Dec. 18, 1996
Vanderlinden Names Three Assistants
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Head Football Coach Ron Vanderlinden today named Lou Tepper,
Rubin Carter and Sean Payton as members of his coaching staff at the University of
Maryland. Vanderlinden, who was named as the Terrapins' head coach on December 4,
welcomes Tepper as the team's defensive coordinator and assistant head coach, Carter as
its interior defensive line coach and Payton as its receivers or running backs coach.
The final determination on Payton's responsibilities will be made when Vanderlinden
completes the make-up of his staff.
"In selecting assistant coaches, I look first for a man whose own life is in order and
who has a background of stability," said Vanderlinden. "It's important that each member
of our staff share my goals for the direction of the Maryland football program. Equally
important, each coach we bring in is a proven winner and a great football coach."
Tepper, 51, who spent the last five seasons as the head coach at the University of
Illinois, reunites with Vanderlinden after coaching against him in the Big 10 the last
five years. Vanderlinden and Tepper coached together at Colorado from 1983-87;
Vanderlinden as the Buffaloes' defensive line coach and Tepper as their defensive
coordinator. Tepper also served Colorado as its assistant head coach from 1986-87. He
went to Illinois in 1989 as its defensive coordinator and was promoted to assistant head
coach in 1990. He spent 17 of his 30 coaching seasons as a defensive coordinator.
Carter, 43, served as defensive line coach at San Jose State University the last two
seasons. Prior to San Jose State, he coached at Howard University from 1989 through
1993. He was the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach for the Bison. Carter
played for the NFL's Denver Broncos from 1975 through 1986 and participated in
Superbowls XII and XXI as a nose guard and Superbowl XXII as an assistant defensive line
coach. His relationship with San Jose State Head Coach John Rolston dated back to 1975
when Rolston, then head coach and general manager of the Denver Broncos, selected Carter
in the fifth round of the NFL draft.
Payton, 32, is the third former Illinois coach to become a member of the Terrapin staff,
joining Tepper and Chris Cosh. Payton served as quarterbacks coach last season at
Illinois after a two-year stint in the same role at Miami (Ohio). Miami handed
Vanderlinden's Northwestern squad its only Big Ten defeat in 1995. Payton coached
All-WAC quarterback Tim Gutierrez to a national seventh-place finish in passing in 1993.
Payton coached Heisman trophy runner-up Marshall Faulk at San Diego State in 1992. He
also coached quarterbacks in 1990 and receivers in 1991 while at Indiana State.
Payton Coaching History
1996 Illinois (Quarterbacks)
1994-95 Miami (Ohio) (Quarterbacks)
1992-93 San Diego State ('92 Running Backs, '93 Quarterbacks)
1990-91 Indiana State ('90 Quarterbacks, '91 Receivers)
1988-1989 San Diego State (Graduate Assistant)
Carter Coaching History
1995-96 San Jose State (Defensive Line Coach)
1990-93 Howard University (Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line)
1989-90 Howard University (Defensive Line Coach)
1987-89 Denver Broncos (Assistant Defensive Line Coach)
