Menlo College Athletics - 2011 Football Coaches

2011 Football

Record: 5-5 (0-0) Home: 1-3 Away: 4-2 Neutral: 0-0

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2011 Football Coaches

Fred Guidici

Head Coach - 3rd Season

The longest tenured member of the Menlo staff, Fred Guidici will begin his 15th season with the Oaks and third as head coach in the fall of 2011. 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.

Mike Church

Assistant Coach - 4th Season

Mike Church enters his forth 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.