New Big Green Assistants

No official announcements out of Dartmouth yet, but the Big Green has three new assistant football coaches listed in the athletic directory.

Joining the Big Green are Jordan Belfiori, Todd Gilchrist, Jr., and Quentin Jones.

Belfiori comes to Hanover from Butler University, where he had been defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, the role long held at Dartmouth by the recently retired Don Dobes. Belfiori previously coached for seven years at Colgate, where he served as the Raiders' defensive coordinator. He's 2012 graduate of Central Michigan. Find his Butler bio HERE.

Gilcrist is a former Holy Cross wide receivers coach and offensive pass game coordinator who also coached both running backs and wide receivers at Columbia. He was a Bill Walsh Coaching Fellow offensive line intern with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2024. He comes to Dartmouth from Averett University, where he served as offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach last year. Gilcrist is a 2012 graduate of Pitt, where he was a member of the football team. Find his Averett bio HERE.

Jones, whose LinkedIn says he will coach defensive line at Dartmouth, arrives from Wesleyan University. His coaching resume includes stops at Brown, several other schools, and as head coach of the Prague Lions in Europe. He began his playing career at UTEP before playing at Youngstown State and the University of Charleston in West Virginia, where he earned his degree. Find his Wesleyan bio HERE.

Expect more coaching news before spring practice kicks off.

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EXTRA POINT
On a relatively warm Sunday afternoon I figured it was a good day to head to the car wash and finally get a winter's worth of dirt and grime off Mrs. BGA's car.

As usual, I dug into the old milk bottle where we stash quarters and pulled out enough coins to buy the time needed to do a thorough job. Rather than spend $10 or $15 doing the drive-through, I'd do the work myself while Mrs. BGA and Griff the Wonder Dog stayed in the car.

I brought along my favorite pair of gloves in case it was a little cold, but when I got to the car wash I didn't need them, so I put 'em on top of the coin box and set about spraying the car with soap. As usual, when the car was all soaped up I switched to a hard rinse before spinning the dial to hot wax. When I was finished, the car looked great.

Given how nice the day was, we decided to take a Sunday drive. I was doing to pretty decent job of avoiding puddles and mud to keep the car as clean as I could when I looked over and noticed Mrs. BGA's gloves on the dashboard. "Uh," I asked with a sinking feeling, "have you seen my gloves?"

You know what's coming. I'd left them on the coin box at the car wash, a good 20-25 minutes away. So we turned around and headed back to the car wash. Mrs. BGA, who always sees the best in people, gave me a 75 percent chance of finding the gloves. As a (former?) journalist, I'm a trained skeptic and thought she was being a little optimistic.

Unfortunately, I was right.

I'll call the car wash in a few minutes and see if they have a lost-and-found, but I'm not expecting they do. There's no attendant at the car wash and it was so busy yesterday that I'd guess a half dozen or more cars had come through the place before we got back and someone in one of those cars has a nice new pair of gloves.