William and Mary Announces Hiring of Running Backs Coach

Tribe’s Record-Breaking Quarterback David Corley, Jr., Returns to Alma Mater

02/26/08 6:00PM

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William and Mary Head Football Coach Jimmye Laycock announced the hiring of former Tribe great David Corley, Jr., as the squad’s running backs coach for the 2008 season. The appointment is subject to the approval of the College’s Board of Visitors.

“I think David has a lot to offer our program,” said Laycock, who will be entering his 29th-season at the helm of the Tribe squad this coming season. “His own success as a student-athlete in our program, in combination with the experiences he has gath-ered at the professional-level since his graduation make him very uniquely qualified for the position. Additionally, he is an out-standing young man who will represent the program, and our College, extremely well, both on campus and in the recruiting proc-ess.”

In the position, Corley will oversee the development of the Tribe’s tailbacks and fullbacks as well as working with as-signed special teams.

Corley returns to the Williamsburg campus where he excelled as a four-year starter and multiple-time all-conference quar-terback from 1999 through 2002. In his time under center for the College he wrote his name in nearly every significant passing record for the school, including graduating as the Tribe’s all-time leader in passing yards (9,805), total offense (10,948) and touchdown passes (73).

He remains one of only two quarterbacks (the other being Stan Yagiello, 1981-85) to be a four-year starter during the Laycock era. Corley began his playing career by earning the league’s Rookie of the Year honors after the 1999 season, where he started the final eight games of the Tribe’s schedule. He twice led the league in passing efficiency (1999 and 2002) and earned post-season honors in each of his final four years on campus.

Corley played an important role in helping lead the team to a conference title in 2001 and was selected as the squad’s cap-tain for the 2002 season. The native of Columbia, S.C., was named as the College’s Outstanding Senior Athlete for the 2002-03 school year and was a two-time runner up for the prestigious Dudley Award, presented annually to the outstanding collegiate player in the state of Virginia.

While the position will be Corley’s first full-time collegiate coaching job, he will be drawling on a wide-range of playing experience he has gathered since graduating after the 2002 season. He has had professional playing stints in the Canadian Foot-ball League with the Hamilton Tiger Cats (2003) and Calgary Stampede (2006). He also had a brief stint as a member of the Arena Football League’s New York Dragons (2006).

As a scholastic athlete at Columbia’s Fairfield Central High School, Corley helped lead his squad to consecutive unde-feated seasons and South Carolina State Championships with back-to-back 15-0 records in 1996 and 1997.