HAMILTON – Full steam ahead. 
 
Newly introduced Fred '50 and Marilyn Dunlap Head Football Coach Stan Dakosty was thrilled to announce in his introductory press conference that he has a full staff ready to go, and it comes just in time to kick off preseason in preparation for the 2021 opener at Boston College on Sept. 4.
 
"We're excited to welcome a great group of coaches and support staff to our program," Dakosty said.

"Starting with our coaching positions, both Ray Hunter and Joe Horn joined us earlier this summer. Ray will be working with our defensive line and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge from both playing and working with that position group over the course of his career. Ray's energy and passion for the d-line position was felt as soon as he stepped foot on campus.

"Coach Horn is similar in that he has both played and coached his positions at a very high level as well. Joe's knowledge and his experience with the wide receiver position can easily be seen the minute we began our pre-season camp. Both coaches are great teachers and have made an immediate impact in their position groups and in the program as a whole. We are very lucky to have them, and look forward to watching them continue to become part of our Colgate family through their first season here at the 'gate."
 
"We were also fortunate to add two new support staff members to our team in our new director of football operations, Mallikah Little and our quality control/video coordinator, Ian Fried. Mallikah comes in with great experience in all facets of operations, working as a DFO at the FCS level for a number of years. With her arriving so close to August, Mallikah needed to come in and hit the ground running, and she has done that and more. The overall operations of our program are in great hands with Mallikah leading the way. On top of that, we were fortunate to hire Ian shortly after his graduation from Temple. As an undergrad, Ian worked to build a great foundation in football operations, recruiting and player personnel and player development. His contributions through the first few weeks of preseason camp have helped make our overall operations run at a very high level. Both Mallikah and Ian are great additions to our program and their impacts have been felt immediately as well."
 
Colgate covers four separate areas with its four newest staff members – offense, defense, operations, and quality control.
 
Ray Hunter – Defensive Line Coach
Ray Hunter spent three seasons at Ohio Dominican, where he served as the defensive line coach and was named the team's defensive coordinator for the 2020-21 campaign. Ohio Dominican posted a 4-2 spring record, which featured its first 3-0 start in six seasons. All 11 starters on defense were selected to the All-Conference team including five First Team selections.
 
Hunter coached 13 All-Conference performers along the defensive line, including six First Team selections in his three seasons at ODU. In 2019, sophomore Jaylin Garner broke the program's all-time single season sack record (9.0) and ranked 15th nationally in sacks per game (0.9). As a unit, the Panthers were among the top three in the Great Midwest in sacks and tackles for loss per game. 

Originally from Saint Louis, Missouri, Hunter coached the defensive line while assisting with the special teams at Missouri Valley in 2017. The kickoff return team finished No. 15 in the nation with 22.4 yards per return and the punt team ranked second nationally in net punt yardage (42.8). Two of his linemen earned First Team All-Conference accolades.

Previously, Hunter helped coach defensive linemen, linebackers and special teams as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Central Missouri, from 2015-17. Hunter was a four-year starter on the defensive line and team captain at Central Missouri. A standout in the trenches, he was named Defensive Player of the Year, Defensive Lineman of the Year, First Team All-MIAA, and Third Team All-Region during his senior campaign. He graduated from Central Missouri in 2014 with a degree in both business management and entrepreneurship.

Joe Horn – Wide Receivers Coach
Joe Horn comes to Colgate after four seasons at Tiffin, where he coached quarterbacks, wide receivers, and served as the pass game coordinator and recruiting coordinator. During the 2020-21 season, Horn helped lead Tiffin to its second straight GMAC championship with the conference's top offense. The Dragons led the GMAC in yards per game (423.7), passing offense and offensive efficiency. Three receivers earned 1st or 2nd team All-GMAC honors including GMAC offensive player of the year Devin Butler and the GMAC leader in receiving yards freshman Anthony Lowe.

The 2019 season featured one of the best years in program history, finishing the regular season 9-1 with a perfect 7-0 mark in GMAC play en route to the program's first title as a Division II member. Tiffin's offensive unit was among the nation's best, ranking fifth in DII in total offense (507.8) and seventh in scoring offense (43.2).The passing offense ranked 32nd in the country at 262.3 ypg. Quarterback Nick Watson was named the GMAC Offensive Player of the Year, while wideout Stanley Jackson Jr. garnered GMAC Offensive Back of the Year honors as well as being named a D-II All-American.

Prior to Tiffin, Horn spent two seasons coaching receivers at Ashland, including All GLIAC wide receiver Danny Piko. Ashland posted an undefeated 2015 regular season and won the GLIAC Championship.

Horn is a 2010 Ashland graduate, and he ranks as one of the most prolific wide receivers in school history. He shares the school single-game record for touchdowns (six), and he also holds the school single-season record for touchdown receptions (12). He is the program's career leader in touchdown receptions (28) and receiving yards (2,681). He is second in career catches (170). He was a three-time All-GLIAC Second Team selection and a member of the 2008 team that advanced to the NCAA playoffs.

While at Ashland, Horn was also a member of the track and field team. Four times he was recognized as the GLIAC runner of the year (indoors and outdoors). He was first-team all-conference in track and field and was recognized as an All-American 12 times.

After leaving the Eagles, Horn signed a free agent contract and played three preseason games with the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. He also spent time with the CFL's Calgary Stampeders and the AFL's Cleveland Gladiators and Tampa Bay Storm.

Mallikah Little – Director of Football Operations
Mallikah Little, from Houston, Texas, joins the Raiders as the director of football operations in 2021.

Little previously served in the same role at Southern University in Baton Rouge, where she also handled all traveling responsibilities, since 2017.

During her time at Southern, Little oversaw all day-to-day activities of the football program that involved helping with logistics at football practice, housing, admissions, financial aid, recruiting, media relations, player relations, and parent engagement. She worked with the coaching, sports medicine, equipment, strength and conditioning, and sports information staff ensuring travel needs were met while providing all accommodations for a travel party of 130 or more people. She worked with the chief financial officer to ensure all travel accommodations were within the budget limits, while also organizing and establishing business/travel relationships across several states.

Little got her start in collegiate athletics as the Head Student Equipment Manager where she oversaw all day-to-day operations of equipment. She became a graduate assistant working with the coaching staff in recruitment and organizing travel. Little took over as administrative assistant to head coach/director of football operations. Little also was an intern at Louisiana State University. She shadowed the associate athletic director for football recruiting and alumni while assisting student workers with day-to-day recruiting tasks.

Little earned her bachelor's degree in Rehabilitation & Disability Studies and will obtain her Masters' in Public Administration from Southern University.  

Ian Fried – Quality Control Assistant/Video Coordinator
Ian Fried joined the Colgate Football staff for quality control and video in August 2021. Fried will be assisting in day-to-day football and recruiting operations, as well as managing the filming and importing of games and practices with the help of his student workers.

Fried adds to his ranks as Colgate's first quality control coach under head coach Dakosty. Fried has worked in player personnel, recruiting operations, and player development since 2019 with stops at the United States Military Academy at West Point, the University of Pennsylvania, and most recently the University of Southern California.

During his time at USC, Fried served as a player personnel assistant, where his responsibilities included establishing and expanding databases of offered and committed recruits, evaluating USC, PAC-12, and national recruits, creating prospect cut-up tapes, assisting the director of player personnel with statistical analysis and special projects, and creating daily transfer portal reports for the recruiting and coaching staffs .

Fried, a native of Stamford, Connecticut, was introduced to the industry as a student manager for equipment and football operations at his alma mater, Temple University, in 2017. He graduated from Temple University in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in sport and recreation management.