Charlie Hildbold has been named the Vice President of the Professional Sports Division and the Assistant General Manager for the Richmond Revolution.  Raised in the Pittsburgh, PA area, Hildbold completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing at Grove City College in Grove City, PA and is currently completing his Masters' of Science in Sports Leadership at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.  Hildbold most recently was with the Odessa Roughnecks of the IFL as the Director of Marketing and Promotions for the past 2 seasons.  Prior to moving to Odessa he served as the Director of Ticketing and Box Office Manager for the South Atlantic League champion Columbus Catfish during the 2007 season.  He also spent time in the ECHL with the Pensacola Ice Pilots as an Account Executive and Merchandise Manager.  Charlie began his sports career in December 2005 when we was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an Outbound Sales Representative.  Charlie is thrilled to be back on the East Coast and very excited about the direction of the team and SportsQuest specifically.

Steve Criswell began his coaching career in 1984, coaching receivers  for Henrico High School in Richmond, VA.  The next year he became the assistant offensive line coach and the following year he took over both the offensive and defensive lines.

In 1989, Criswell began four-year stints at Virginia's Petersburg, Bridgewater's Turner Ashby and Richmond's Hermitage High Schools before making the move to the indoor game after the 2000 season.

In 2001, Criswell coached the Fullbacks and Linebackers for the Richmond Speed under Head Coach Richard Davis.  That year, the Speed appeared in the Arena Cup, af2's championship game.

After 3 years with the Speed, Coach Criswell became the FB/LB's coach for the Cape Fear Wildcats, also of the af2, serving with Head Coach Chris Siegfried.

In 2005, Steve came home to join the Richmond Bandits of the AIFL, coaching the Offensive Line, Defensive Line, Linebackers and Fullbacks compiling an 11-1 record and winning the inaugural AIFL Championship.  2006 saw the Bandits finish with a 12-2 record during the regular season.

2007 and 2008 were spent on Will McClay's staff for the AFL Dallas Desperados as the Offensive Line and Special Teams Coach.  In 2007, the Desperados set an AFL record by compiling 15 regular season wins.  In all, 2 fullbacks, 3 lineman and 2 special teams players received All-Arena honors during the 2 years of Criswell's tutelage.

During his 8 year indoor career, teams in which he has been on staff have compiled an overall record of 97-33 (.746) and qualified for post season play 7 of 8 years.

Brent Williams
Offensive Coordinator


Billy Jarvis
Defensive Coordinator


Tim Jones
Receivers


Brian Edmons
Running Backs


John Trott
Defensive Secondary

Corum will be a rookie this upcoming season, previously playing at Shepherd College where he won 3 WVIAC Championships while earning WVIAC All Conference honors and being named Div II National Defensive Player of the week once.

Fairley last played for Elizabeth City State University, winning the CIAA championship while he was there. He has no previous professional experience.

Avant played at Virginia State University and is currently their Wide Receivers coach. He has no previous professional experience.

Floyd joins the Revolution after brief stints with the Sioux Falls Storm and Sioux City Bandits of the IFL. While at Chowan University he was a Division III All American honorable mention and the MVP of the Crystal Bowl.

Madison previously played at Shenandoah University and is a rookie.

Robinson played his college ball at Virginia State University and was a student at Petersburg High School before playing for the Arkansas Twisters of the af2. During the 2008 season he compiled 16 tackles, 2 sacks as well as forcing and recovering 2 fumbles.

Isaiah had previously verbally committed to the team. The former UVA standout has spent time in the AIFA, af2 and AFL.

Jenkins previously played at Bridgewater College, Lubbock in the old Intense Football League and was the winning Quarterback for the AIFL champion Richmond Bandits. In 21 career starts with the Bandits, Jenkins sported a record of 19-2, throwing for 81 touchdowns and only 14 interceptions in 2006.

Williams comes home to Richmond following a college career at West Virginia University and one season of play in the af2 with the Green Bay Blizzard. Playing both sides of the ball in Green Bay, he had 3 receptions for 16 yards, 2 field goal returns for 27 yards, 4 kick returns for 51 yards, 26.5 tackles (1.0 TFL), 1 interception and 8 passes defensed.

Over the course of his career at West Virginia University, Williams totaled 48 tackles, 2 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles, 1 recovery and 9 passes defensed.

At Highland Springs High School, he was named to the all-state team for three different positions, the only player with that distinction. His senior season saw him catch 35 balls for 848 yards and 6 touchdowns, as well as make 30 tackles, break up 11 passes and intercept 2. "Larry brings great experience to the team; he's an explosive kick returner", Coach Steve Criswell said, "Larry is exciting to watch play and we're excited to have him."

Alexander joins the Revolution after a short but promising career at Michigan State. After redshirting his freshman year, Alexander played back-up quarterback in 2002 , completing a pass for 44 yards and a touchdown. He made the transition to Wide Receiver for his sophomore season, playing in all 13 games, where he totaled 44 receptions for 522 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Alexander was slowed down in his junior season by foot surgery, and was unable to duplicate the success from his sophomore year, catching 15 passes for 178 yards, and completing 2 of 3 passes for 34 yards and a touchdown. After injuring his other foot in the off-season, Alexander missed his senior season.

