Jan. 4, 2008

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - University of Southern Mississippi football coach Larry Fedora continues to add to his staff with the hiring announcement of Todd Bradford, David Duggan and Gary Camp today. The appointments are subject to approval by the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.

Fedora has assigned Bradford as the team's defensive coordinator, while Duggan will oversee the linebackers and Camp will serve as the director of football operations.

Bradford comes to Southern Miss after spending the last three seasons at Oklahoma State as linebackers coach. During his time at OSU, he coached two freshman All-Americans by Rivals.com in 2006 with Patrick Levine (first team) and Chris Collins (second team).

Prior to his time at OSU, Bradford worked on the other side of the football as the offensive coordinator at Brigham Young for two seasons. While at BYU, he coached a pair of award-winning wide receivers in Todd Watkins, an honorable mention All-American, and Austin Collie, the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year as well as a Freshman All-American.

Bradford served as secondary and kickoff coverage coach at Middle Tennessee in 2002, and was the defensive backs coach at Wisconsin from 2000-01. While with the Badgers, Bradford tutored Jamar Fletcher, who led the Big Ten in interceptions and won the Jim Thorpe Award. Fletcher then was taken in the first round of the NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins.

From 1997-2000, Bradford worked on the defensive staff at Louisiana Tech and also served as the defensive coordinator there. Bradford was also on the defensive staff at Eastern Michigan from 1995-97 where that unit broke 43 school records.

He was the defensive coordinator at Lehigh in 1994 and helped guide the school to the Patriot League championship game, while boasting the league's second-best defense. Bradford began his coaching career in 1987 at his alma mater, Southern Utah, before moving on to New Hampshire as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator from 1988-93.

Bradford, and wife, Sondra, have a son, Koby, and three daughters, Ashlee, Hailee and Whitnee.

Duggan begins his tenure with the Golden Eagles after serving as the head coach of the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe the last two seasons. During his time as head coach, his defense ranked No. 1 in the league both seasons.

His history with the league stretched back to the 2000 season as he worked as defensive coordinator for Cologne from 2003-05 and then in the same role for the Berlin Thunder from 2000-03. His defenses ranked No. 1 in the league in both seasons as an assistant at Cologne and he twice was a member on the staff that won the World Bowl (IX in 2001 and X in 2002) with Berlin.

Prior to his experience in NFL Europe, Duggan was the defensive coordinator at Brown University from 1997-2000 in which the team won the 1999 Ivy League Crown and captured 14 of its final 15 games there.

Duggan went to Brown, after working at Colgate (1995-97) as the inside/outside linebackers coach, as well as the kickoff coverage coach. The Raiders captured the 1996 Patriot League title and played in the Division I-AA playoffs that season.

He spent 1988-1992 at New Hampshire, his alma mater, as the inside linebackers coach as the team won the 1991 Yankee Conference championship and played in the Division I-AA playoffs that year.

His first coaching job was at Alleghany College (1987-88), where he was the inside linebackers and strength and conditioning coach. The Gators captured the 1987 North Coast Athletic Conference crown and participated in the NCAA Division III national playoffs.

Duggan earned his Bachelor's degree from New Hampshire in 1986 and was a member of the football team from 1982-86, in which he served as a co-captain his senior season. He and wife, Lynne, have two daughters, Olivia and Grace.

Camp joins the Southern Miss staff after working in private business. He earned his bachelor's degree from Baylor, where played on the football team and lettered in 1988 and 1989.

His previous collegiate experience includes working as a graduate assistant at Middle Tennessee for two years, where he earned his Master's Degree. He also worked a season as offensive line and strength and conditioning coach, as well as recruiting coordinator at Sewanee.

Camp and wife, Staci, have four children, Haley, Cade, Ransom and Cooper.

These three join Blake Anderson (quarterbacks), Barney Farrar (tight ends), Tony Hughes (secondary), Frank Wilson (running backs) and Darrell Wyatt (offensive coordinator/wide receivers), who were announced earlier this week.