After nine full years as the head football coach at Shenandoah University, Paul Barnes has given the Shenandoah Hornets four things it had never accomplished in intercollegiate football: two conference championships, an NCAA playoff berth, a national ranking and a coach of the year honor.

Under Barnes' leadership, Shenandoah finished the 2003 campaign with an 8-2 overall record and 5-1 in the USA South Conference. The eight wins represents an all-time best at SU, and the 5-1 league mark was good enough to share for a conference title with Christopher Newport.

Barnes' club backed that stellar season up in 2004 with a 7-4 campaign that included another shared USA South Conference title with Christopher Newport. However, a 14-10 win over the Captains on October 2nd sent the Hornets to the NCAA playoffs for the first time in the five-year history of the program.

Shenandoah finished the 2003 season with the 18th best rushing offense in the nation and also was ranked in turnover margin and passing defense. SU also completed the season at the No. 23 team in the TeamRanks.com poll. This is the first time a Shenandoah football team has achieved a national ranking.

Barnes was named to the top job at Shenandoah on December 10, 2001 following program founder Walter Barr's retirement. He is the last remaining member of the original football staff and just one of two people on campus to have been part of every football game.

Barnes was the first coach hired by Barr when the university reinstated football in June 1999; he came to SU from fellow USA South Conference member Ferrum College. The Baltimore, Maryland native was the offensive coordinator at Ferrum in 1997 and '98 and helped the Panthers to a 6-0 start in the 1998 campaign.

Barnes was an integral part of the effort to bring football back to Shenandoah after a 33 year absence. Barr, Barnes and Reed Prosser recruited a group of more than 100 students to play football on the first team in 2000. Of the 85 freshmen on the first team, 13 completed their eligibility following the 2003 season. That group of student-athletes won 22 games in four seasons and posted two four-game winning streaks and a five-game streak that continued into 2004.

Previous to his stint at Ferrum, Barnes was the defensive coordinator at Division II Glenville State for two years and the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Frostburg State University for 10 seasons. The Bobcats turned in winning seasons in each of his final eight years in Frostburg, went to the ECAC playoffs four times and made an NCAA Playoff appearance in 1993. FSU also reached new offensive heights during Barnes' tenure; they broke game and season rushing records as well as setting records for most touchdowns in a season, wins in a season and most consecutive victories.

Barnes, a 1982 James Madison University graduate, earned varsity letters in his final three seasons with the Dukes football program and served as a graduate assistant there until earning his master's degree in 1984. Barnes was voted the teams leadership and dedication award winner following his senior season.

Barnes also has held leadership roles within the coaching fraternity. In 2006, Barnes wrapped up a two-year term on the NCAA South Region ranking committee. In this role, Barnes participated in the weekly team polls as well as helping select the national championship tournament squads.

Barnes and his wife of 25 years, Dixie, have three children: Austin, 20 and a junior on the 2011 SU football team; Alex, 18; and Ashleigh, 14. They live in Stephenson.

Towson University graduate Tyrone Bell returns for his fourth year on the Hornets defensive staff.

Bell, a four-year letterwinner and two-year starter for the Tigers, came to Shenandoah after spending three seasons at his alma mater as the assistant linebackers coach and video coordinator.

With the Hornets, Bell works with the team's defensive backs and also assists defensive coordinator Brock McCullough with defensive game-planning.

Bell has seven years of collegiate coaching experience. After completing his eligibility in 2001, Bell worked as a student assistant at Towson. Following one year in that position, Bell moved to SUNY Albany as a defensive graduate assistant.

Bell stayed at Albany for one year, helping the Great Danes to a Northeast Conference championship and an appearance in the ECAC Bowl.

A two-year stint at Division II Shippensburg followed, and Bell was part of a Red Raiders program that won 18 games in two years and won one PSAC championship.

As the running backs coach at Shippensburg, Bell worked with running back John Kuhn, who is now a member of the Green Bay Packers.

Bell returned to Towson in 2005 as assistant linebackers coach and special teams coach. In 2006, he took on the video coordinator spot and had primary recruiting responsibility for northeast Pennsylvania and central to southern Maryland.

Former defensive standout Tony Dunn returns again this fall for his third season on Barnes' staff as a student assistant.

A four-year player for the Hornets, Dunn completed his eligibility in the fall of 2008 after playing in 29 games for coach Paul Barnes. A starter for his final two seasons, Dunn finished his career with 82 tackles including 47 solo and six sacks.

He ended his career No. 6 all-time in sacks and ninth in tackles for loss. In 2007, he earned All-USA South honors.

As he completes his degree requirements this year, Dunn will assist Kalvin Oliver with the defensive line.

