Shula Going To The Birds

Former Dartmouth quarterback Dan Shula '06 is joining the coaching staff at Illinois State, an FCS (formerly I-AA) school in Normal, Ill. Shula will serve as an offensive assistant, co-special teams coordinator and assistant director of football operations for the Redbirds, according to the Pantagraph.

Shula spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant with the Miami Hurricanes.

The official Illinois State release on Shula's new role is here.

Incoming freshman defensive back Cole Pembroke gets a nod from his local paper in the aftermath of the National Football Foundation and College Football hall of Fame's local Scholar-Athlete awards presentation in Arizona. From a story in the local paper:

Pembroke a three-year starter with the Thunder as a safety and quarterback and was named a first team Central Region Player of the Year as well as a fist team all-state quarterback.

He is also a four-year starter on the Thunder baseball team where he was named the all-region first team and a Joe Sellah Leadership Award winner. Pembroke, who has a 4.43 (H/AP) and 3.81 GPA will be playing for Ivy League Dartmouth University (sic) next fall.

Incoming defensive lineman Elliot Kastner finished fourth in the Hawaii State Wrestling Tournament last weekend. Kastner won four matches, with three coming on first-period pins. His two losses came on third-period pins. On the year, Kastner finished 16-3 with more than half of his 15 pins coming within the first 30 seconds on a pull-down-and-role move he developed himself.

Jimmy Mullen, the senior wide receiver who opened eyes last fall in his first-and-only season of college football, has been selected the Ivy League men's lacrosse player of the week. Mullen scored four goals, including the gamewinner as time ran out, as Dartmouth opened with an overtime victory at Hartford.