Danny Langsdorf, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Danny Langsdorf is in his fourth season at Oregon State University in his current capacity as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.  This is his sixth season overall in the program, serving two years as a graduate assistant coach for Mike Riley during the 1997 and ’98 seasons. 

The 2007 Oregon State offense overcame a rash of injuries to finish third in the conference for the second consecutive year with a 6-3 mark.  The Beavers once again won their bowl game, defeating Maryland in the Emerald Bowl.  Tailback Yvenson Bernard finished his illustrious career sixth in the Pac-10 and second all-time at OSU for career rushing yards with 3,862.  Bernard and linemen Roy Schuening and Andy Levitre earned Pac-10 All-Conference accolades.  Following the season, Langsdorf coached in the Hula Bowl with head coach Mike Riley, defensive coordinator Mark Banker and offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh.

In 2006 the Beaver offense enjoyed a balanced attack led by senior quarterback Matt Moore and an experienced returning cast.  Bernard and guard Jeremy Perry earned first team All-Pac-10 Conference, and another seven Beavers earned second team and honorable mention acclaim.  Overall the offense finished in the top half of the conference for scoring, passing, pass efficiency, first downs, red zone offense and time of possession.  The team also scored 30-plus points in eight games, including six of the final seven. 

In his first year as offensive coordinator in 2005, Oregon State broke the school record for total offense for an 11-game season with 4,609 yards, which included an 11-game record for passing with 3,261 yards.  Five offensive players in ’05 earned postseason honors, including wide receiver Mike Hass who was the Biletnikoff Award recipient and a first team All-American.

The 36-year-old Langsdorf arrived at OSU after spending three years with the New Orleans Saints and during the 2002 season coached with Riley.  Langsdorf spent the last two years as assistant wide receivers/special teams coach for the Saints.  In 2002 he was the offensive assistant/quality control coach.

Prior to his stint with the Saints, he was an assistant coach with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.  He was the Eskimos’ offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach from 2000-2001 after serving as the wide receivers coach in 1999.  Langsdorf’s guidance helped the Eskimos lead the CFL for total yards in 2001 with 6,606.

Langsdorf began his professional career as a player/coach with the Deggendorf Blackhawks of Germany.  His college coaching career started in 1996 at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.  

During Lansgsdorf’s previous two years at Oregon State he worked with the offense, particularly focusing on the tight ends.  He was part of the coaching team that transformed the offense from the wishbone to a multiple set. 

The native of McMinnville, Ore., was a standout college football student-athlete playing quarterback.  He was a member of the Boise State University football team from 1991-93, lettering one season and earning Big Sky Conference All-Academic honors as a sophomore.   He transferred to Linfield College in McMinnville after the ’93 season and became the Wildcats’ starting quarterback for 1994 and ’95.  He played for his father (Ed) at Linfield and was selected to the All-Northwest Conference Team as a junior after passing for 2,055 yards and 24 touchdowns. He set a then-school record with 493 passing yards against Southern Oregon on Nov. 12, 1994.  He was injured much of his senior season, but concluded his two-year career with 2,724 yards, completing 195 of 356 pass attempts.

Ed Langsdorf is a scout with the San Diego Chargers after spending 20 years as a coach at Linfield. 

Danny is married to the former Michele Bertrand, a softball standout at Linfield who still appears in the school record books for her pitching prowess.   Danny graduated from Linfield in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science.

He donated a kidney to Laurie Cavanaugh, offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh’s wife, in May of 2007.

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Jay Locey, Assistant Coach/Tight Ends/Running Backs

Jay Locey is in his fourth year at Oregon State as the Assistant Head Coach, and second with the receivers' responsibilities. He came to OSU after a tremendously successful career at Linfield College in nearby McMinnville.

Locey brought to Oregon State many of the aspects that made him one of the most successful coaches in small college football, including some well received team building activities that he credits for much of the success at his former program.

Locey's receivers in 2008 had a banner year that culminated with a Pac-10 First Team selection in Sammie Stroughter, who was later invited to the East-West Shrine Game and the NFL Combine. His other two starters, James Rodgers and Shane Morales, also earned All-Pac-10 honors. Stroughter later played in the East-West Shrine Game and was invited to the NFL Combine. That trio of receivers all ranked in the top-10 of the Conference in receptions per game, with Stroughter leading the league with 80 yards receiving per outing.

