2014 Millsaps Majors Football Media Guide | Seite 6

Millsaps Majors Football
HEAD COACH- 5th Season

Aaron Pelch

Pelch succeeded Mike DuBose, who concluded four years as head football coach before joining the University of
Memphis coaching staff in December 2009.
Pelch returned to Millsaps after a stop in the National Football League where he was an assistant special teams
coach in 2009 for the Oakland Raiders.
Pelch was a member of the Millsaps College coaching staff as Assistant Head Coach in 2007 and 2008 and Linebackers coach in 2006. During that time period, the Majors won three consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference titles and had a pair of NCAA Division-III national playoff appearances.
Since taking over as head coach, the Majors have swept the Southern Athletic Association’s offensive and defensive player of the year awards. Pelch himself has been named SAA Coach of the Year in both 2012 and 2013 as he
guided the Majors to conference championships.

Majors under
During his years at Millsaps as an assistant coach, Pelch coached six All-SCAC defensive line selections, a First
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Team All-SCAC linebacker, a SCAC Co-Defensive Player-of-the-Year and a defensive All-America honoree. The
2010 7-3 (5-1)
2011 4-6 (3-3)
2012 7-3 (3-1)*
2013 9-1 (5-1)*
Total: 27-13 (16-6)
* SAA Champions

team’s defensive line ranked second in rushing defense in the conference in 2006 and improved to first in 2007.

Millsaps gained Special Teams Player-of-the-Year nods for three consecutive years under Pelch’s leadership and
had the SCAC’s best net punt average in 2007 (8th nationally) and 2008 (5th nationally). The Majors were also the
top SCAC punt return team in 2007 and 2008. Pelch also saw his team receive an All-American selection at special
teams.
Pelch has a bachelor’s degree from Weber State University and has coached at New Mexico Highlands University in
Las Vegas, N.M., and Everett Alvarez High School in Salinas, Calif.
You can follow coach Pelch on Twitter @CoachPelch

The Pelch Report
Hometown: Sandy, Utah
Alma Mater: Weber State University
Playing Expierence: Weber State (1996-01)
Coaching Expierence
Millsaps College (2010-Present)
Head Coach
Oakland Raiders (2009)
Assistant Special Teams Coach
Millsaps College (2008)
Assistant Head Coach
Millsaps College (2006-07)
Special Teams Coordinator / Defensive Line Coach
New Mexico Highlands University (2005)
Everett Alvarez High School (2004)