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ANNVILLE, Pa. – Jim Monos, the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Bloomsburg University, has been named as the new head football coach at Lebanon Valley College, Athletic Director Kathleen Tierney has announced.

Monos will begin his second stint at Lebanon Valley College. He also served as the Flying Dutchmen’s head football coach from 1986-96 and replaces Mike Silecchia, who in April 2004, by mutual agreement, ended his six-year stay at LVC.

“I am extremely pleased that Jim has accepted the College’s offer to be our next football coach,” said Tierney. “I am confident that he has the experience and skills to move our program forward. He will be a great addition to our staff and I know that our players will respond favorably to him.”

At Bloomsburg, Monos enjoyed a highly-successful seven-year run from 1997-2003. He helped lead the Huskies to a 56-23 record and a 36-6 mark in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division play. Bloomsburg also won five PSAC East championships during Monos’ tenure and reached the NCAA Division II playoffs twice, including an appearance in the national championship game in 2000. Also that season, the Huskies won the Lambert Cup, given to the top Division II team in the east.

Monos helped the Huskies establish a reputation as one of the most dangerous offensive teams in the PSAC. During last year’s 7-4 campaign, Bloomsburg scored over 30 points seven times and reached 40 points in four of those games. During the team’s run to the national championship game in 2000, the Huskies scored over 30 points 11 times in 15 games and twice scored over 50 points. In the team’s national semifinal game that year, Bloomsburg scored 29 straight points in the fourth quarter en route to a 58-48 win.

In 1997, Monos coached the Harlon Hill Award winner, given to the Division II national player of the year.

At Lebanon Valley, the Flying Dutchmen finished 42-65-2 in 11 years under Monos. He led the Valley to a 6-3-1 record in 1991 and a 7-3 mark in 1992, the team’s first back-to-back winning seasons since 1978-79. In 1989, he was named as the Middle Atlantic Conference Co-Coach of the Year after leading the Dutchmen to a 6-4 record. Monos was also an assistant athletic director at LVC from 1992-96 and an admissions counselor from 1986-91.

Prior to taking over the head coaching spot at Lebanon Valley, Monos was the offensive coordinator at Shippensburg University for seven seasons, following three years as a part-time coach. He earned all-conference honors in both football and baseball at Shippensburg before graduating in 1972. A native of Shippensburg, Monos is a member of the Shippensburg University Athletic Hall of Fame.

Monos and his wife, Mary Ellen, are the parents of two sons: Jim, 27, and Todd, 24, both graduates of Bloomsburg University.

Lebanon Valley opens its 2004 season on Saturday, Sept. 4, when it hosts Gettysburg College at 1 p.m. The Dutchmen will play the 900th game in program history when they host FDU-Florham in their MAC opener on Sept. 11.