Locey spent the first two seasons at OSU working with the tight ends. In 2006 he coached senior Joe Newton, who earned postseason all-conference honors and competed in the Senior Bowl. Newton finished his career with the most touchdowns (15) ever for a Beaver tight end and is currently a member of the Seattle Seahawks.

Locey is one of the most successful coaches in the history of small college football. The five-time Northwest Conference Coach of the Year led the Wildcats to the 2004 NCAA Division III title and in 10 years as the head coach, guided the program to a record of 84-18, including a streak of 41 consecutive wins.

During his tenure as head coach, Locey coached 16 All-Americans, led Linfield to its longest Northwest Conference unbeaten streak (23 games), and continued with the program's NCAA record consecutive winning seasons streak which stood at 50 at the end of 2005.

Locey was associated with Linfield for 23 years and experienced three national titles and 13 conference championships. In 2005 he was named one of the state's top 25 most influential sports people by The Oregonian and was selected the Division III Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year.

Locey began his Linfield career in 1983 when he accepted the position of defensive coordinator, replacing current Oregon State head coach Mike Riley, who moved on to the Canadian Football League.

The 54-year-old native of Corvallis served as an assistant under a number of Northwest coaching legends, including Ad Rutschman, Bud Riley, Dee Andros, Tom Smythe and Chuck Solberg. His grandfather, Percy Locey, was a college football coach at the University of Denver and the athletic director at Oregon State (1937-47).

In addition to his coaching duties at Linfield, Locey was a full professor in the College of Health and Human Performance. He was an instructor for anatomical kinesiology and the principles of neuromuscular conditioning.

As a sophomore at Corvallis High School in 1970, he had the opportunity to play on the varsity football team that went undefeated and won the state championship. A reserve linebacker, he played special teams while learning under a special group of seniors that included Mike Riley, Gary Beck (OSU's FB Coordinator of Support Services), Don Reynolds, Jerry Hackenbruck and Kerry Eggers.

Locey earned a football scholarship to Oregon State. After starting just one game as a sophomore, he went on to receive All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team honors as a defensive back in 1976 and second team in 1975. Twice he was singled out as OSU's top student-athlete and received the outstanding senior award his final year. After an attempt at playing professional football in Canada, Locey returned to Oregon and embarked on a career in coaching. He served as a graduate assistant for one season at OSU before being hired by Smythe as a secondary coach at Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego, Ore.

After four successful years at Lakeridge, Locey returned to his alma mater to coach with Beck while completing his master's degree at the University of Oregon (1983). Locey honed his coaching skills under Rutschman, and was a part of two NAIA national title teams in 1984 and 1986 before leading the Wildcats to the 2004 NCAA crown.

His family includes wife, Susan, and daughters Danika, Braelyn and Rachelle.

Mike Cavanaugh, Offensive Line

Mike Cavanaugh is in his fifth season as Oregon State's offensive line coach.

Cavanaugh's line has enabled the Beaver offense to be one of the best in the nation during his tenure, which includes winning four bowl games. He has had four offensive linemen drafted during his tenure and 2007 draftee Adam Koets earned a Super Bowl ring with the New York Giants. He has also coached OSU All-Americans Andy Levitre (OT) and Jeremy Perry (OG). As of the 2008 season, eight of Cavanaugh's former players were on active NFL rosters and six have earned All-America honors.

In 2008 his line helped running back Jacquizz Rodgers become the first freshman ever to earn Pac-10 Conference Offensive MVP honors. Levtire and guard Adam Speer earned all-league honors to go along with Rodgers. His line was one of the best in the nation at protecting the quarterback, allowing an average of one sack per every 21 attempts.

His 2007 line helped Beaver running back Yvenson Bernard finish his career sixth in the Pac-10 Conference for career yards with 3,862, second all-time at OSU. In addition to Schuening, tackle Andy Levitre earned second team and center Kyle DeVan honorable mention.

