2010 Football
Record: 4-7 (0-0) Home: 2-3 Away: 2-4 Neutral: 0-0
2010 Football Coaches
Fred Guidici
Head Coach - 2nd Season
The longest tenured member of the Menlo staff, Fred Guidici will begin his 14th season with the Oaks and second as head coach in the fall of 2010. Menlo posted its first .500 record in Northwest Conference play in 2009, finishing 3-3 in the NWC and 4-6 overall, though it will play as an NAIA Independent beginning this season. Guidici also serves as the Recruiting Coordinator for the Menlo College Department of Athletics.
In their first season under Guidici the Oaks had seven student-athletes represented on the All-Northwest Conference First or Second Team. Another eight earned Honorable Mention All-NWC status. Menlo finished in a tie for third place in the NWC and lost a pair of games to nationally ranked opponents.
Coach Guidici was instrumental in leading a number of record-setting special teams units at Menlo prior to taking over as head coach. In 2006, the Oaks Special Teams scored touchdowns in three consecutive games and four on the season. The team was led by All-American Kick Returner Jihad Mahasin, who led NCAA Div. III with 33.2 yards per return, and All-American Punt Returner Galen Perry, who finished 9th in the country with 15.2 yards per return. The Oaks led the Northwest Conference and finished fourth nationally with an average of 16.0 yards per punt return. The Oaks ranked 8th nationally in punt returns and 9th in kickoff returns in 2001. Under Coach Guidici's tutelage, Menlo's Special Teams has 39 blocked kicks since 1996.
Coach Guidici's coaching resume includes stints with the San Jose SaberCats (1996-1998), Oakland Raiders (1995), Stanford University (1993-1994), Santa Clara University (1990-1992), and his alma mater, Blackford High School (1984-1989). Fred graduated from San Jose State University with a BS in marketing and a minor in economics. He resides in San Jose.
Menlo's 26-point comeback to defeat NCAA Division II Humboldt State 36-29 in overtime remains Coach Guidici's greatest coaching highlight. In that contest, the 2001 Oaks erased a 26-0 deficit to knock off the Lumberjacks on the road.
John Kocurek
Assistant Coach - 1st Season
Victor Brankovich
Assistant Coach - 2nd Season
Victor Brankovich enters his second season as a member of the Oaks coaching staff. His role on the staff is as an offensive line and conditioning coach.
Brankovich was a two-time First Team All-Northwest Conference selection on the offensive line during his two-year Menlo career.
Anthony Ross
Assistant Coach - 3rd Season
Brandon Bongar
Assistant Coach - 1st Season
Scott Ohara
Assistant Coach - 2nd Season
Scott Ohara enters his second season on the Oaks coaching staff as the wide receivers coach.
Gordon Steinman
Assistant Coach - 4th Season
Gordon Steinman enters his fourth season on the Oaks coaching staff in 2010 as the defensive line coach. Steinman joined the Menlo staff after spending two seasons at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif., as its defensive line coach.
Prior to arriving at Menlo, Steinman spent four seasons on the sideline with Granada High in Livermore, Calif., coached at Moreau Catholic in Hayward for one season, and spent another two seasons coaching the Redwood City 49ers semi-pro team.
Steinman, a Kansas City, Missouri native, played linebacker at Kansas State University. He graduated from Missouri Western State University with a degree in Business Administration and lives with his wife, Linda, in Livermore.
Harry Alderson
Assistant Coach - 4th Season
Harry Alderson enters his fourth season on the Oaks staff in 2010 and coaches inside linebackers. Alderson was previously in charge of defensive quality control before focusing on his current role.
Alderson played defensive back at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, and later at San Francisco State where he graduated with a degree in Psychology in 1997. He also has a Master's degree in Public Adminstration from the University of San Francisco ('04) where he was a Chancellor's Scholar. Alderson earned his Officer's Commission from UC Berkeley ('97) and is a Captain in the Air Force Reserve.
Previous coaching stints for Alderson include internships with the Dallas Cowboys ('07) and San Francisco 49ers ('05) in player personnel and football operations. He currently lives in San Francisco.
Brook Vasconcellos
Assistant Coach - 6th Season
Brook Vasconcellos enters his sixth season on the Oaks coaching staff in 2010 as an offensive line and strength coach. Under Vasconcellos, Menlo offensive linemen has received five All-Northwest Conference honors.
Vasconcellos has coached at the prep level at Kennedy in Fremont, Yerba Buena in San Jose, San Lorenzo, Skyline in Oakland, and his alma mater St. Elizabeth in Oakland. He has been the athletic director at Yerba Buena since 1988.
A double major in Kinesiology/Physical Education and Sociology at Cal State Hayward, Vasconcellos joined the Oaks staff after his son, Brian, finished his playing career at Menlo. He and his wife, Janie, reside in Fremont.
Mike Church
Assistant Coach - 3rd Season
Mike Church enters his third season as the defensive coordinator in 2010, bringing decades of experience at the highest levels to the Oaks sidelines. In 38 years of coaching, Church has put together a resume which includes stints in the Big 10, Pac-10, Big 8 (now the Big 12), and the now-defunct Arena Football League where he coached for 10 seasons. Church also coaches the Oaks defensive backs.
Prior to arriving at Menlo, Church was the defensive coordinator for the AFL's Los Angeles Avengers. Before leading the Avengers defense he won two ArenaBowl title as the San Jose SaberCats defensive coordinator. Under Church the SaberCats were the only team in the AFL to hold opposing quarterbacks in the pass-happy league to a sub-100 passer rating for three consecutive seasons. In addition to his roles with the SaberCats and Avengers, Church coached at the professional level in the USFL, XFL, and Football League of Europe.
After graduating from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Church began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Nebraska under legendary coach Tom Osborne. He would later coach collegiately at UC Berkeley, Missouri, Northwestern, Washington State, UTEP, San Jose State, and Cal Poly.
Church lives in Los Gatos with his wife, Anh-Dao, and son, Kol. He also has a duaghter, Kasey.
Doug Cosbie
Assistant Coach - 2nd Season
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