Eastern Michigan Athletics
Jimmy Verdon Jr. Named Graduate Assistant Football Coach
3/25/2010 9:58:44 AM | Football, E-Gridiron Group
Will assist the defense
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University Head Football Coach Ron English announced today, that Jimmy Verdon Jr. will join the football staff as an graduate assistant coach. Verdon will assist the defense.
Verdon joins the EMU staff after serving as a graduate assistant at the University of Louisville in 2009, helping coach the linebackers and working with the strength and conditioning program.
The 28-year-old Verdon is a 2004 graduate of Arizona State University he was a second-team All-PAC 10 performer for the Sun Devils in 2004 and an honorable mention All-League performer in 2002. He was a co-captain of the 2004 ASU squad. He was the MVP of the defensive and the defensive line in 2004. He earned four varsity football letters.
Verdon was a seventh-round draft choice of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League in 2005 and was with the Saints in 2005-06, the Cincinnati Bengals in 2007 and was a member of the Saskatchewan Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League in 2008.
A native of Pomona, Calif., Verdon was named first-team All-State and was an honorable mention All-American as a football player. He also lettered in basketball and track at Pomona High School.
Verdon and his wife, Frances, have three sons, Malik, Gabe and Trey.
The Jimmy Verdon Jr. File
Name: Jimmy Lewe Verdon Jr.
Born: Nov. 4, 1981 - Pomona, Calif.
High School: Pomona H.S. (Pomona, Calif.) - Graduated in 2000
College: Arizona State University - Bachelor's degree - 2004
Family: Wife: Frances; Sons: Malik, Gabe, Trey
Coaching/Playing Experience
Year School-Team Position Record-Highlights
2009 University of Louisville Graduate Asst. FB/G.A.-Strength and Conditioning
2008 Saskatchewan Rough Riders Football player
2007 Cincinnati Bengals Football player
2006 New Orleans Saints Football player
2005 New Orleans Saints Football player
2004 Arizona State University Football player
2003 Arizona State University Football player
2002 Arizona State University Football player
2001 Arizona State University Football player
Verdon joins the EMU staff after serving as a graduate assistant at the University of Louisville in 2009, helping coach the linebackers and working with the strength and conditioning program.
The 28-year-old Verdon is a 2004 graduate of Arizona State University he was a second-team All-PAC 10 performer for the Sun Devils in 2004 and an honorable mention All-League performer in 2002. He was a co-captain of the 2004 ASU squad. He was the MVP of the defensive and the defensive line in 2004. He earned four varsity football letters.
Verdon was a seventh-round draft choice of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League in 2005 and was with the Saints in 2005-06, the Cincinnati Bengals in 2007 and was a member of the Saskatchewan Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League in 2008.
A native of Pomona, Calif., Verdon was named first-team All-State and was an honorable mention All-American as a football player. He also lettered in basketball and track at Pomona High School.
Verdon and his wife, Frances, have three sons, Malik, Gabe and Trey.
The Jimmy Verdon Jr. File
Name: Jimmy Lewe Verdon Jr.
Born: Nov. 4, 1981 - Pomona, Calif.
High School: Pomona H.S. (Pomona, Calif.) - Graduated in 2000
College: Arizona State University - Bachelor's degree - 2004
Family: Wife: Frances; Sons: Malik, Gabe, Trey
Coaching/Playing Experience
Year School-Team Position Record-Highlights
2009 University of Louisville Graduate Asst. FB/G.A.-Strength and Conditioning
2008 Saskatchewan Rough Riders Football player
2007 Cincinnati Bengals Football player
2006 New Orleans Saints Football player
2005 New Orleans Saints Football player
2004 Arizona State University Football player
2003 Arizona State University Football player
2002 Arizona State University Football player
2001 Arizona State University Football player
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