The 2006 team featured sophomore guard Jeremy Perry earning Pac-10 First Team honors, tackle Adam Koets and DeVan garnered second team acclaim, and Schuening and Levitre earned honorable mention. Oregon State was the only program in the Pac-10 to have all five of its starters earn postseason honors.

Cavanaugh's '06 group was so highly regarded by the Beaver coaching staff and players that head coach Mike Riley elected to run a dive play for a two-point conversion with 23 seconds remaining in the 2006 Sun Bowl, earning Oregon State a 39-38 victory over Missouri.

In 2005 three of "Cavs" offensive linemen earned postseason honors, including Perry as the Pac-10 Co-Freshman of the Year and College Football News Freshman All-America. Running behind the likes of Perry, Bernard was the nation's ninth-best running back in terms of yards per game (120.1).

Cavanaugh, a 1986 graduate of Southern Connecticut University, spent six seasons at the University of Hawai'i as the offensive line coach. He coached five NFL draft selections during his Warrior tenure.

The 45-year-old Cavanaugh helped Hawai'i finish in the top 17 for total offense in each of his last four seasons, including second in 2002 at 495.6 yards per game. Hawai'i was sixth in 2003 at 488.1, seventh in 2001 at 462.7 and 17th in 2004 at 434.0. The Warriors are known for their passing attack, yet during the Cavanaugh tenure the team allowed just one sack on every 26 attempts.

During his career at the Manoa campus, the Warriors played in four bowl games, including a 23-17 victory over Oregon State in the 1999 Oahu Bowl.

Cavanaugh began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Albany in New York. In 1987 he was the offensive line coach at Wesleyan in Middletown, Conn., and from 1988-91 he was at Alma College in Michigan. While at Alma he served as the offensive coordinator/offensive line coach for the first three seasons and then as the defensive coordinator/linebackers coach for the final year.

Cavanaugh then was the offensive line coach and strength coach at Murray State in Kentucky for the 1992 season and offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut for 1993 and '94. He was the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Ferris State University in Michigan for the 1995 and '96 seasons and helped the program win a pair of Midwest Intercollegiate Conference titles. The '95 team advanced to the NCAA Division II semifinals.

He moved on to the National Football League in 1997 as the assistant offensive line/quality control coach for the San Diego Chargers, a position he held for two years, before joining the Hawai'i staff.

Cavanaugh played college football at New Haven from 1981-82 before transferring to Southern Connecticut State where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1986. The Wallingford, Conn., native is married to the former Laurie Gilbride and the couple has two sons, Shane and Blair. Laurie's brother is Kevin Gilbride, the offensive coordinator, of the 2008 Super Bowl champion New York Giants.

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Reggie Davis, Running Backs

Reggie Davis is in his second year as the running backs coach after coming to OSU from UNLV in March of 2008.

In his first year on the staff he assisted Jacquizz Rodgers become the first freshman in the history of the Pac-10 Conference to earn its Offensive MVP award after rushing for 1,253 yards. Rodgers also earned All-America honors for his efforts.

Davis coached the running backs for three seasons at UNLV and prior coached the tight ends and assisted with the special teams for current Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh at the University of San Diego.

The Long Beach, Calif., native also spent over three years as a speed and strength coach in San Diego, following two years as a tight end and special teams player for the San Diego Chargers. During his Chargers stint he played for current Oregon State head coach Mike Riley and caught 13 passes in 26 games, including a touchdown in a six-reception 1999 game against the Chicago Bears.

He also worked with football players during two summers at Hoover High School in San Diego, instructing individuals on life skills and weight lifting techniques.

Davis played college football at the University of Washington, where he was a member of the team for five years (1994-98), lettering four times. He was the co-team captain as a senior and helped the Huskies to four bowl games. He was a teammate of former OSU cornerbacks coach Nigel Burton, who is now the defensive coordinator at Nevada. Davis graduated with a degree in sociology.

Reggie and his wife Jennifer have five children, Kayla and two sets of twins, DeSean and Jalen, and Jordan and Tyson.

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Keith Heyward, Cornerbacks Coach

Keith Heyward is in his second year as a full-time assistant coach at Oregon State, but has been associated with the university at times since 1997.