Dunn's Senior Year Bio

Returning to the staff this season is former local high school coach Joel Elmquist.

Elmquist, who was part of a Pitt-Johnstown team that participated in two NCAA Division II playoffs in the mid-1990's, came to Shenandoah from nearby Sherando H.S. in August 2009.

A part of Bill Hall's staff for five years, Elmquist served as the Warriors freshman offensive coordinator and coached quarterbacks, wide receivers, running backs, linebackers and defensive backs.

With the Hornets, Elmquist serves as a volunteer assistant and works with defensive coordinator Brock McCullough with the linebacking corps.

Clayton Hall rounds out head coach Paul Barnes staff for the 2010 season.

A 2007 graduate of Bridgewater College, Hall started out his career at fellow USA South Conference member Methodist College. Hall spent two years in Fayetteville before transferring to Bridgewater where he earned his degree in Health and Exercise Science in May 2007.

While at Bridgewater, Hall served as an assistant varsity football and track & field coach at nearby Turner Ashby High School. The Knights won the Virginia Group AA state championship in Hall's first season on staff.

Following graduation, Hall moved on to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, where he served as the Tight Ends and Assistant Offensive Line Coach for the 2007 season.

In addition to his work with position groups, Hall assisted with special teams and recruited nationally for the school. In the summer of 2008, Hall took his talents to Juniata College, where he worked with the running backs. By the time he left Juniata in April, he had been promoted to Director of Football Operations.

Now completing Barnes' 13-man staff, Hall coaches the tight ends and assists with offensive game-planning.

Former NFL star Joe Jacoby is the newest addition to the SU football full-time staff. After serving as a volunteer assistant for the 2008 season, Jacoby was promoted in December 2008 to part-time status.

In July 2009, Jacoby became the fifth member of the full-time staff. 

Jacoby, a 2011 Louisville graduate, starred from 1981 to 1993 with the Washington Redskins in the NFL. He was an original member of the famed "Hogs" offensive line, earned four consecutive trips to the Pro Bowl from 1983 through 1986 and helped the Redskins to Super Bowl championships in 1983, 1988 and 1992.

In his career, Jacoby played in 170 games, scored one touchdown and was named to the NFL's All-Decade team for the 1980's in addition to earning those four Pro Bowl selections.

Following his retirement in 1993, Jacoby began a business career that included owning a car dealership in nearby Warrenton, Va. while also staying involved in the game by contributing to the Redskins pre-game radio show.

After selling the dealership in early 2008, Jacoby approached Barnes about becoming involved with the SU program as an assistant coach. Working with Barnes and 2008 graduate Nick Oakley as offensive line coaches, Jacoby was part of a staff that saw the Hornets improve their offensive production by 50 yards per game from 2007 and set new school records in eight different offensive categories.

Brock McCullough is in his sixth year with the SU staff and his fifth as a full-time member. In March 2007, McCullough was promoted to full-time status as the university expanded the full-time staff to four members.

In March 2008, McCullough was promoted again, this time to defensive coordinator. He is the fourth defensive coordinator to serve under Barnes.

McCullough originally came to Shenandoah in August 2004 after serving as the defensive backs and strength coach at Grove City in 2003.

Prior to his experience at Grove City, McCullough worked for two seasons as the outside linebackers and wide receivers coach at Division II Clarion University.

A 2000 Aztec Bowl participant following his senior season at Grove City, McCullough and his wife, Jen, have two daughters, Rowan and Kennedy.

Kalvin Oliver is in his eighth season as an assistant coach with the football program after completing his eligibility in the fall of 2003.

Much like former assistant Kevin Bosworth, Oliver was one of 13 players that came to SU to help start the program in 2000 and stayed all four years. During his playing career, Oliver played in all 39 games and is second all-time in sacks with 11.

A physical education teacher in the Frederick County, Va., school system, Oliver will once again be in charge of the defensive line.

Joe White, a 2006 graduate, gives Barnes a sixth former player on staff. White completed his eligibility in the fall of 2004 and served as a student assistant in the fall of 2005.

As he has during his entire coaching career, White will tutor the Hornets running backs. White played four years of football for the Hornets, appearing in every game during his final three years.

Following his senior season, he was recognized by his teammates as a co-recipient of the Walter Barr Unsung Hero Award.

Brian Wolf returns for this fifth season on the Hornets' full-time staff as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Wolf came to SU in June 2006 with extensive college coaching experience, most recently at Louisburg Junior College in Louisburg, N.C. Prior to his one-year stop at Louisburg, Wolf served as an assistant coach at Livingston College, Southwest Minnesota State University and Principia College.

A former player at both Monmouth (Ill.) and Principia colleges, Wolf once again will assist coach Barnes with offensive game-planning and play calling.