The AFCA on Monday named seven coaches to its board of directors.
Jas Bains (Western Colorado), Jamey Chadwell (Liberty), Rhett Lashlee (SMU), Jeff Monken (Army), Kalani Sitake (BYU), Lance Taylor (Western Michigan) and Jerheme Urban (Trinity University) have joined the board, representing their respective conferences and/or divisions.
Bains, entering his 14th season at Western Colorado, and Urban, heading into Year 12 at Trinity, will represent Division II and Division III, respectively.
Lashlee and Sitake will be the second representatives of their respective conferences (ACC and Big 12), while Chadwell, Monken and Taylor will rep their leagues. Lashlee will join Virginia's Tony Elliott as the ACC reps, and Sitake will join K-State's Chris Klieman in representing the Big 12.
Taylor and Lashlee are the relative youngsters of the FBS group, heading into their third and fourth seasons at their respective schools. The 2025 campaign will be Sitake's 10th at BYU, while Monken has been a college head coach continuously since 2010 and Chadwell since 2009.
Montana's Bobby Hauck is the AFCA president, joined by first vice-president Jim Cantanzaro (Lake Forest College), second vice-president Steve Ryan (Morningside) and third vice-president James Franklin (Penn State).
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