In high school, Alexander was a PrepStar All-American, ranked number 12 among the nation's quarterbacks, and number two in the Mid-Atlantic Region. He was a two- time all-state QB at Henrico High School in Richmond, throwing for over 6,700 yards and 85 touchdowns in his prep career. As a junior in 1999, he was named the Virginia Player of the Year when he set state records for 3,017 yards passing and 43 touchdowns. During his time at Henrico, he also lettered in baseball, basketball and soccer. Alexander is now fully recovered from his injuries and ready to begin his professional career, back home in Richmond.

"I watched Aaron while he was at Henrico High School and followed his career at Michigan State very closely", said Revolution Head Coach Steve Criswell. "He's an incredibly gifted athlete and a very positive presence in the community. We're very lucky to have him."

Thompson been at all levels of professional football. He spent time in training camp with two NFL teams, The Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs. He began his professional career with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League, seeing limited time. He followed up that season by joining the Indiana Firebirds of the AFL in 2002.

By 2003 he came to Richmond for the first time to play for the Richmond Speed of the af2, and responded with a monster season. Thompson totaled 122 receptions, 1569 yards and 27 touchdowns on his way to being named all af2, and the receiver of the year. He also added 10 field goal returns for 132 yards, 49 kickoff returns for 1100 yards and 2 touchdowns, as totaled 2797 all purpose yards, an average of 199.8 yards per game.

In 2005 Thompson joined the Richmond Bandits of the AIFL and had another great year with 45 receptions for 645 yards and 19 touchdowns. He was only able to play in 7 games for the year though as he was injured for the last 5 of the season.

Thompson's college career at Virginia State University was just as successful. By the time he graduated in 2001 he was the second all time leader in receiving yards in Division 2 history. Thompson, for his career, had 272 receptions for 4660 yards, an average of over 17 yards per reception. He added 50 career touchdowns to those numbers. Thompson finished his career as VSU's and the CIAA's all time leading receiver, totaled 9000 career All Purpose yards, was all conference in the CIAA in 1999, 2000, and 2001 and a Division 2 All American Kick Returner in 1999 and 2000.

Howell comes to the Revolution after a great career at the University of Richmond that saw him sign a contract and attend training camp with the Detroit Lions in 2008.

Howell started 48 games at Richmond over 4 seasons, being voted a captain during his senior season along with Arizona Cardinals running back Tim Hightower. That year he had 88 tackles, .5 sacks, 10 passes defensed, 2 interceptions and 2 fumbles forced and recovered. In 2006, as a junior he intercepted a career high 3 passes, and recorded a tackle in all 11 games, giving him a total of 43 for the season.

For his career at Richmond, Howell totaled 274 tackles (5.5 TFL), 27 passes defensed, 4 forced fumbles and 3 recovered. He stands ninth on the school's career interceptions list with 9. Howell earned All-Capital District and All-Metro honors for head coach Scott Burton at Highland Springs High School just east of Richmond. He was named the team's co-defensive player of the year after making 61 tackles, 3 interceptions and 6 passes defensed in 9 games. Throughout his high school career he averaged 18.1 yards every time he touched the ball on offense.

Cason joins the Revolution after spending time at all levels of indoor football. He last played in 2008 with the Georgia Force of the AFL, collecting 75 tackles and 1 interception. He earned his spot on the Force by way of a record setting year in 2007 as a member of the Green Bay Blizzard of the af2. In 15 games with the Blizzard he set the af2 record for tackles in a season with 113, also adding 6 interceptions for 60 yards, and 17 passes broken up.

Cason played his college ball at William and Mary, seeing action in 36 games, 30 of which were starts. Over the 36 games of his career he notched 186 tackles (12 TFL), 20 passes defensed, and 8 interceptions. He also posted 45 kickoff returns for 1,046 yards with one touchdown on special teams.

As a senior he was named second team All-Atlantic 10 after tallying 65 tackles, five passes defensed, four interceptions, and 1 sack. He also was a second team All-Atlantic 10 his junior season, recording a career-high 74 tackles (7.5 TFL), 7 passes defensed and 1 interception.

Originally born in El Paso, TX, Cason was a two-year letter winner at James River (Midlothian, VA) High School where he rushed for 1,467 yards and 20 touchdowns while playing running back, cornerback and kick returner.

Lewis, a graduate of Virginia Tech, has starred on both sides of the ball since starting his professional career in 2000 with the Richmond Speed of the af2. During the season he totaled 7 receptions for 78 yards and 2 touchdowns, 1 field goal return for a touchdown, 36 tackles (2.0 TFL), 14.5 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries, 6 forced fumbles, a blocked kick and 2 safeties.

