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2026 Football Coaching Staff

Staff Directory Members By Category/Department
Name	Title	Email Address	Twitter
Garin Higgins	Head Football Coach	ghiggins@emporia.edu	@CoachGHiggins
Vincent Cashdollar	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line	vcashdol@emporia.edu	@CoachCash1
Jace McDown	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs	jmcdown@emporia.edu	@coachmcdown
Cade Harelson	Linebackers/Special Teams Coord./Recruiting Coord.	charelso@emporia.edu
Jesse Williams	Defensive Line Coach	jwilli95@emporia.edu
Bryce Chavis	Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers	bchavis@emporia.edu
Braden Gleason	Quarterbacks	bgleason@emporia.edu
Blake Stone	Running Backs/Stinger Backs	bstone2@emporia.edu
Lavon Jones	Graduate Assistant Defensive Line
Jake Taylor	Graduate Assistant Linebackers
Denver Parker	Graduate Assistant Defensive Backs
Ryan Williams	Graduate Assistant Offensive Line

Staff Directory Members By Category/Department
Name	Title	Email Address	Phone
Tyler Kitzman	Assistant Athletic Director, Strength + Conditioning	tkitzman@emporia.edu
Trip Shannon	Football Operations/Alumni Relations Coordinator	jshannon@emporia.edu
Scott Waters	Team Chaplin/Player Development	swaters@emporia.edu	(620) 341-5764 (620) 341-5764
Josh Praml	Graduate Assistant Recruiting