This past season, McCorkle’s pass defense was the stingiest in the league, yielding just 179.5 yards per game; only one other Ivy squad allowed fewer than 200 yards. His secondary also picked off 12 passes to tie for second most in the conference.

McCorkle mentored one of the finest cornerbacks in Dartmouth history in Shawn Abuhoff ’12, who earned First-Team All-Ivy honors in both 2010 and 2011 and finished his career one interception shy of the school’s career record. Abuhoff and safety Pete Pidermann ’10 were selected for the All-Ivy second team in 2009 as the Big Green pass defense ranked third in the conference that year.

In 2003-04, McCorkle was the head coach at Martin County High School in Stuart, Fla. In 2003, McCorkle led Martin County to its best record in 10 years.

McCorkle previously coached at the University of Tennessee-Martin from 2000-02. He coached the defensive secondary in 2000 and was defensive coordinator in 2001-02. He coordinated the punt return, extra point and field goal blocking and kickoff teams while assisting with punt and kickoff return teams.

Sammy and Vicki McCorkle with Allie and Madison.

From 1997-99, McCorkle was a graduate assistant at Florida, his alma mater. He assisted the secondary and special teams coaches while also scouting opponents.

During the 1996-97 academic year, McCorkle taught physical education and was the defensive backs and linebackers coach and also coordinated special teams at Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, Fla.

McCorkle was a standout defensive back during his playing days at Florida. He played on four Southeastern Conference championship teams, competed in four bowl games (Gator Bowl, twice in the Sugar Bowl, and the Fiesta Bowl), and a national title game. McCorkle graduated with Florida's single-season and career records for blocked punts. He was named twice as Florida's special teams player-of-the-year.

McCorkle, the football staff's academic liaison, is coordinator of the Mentoring Program that brings Big Green football players and successful Dartmouth alumni together to introduce the players to business and professional opportunities when they graduate.

He and his wife, Vicki, have three daughters, Madison, Allie and the most recent addition, Campbell.

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