Temple University Athletics
DENNIS GOLDMAN NAMED TEMPLE WIDE RECEIVERS COACH
3.15.05 | Football
PHILADELPHIA - Dennis Goldman has been named wide receivers coach at Temple University, it was announced today by head football coach Bobby Wallace. Goldman arrives in Owl Country with 34 seasons of coaching experience, including 29 years at the collegiate level.
"Dennis is a teacher, both on and off the field," said Wallace. "His ability to instill sound fundamentals has resulted in consistent production from the student-athletes he directs. I am very excited to welcome an individual of his experience and character into the program."
Goldman has served as wide receivers coach at Syracuse for the past five seasons (2000-04). In total, the Brooklyn, N.Y., native worked as an assistant for the Orange for 10 years, first directing wide receivers from 1991-94 before returning to instruct tight ends and special teams in 1999. Goldman tutored a number of standout wideouts at Syracuse. He coached Jamel Riddle and David Tyree, each a second-team All-Big East selection in 2002, and Johnnie Morant, who was drafted in April 2004 by the Oakland Raiders. During his first tenure as SU's wide receivers coach, Goldman guided the careers of future NFL standouts Marvin Harrison and Qadry Ismail, both of whom surpassed 1,000 collegiate receiving yards.
Goldman began his coaching career in 1971 at Bulkely (Conn.) High School. He then coached at Jonathan Law HS in Milford, Conn. (1973) before working at Westchester (N.Y.) Community College in 1974. He landed his first four-year college coaching job at Southern Connecticut State, serving under George DeLeone from 1975-1979. After one-year stints at Orville Platt HS (1980), Princeton (1981) and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (1982), Goldman directed Northeastern's secondary and special teams from 1983-85. He instructed wide receivers and tight ends at Holy Cross from 1986-1990.
Following his first stint at Syracuse, Goldman moved to Maryland to mentor Terrapin wideouts for the 1995 and 1996 seasons. He helped guide Jermaine Lewis, who went on to an NFL career with the Baltimore Ravens, the Houston Texans and the Jacksonville Jaguars. He then served as defensive backs coach at Towson State in 1997 and offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the Citadel in 1998.
Goldman, 55, is a graduate of Abraham Lincoln HS in Brooklyn, N.Y. He earned a bachelor's degree in health and physical education at Southern Connecticut State, where he played offensive line, in 1971, and received his master's degree in physical education from the University of Bridgeport in 1974.
