Huff Announces Balance of 2021 Marshall Football Staff

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall head football coach Charles Huff announced the rest of his 2021 staff on Monday.

It is, as follows:

Mike Villagrana, General Manager
Camie Cole Nations, Director of Player Personnel
Jessica Jefferson, Director of On-Campus Recruiting
Luke Haker, Assistant Director of Football Operations
Doug Chapman, Senior Analyst/Director of Player Development
Mike Bartrum, Senior Analyst/Special Assistant to the Head Coach
Johnny McWilliams, Associate Director of Sports Performance

"I'm excited to be adding these men and women to our staff," said Huff. "In order for us to be successful, we have to have an infrastructure that can help our players maximize their entire collegiate experience. These men and women will play a huge role in our daily attempt to be a champion!"

Bios for each staff newcomer are listed below.

Mike Villagrana, General Manager
Villagrana came to Huntington from Mississippi State, where he served as Director of Recruiting in 2018.

He was also Penn State's Recruiting Coordinator in 2015, a year after serving as Savannah State's wide receivers coach in 2014.

From 2010 to 2012, he was Hampton's Special Teams Coordinator, before moving to Offensive Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator the following season.

He began his collegiate career as a Graduate Assistant at West Virginia in 2008 and 2009, where he secured a Masters of Science in Athletic Coaching Education.

He also earned his undergraduate degree from WVU, where he was a defensive tackle for two seasons, before moving to tight end from 2005-08.

Camie Cole Nations, Director of Player Personnel
Cole Nations, a native of Tupelo, Mississippi, was at Austin Peay from January 2019 to December 2020 when she began as the program's Director of On-Campus Recruiting before adding the title of Director of Football Operations last July.

She was at Mississippi State from May 2017 to January 2019, serving in various capacities, which included Marketing Intern, Academic Tutor and Recruiting Assistant. She earned her Masters of Science in Sport Administration in 2019.

She began her career in college athletics at LSU, her alma mater, where she was a student assistant throughout her time in Baton Rouge. She garnered a Bachelor of Science in Coastal Environmental Science in 2017.

Jessica Jefferson, Director of On-Campus Recruiting
Jefferson was Colorado State's Director of Recruiting for the 2019 season, a year after serving in the same capacity at Arkansas.

She was Baylor University's Executive Assistant to the Head Coach for the 2017 campaign.

Jefferson also served as a Social/Digital Media Assistant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 2016 preseason and with the New York Jets the year before.

She began her career in football at Clemson, where she was a Digital Media Recruiting Student Assistant throughout her undergraduate years, before graduating in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Communications Studies.

Outside of football, she worked with the Charlotte Hornets' communication and public relations staff for two years (2014, 2015), with Sports Illustrated (2016) as an Associate Social Media Producer and with BFG Marketing as a Social Media Manager (2017).

Luke Haker, Assistant Director of Football Operations
Haker comes to Huntington after serving as a Team Operations Intern for the Cleveland Browns for the past three years.

He was also a Football Operations Student Assistant throughout his time at Mississippi State, where he earned a Bachelor of Accountancy in December 2019.

While in Starkville, Haker was part of the Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors Organization and the Shackouls Honors College. He was also named to the President's List three semesters and once to the Dean's List.

Doug Chapman, Senior Analyst/Director of Player Development
Chapman makes his return to Huntington after serving in various capacities in college and professional athletics, as well as business.

He was in West Palm Beach, Florida for five years where he helped launch Sinclair Broadcast Group's American Sports Network as an on-air host and Client Relations Manager. Prior to Florida, Chapman served as College Football analyst and Business Development Manager for Stadium Sports a digital sports network based in Chicago, Illinois.

Chapman was an on-air host and college football analyst with ESPN, CBS and the Big Ten Network for nearly a decade. He also spent 2010 on staff at Georgia Tech as an Academic Advisor for the football program.

After four seasons, which included a 2000 NFC Central Division championship as a running back with the Minnesota Vikings, Chapman suffered a career-ending injury in year five as a member of the San Diego Chargers. Upon retiring, he joined the NFL Players Association in Washington, D.C. Chapman served as the Assistant Salary Cap and Agent Administrator as well as content contributor for the NFLPA's website.

Chapman was inducted to the Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010 after serving as a member of four conference championship teams (1996-99). He rushed for 4,382 yards and 64 touchdowns in an honor-filled career. The Chesterfield, Va., native rushed for 1,238 yards as a freshman for the undefeated 1996 NCAA Division I-AA national champions. By the time he ran for 133 yards and scored all three Thundering Herd touchdowns in a 21-3 win over Brigham Young in the 1999 Motor City Bowl – capping off a perfect 13-0 season and a No. 10 ranking in the final polls – he had helped Marshall to a 50-4 overall record and a 32-2 mark against conference competition, with one Southern Conference and three Mid-American Conference titles. In fact, Chapman saved some of his best performances for Marshall's biggest games. He averaged 116.3 yards per game and scored nine touchdowns in the Thundering Herd's 1996 FCS title contest victory over Montana and his ensuing three bowl appearances. A two-time first team All-MAC running back, Chapman was a third-round selection by the Vikings in the 2000 NFL Draft.

Mike Bartrum, Senior Analyst/Special Assistant to the Head Coach
Bartrum, another Thundering Herd Hall of Famer (2007), also returned to Marshall Football in 2021.

He was the Assistant Tight Ends Coach for the Philadelphia Eagles for two seasons after serving the Meigs Marauders, first as the assistant 8th Grade Coach and then the program's head coach for seven years.

He also founded the Meigs Flag Football League in 2007.

Bartrum played in the NFL for 13 seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots and Eagles, where he caught six touchdown passes in addition to his long-snapping duties. He also appeared in two Super Bowls (1997 and 2005) and the 2005 Pro Bowl.

Following his playing career, he spent 10 years with the Meigs Local Enrichment Foundation and nine as a Meigs County Commissioner.

From 2004-06, he was a Union Representative for the NFL Players Association.

Bartrum, who earned his Bachelor of Arts from Marshall in 1993, was a four-year member of the Dean's List. He was also selected to the Southern Conference's Academic Honor Room in 1992-93 and was the Thundering Herd's Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior.

One of the most prolific tight ends in Marshall history, Bartrum suffered a knee injury that forced him to miss the 1990 season, but bounced back to win All-Southern Conference recognition in 1991 and 1992. He also garnered All-America honors as he caught 62 passes, including nine for touchdowns, in helping the Thundering Herd to the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA national championship. Bartrum also served as a relief pitcher for the Marshall baseball team during his time in Huntington.

Johnny McWilliams, Associate Director of Sports Performance
McWilliams was a Professional Intern at Georgia last season, after serving as New Mexico's Assistant Director of Athletic Performance from 2016-19.

He spent 2015-16 at Alabama where he was a Professional Intern after a stint as Valdosta State's Intern from 2013-15.

He began his coaching career at the high school level, where was a strength coach at Valwood and Norcross High Schools.

McWilliams earned a Bachelor of Science from Valdosta State in 2015 where he was a three-year letterman, a Master of Arts in Human Performance from Alabama in 2016 and is pursuing a Master of Science in Sports Administration from New Mexico.

Returning to the Marshall staff are:
Alex Jones, Assistant Director of Player Personnel
Braden Short, Director of Creative Design
Ryan Freeman, Offensive Graduate Assistant
Joey Partin, Offensive Graduate Assistant
Nick Matthews, Defensive Graduate Assistant
Dom Taylor, Special Teams Quality Control
Joey Maddox, Assistant Director of Sports Performance

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