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Email: ronw@uwyo.edu Ron Wisniewski will continue in his dual roles of wide receivers' coach and recruiting coordinator for the Cowboys again in 2008. Wisniewski will be coaching the Wyoming wide receivers and coordinating recruiting efforts for the Cowboys for the sixth consecutive year. Wisniewski has coached with Wyoming head coach Joe Glenn since 1994, and will be entering his 20th year as a college coach in `08. In 2007, Wisniewski coached senior wide receiver Michael Ford. Ford concluded his Cowboy career ranked ninth on UW's career receiving yardage list, with 1,879 yards, and ranked seventh in career receptions, with 156. The 2006 season saw then junior Ford earn Honorable Mention All-Conference honors. Ford ranked second in the Mountain West Conference and No. 39 in the nation in receptions in 2006. From 2003-05, Wisniewski coached Jovon Bouknight, who was one of only 15 semifinalists for the 2005 Biletnikoff Award, symbolic of the nation's top receiver. Bouknight was selected an Honorable Mention All-American by the College Football News in 2005, and was a First Team All-Mountain West Conference honoree. Bouknight ended his college career ranked No. 20 in NCAA history in career receiving yards, with 3,626. He concluded his Wyoming career ranked No. 2 in school history in receptions (250) and No. 3 in career receiving yards. He signed a free-agent contract with the Carolina Panthers of the NFL in the spring of 2006. He played in NFL Europa during the summer of 2007, and signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers later that summer. Bouknight returned to Wyoming in the spring of 2008 as an offensive graduate assistant coach. He will assist Wisniewski in coaching the Cowboys receivers. The Cowboy passing attack ranked No. 34 in passing offense in the NCAA in 2005, and in 2004 ranked No. 36 in the nation. In 2005, Bouknight ranked No. 9 in the nation in average receiving yards per game (101.45 per game) and No. 12 in receptions per game (7.00). Bouknight's 2004 rankings included ranking No. 15 in total receiving yards (1,075), and ranking 20th in average receiving yards per game (89.6). In his first season at Wyoming in 2003, Wisniewski coached two of UW's all-time great receivers in Ryan McGuffey and Malcom Floyd. McGuffey ranks No. 4 in Wyoming school history in career receptions (231) and No. 5 in career receiving yards (2,679). Floyd ranks No. 5 in career receptions at UW (186) and No. 6 in career receiving yards (2,411). Both signed free agent contracts with NFL teams in 2004 -- McGuffey with the St. Louis Rams and Floyd with the San Diego Chargers. Wyoming ranked No. 28 in the NCAA in passing offense in 2003, averaging 261.17 yards per game. Three Wyoming receivers ranked among the Top 100 receivers in the nation in 2003. McGuffey ranked No. 36 in the NCAA in receptions (5.67 per game). Floyd ranked No. 54 in the nation in receptions (5.25 per game). In receiving yards, Floyd averaged 69.50 yards per game in 2003 to rank No. 66 in the country. McGuffey averaged 67.92 yards per outing to rank No. 72, and Bouknight averaged 62.17 yards per game to rank No. 89 in the NCAA. Wisniewski was an assistant coach at the University of Montana for three seasons prior to coming to Wyoming. He coached the Griz tight ends his first season of 2000, and coached the wide receivers in 2001 and `02. He also served as the Montana recruiting coordinator in 2002. While at Montana, "Wiz", as he is called by his fellow coaches, coached Second Team All-America receiver Etu Molden in 2001. Molden recorded the second best single-season receiving total in school history in 2001, totalling 1,145 receiving yards. The Grizzly offense ranked 18th in the nation in scoring offense in 2002 (31.5 points per game), and was 22nd in passing offense (245.6 yards per game). In 2001, the Grizzlies won the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship as the offense averaged 33.8 points and 419.2 yards per game to rank 20th and 21st, respectively. The 2000 Griz offense also ended the season in the National Championship game, finishing as the national runner-up to Georgia Southern. The offense ranked sixth in the nation in passing (313.0 yards per game) and 15th in total offense (455.9 yards per game) in 2000. As an assistant coach at Northern Colorado from 1994-99, Wisniewski served as the tight ends coach for the Bears. He helped lead UNC to the 1996 and `97 NCAA Division II National Championships. Wisniewski began his college coaching career in 1989 as the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach at Kean College of New Jersey. For the next two seasons, 1990-91, he moved on to East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, coaching the running backs. In `92, he returned to Kean College as offensive coordinator, coaching at Kean for the 1992 and 93 seasons. His offense at Kean set nine school records in 1992. Wisniewski completed a bachelor of arts degree in astrophysics in 1987 from Rutgers University. He achieved a master of science in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado in 1990, and received a Ph.D. in educational mathematics from the University of Northern Colorado in 1998. He and his wife Kelli, welcomed their first child, Brady, into the world on March 25, 2004. On Jan. 6, 2006, the Wisniewski family grew to four with the birth of daughter Makenzie. "Ron is one of the purest teachers of the game that I've ever been associated with," said Glenn. "I sit in most of his meetings with the receivers, and I really see his ability to connect, and to coach and to teach. It has been fun for me to see his development as a coach. Ron is very thorough, and has a beautiful way of working with people. He is a motivator, with a very calm presence. He has been a tremendous shot in the arm for us as a recruiting coordinator. His administrative skills in this area (recruiting) are a huge plus for our program." As well as serving as recruiting coordinator, Wisniewski will recruit Arizona and Southern California. |
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