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ASSISTANT COACHES COACHES BIOS THE ALBA FILE COACHES BIOS ASSISTANT COACHES THE ALAMAR FILE FRESNO STATE FOOTBALL PETE ALAMAR SPECIAL TEAMS/TIGHT ENDS COACH........................SECOND YEAR COACHING CAREER: Alamar was hired as the new special teams and tight ends coach at Fresno State in March of 2010 … worked with two-time first-team All-WAC kicker Kevin Goessling … in 2010, Goessling led the team in scoring with 105 points … under his guidance, Goessling made 21-of-26 field goals with the longest being 52 yards, he was also 42-of-44 for PATs … Jalen Saunders and Isaiah Burse averaged over 20 yards on kick returns during the 2010 season under Alamar … spent the last seven seasons as the tight ends and special teams coach at Cal and has spent 12 years coaching in the Pacific-10 Conference … has coached four teams that won at least 10 games with his 1993 and 1998 Arizona teams going 10-2 and 12-1 and the 2004 and 2006 Cal teams going 10-2 and 10-3 … coached All-American punt returner DeSean Jackson, who led the NCAA and set a Pac-10 record with four touchdown returns in 2006, while leading the nation with an average of 18.2 yards per return … coached special- ists who earned All-Pac-10 honors for six straight years in Bry- an Anger, Javid Best, Mike McGrath and Byron Storer … special teams flourished in 2006 when the Bears ranked fourth in the nation in punt returns (17.26) and eighth in net punting (38.27) … Sporting News rated Cal's special teams unit as the best in the Pac-10 in its 2007 preview issue … in 2008 developed Cal's Bryan Anger who was first-team Freshman All-American and was named second-team All-Pac-10 … Anger was also a Ray Guy award semi-finalist in his rookie collegiate season … Cal ranked second in the Pac-10 in net punting and third in punt return average in 2009 … in 2005, Cal ranked fifth nationally and second in the Pac-10 in punt return average (15.64) … in the 2005 season at Cal Tim Mixon ranked ninth in the country in punt returns (14.9) … in 2004, placekicker Tom Schneider set a school record for most PATs with 56 … prior to joining the Cal staff, he served as offensive coordinator at Eastern Michigan for three seasons (2000-02) where he also coached tight ends and offensive line …from 1993-99 he was on Tomey's staff at Arizona, beginning as a graduate assistant coach and working his way up … was the special teams coach from 1996-99, and also coached lineback- ers, defensive line and tight ends … while working with the defensive line at Arizona in 1993, the Wildcats led the nation in rushing de- fense and ranked second in the NCAA in total defense … in 1994 he was the head coach of Universidad Au- tonoma de Nuevo Leon in Mexico. .................................................... SECOND SEASON FRESNO STATE DATE HIRED: MARCH 2010 .................................................... EDUCATION PERSONAL CHILDREN: ALICIA, ALEXANDRA AND AMANDA HOMETOWN: THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. SPOUSE: TINA BIRTHDATE: SEPTEMBER 28, 1960 .................................................... PLAYING EXPERIENCE CAL LUTHERAN (1983) BACHELORS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION .................................................... COACHING EXPERIENCE WESTERN OREGON (2 YEARS) CAL LUTHERAN (2 YEARS) .................................................... EASTERN MICHIGAN, 2002, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ TIGHT ENDS CAL, 2003-09, TIGHT ENDS, SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR ARIZONA, 1998-99, SPECIAL TEAMS/TIGHT ENDS ARIZONA, 1997, SPECIAL TEAMS/LINEBACKERS ARIZONA, 1996, SPECIAL TEAMS/TIGHT ENDS ARIZONA, 1995, TIGHT ENDS EASTERN MICHIGAN, 2000-01, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/OFFENSIVE LINE UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON, 1994, HEAD COACH PLAYING CAREER: Lettered three years as an offensive guard/offensive tackle at Western Oregon (two years) and Cal Lutheran (two years). Played on two national playoff teams, one at each school. PERSONAL: Alamar and his wife, Tina, have three grown daugh- ters, Alicia, Alexandra and Amanda … earned a Bachelor's Degree in physical education from Cal Lutheran in 1983. JAMES MADISON, 1991-92, TIGHT ENDS/DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT ARIZONA, 1993, GRADUATE ASSISTANT LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE, 1984, GRADUATE ASSISTANT CAL POLY, 1983, GRADUATE ASSISTANT CAL POLY, 1987-88, RUNNING BACKS CAL LUTHERAN, 1985-86, OFFENSIVE LINE .................................................... BYRON STORER PRO PLAYERS COACHED BRANDON MANUMALEUNA PAUL SHIELDS CAMERON MORRAH CRAIG STEVENS MIKE LUCKY DE SEAN JACKSON JAVID BEST 2011 72 2012 73 L.P. LADOUCEUR MICAH ALBA THIRD YEAR .......................................... CORNERBACKS COACH COACHING CAREER: Alba was named the cornerbacks coach for the Bulldogs on February 24, 2009 … worked with Fresno State's Desia Dunn, who earned second-team All-WAC honors in 2010 … the 'Dogs pass defense was second in the conference and 45th in the nation in 2010 after allowing 208.77 yards a game … in 2009, the Bulldog pass defense ranked No. 32 in the country by allowing only 199.62 yards a game … before joining Fresno State, Alba served as a graduate assistant for BYU from 2005-2008 … worked with the defense also coached the offensive line during the 2008 season … years coaching at BYU, the team won the Mountain West Championship two times and went to bowl games as a Cougar … in Conference every year. Alba's four .................................................... FRESNO STATE .................................................... THIRD SEASON DATE HIRED: FEBRUARY 24, 2009 SPOUSE: WENDY PERSONAL CHILDREN: MICAH JR., NOLAN AND ALAINA HOMETOWN: ATLANTA, GA. .................................................... EDUCATION BYU, 2004, BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HISTORY BYU, 2009, MASTERS IN EXERCISE SCIENCE PHYSIOLOGY .................................................... PLAYING EXPERIENCE .................................................... BYU, 2001-2004 COACHING EXPERIENCE FRESNO STATE, 2009-PRESENT CORNERBACKS BYU, 2005-08, OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT .................................................... DESIA DUNN PRO PLAYERS COACHED PLAYING CAREER: A cornerback and return specialist for BYU in 2001-2004 … led the team in interceptions as a senior … named a Mountain West Scholar Athlete … as a prep athlete, earned All-Metro All Star, all-county defensive player of the year and Atlanta- Journal Player of the Week for the state of Georgia honors. PERSONAL: Born March 3, 1980 in Dallas, Texas ... he and his wife, Wendy, have three children: sons, Micah Jr. and Nolan, and daughter Alaina … graduated from BYU with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2004 before earning his Master's in Exercise Science Physiology.