In his second season as an assistant coach for the Sycamores is veteran coach Dave Telford. Telford works with the Sycamore quarterbacks.
Telford tutored Sycamore quarterback Ronnie Fouch in 2011 as the Sycamores earned their second consecutive winning season for the first time since 1995 & 1996.
Fouch, an honorable mention All-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection, threw for 2,064 passing yards and 18 touchdowns this season, averaging 187.6 yards per game through the air. Fouch spread the ball around in his senior season, throwing touchdown passes to six different receivers and averaging over 45 yards per game with three different targets. The senior signal caller threw a touchdown pass in every game this season, while passing for a season-high of 295 yards against Southern Illinois on Senior Day.
Prior to joining the Sycamore football program, Telford spent the
previous five seasons coaching in the high school ranks. In 2008-10 Telford was the
head coach of Monroe (Wash.) High School. In 2010, Telford had Monroe in contention for its first football
playoff berth since 1992. Going into their Week 8 game of the 2010 season
against Marysville-Pilchuck, the Bearcats had a chance to win a share of the
Western Conference 4A North Division title, clinch a spot in the Wesco 4A
championship game and earn a quad-district playoff berth.
Bearcats quarterback Joey Roppo led the North Division with more than 2,000
yards passing, and three Monroe receivers — Jake Pratt, Austin Mulholland and
Miguel Floresca-Cravens — ranked in the league’s top five in yardage.
He spent the 2007 season
as an assistant coach at Havelock (N.C.) High School and was an assistant at
Stanwood (Wash.) High School in 2005 & 2006. Telford is a 1984 graduate of
Stanwood, where his father Phil once served as head football coach.
From 2001-2005,
Telford was the offensive coordinator at Portland State. In 2004, Telford’s offense led the Big Sky Conference in rushing and
came within seven yards of the school record for rushing. Seven players earned
first or second team All-Big Sky Conference honors. In his first season leading
the Viking offense (2001), Telford led the team to a whopping 477.7 yards per
game to rank fourth in the nation, as PSU went 7-4. In 2004, Telford’s offense rushed
for 2,248 yards and allowed a league-low 10 quarterback sacks. PSU went 7-4 and
knocked off No. 2 nationally-ranked Montana. Additionally, Telford directed a
Viking offense that saw Ryan Fuqua rush for 4,730 yards.
A veteran of the Big Sky Conference,
Telford was the offensive coordinator at Eastern Washington from 1998-2000 and
Montana State from 1991-95. Additionally, Telford was the offensive coordinator
at Butte (Calif.) College in 1997.
Telford is a 1990 graduate of Fresno
State with a degree in Finance, where he played quarterback in the late 1980s.
Telford also coached wide receivers for the Bulldogs in 1995 & 1996. He
began his coaching career in 1989 & 1990 as a student and graduate
assistant coach at Fresno State. Telford still holds the Fresno State record of
40 pass completions and 70 pass attempts against Utah State in 1987. He was
involved in 79 total offensive plays against Utah State and accounted for 548
yards of total offense in that same contest, both of which are school records. Telford’s
536 passing yards in 1987 against Pacific is still a school record as well. He
amassed 2,589 passing yards in 1987 which led the team.
