back. Chip and Brad Lambert were instrumental in the success that Charlotte had, defensively, and we saw that firsthand."
"We're also happy to have Brad Bielaniec back leading the strength and conditioning program at Marshall. His attention to detail and ability to motivate student-athletes to reach their potential, physically, is vital to our goal of becoming a better football team."
The Thundering Herd will open its 2019 slate against VMI on August 31.
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