Updated 3/20/08

Four-year Blue Hen standout and 1999 team captain Brian Ginn begins his ninth season with the Delaware staff in 2008 and his first as the team's offensive coordinator.

Ginn, who has served in a variety of roles on the UD staff since his graduation in 2000, was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after Kirk Ciarrocca, who had served in that role the previous six seasons, took an assistant coach position at Rutgers University in February, 2008.

After serving as running backs coach for four seasons, he took over responsibilities as receivers coach in 2006 and 2007 and was instrumental in Delaware advancing to the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision title game this past fall with a record of 11-4. The Hens also were named the ECAC Team of the Year and Lambert Cup Trophy champions.

This past season, Delaware led the CAA and ranked No. 11 nationally in passing offense at 289.5 yards per game. Junior Aaron Love earned All-American honors in 2007 when he caught 73 passes for 1,009 yards while Mark Duncan caught 70 passes for 916 yards and six touchdowns and Kervin Michaud hauled in 52 passes for 682 yards and three touchdowns.

While running backs coach, Ginn was instrumental in the development of running back Germaine Bennett and Antawn Jenkins, the duo that helped lead Delaware to the 2003 NCAA I-AA national title. Bennett set a school single-season record with 1,625 yards and earned first team College Sports Television All-American honors in 2003 while Jenkins surpassed 2,000 yards for his career. Delaware ranked 20th in NCAA I-AA in rushing offense (207.63) and scored 43 touchdowns on the ground in the single-back offense.

In 2005, he coached sophomore third team All-American Omar Cuff, who ranked second in the Atlantic 10 and 20th in the NCAA I-AA with 109.5 yards per game. As a team, the Hens ranked third in the Atlantic 10 with 195.0 rushing yards per game.

In 2006, Delaware's offense also flourished, ranking in the top five in the conference and among the NCAA I-AA leaders in passing offense (253.0/2nd in A10/9th in NCAA), total offense (356.6/5th/30th), and scoring offense (26.3/4th/30th).

During the 2001 season, he coached the Delaware receivers and tight ends, including All-Atlantic 10 spread end and former New England Patriot Jamin Elliott, a sixth round NFL draft pick of the Chicago Bears.

A four-year standout quarterback for the Blue Hens, Ginn, 30, earned his degree in consumer economics from Delaware in January, 2001.

A native of Yorktown, VA, Ginn was a key member of Blue Hen teams that posted a four-year record of 34-14 and advanced to the NCAA I-AA playoffs. The 1997 squad advanced to the I-AA semifinals.

After serving as a backup to All-East quarterback Leo Hamlett in 1996, Ginn took over the starting quarterback spot as a sophomore and led the Blue Hens to the 1997 NCAA I-AA semifinals. He threw for 1,681 yards and 14 touchdowns and ranked 10th nationally in passing rating for the season.

He split time with All-American Matt Nagy as a junior in 1998 before suffering a season-ending broken leg in the third game of the season.

As a senior captain in 2000, Ginn began the season as No. 2 behind Nagy but took over late in the season when Nagy was injured and threw for 997 yards and six touchdowns. He threw for a career-high 308 yards and three touchdowns in the season-ending loss to Villanova. For his efforts, he was named the Blue Hen Touchdown Club Outstanding Senior Offensive Player of the Year. For his career, Ginn threw for 2,839 yards and 22 touchdowns with just seven interceptions.

He is single and resides in Newark.