Pat Coleman | Ray Martel | Mark Simon | Keith McMillan | Ryan Coleman | Gordon Mann
 I've been following Division III football since the early '90s, ever since the likes of Duquesne, Iona and Georgetown played D-III. I'm a 1994 graduate of Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and have been in and (now seemingly permanently) out of the Sports Information biz ever since, as both full-time and interim SID at multiple area institutions. I'm also the editor and publisher of our other site, D3hoops.com, as well as the other sites in the D3sports.com network. The other schools I applied to besides Catholic? All D-IIIs: St. John's, Macalester and Oberlin. I've written about Division III football in USA Today and been interviewed about it on ESPNews and CSTV. I'm a member of the Football Writers Association of America. During the day (and night, sometimes) I'm the sports editor for the Verizon Central Newsroom, after working as copy desk chief at NBCSports.com and more than a decade at USA Today. My wife Cate and I have three children: Elizabeth, Robert and Colleen. Our mailing address: D3football.com 406 N. Argonne Ave. Sterling, VA 20164 E-mail Pat at pat@d3football.com. |
 Gordon Mann was promoted to Deputy Managing Editor of D3football.com and D3hoops.com in February 2007.I'm a 2000 graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. I've lived all over the country including Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern California, the woods of Connecticut and now Central New York. My first taste of Division III athletics came as co-Sports Director at WRTC 89.3 FM where I called football, basketball and hockey action for my beloved “Clamorin' Clucks.” I've had the opportunity to broadcast a wide range of sports including professional hockey, soccer and even gymnastics for television, radio and the Internet. I help cover the East region for D3football.com and the East and Mid-Atlantic for D3hoops.com. It's been a blessing to be a part of both sites after spending so much time on them when I should've been studying for my Political Science classes. Note: After handling public affairs and media relations for a New York State Senator, Gordon has gone back to school, working towards a master's at Penn. It's not D-III, but we'll forgive him this time. |
 Although I recall my Dad taking me to a Tufts-Bowdoin game when I was growing up in Somerville, Massachusetts, my first real foray into Division III football came as a high school junior in Southern New Jersey. My teammates were being recruited by UCLA, North Carolina and Purdue. I was getting letters from places like Allegheny, Albright and Macalester, only some of which I'd heard of.I played cornerback and safety from 1994-97 at Randolph-Macon of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. I finished my career with 10 interceptions, including four in one game at Catholic, in two seasons as a starter. We finished 8-2 my senior year, tying for the conference title, but missing the playoffs under the old 16-team system. I covered the Yellow Jackets and the ODAC for two years after that at a Virginia newspaper, and moved on to cover Division I football and the NFL, among other things. I now work as a copy editor for USA Today and am a member of the Football Writers Association of America. I still believe Division III football is the game in its purest form, combining the complexity and intensity of college football without most of the extraneous stuff that drags down the game at some of the higher levels. Not to sound high and mighty — I love all kinds of football — but Division III is truly where we play the game for love. As we move on in life, we take a lot more from the game than just knowledge of 40 fronts, hot reads and zone coverages. I've been to every Stagg Bowl since Mount Union crushed Lycoming in 1997 — we went then as players volunteering to help kids at an NCAA-sponsored clinic. Since then, I've seen games in and talked to some of the most interesting people from just about every conference and area that Division III football permeates. I definitely consider it a privilege as a well as a job to be part of the D3football.com broadcast team as well as your Around the Nation columnist. If I'm lucky, I'll someday spend a fall touring the country, watching games at the nation's most storied Division III universities, and either making a periodic column or book out of it. In fact, I'll accept donations for that trip starting … now. Division III football has been a part of my life since we used to kicked off of Tufts' field for playing tackle football with our Pop Warner equipment on there as youngsters. Having played and covered it, I'll always try to keep in mind the effect the game has on players, parents and the institutions it's played at. Sure, it's just a game. But it certainly isn't a waste of time. E-mail Keith at keith@d3football.com |
 I'm a 2002 graduate of Brown College (Mendota Heights, Minn.) in PC/LAN and have been programming live data Web sites since April 2002. Other sites I have worked on over the past years are D3hoops.com, dlshc.org, D3sports.net and I also was a writer and photographer for VarsityOnline.com.I am the IT Administrator and Programmer for Camelot Weddings and also support Pictureprints.net (where we house all our game photos). Email me at photos@d3sports.com. |