In 2008 he coached a cornerback group that included Keenan Lewis and Brandon Hughes, both were invited to the NFL Combine, earned Pac-10 Conference honors and played in postseason all-star games. His backfield helped the Beavers' pass defense rank third in the Pac-10.

Heyward came to OSU after spending the 2007 season as the inside linebackers coach at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. He helped the Mustangs finish first in the Great Western Conference for rush defense and third for total defense.

Prior to his one season at Cal Poly, he served as the graduate assistant coach for defense at Oregon State for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, where he helped develop two current NFL players (Keith Ellison & Sabby Piscitelli). During that span the Beaver defense ranked first in the Pac-10 Conference against the run, for quarterback sacks and tackles for loss yardage. The '06 team produced a 10-4 record, including ending USC's 27-game league winning streak and defeating Missouri in the Sun Bowl.

He is considered one of the best cornerbacks to ever play at Oregon State, starting 35 consecutive games and lettering four seasons (1997-2000). He played a pivotal part in the rebirth of Beaver football and played on the school's most successful team as a senior, defeating Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl and ending the year No. 4 in the country.

Heyward was a 2000 Pac-10 Conference Honorable Mention selection and in 1997 Riley named him Rookie of the Year. For his career he made 88 tackles, 23 pass breakups and notched five interceptions.

Heyward is a 2002 OSU graduate in communications. Following his college playing career he was on the professional rosters of the British Columbia Lions, Scottish Claymores and Los Angeles Avengers. He also participated in the preseason camps of the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks. In addition, Heyward also has been employed in the private sector.

He is a graduate of Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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Greg Newhouse, Linebackers Coach

Greg Newhouse is in his 13th season at Oregon State, the longest tenure of any football coach in the program and the fourth-longest in the Pac-10 Conference. He has experience at OSU coaching the linebackers, his current position, the defensive line and as defensive coordinator.

Newhouse started his OSU career in 1997 and has played a significant role in the rebirth of the program. He has coached in all of the Beavers' eight recent bowl games, winning six. His players have earned 28 Pac-10 All-Conference honors, including linebacker Keaton Kristick in 2008. Overall, he has coached some of the program's and conference's best defensive players in modern-day history.

In 2007 all three starters, Derrick Doggett, Alan Darlin and Joey LaRocque earned Pac-10 Conference second team honors. His group helped Oregon State lead the nation for rush defense (70.6), finish fourth for quarterback sacks and sixth for tackles-for-loss. Overall the defense was eighth nationally.

His 2006 group included the same trio of linebackers who formed one of the top units in the nation. In '07. The threesome combined for 257 tackles, with Doggett and Darlin ranking among the top 10 in the conference for tackles-for-loss. The Beaver defense finished fourth for quarterback sacks, first in the conference for red-zone defense and first in the nation for tackles-for-loss yardage with 528.

In 2005 as the defensive line coach, Newhouse helped the program finish first in the Pac-10 and 17th in the nation for rush defense (108.0), and finish first in the conference for fewest first downs allowed (219). The 2004 team finished second in the Pac-10 Conference and 18th in the nation for total defense, allowing 313.3 yards per game. The unit also ranked second in the league for pass defense (117.3), first (8th in NCAA) for pass efficiency defense (100.9) and second for red zone defense and third down conversion defense. He also helped the 2003 team rank among the top 20 defensive units in several categories, including seventh for total defense.

Newhouse began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Nevada in 1975, but then was promoted to full time prior to the season with the assignment of coaching the defensive backs. He also coached at Nevada in 1977, working with the secondary, after a one-year stint at Chaffey Junior College as special teams and defensive backs coach. From 1978-79 he was on the staff at UNLV, coaching linebackers, kickers and punters, and from 1980-82 he worked at Cal State Fullerton with the secondary and punters.

Newhouse moved to the professional ranks in 1983 with the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League, working as the secondary coach his first season. He was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1984, a role he served through the '87 season.

He returned to college football in 1988 at the University of Hawai'i, where he spent two seasons coaching the secondary and punters. In 1990 he was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at New Mexico.

Newhouse joined Riley for the first time at San Antonio (1991-92) in the World League of American Football, serving as the club's defensive coordinator and secondary coach. He remained in pro football after the World League disbanded, working as the defensive line and linebackers coach with the Edmonton Eskimos (1993-94) of the CFL. In 1995 he was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach with the Birmingham Barracudas of the CFL, and in '96 he had the same role with Edmonton.

