March 10, 2009

EASTON, Pa. - The Lafayette football team added to its coaching staff on Tuesday, welcoming Stan Clayton and Doug McFadden as the offensive line and defensive backs coaches, respectively. Marcel Quarterman, a 2008 Lafayette graduate and former team captain, also returns as an offensive assistant.

Clayton, a former Penn State national champion and NFL player, boasts nearly 15 years coaching experience with offensive lines while McFadden has nearly a decade's worth of coaching experience with the secondary units.

Clayton fills the vacancy at offensive line left by Bob Heffner, who recently moved on to Northwestern University after eight years at Lafayette. McFadden will replace John Loose, who remains as the team's defensive coordinator, as the defensive backs coach after Loose took over the linebackers in the off-season.

"We are excited to have two quality coaches with great experience join our staff," said Lafayette head coach Frank Tavani. "Both men are outstanding teachers and role models."

Clayton comes to College Hill after three seasons at Toledo where he coached a 2008 NFL third-round draft pick, John Greco, and led the offensive line to a No. 2 ranking in the Mid-American Conference and a No. 19 ranking in the nation for fewest sacks allowed (16) in 2007. The Toledo offense led the MAC in rushing and total offense and was second in scoring during that season.

He also spent six years at Princeton as the offensive line coach and running game coordinator. While with the Tigers, he coached Ross Tucker and Dennis Norman, both of whom went on to spend at least seven years in the NFL.

Doug McFadden joins the staff as the defensive backs coach.

Clayton graduated from Penn State in 1988 with a degree in Administration of Justice and a minor in Business Law. While at Penn State, he was a member of the 1986 national championship team and a 1987 All-American honorable mention. He was a 10th-round selection of the Atlanta Falcons in the 1988 draft and played for the next four years in the NFL with Atlanta (1988-89), New England (1990-91) and Pittsburgh (1992).

After his NFL career, Clayton returned to Penn State as an assistant coach in 1995 for one year before serving stints at Massachusetts and Alabama State. He also spent six summers participating in the NFL's minority coaching fellowship program with the Chicago, New York (Giants), Philadelphia and Tennessee.

McFadden served as assistant head coach from 2005-09 at Fort Hays State University in Kansas, working as the secondary coach and special teams coordinator. A native of Columbia, S.C., he arrived at the Tiger football program after serving as the special teams coordinator and secondary coach for two years at South Dakota State University.

While at Langston University in 2002, McFadden was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach. He served in the same capacity at Hutchinson Community College in 2001 and was secondary coach for the Blue Dragons from 1999 to 2000.

A four-year letterwinner at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., the former cornerback was an NCAA II All-Star in 1999 and a second team All-MIAA selection in 1998. In 2000, he played professionally for Wichita Warlords of the Indoor Football League.

McFadden earned his bachelor's degree in Organization Management and Leadership from Friends University in 2001. He is married to the former Susan Cochran and the couple has two daughters, Olivia and Gabrielle.

Quarterman makes his return to College Hill as an offensive assistant and will work with the wide receivers under offensive coordinator Mickey Fein, who handles the quarterbacks and wide receivers. Quarterman spent the 2008 season working at Franklin and Marshall under former Lafayette assistant coach and current F&M head coach John Troxell '94.

In his senior season at Lafayette, Quarterman served as a team captain and earned All-Patriot League First-Team honors at free safety. Quarterman played in 10 games and finished with two interceptions, including one that he ran back for a touchdown at Georgetown. The Philadelphia native also made 54 tackles and helped his teammates leave College Hill never having lost to Lehigh.

Marcel Quarterman returns to the Lafayette program as an offensive assistant.

"It's a great opportunity any time you can bring back one of your own to coach in your program," Tavani said. "Marcel knows what it's like to be a student-athlete at Lafayette and he can impart his recent experiences to the members of our program."

Lafayette is coming off its second straight 7-4 season. The Leopards are the only Patriot League program to record a winning record in each of the last five regular seasons and boast four of the last seven Patriot League Football Scholar-Athletes of the Year. Lafayette opens the 2009 campaign at Georgetown on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m.