Jan. 13, 2005

LOGAN, Utah - Utah State head football coach Brent Guy has announced the addition of two more assistant coaches to his staff as Greg Stevens and Vance Vice will come to Logan.

Stevens comes to Utah State after spending the past four seasons as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Stephen F. Austin. He will coach wide receivers at Utah State. While at SFA he worked closely with current USU offensive coordinator Mike Santiago, who was the head coach for the Lumberjacks.

While at SFA Stevens' teams produced explosive offenses leading the Southland Conference in passing in 2002, averaging 31.2 points and 390.6 yards in 2003 and ranking 36th in the country in passing offense in 2004.

Stevens also served as the offensive coordinator at Arkansas-Monticello, where his teams set 30 school records and were ranked in the top five nationally in total and scoring offense.

Stevens has ties to the state of Utah as he grew up in Ephraim and was an all-conference quarterback at Snow College in 1989. He then finished his college career at Eastern Oregon, where he earned team MVP honors in 1991.

"Greg grew up in Ephraim and has been an offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach during his career," Guy said. "He will be a great asset to us in recruiting the state of Utah."

Other coaching stops for Stevens include Snow College (1998), Eastern Arizona (1995-97) and Mesa State (1992-94). He and his wife Amy have three children - Tyler, 13, Ryan 11, and Hannah, 5.

"I am looking forward to helping Brent Guy turn this program around and to make it as good as it can be," Stevens said. "My wife and I grew up in Utah and we are excited about being closer to home."

Vice is a former Oklahoma State tight end, who played for the Cowboys when Guy was an assistant coach there. He has spent the last six years at Illinois State, working with the offensive line, a position he will coach at Utah State. He spent the last two seasons as the team's assistant head coach as well.

"Vance is a former player of mine that I have known since 1986," Guy said. "He is an up and coming young coach, who has been involved with the same style of offense that Mike Santiago has run."

While at ISU, Vice produced five offensive linemen that received All-America recognition as well as 13 players that earned Gateway Conference honors. In 2003 his line paved the way for ISU to rush for a school-record 242.3 yards, while allowing a league low nine sacks. In 2004, ISU allowed just 18 sacks on 409 passing attempts.

In addition to coaching at ISU, Vice was the offensive line coach at Murray State in 1999, the tight ends coach at Clemson from 1996-98, an assistant at Hart County (Ga.) High School from 1992-95 and a graduate assistant working with wide receivers, tight ends and defensive ends from 1990-92.

"I am excited about this opportunity," Vice said. "I have known Coach Guy for a long time and have always kept in touch with him. My family is excited about this move and it is something that I am very much looking forward to."

Vice and his wife Kerry have one daughter, Savannah, 3.

In addition to Stevens and Vice, Guy's first staff now includes two members of the previous USU staff in Tom McMahon and John Rushing as well as Mike Santiago, Jeff Copp and Danilo Robinson. Two more staff members are expected to be named in the near future.