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Assistant Head Coach Tony Oglesby
 Tony
Oglesby enters the 2009 season, his 13th at West
Alabama, with an unparalleled work ethic and a verve for
smart, aggressive defense.
He came to UWA in 1997 after a six-year
term coaching linebackers and defensive ends at GSC
rival West Georgia, where he appeared in the NCAA
Division II Playoffs twice. Oglesby also mentored
defensive linemen and inside linebackers while serving
as co-defensive coordinator at North Greenville Junior
College in 1990.
He was a four-time letterman and
three-year starter at linebacker for UWA from 1983-86.
He remained at UWA to serve as a student assistant from
1987-88 and a graduate assistant in charge of outside
linebackers in 1989.
Oglesby had an outstanding prep career
at Elberton (Ga.) County High School, earning high
school All-State and All-American honors while
registering 210 tackles as a senior linebacker.
The Elberton, Ga., native earned a B.S. in Health
Education from UWA in 1986.
Offensive Coordinator Will
Hall
 Will
Hall begins his second season as the offensive
coordinator at the University of West Alabama. Hall
joined the Tigers staff after serving as offensive
coordinator at the University of Arkansas at Monticello
in 2007.
Hall helped guide the Boll Weevils to
the top of the Gulf South Conference in rushing offense
and into third place in total offense this past season,
while mentoring GSC Freshman of the Year Scott Buisson.
Prior to his stint at UAM, Hall served
as Offensive Coordinator at Southwest Baptist University
in 2006, and led SBU to 23rd nationally in total offense
and 15th in rushing yards per game in Division II. Hall
has also had coaching stints at Presbyterian College
(S.C.) and Henderson State.
An Amory, Miss.-native, Hall was a
standout quarterback at the University of North Alabama,
where he was the 2003 Harlon Hill Trophy recipient while
leading the Lions to a 13-1 record and the Division II
National Quarterfinals. He was named All-American by the
Associated Press, Daktronics, Football Gazette and
d2football.com, and set 16 school records in his two
seasons at UNA. Prior to his playing days at UNA, Hall
was a two-time Junior College All-American at Northwest
Mississippi Community College, leading the Rangers to a
21-1 record while setting two national NJCAA records for
single-season passing with 3,983 yards and 48
touchdowns.
Defensive Coordinator Andy Greening
 Andy
Greening begins his second season as defensive
coordinator for the UWA Football Team. Greening has
served as a member of the Northeast Mississippi
Community College coaching staff for the past 10 years.
In his first season in Livingston, the
Tigers ranked third in the GSC in scoring defense and
was fourth in total defense allowing 333 yards per game,
as UWA held opponents to just over 24 points per game.
As the head coach at NEMCC, Greening led
the Tigers to three Mississippi Association of Community
and Junior Colleges (MACJC) North Division Titles (2002,
2004, 2005). In the Hurricane Katrina-shortened 2005
season, Greening coached Northeast to the only
undefeated regular season in school history (7-0), a
national ranking that climbed as high as number two, and
to the Pilgrim’s Pride Bowl Classic in Mount Pleasant,
Texas which was the first-ever bowl appearance for a
Tiger football team. In 2005 both the offense and
defense ranked in the top 20 in the country at season’s
end.
Greening, a Corinth, Miss.-native,
started coaching at Northeast in 1998 as Defensive
Coordinator on Coach Laurin Collins’ staff and served in
that capacity for two more seasons under Coach Bobby
Hall before taking over as head coach in 2003.
Prior to his stint with the Tigers, Greening was a
successful head coach at Booneville High School, Amory
High School and Alcorn Central High School. Greening
attended NEMCC, where he played football, before
receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Mississippi
State University in Health and Physical Education in
1979. He also earned a Masters Degree from MSU in 1984.
Offensive Line Coach Sam Gregg
 Sam
Gregg begins his second season as the offensive line
coach for UWA after serving in the same position at the
University of Arkansas at Monticello for one season.
Gregg, a native of Amory, Miss., was a
high school teammate of Will Hall at Amory High School
and has coached with Hall at UAM and Southwest Baptist
University.
In his first season with the Red and
White, his offensive line helped Dameon Baylor to
becoming one of the top rushers in the GSC, as Baylor
gathered 731 yards on the ground. Jon Weinreich, a
member of the UWA O-Line, was named to the All-GSC First
Team and also received All-Region honors
While at SBU, he helped guide the
Bearcat offense to 24th in the nation. Gregg also served
as an Offensive Line Assistant at the University of
Memphis in 2004. While with UM, the offensive line gave
up only five sacks the entire season and earned a trip
to the Motor City Bowl in Detroit, Mich.
Gregg’s collegiate career began at Itawamba (MS)
Community College under Jay Miller, where he later
served as defensive line coach in 2003. He also played
at Murray State University from 2000 to 2001 under Joe
Pannunzio.
Wide Receivers Coach Desmond
Lindsey
 Desmond
Lindsey begins his second season at UWA, as the wide
receivers coach. Lindsey, a Taylorsville, Miss.
native, served as wide receivers coach and
recruiting coordinator at UAM in 2007.
A former Delta State standout,
Lindsey tutored three of the GSC’s top 10 receivers
in 2007.
In 2008, Lindsey coached a trio UWA
receivers who gathered in over five touchdowns each.
The Tigers top five receivers from 2008 all return
for the 2009 campaign.