Newhouse is a 1976 graduate of the University of Nevada with a bachelor's degree in education. While at Nevada he lettered two seasons as a cornerback. He also attended Golden West College in Huntington, Calif., for two years, where he was a two-year letterman as a cornerback and safety.

Greg and his wife, Catherine, have one son, Jesse.

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Joe Seumalo, Defensive Line

Joe Seumalo is in his fourth year at Oregon State and he is credited with developing one of the best defensive lines in the nation.

In 2008, his Beaver defense was the only unit in the NCAA to hold an opponent (Pittsburgh) scoreless in a bowl game. The defense ranked second overall in the Pac-10 for fewest yards allowed per contest (312.) and quarterback sacks (39), and fifth for yards lost (456) via tackles-for-loss. His 2008 team also featured two of the best defensive ends in the history of the program, Victor Butler and Slade Norris. Butler earned the Sun Bowl's MVP honor after making five tackles-for-loss, including four quarterback sacks. Butler's 21.5 tackles-for-loss overall in '08 set a school record and he matched the Beaver mark for sacks (12) and forced fumbles (4) for a season. Three of his defenders earned All-Pac-10 honors.

In 2007, the Beavers led the nation against the run (70.6), were fourth for quarterback sacks (3.4 per game), sixth for tackles-for-loss (8.2 pg) and eighth for total defense overall (306.2). The team accounted for more yards (537) lost via tackles-for-loss than any other team. Of the 13 teams the Beavers faced in 2007, 12 gained fewer than their season average for rushing yards. All four of his starters on the Beaver defensive line earned Pac-10 postseason honors.

Seumalo's first year with the program was very successful as he was part of a defensive unit that ranked first in the Pac-10 for quarterback sacks and led the nation for tackles-for-loss yardage (528). Linemen Ben Siegert and Van Orsow both earned Pac-10 postseason recognition after the two made among the biggest plays in OSU history. Siegert blocked a school record two field goals in the win over Oregon, including the Ducks' game-winning attempt. Van Orsow deflected John-David Booty's two-point conversion attempt to preserve a 33-31 win over USC, ending the Trojans' 27-game conference win streak.

Seumalo arrived at Oregon State after one year as the defensive line coach at San Jose State University. Prior to his stint in the Bay Area, he spent four years as the defensive line coach at Cal Poly University in San Luis, Obispo.

At Cal Poly, he was part of a coaching staff that molded one of the top Division I-AA defenses. In 2004, the nationally-ranked Mustangs were third in the country for rushing defense and ninth in scoring defense yielding just 16.6 points per game. One of his linemen, All-American Chris Gocong, led all I-AA players in quarterback sacks with 17.5 and was second in tackles for loss at 21.5. Gocong went on to finish second in the 2004 Buck Buchanan Award voting for the top defensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision classification.

The 2003 Cal Poly defense was 24th nationally in rushing defense yielding 121.1 yards per game and was among the best pass rushing teams with 40 quarterback sacks. Overall, the Mustangs averaged 39 sacks a season in his four years.

A defensive lineman at the University of Hawai'i from 1985 through 1988, Seumalo was a second-team All-Western Athletic Conference choice in his senior season. While at Hawai'i he played for a coaching staff that included current OSU assistant coach Greg Newhouse. Seumalo went on to play in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Roughriders in 1989, the Edmonton Eskimos in 1994 and for the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe in 1995. He once again played for Newhouse in Edmonton.

The 1995 graduate of Hawai'i began his coaching career in 1994 at Kaiser High School in Honolulu. During his five seasons as an assistant coach at Kaiser, he also served as a guest coach for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League in 1996 and the Hawai'i Hammerheads of the Indoor Football League in 1999.

Seumalo moved to the college ranks in 1999 as a graduate assistant at Hawai'i, where he was part of a staff that included current OSU offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh. In his two seasons, he coached the defensive ends and assisted with the special teams.

He and his wife, Karen, have three sons, Andrew, Isaac and Noah, and one daughter, Jessi.