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Tom Journell, football action, 2018-08-09 

Tom Journell, football headshot, 2018Head Coach Tom Journell
Phone:
507-222-7131
Email:
tjournell@carleton.edu
Recruiting areas: Southwest/west Twin Cities suburbs and northern out-state Minnesota; south/southwest Chicago suburbs and down-state Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Missouri; Ohio; Michigan; Nebraska; North Dakota; South Dakota.

Tom Journell was hired as head football coach on April 23, 2018.

Journell is the 18th head coach in the 115-year history of Carleton football and brings with him 31 years of coaching experience, including two previous stops as a head coach. He guided the UW-Stevens Point (UWSP) program since 2012 and was at the helm of the Elmhurst College program for the 2004-2007 campaigns.

Journell owned a 29-31 overall record in his six seasons at UWSP as the Pointers played in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). Last season, that conference featured five teams ranked among the nation’s top-25 squads.

His 2016 team went 6-4, with three of those losses coming against top-10 foes. In 2014, UW-Stevens Point ranked as high as No. 13 in the country as the Pointers opened the season with five consecutive wins, including a victory over No. 5 North Central (Ill.).

Journell was defensive coordinator at UWSP for four seasons beginning in 2008, helping lead the team to a 19-9 record in WIAC play and a 27-14 overall mark. During his tenure, the Pointers' defense finished amongst the league leaders in almost every statistical category.

In 2008, UWSP finished the season 9-2 overall and earned the program’s first NCAA Championships appearance since 2001. That season, Journell was honored as the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association’s assistant coach-of-the-year.

Prior to joining the UW-Stevens Point staff, Journell spent four seasons as the head coach at Elmhurst College (Ill.).

He closed his time with the Bluejays by becoming the program’s first coach in 24 years to lead his team to back-to-back-to-back winning seasons.

Previously, Journell spent 15 seasons at UW-River Falls, spending time as the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. He started with the Falcons in 1989 as the team’s secondary coach and after one season was promoted to defensive coordinator. In 1995, he was again promoted to assistant head coach, a position he held for the next eight seasons. Journell helped lead the Falcons to NCAA Division III playoff appearances in both 1995 and 1996 and aided UW-River Falls to its last WIAC title in 1998.

Previous to coaching at UW-River Falls, Journell spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Miami University (Ohio) where he was an assistant defensive secondary and linebackers coach. A graduate of Wittenberg University (Ohio), Journell was a dual-sport athlete, participating in football and baseball.

A native of Eaton, Ohio, Journell and his wife Betsy have two sons, Mack and Tate. Mack is a member of the Carleton class of 2021 and plays wide receiver for the Knights.

 

Brett Bartolone, football headshot, 2018Assistant Coach Brett Bartolone  (Offensive Coordinator)
Phone: TBD
Email:
bbartolone@carleton.edu
Recruiting areas: 
Northeast/north Twin Cities suburbs; southern out-state Minnesota; Wisconsin (area codes 715, 608, and 535); Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Hawaii; Idaho; Montana; Nevada; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Oregon; Utah; Washington; Wyoming.

Brett Bartolone was added to the Carleton coaching staff before the 2018 season after spending the previous campaign as quarterbacks coach at St. Lawrence University. He previously served as the offensive coordinator for The Flash Football Club (a European amateur team in Paris, France) during the spring of 2017. He coached the wide receivers and assisted in coordinating the passing game at Whittier College during the 2016 season. Bartolone was an Honorable Mention College Football News Freshman All-America selection and Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 at Washington State University in 2012. He had 53 receptions for 435 yards and four touchdowns as a rookie before suffering a career-ending injury as a sophomore. He spent his final two seasons with the Cougars as a student-assistant coach, working with the inside receivers and providing the offensive coaching staff with halftime analysis of defensive coverages. 

 

Sam Kent, football, headshotAssistant Coach Sam Kent (Defensive Coordinator)
Phone:
TBD
Email:
skent@carleton.edu
Recruiting areas:
Southeast Twin Cities; northern Illinois; Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Mississippi; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; international.

Sam Kent joined the Knights in June 2019 as defensive coordinator, bring with him more than a decade of experience coaching at the NCAA Division III level. He came to Carleton from Elmhurst College where he served as strength and conditioning coordinator and linebackers coach during the 2018 season. Kent spent the previous two seasons at UW-Stevens Point as defensive line coach and run game coordinator in addition to holding strength and conditioning coordinator duties for the athletic department. A 2008 graduate of Manchester University, Kent was a four-time All-HCAC performer on the gridiron. He received his Master’s Degree in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention from California University of Pennsylvania in 2011. After a two-year stint as defensive line coach and film coordinator for MacMurray College, he returned to his alma mater and spent six seasons as Manchester’s defensive line coach and strength and conditioning coordinator. He and his wife Lisa reside in the area.

 

Matt Sosinsky, football headshot 2019Assistant Coach Matt Sosinsky (Recruiting Coordinator)
Phone:
507-222-5783
Email:
msosinsky@carleton.edu
Recruiting areas:
Northwest Twin Cities; Wisconsin (area codes 262, 414, 930); Connecticut; Maryland; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; North Carolina; New York; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Vermont

Matt Sosinsky joined the Carleton staff in April 2019 after spending the previous campaign as a graduate assistant/wide receivers coach at Carroll University. Prior to his time at Carroll, Sosinsky assisted Coach Journell at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with defensive backs as a student assistant, beginning in 2016. As a wide receiver at UW-Stevens Point, Sosinsky was twice named to the All-WIAC team and was named First Team All-West Region as a senior. He finished his career with the sixth-most touchdown receptions and receiving yards in program history and is currently in third place for most touchdown receptions in a season. He was also a sprinter for the track & field team and named an All-American in 2015, competing at the national meet twice in his career. He is ranked in the top-five in all major career wide receiver statistical categories in Wisconsin high school football history. He is currently finishing his master’s degree in adult education.

 

Assistant Coach Scott Van Epps (Defensive Linemen)

Scott Van Epps was hired onto the Carleton staff in June 2018. He is a graduate of nearby Kenyon-Wanamingo (Minn.) High School where he teaches mathematics. His coaching history includes head coaching and defensive coordinator positions at Kenyon-Wanamingo and Prescott (Wis.) High School. As a 2000 graduate of UW-River Falls, he also played and coached defensive line for the Falcons. Van Epps resides in Kenyon, Minn., with his wife Sarah and their three children.

  

Grant Hartmann (Running Backs)

Grant Hartmann joined the Carleton staff in time for the 2018 season. A native of Excelsior, Minn., he previously served as linebackers and tight ends coach at St. Louis Park (Minn.) High School. Hartmann is a 2015 graduate of the College of St. Scholastica where he played linebacker. He currently lives in Richfield, Minn.