GOLDEN, Colo. – The Colorado School of Mines football program had hired two new assistant coaches and restructured titles for two others, as announced today by Head Coach Bob Stitt.

Bob Bodor and Adam Long will begin their first year at CSM in 2010.  Bodor will be the Special Teams Coordinator / Defensive Line Coach while Long will serve as the Strength & Conditioning Coordinator / Inside Linebackers Coach.

Bodor spent the 2009 season as an assistant coach at Kapa'a High School in Hawaii where he contributed to the school's most successful season in 20 years.  From 2003-08, Bodor was the head coach at Colorado College (NCAA Division III).  Bodor, who also served as CC's defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator, led the Tigers to their best season in 13 years in 2006.  Colorado College discontinued its football program after the 2008 campaign.  Bodor's collegiate coaching resume also includes stints at Albion College (1998-02), Hartwick College (1995-97), the University of Pennsylvania (1994), Columbia University (1992-93) and Johns Hopkins University (1991).

Long worked at an athletic performance facility at North Kansas City Hospital (2009) prior to his arrival at Mines.  Long also served as the linebackers coach and strength & conditioning coordinator at Leavenworth High School (Kansas) in 2007 and 2008.  During the 2005 and 2006 seasons, Long was the assistant strength & conditioning coordinator at his alma mater, Northwest Missouri State University.  Long coached the Bearcats' first NSCA All-American during his time in that capacity.

Job titles have also been restructured for ninth-year assistant coach Clement Grinstead and fourth-year assistant coach Kris Barber.  Grinstead, who coaches Mines' running backs, is now the Director of Football Operations and Recruiting.  CSM's wide receivers coach the past two seasons, Barber is now the Passing Game Coordinator.

The Orediggers went 8-3 overall last fall (8-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference - second place) to secure their eighth winning season in the past nine years.  The 2009 season marked the sixth time in program history that CSM amassed eight-or-more victories.  Three of those six seasons have come in the past six years (2004, 2008, 2009).  Quarterback David Pesek, who was one of 17 Orediggers named to the 2009 All-RMAC teams, was one of 24 regional finalists for the 2009 Harlon Hill Trophy (top player in NCAA Division II football).  Mines had four All-American selections in 2009, including Pesek, offensive lineman Zach Meints, wide receiver Adam Saur and defensive lineman Marc Schiechl.  The Orediggers, who placed nine student-athletes on the 2009 Academic All-RMAC teams, also had 11 NFF All-Colorado selections and five Super Region #3 picks last fall.

The Orediggers are scheduled to begin their 2010 season on Saturday, August 28th, hosting Washburn University in a non-conference NCAA Division II game at 12:00 p.m. (MST) at Brooks Field.

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