He earned a job in the Arena Football League the following year with the Milwaukee Mustangs, but returned to Richmond in 2002 after the Mustangs folded. Rejoined with the Richmond Speed, Lewis again enjoyed success, with 4 receptions for 41 yards, 20.5 tackles (3.5 TFL), 3.5 sacks, 1 fumble returned 17 yards for a touchdown, 3 forced fumbles, 4 blocked kicks and a safety.

In 2003 Lewis had a rushing touchdown, 54 yards receiving, a kick return for 18 yards, 26 tackles (6 TFL), 6.0 sacks, 1 fumble recovery and 1 forced fumble.

The 2004 season saw Lewis join the Cape Fear Wildcats of the af2 where he had 6 receptions for 73 yards and 2 touchdowns, 1 interception, 20.5 tackles (2.0TFL), 2.5 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 forced fumble and 3 blocked kicks.

Lewis also spent 2005 and 2006 with the Richmond Bandits of the AIFL, helping to lead them to the championship in 2005. During the 2006 season, he led the league in sacks while anchoring the defensive line.

Lewis is a graduate of Virginia Tech, and was a part time starting defensive end for the 1995 Sugar Bowl Championship team.

Isaiah signs with the Revolution after spending time in the af2, AIFA, and on the practice squad of the Kansas City Brigade in the AFL. During his time with the Brigade Isaiah won the Al Lucas Hero team award for his time spent out in the community, an award given to one player on every team in the league.

In 2007, Isaiah played 13 games at Fullback with the Tennessee Valley Vipers of the af2, rushing for 105 yards and 6 touchdowns, as well as making 14 receptions for 127 yards and 5 touchdowns. His total of 11 touchdowns ranked third on the team, while his total yards had him ranked fourth overall. In limited play on defense he also contributed 11.5 tackles. Isaiah spent 2006 with the Richmond Rebels of the AIFA, where he tied the league record of 5 touchdowns in one game.

In college, Isaiah played fullback and defensive line at the University of Virginia, blocking for future NFL player Wali Lundy. During his time at Virginia, Isaiah played 38 games, averaging 6.2 yards per carry, scored two touchdowns and made 22 tackles on defense.

While playing at Parkland High School in Winston-Salem, NC, Isaiah once rushed for 386 yards in one game. He was named to the North Carolina All-State team by USA Today, he was a two time All-Conference selection, a 1999 Shrine Bowl captain, and held 10 school rushing records by the time he graduated. He capped off his incredible high school career at Parkland by having his number 8 jersey retired a few years ago.

SportsQuest and the Richmond Revolution announced today that they have signed Quarterback Rodney Landers to a contract for the 2010 season. Landers spent the 2008 season at James Madison University where he led them to the number 1 ranking among FCS (Div 1-AA) schools, the number 1 seed in the FCS playoffs and a perfect 8-0 record in the Colonial Athletics Association.

During the 2008 season Landers won numerous awards including Offensive Player of the Year for the CAA and the Dudley Award, the award given to the top Divison 1 player in Virginia. Previous winners of this award include former NFL running back Tiki Barber and current NFL players HB Kevin Jones, DE Chris Long and DE Darryl Tapp. Landers was a finalist for the Walter Payton award, finishing second in the voting. The Payton award is given to the top player in the Football Championship Subdivision, an award won previously by QB Steve McNair, HB Brian Westbrook and QB Tony Romo. Landers was also named a 2nd team All American, 1st team All Virginia and 1st team All CAA. Landers finished his James Madison career as the school's all time 2nd leading rusher and 2nd in career rushing touchdowns. He finished 7th all time in passing yards and 4th in touchdown passes. As a dual threat through his career, Landers compiled over 6,700 yards from scrimmage which ranks 4th all time in James Madison's history.

The 2008 season was a memorable one for Landers as it saw him lead the Dukes to wins over 7 top 10 teams during the season. Landers finished eighth in the nation in rushing with 1,770 yards and 16 touchdowns, including 10 games of over 100 yards rushing and a James Madison record 206 yards against Massachusetts. He was equally effective throwing the ball, completing 63.3% of his passes for 1,534 yards and 21 touchdowns resulting in an efficiency rating of 170.73. His career ended with a loss to eventual championship runner up Montana, the team beat by the University of Richmond.

Landers also led the Dukes to the playoffs in 2007, his junior year, when they had an 8-4 record, losing to Appalachian State in the playoffs. It was during this season that Landers had a 63.4% completion percentage, throwing for 1,678 yards and 13 touchdowns while running for 1,273 yards and 12 touchdowns. He was named 1st team All State and 2nd team All CAA. For his career Landers totaled 3,288 yards passing, 35 touchdowns and 9 interceptions, 3,489 yards rushing and 31 touchdowns for an average of 6.5 yards per carry and 241 yards of offense per game over his last 2 seasons.

Landers sustained an injury during the FCS Championship semi-finals, that he has fully recovered from, an injury that did not allow him to participate in the NFL Combine. After going undrafted, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers invited him to tryout as a quarterback at their rookie mini-camp. He was considered a potential prospect for the team's wildcat formation as well as a corner back and special teams player.

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