hafnert@wmpenn.edu
Todd Hafner enters his sixth year as head football coach.
Hafner led his 2008 squad to a 7-4 record, including a 5-2 Midwest League mark. The seven wins are the most for the program since 1976. For his efforts, Hafner was named Midwest League Coach of the Year.
Hafner, who owns a 26-29 mark as head coach of the Statesmen, also guided Penn to the program's first winning season in 29 years in 2005 when the team was 6-5. Over his four years, Hafner has produced 58 all-conference players and eight All-Americans.
Hafner was born and raised in Oskaloosa until the age of eight when his family moved to
Hafner graduated from
Hafner started his coaching career at Carl Junction HS in Carl Junction,
Hafner then returned to Carl Junction to take up the head coaching position. He held it for four years before taking an assistant coaching job at
While Hafner was at
Hafner lives in Oskaloosa with wife, Mandy, and their four children:
griffinb@wmpenn.edu
Brad Griffin enters his sixth year as assistant coach at Penn, serving as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.
He comes to Penn from Emporia State University where he was a running back on the football team from 1999-2000. Griffin graduated from Emporia in 2000 with a degree in physical education. He stayed on at Emporia as a graduate assistant with the football team for two years before becoming a full-time assistant in 2003.
Before attending Emporia, Griffin attended Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan., from 1996-1997, where he was also a running back on the football team. For one year before moving onto Emporia, Griffin was an assistant coach at Hutchinson.
Griffin is currently working on his Master's in physical education and lives in Oskaloosa with his wife Katie and daughter Brielle.
allspachs@wmpenn.edu
Allspach enters his tenth year with the Penn football coaching staff, having served in several capacities including special teams coordinator, wide receivers, offensive line, running backs, and quarterbacks coach.
A William Penn Hall of Fame quarterback from Baxter, he has coached football and baseball at the high school level for over 20 years in addition to 12 years as an athletics director. Allspach has also spent time as an officiator, working the whistle for numerous years in football and basketball.
He has garnered many accomplishments as a coach, including being nominated to the Iowa Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1990. After a successful eight-year career as a minor league football player for the Des Moines Vikings and the Newton Nite-Hawks, Allspach was inducted Minor League Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
He received his bachelor of arts in physical education from William Penn in 1970. His wife Sharon, daughter Angie, and son Aaron also graduated from William Penn.
hafnera@wmpenn.edu
Aaron Hafner enters his fourth year as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Penn.
Hafner was one of three coaches who shared Midwest League Assistant Coach of the Year honors in 2008.
He comes to Penn after a three-year head coaching stint at Republic HS in Republic, Mo. During his tenure there, he led the program to a conference title in 2004 and back-to-back playoff appearances in 2004 and 2005.
Hafner gained his first head coaching position at Francis Howell Central HS (Kan.) in 2002. Prior to that, he was the defensive coordinator at Webb City HS (Kan.) from 1998-2001, including helping the team to a state championship in 2000.
A 1997 graduate of Pittsburg State (Kan.) with a bachelor's degree in math and an emphasis in education, Aaron also had success on the field as a three-year starting quarterback for NCAA Division II Southwest Baptist in Bolivar, Mo., playing there from 1993-1996.
Hafner resides in Oskaloosa with his wife Katy and their two daughters, Allie, 9, and Andie, 5.
millersd@wmpenn.edu
Steve Miller is in his second year as assistant football coach, serving as defensive line coach.
Miller came to Penn from Arkansas State, where he served as an administrative assistant coach during the fall of 2007. His responsibilities included being a defense quality control assistant, assisting the defensive coordinator with player development, and assisting with game-day activities and on-campus recruiting.
Miller has also spent time at the high school and community college levels over the past decade, with his longest stint lasting seven years at Olive Branch HS in Mississippi.
At Olive Branch, he was an assistant football coach and head track coach. During the 2004 and 2005 campaigns, he coordinated the top-ranked defenses in Class 5A.
Miller has worked on both sides of the ball as well as having spent time coordinating special teams.
Miller was surrounded with success as a junior college player, being a member of a state championship team at Mississippi Junior College as well as a national championship squad at Northwest Community College in 1992.
While at Arkansas State, Miller was working on his master's of education in administration, which he will continue while working on at Penn.
Miller graduated from Northwestern State (La.) with a degree in psychology in 1995.
Miller has one son, Kentrell.
stewarte@oskaloosa.k12.ia.us
Emory Stewart enters his fourth year back at William Penn after over a 20-year absence, serving as recruiting coordinator.
Stewart has extensive coaching experience, starting at East Central in Miles, where he started the football program in the 1970s. He then went on to coaching stints at Lynnville-Sully and
Since 1989, Stewart has served several functions in or around Oskaloosa, though he has always been the head baseball coach at Oskaloosa High, with overall record of 381-283. Stewart was inducted into the Iowa Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2003. He has also served as president of the Professional Educators of Iowa and the Oskaloosa Optimist Club.
Stewart and is wife Leanne live in Oskaloosa and have two children, Heidi and Tony.
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