Mark McHale Position: Offensive Line Coach Experience: First Season at FSU Alma Mater: Shepherd '73

Mark McHale, the newest member of the FSU staff, was hired by head coach Bobby Bowden as offensive line coach in February. McHale spent the last five seasons at Marshall, serving as the offensive line coach from 2000-2001 before taking on additional responsibilities as the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach from 2002-2004. He has been promoted from offensive line coach to offensive coordinator at three different schools over his career.

During his five-year stint at Marshall, the Thundering Herd boasted one of the top offenses in the country. Marshall ranked among the nation's top three in total offense in 2001 and 2002, and ranked third nationally in passing offense in both of those seasons. The Thundering Herd ranked 18th nationally in total offense in 2003.

While at Marshall, McHale worked with current Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Byron Letftwich. The list of players coached or recruited by McHale goes well beyond those two quarterbacks and includes three-time NFL MVP Brett Favre (Southern Miss), Steve Sciullo (Marshall), Mark Dixon (Virginia), James Dexter (South Carolina), Jerry Crafts (Louisville), Corey Louchie (South Carolina), Marcus Spears (Amsterdam Admirals) and Kipp Vicker (Frankfurt Galaxy).

McHale was a three-year starter on the offensive line at Shepherd College before graduating in 1973. He was an All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection as a senior and was selected as a team captain, helping to lead his team to a conference title and a No. 19 national ranking in NAIA. McHale was honored this year as a member of the Shepherd Hall of Fame.

McHale earned a master's degree from West Virginia in 1975 while serving as a graduate assistant on the football staff. He was named offensive coordinator at Shepherd later that year and coached there until leaving to coach the offensive at Appalachian State in 1980. McHale also had coaching stops in the World League (Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Montreal) and another in the CFL (Shreveport). In helping to guide the Frankfurt Galaxy to the World Bowl Championship, he coached for Ernie Stautner, who is in the NFL Hall of Fame after serving as Tom Landry's defensive coordinator at Dallas. McHale also coached for a second NFL Hall of Famer when he worked under Forrest Gregg at Shreveport. McHale worked for Bob Pruett at Marshall, who ranked among the top 10 active winningest coaches in college football before he retired this year.

McHale was born on August 29, 1950, in Winchester, Va., where he attended James Wood High School. He is married to the former Beverly Smith of Hattiesburg, Miss. and the couple has one son (Brandon, 26).