Brent Vernon
	Position: Director of Recruiting Experience: Third Season at UW Alma Mater: Missouri '08

Email: bvernon1@uwyo.edu

Brent Vernon takes over as Wyoming's Director of Recruiting this year after serving as the Cowboys' offensive graduate assistant the past two seasons.

In his new role, Vernon will be responsible for coordinating all recruiting efforts for Cowboy Football, including: implementing Wyoming's recruiting plan for the year, scheduling recruiting travel, organizing recruiting weekends, assuring compliance with NCAA rules relative to recruiting and managing the recruiting budget.

As Wyoming's offensive graduate assistant in 2009 and 2010, Vernon assisted with practice preparation, scout team coordination and a variety of other administrative and coaching duties for the Cowboy Offense. He also was involved in signaling plays from the sideline on game days. Vernon of course shared in Wyoming's 2009 New Mexico Bowl Championship, as the Cowboys defeated Fresno State 35-28 in double overtime.

He came to Wyoming in the winter of 2009 from the University of Missouri where he was an intern with the Mizzou Football program for five seasons from August 2004 to December 2008. At Missouri, he assisted the tight ends' coach, broke down practice and game film and prepared scouting reports. During that five-year span, Missouri enjoyed unprecedented success, appearing in four consecutive bowl games from 2005 to 2008. The Tigers won the 2005 Independence Bowl over South Carolina, played Oregon State in the 2006 Sun Bowl, won the Cotton Bowl over Arkansas at the conclusion of the 2007 season and defeated Northwestern in the 2008 Alamo Bowl.

He completed his bachelor of science degree in business administration, with an emphasis in management, at Missouri in December of 2008. Vernon achieved Dean's List honors all four years of college. He was also named the University of Missouri Athletics' Student Assistant of the Year in 2008.

In coming to Wyoming, he rejoined former Missouri offensive coordinator and current Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen.