Brian Scott
Brian Scott, a standout quarterback at Maine from 1995-1999, is the offensive coordinator at Old Dominion completed his sixth season with the program in 2012.
Prior to the 2012 season, the ODU offense under Scott was one of the best in the nation, ranking in the top-10 nationally in several categories. This season the Monarchs led the FCS in scoring offense with 45.15 points per game, passing offense at 393.85 and total offense with 548.23 yards per game. The ODU offense led by Scott had six players on the CAA All-Conference team while Taylor Heinicke, Nick Mayers and Jack Lowney earned numerous All-America honors. Left guard David Born and Lowney at left tackle earned All-CAA honors.
Scott was elevated to Associate Head Coach following the Monarchs' 2011 campaign that saw ODU reach new heights with a 10-3 overall mark, a No. 10 national ranking, and a berth to the NCAA Division I Football Championships.
In 2011, Scott's offense not only was among the top of the highly competitive Colonial Athletic Association, but the nation yet again. The Monarch offensive line helped pave the way for ODU to rank fifth nationally and lead the CAA in scoring offense at 36.69 points per game as well as 10th nationally among FCS schools and top the league in total offense averaging 439.08 yards per contest. ODU averaged 168.15 yards of rushing offense, third in the league, and 270.92 yards
of passing offense, second in the league and 18th in the country. Four Monarchs from the offense earned All-CAA honors in ODU's first season in the league
The second season of Old Dominion football in 2010 saw the Monarchs collect an 8-3 mark in its final season of playing independent football before moving to the CAA. The Monarchs ranked eighth in the country in scoring offense fueled by quarterback and Walter Payton Award Watch List member Thomas DeMarco who finished seventh in the nation in total offense. The Monarch offense averaged 33.55 points per game.
After helping head coach Bobby Wilder and his team to a 9-2 overall mark in the inaugural campaign for Old Dominion in 2009, Scott was among the four finalists for FootballScoop.com's D-1AA Coordinator of the Year.
Under Scott's leadership in the inaugural campaign, the ODU offense finished third nationally in scoring offense averaging 35 points per contest and 18th nationally in total offense averaging just under 400 yards per game. Additionally, the Monarchs ranked second nationally in sacks allowed and ninth among all FCS schools in fewest turnovers on the year with 14. ODU's offensive efforts saw the Monarchs score 28 touchdowns in 39 red zone opportunities.
Prior to joining the Monarch coaching staff, Scott had served as recruiting coordinator, offensive line, running back and tight ends coach at Maine since 2003. In his first season as the offensive line coach, he helped tutor senior co-captain and center Ben Lazarski, who was named an Associated Press third-team All-American. He also tutored Josh Radulski who earned second team All-Atlantic 10 honors in 2004 as he totaled 29 receptions for 271 yards and five touchdowns.
Scott coached the wide receivers, tight ends, and kickoff return team during the 2001 season at the University of Tennessee-Martin. Two of his receivers finished in the top five in receptions per game in the Ohio Valley Conference. He also guided the Skyhawks kickoff return team from last place in the nine-team league in 2002 to third place in the league in 2003.
Before Tennessee-Martin, Scott served as the quarterback coach in 2002 at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, an NCAA Division II institution. He was instrumental in developing a new passing scheme that set new school records for completions, pass attempts and passing yards in a single season.
In 2000 and 2001, Scott was the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at Cony High School in Augusta, Maine. He implemented a new offensive game plan that helped Cony reach the Class A State playoffs for the first time in 10 years.
After a brilliant high school career as a quarterback at Waterville High School, Scott joined the Maine football team in 1995. He served as a back-up quarterback for three seasons before getting the nod as the starter in 1999. He won the Maine Sports Hall of Fame Special Achievement Award, and is the tenth all-time leading passer at the school.
Scott earned a B.S. in Communications from the University of Maine in 2000.
Ron Whitcomb finished his fifth season at Old Dominion in 2012. Since joining the staff as the quarterbacks coach in 2007, he has been elevated to Recruiting Coordinator and Offensive Pass Game Coordinator following the success of the 2011 season.
This season the Monarchs led the FCS in scoring offense with 45.15 points per game, passing offense at 393.85 and total offense with 548.23 yards per game. Whitcomb helped lead Taylor Heinicke to the most prolific season by a quarterback in FCS history. Heinicke led the nation in passing yards, passing yards per game, touchdown passes, total TD's, total offense and points responsible for. Heinicke set FCS single-season record for passing yards and completions. Heinicke threw for 5,076 passing yards surpassing Steve McNair's record of 4,863 he set for Alcorn State in 1994. Heinicke's 398 completions broke Brett Gordon's mark of 385 he set in 2002 for Villanova. The 2012 season also saw Heinicke earn CAA Offensive Player of the Year honors and first-team All-CAA honors. He received First-Team All-America honors by three organizations and won the Dudley Award for the best Division I Player in the state of Virginia.
Under Whitcomb's watch, over the last three seasons the Monarchs have a two-time Walter Payton Watch List member in Thomas DeMarco in 2010 and 2011 and the College Football Performance Awards FCS National Performer of the Year, Jerry Rice Award Runner-Up, and Walter Payton Watch List member in Taylor Heinicke.
In the Monarchs' first season of FCS play, Whitcomb tutored quarterback Thomas DeMarco, who went on to become the second leading quarterback in the FCS in rushing behind Florida A&M's Curtis Pulley and seventh among FCS student-athletes in scoring, averaging 9.45 points per contest. DeMarco completed 137 of his 255 attempts throwing for 21 touchdown passes and making only four interceptions as the Monarchs finished at 9-2 as the winningest FCS start-up program in history.
Whitcomb's tutelage of signal caller Thomas DeMarco continued in year two and resulted in the Monarch quarterback being named to the prestigious Walter Payton Award Watch List in the preseason and ending the 2010 campaign ranked seventh in the nation in total offense.
Success continued for the Monarch signal callers in 2011 with DeMarco being named to the Walter Payton Watch list for the second straight season and Heinicke, as a true freshman, having a breakout year completing 211 of his 307 passes with just one interception. Although Heinicke did not appear in the minimum 75% of games plays to have his name listed among the national stats, Heinicke would have ranked 18th nationally in passing yards, fifth nationally in pass efficiency rating, and 10th among all FCS athletes in total offense per contest.
Before joining the Old Dominion staff, Whitcomb was a four-year starter at the University of Maine where he played under Coach Wilder from 2003-2006.
Whitcomb, departed as the Black Bears' all-time leader in completions (755), total offense (8,801) and touchdown passes (68). His 8,183 passing yards ranked second, as did his .592 completion percentage. One of three senior captains at Maine in 2006, Whitcomb was named the Atlantic-10 and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Rookie of the Year as a redshirt freshman after passing for 2,428 yards and 21 touchdowns. The passing yardage was the most by a freshman in Atlantic-10 history and he also established a new school record with touchdown passes in 11 straight games.
A standout off the field as well, Whitcomb was honored as the 2006-07 Atlantic-10 Student-Athlete of the Year. He earned his B.S. in Education from Maine in 2006 and a M.S. Ed. in Educational Leadership at Old Dominion University in 2009.
For the last three seasons, Whitcomb has participated in the annual Lauren's First and Goal Football Camp at Lafayette College. The one-day clinic features nearly 275 college coaches who volunteer their time to teach aspiring football players the in-and-outs of the game and raise money for Lauren's First and Goal, a charitable organization created to support pediatric brain tumor research and support local pediatric cancer services.
The Whitcomb File:
Birthdate: November 1, 1983
Hometown: Rochester, NY
High School: East Rochester High School
College:Maine `06, Old Dominion `09
Recruiting Areas:
Primary:All Quarterbacks (National), North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia: Atlanta (Cobb and Gwinnett County)
Auxiliary:New York
JUCO/Prep: North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas
Coaching History:
2012 - Present: Old Dominion University - Offensive Pass Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks/Recruiting Coordinator
2011: Old Dominion University - Quarterbacks/Recruiting Coordinator
2007 - 2010: Old Dominion University - Quarterbacks
All-Conference Monarchs Under Coach Whitcomb:
2012: Taylor Heinicke - First Team All-CAA - CAA Offensive Player of the Year
2011: Taylor Heinicke - Third Team All-CAA
