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Cahill Welcomes Nine Assistant Coaches To Lehigh Football Program

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh head coach Kevin Cahill has announced the addition of nine members to the Mountain Hawks' coaching staff. Cahill has filled all three of his coordinator positions. Eight of the nine assistant coaches are new to Lehigh, with one staying on from the previous coaching staff.
 
"I am thrilled and excited about the staff we have assembled here at Lehigh," Cahill said. "This group of coaches brings a wealth of experience and knowledge. We have teachers and mentors all of who can relate to players and will add tremendous value to our program. We are excited to get to work with the student-athletes."
 
Information on the nine coaches can be found below.
 
Dan Hunt – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
No stranger to the Patriot League, Hunt spent 25 seasons at Colgate, capped by a seven-year run as the Raiders' head coach. Hunt was on staff for all 10 of Colgate's Patriot League titles and was head coach for the Raiders' 2015, 2017 and 2018 league crowns. A three-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Hunt led Colgate to FCS quarterfinal appearances in 2015 and 2018. Hunt comes to Lehigh after spending the 2022 season as the offensive coordinator at Franklin & Marshall College after one season at Williams College. Like coach Cahill, Hunt is a Springfield College graduate.
 
Rich Nagy – Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
A coaching veteran with more than 35 years of experience, Nagy returns to the Division I ranks following three seasons as the head coach at Allegheny College. Prior to his head coaching stint at Allegheny, Nagy spent nearly a decade at the FBS level with six seasons as the defensive coordinator at Old Dominion and three years at Western Michigan, where he served as defensive coordinator in 2012. Nagy owns more than a decade of experience at the FCS level, highlighted by a five-year stint at Maine, where the Black Bears won two conference titles and reached the FCS quarterfinals twice. He also coached at FCS programs Fordham, Murray State and Hofstra following a decade of stops at the Division III level. Nagy is a 1987 graduate of Trinity College.
 
Mike Kashurba – Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs
The lone holdover on the staff, Kashurba enters his sixth season at Lehigh. He spent the last four seasons as the Mountain Hawks' defensive coordinator where he helped rebuild the Lehigh defense into one of the Patriot League's top units. Fifteen of Kashurba's defensive players have earned All-Patriot League honors during his time in Bethlehem, including linebacker Keith Woetzel who earned numerous All-America honors following the 2019 campaign. Kashurba joined the Lehigh coaching staff under the late Andy Coen, coaching the linebackers in 2018 before moving over to the safeties in his four seasons as defensive coordinator.
 
Mike Morita – Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
Morita owns more than 20 years of experience at the collegiate level. He spent the last six seasons coaching the offensive line at Virginia Union University, eventually moving up to become the Panthers' offensive coordinator and associate head coach. The 2021 AFCA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year, Morita mentored eight all-conference linemen at Virginia Union and oversaw one of the top offensive units in Division II in terms of rushing and scoring. Morita also enjoyed collegiate coaching stops at Vanderbilt, UAlbany, Shaw University, Santa Barbara City College, Saint Mary's and Bucknell. He also earned the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship and assisted with the Tennessee Titans' offensive line in the summer of 2019.
 
Mark McMaster – Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator
One of two new assistants to follow Cahill to Lehigh from Yale, McMaster will coach the Mountain Hawks' wide receivers, while also serving as recruiting coordinator. McMaster spent the last two seasons at Yale, coaching the tight ends during the 2022 campaign after serving as a defensive quality control coach, working with the defensive backs in 2021. He went to Yale following two years at Springfield College, where he served as special teams coordinator and safeties coach. McMaster also had coaching stops at Lackawanna College, and Misericordia, where he was a two-year letterwinner for the football program.
 
Bobby Bozym – Tight Ends
Bozym also comes to Lehigh with Cahill from Yale, where he spent the last two seasons as an offensive quality control coach assisting with the offensive line. He went to Yale following two seasons at his alma mater, Springfield College, where he served as offensive line coach and run game coordinator. In 2019, Bozym's offensive line blocked for the top rushing attack in Division III. A 2017 Springfield graduate, Bozym began his coaching career as the offensive line coach at Maine Maritime Academy. He also completed an operations, personnel and coaching internship at UMass.
 
Chavarr Warren – Running Backs
Warren comes to Lehigh following two seasons at Northwest Oklahoma State University, where he worked as a graduate assistant, coaching the wide receivers. A 2020 Temple University graduate, Warren spent three years working with the Owls' football program as a student equipment and operations manager and then a student manager assisting the coaching staff. The Bronx, N.Y. native serves as an active military officer in the Pennsylvania National Guard.
 
Demeitre Brim – Defensive Line
Lehigh's defensive line coach comes to Bethlehem following five years on staff at the University of Nebraska, where he served as a graduate assistant, defensive analyst, and finally, a defensive quality control coach. One of Brim's primary assignments was assisting inside linebackers coach Barrett Ruud. Brim played for Ruud and former Nebraska head coach Scott Frost at UCF, where he was a two-year letterwinner at middle linebacker after transferring from Virginia. He started all 12 games at linebacker in his 2016 senior season.
 
Shamir Bearfield – Cornerbacks
Bearfield joins the Lehigh staff as cornerbacks coach following two seasons in the same role at FDU-Florham. While on staff at FDU, Bearfield also served as the junior varsity defensive coordinator. Bearfield spent time at Army West Point, where he served as an assistant with player personnel and on-campus recruiting. A New Jersey native, Bearfield began his college career at Temple, before transferring to William & Mary where he saw time as a safety, slot cornerback and linebacker. Bearfield is a 2018 graduate of William & Mary.
 
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