Prior to his stint with the Boll
Weevils, Lindsey served as the Wide Receivers Coach
at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in
Perkinston, Miss. While at MCGCC, he helped guide
the Bulldogs to the 2005 MACJC South Division
Championship, while mentoring two MACJC All-State
wide receivers.
Lindsey’s playing career started at
Taylorsville (Miss.) High School, where he was a
teammate of current Washington Redskins quarterback
and former Auburn University standout Jason Campbell
and the pair shared one 2A state championships.
Lindsey also played two seasons at Jones County
Junior College in Ellisville, Miss. before heading
to Delta State.
Lindsey
participated in the 2009 Bill Walsh NFL Coaches
Fellowship Program with the Pittsburgh Steelers
under Head Coach Mike Tomlin during Training
Camp. Lindsey worked with the wide receivers and
special teams units.
Lindsey received his Bachelor’s
degree from UWA in 2004 with a B.S. in physical
education. He has completed his Master’s degree at
UWA in 2009 with a MAT in physical education.
Running Backs Coach
Scott Harper
 Scott
Harper begins his third season coaching at West
Alabama after several years of college and
professional playing experience.
He began his collegiate career at
Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston,
Mississippi. After two seasons with the Bulldogs, he
transferred to Marshall University in Huntington,
West Virginia and was a lineman on the Thudering
Herds’ 1999 and 2000 Mid-American Conference
championship teams.
After one season in the National
Football League, he moved to Canada and played two
seasons in the Candian Football League with the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
In his spare time, he volunteered at
Foley High School in Foley, Alabama, during the 2006
season assisting the coaching staff.
Scott recieved his undergraduate degree in
criminal justice from Marshall and he is currently
working towards his Master’s Degree at UWA.
Tight Ends Coach
Robert Herring
 Robert
Herring enters his third season at UWA, where he has
coached wide receivers and tight ends.
Herring, a graduate of Oxford High
School in Oxford, Ala., where he was a member of the
1989 State Championships team, comes to Livingston
after serving as the offensive coordinator at Shelby
County High School in Birmingham for his younger
brother Ryan.
Herring attended the University of
Alabama before returning to his alma mater in 1995
to coach the Yellow Jacket quarterbacks. Herring
left OHS in 2000 to become the wide receivers coach
at Newnan High School in Newnan, Ga, where he stayed
until 2004.
Herring’s father, Robert, is a
member of the Alabama High School Hall of Fame after
winning three State Championships at Oxford High
School.
Defensive Backs Coach
Derek Hill
Derek Hill begins his first season
as defensive backs coach for the UWA football team.
Hill joins the Tiger staff after
serving for one season as the defensive backs coach
for the Georgia Mustangs of the North American
Football League.
Coach Hill brings 23 years of
coaching experience and five National Championships
to Livingston, with the most recent title occurring
in 1998 at Florida A&M University. The Morris Brown
alum also served on three consecutive National
Championship staffs at the University of North
Alabama from 1993 through 1995 under current UWA
Head Coach Bobby Wallace, and was on the Central
State (OH) University staff that claimed the 1990
NAIA Division I National Championship. While at CSU,
the defensive backfield led the nation in
interceptions in 1988 and 1989.
Prior to coaching with the Mustangs
last season, Hill coached two seasons at Eastside
High School in Covington, Ga., serving as defensive
backs coach. Coach Hill has also spent time at
Morehouse College, Southeast Missouri State and as a
graduate assistant at the University of Illinois.
Hill, who was elected to the Morris
Brown Hall of Fame in 1989, has coached 12 players
that have gone on to play professionally.
Student Assistant Coach
Mike McCarty
 Michael
McCarty begins his second season as a member of the
UWA staff serving as the tight ends coach and the
video coordinator. McCarty started his coaching
career with the Tigers working with the quarterbacks
under the guidance of UWA Offensive Coordinator Will
Hall.
McCarty began his playing career at
Troy University, where he played wide receiver for
the Trojans from 2001-2004 before transferring to
Livingston in 2006, where he was a member of Bobby
Wallace’s first team at UWA.
McCarty is a 2001 graduate of Sumiton Christian
High School, where he finished his prep career with
3,200 yards receiving. McCarty, a native of
Birmingham, Ala., completed his Bachelor of Science
degree at UWA in 2008 in sports management, he is
currently working toward his Masters in physical
education.
Student Assistant Coach
Sam Mosley
 Sam
Mosley begins his first season as a member of the
UWA coaching staff after a four year, playing career
with the Tigers.
Mosley helped anchor the UWA
offensive line in his last three seasons after
playing tight end his first season. The Camden,
Ala.-native played in 42 games for the Tigers as a
mainstay in the starting lineup.
Prior to UWA, Mosley played for Head
Coach Chris Barford at Wilcox Academy (Ala.), where
helped guide the Wildcats to a 35-13 four-year,
prep-career record. During his prep career he was
named All-State, All-Metro, All-Star MVP and Super
Senior.
Student Assistant Coach
Chris McCrory
 Chris
McCrory begins his first season as a member of the
UWA coaching staff.
McCrory earned his Bachelor of
Science in secondary education in the spring
semester of 2008 from the University of Mississippi.
McCrory served as a student assistant for the
Rebels.
Prior to his years at Ole Miss, McCrory attened
Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Miss. McCrory
is a 2003 graduate of Amory High School was he was a
kicker for the Panther football team.
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