Biography:

Robby Long took over as interim head football coach on August 7, 2009, after five season as an assistant coach including the last three as the Tigers’ assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. He also is DePauw’s director of student athletic recruitment.

Under his direction, the Tiger defense ranked 26th in NCAA Division III in interceptions in 2007, 30th in sacks per game and 47th in rushing defense, while the 2006 squad was 31st in sacks and 40th in both interceptions and pass efficiency defense rating.

In the two seasons prior to coming to DePauw, Long served as a graduate assistant on the defensive line at the University of Illinois. He assisted the defensive line coach in planning and conducting practices in addition to organizing and coaching the defensive and special teams scout teams.

Long, a native of Champaign, Ill., earned a bachelor of science of applied life degree from Illinois.

A three-year varsity letterman for the Fighting Illini, Long played on the 2001 outright Big Ten champion squad that finished with a 10-2 record and competed in the 2002 Sugar Bowl. He also played on the squad that won the 1999 Micron PC Bowl and finished with an 8-4 record. Long was the team’s defensive player of the week after the California game in 2001.

In the summer of 2006, Long served as an assistant coach with the Chicago Bears as part of the National Football League’s Minority Coaching Fellowship Program.

Long and his wife, Stacy, reside in suburban Indianapolis.