Shane Fogarty Position: Defensive Graduate Assistant Alma Mater: Connecticut '06

Former University of Connecticut quarterback Shane Fogarty Fogarty, a native of Morgantown, W.Va., is in his second season as the defensive graduate assistant in 2011.

He was a member of the Husky program from 2002-05 and earned a letter in his senior season. He graduated from UConn in May 2006 with a degree in history.

Fogarty spent the 2009 football season as an assistant coach at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. He worked with the wide receivers and also recruited and was responsible for opponent film breakdown.

He was an assistant coach at Trinity College in Hartford from 2006-08 working with the running backs and special teams for the Bantams.

Fogarty also served as a head coach and offensive coordinator in the spring of 2008 for the Carinthian Black Lions in the Austrian Football League.

While at UConn, he earned the Joseph M. Giannelli Unsung Hero Award in 2005 and the Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes Award for Academic Excellence in the football program.

In 2001, he led Morgantown High School to a championship in the state's biggest division. He had a 25-2 record as a starting quarterback in high school and was a two-time All-State pick.