Florida Gators

 
COACHING EXPERIENCE

2017-Present	Florida	Linebackers
2015-16	Florida	Running Backs
2012-14	Colorado State	Assistant Head Coach (2013-14) | Linebackers (2012-14)
2009-11*	Fresno State	Linebackers/Run Defense Coordinator
2006-08	Fresno State	Running Backs
2004-05	Sacramento State	Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
2003	Sacramento State	Secondary
2002	Western New Mexico	Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
2001	Western New Mexico	Secondary

 
*served as Interim Defensive Coordinator for the final three games in 2011 at Fresno State
 
COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• A versatile teacher, Skipper has coached on both sides of the ball and has served for all or parts of four seasons as a defensive coordinator.

• Tutored Jordan Scarlett who carried the load for the Gators’ offense in 2016. Statistically he led the team with 179 carries, 889 rushing yards and six touchdowns.
  • Scarlett’s 889 yards rushing was the most by a Florida freshman or sophomore running back since 1995.
• With Scarlett’s rushing touchdown against Georgia, he joined Kelvin Taylor (2015) as the only other UF running back since 2005 to score a rushing touchdown in six consecutive games.
• Coached Lamical Perine during his freshman season when he totaled 421 yards on 91 carries (4.6 avg) and one touchdown.
  • Perine was the team’s leading rusher against Kentucky (105 yards) and Missouri (106 yards). For the season, Perine was one of 14 FBS true freshmen to post multiple 100-yard rushing games and one of eight to post both 100-yard games against a Power Five opponent. In addition, he became the first UF freshman running back since Jeff Demps in 2008 to have multiple 100-yard rushing games against SEC Opponents. Overall, he became the 16th UF true freshman since 1955 to rush for 100 yards in a game.
• Under Skipper’s direction in 2015, Taylor paced the Florida offense all season and became the ninth Gator to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season. It was the 11th 1,000-yard rushing season in program history.
  • Taylor’s 259 carries were the second-most by a Gator in a single season. Only Emmitt Smith (284 in 1989) logged more rushing attempts in a campaign. In addition, his 13 rushing touchdowns last year were the most by a Gator since 2009 (Tim Tebow, 14) and tied his father, Fred Taylor (1997), and Emmitt Smith (1987) for the fifth-most by a Gator in school history.

• Tutored linebacker Corey James at CSU, who ranks fifth in school history with 22 career sacks.
• Skipper played a role in coaching a CSU defense in 2013 that ranked third in the MW and 30th in FBS in rushing defense (140.6), fourth (46th FBS) in sacks (2.3 per game) and fourth in scoring defense (29.8).
• Three CSU defenders earned All-MW recognition in 2013, including MW Defensive Player of the Year, first-team All-MWC linebacker Shaquil Barrett and honorable mention All-MW linebacker Max Morgan.
• In his first season with the Rams, Skipper tutored Barrett to his first honorable mention All-Mountain West recognition, and redshirt freshman linebacker Cory James, was named second-team national all-freshman by Phil Steele for his CSU freshman-record 7.5 sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss.
• At Fresno State with Skipper at the reins of the defense during a three-game stretch in 2011, the Bulldogs allowed 9.7 fewer points per game than they had over the first 10 games, 70.1 fewer rushing yards, and 25.3 fewer total yards.
• The Bulldogs advanced to four bowl games in Skipper's six seasons in Fresno, largely due to his development of all-conference linebackers Ben Jacobs and Travis Brown, and explosive running backs Ryan Mathews, Dwayne Wright, Lonyae Miller and Clifton Smith.
• In 2008, Skipper's final season as the Bulldogs' running backs coach, three of his players turned in games of 150-plus yards, including Mathews, who ranked 10th in the country at the time of his October injury.
• With Jim McElwain as offensive coordinator in 2007, Skipper's players averaged 4.7 yards per carry, and with 204.67 rushing yards per game, ranked No. 16 in the nation, helping the Bulldogs advance to the Humanitarian Bowl opposite Georgia Tech.
• In 2004, his initial campaign at the reins of the Sacramento State defense, the Hornets produced the Big Sky Conference leaders in tackles (Jimmy Ellingson), sacks (Jacob Houston) and interceptions (Ramon Payne), as well as Matt Logue, an All-American who finished his career as the school's career leader with 47 tackles for loss.
• He comes from a family of coaches. His father, Jim, has coached for four decades, including several NFL years with current Denver Broncos head coach John Fox in Carolina and time in the USFL, XFL and NCAA; he began his second stint as the Carolina Panthers' running backs coach in 2013. Tim's brother, Kelly, has been in the profession since 1989 and currently coaches running backs for the Oakland Raiders. Kelly was an All-American RB at Fresno State.

 
PROMINENT PLAYERS COACHED
FLORIDA

• RB KELVIN TAYLOR – Taylor ran for 2,108 yards and 23 touchdowns on 486 carries in his three seasons at UF. As a junior in 2015, he ran for 1,035 yards and 13 touchdowns on 259 carries -- becoming the ninth player in program history to run for more than 1,000 yards in a single season. The Belle Glade, Fla. native entered the NFL draft after his junior season and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round with the 211th overall pick.

COLORADO STATE

• LB/DE SHAQUIL BARRETT – The 2013 Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-Mountain West selection. Barrett ranked in the top five in the nation in both sacks (12.0) and tackles for loss (20.5), and set a new MW record for tackles for loss with 20.5. His 12 sacks were third-most in CSU's single-season annals. Signed as a free agent with the Denver Broncos.

FRESNO STATE

• LB TRAVIS BROWN – Earned all-WAC accolades in both 2010 and '11, and second-team All-Mountain West in 2012.
• LB BEN JACOBS – Two-time All-WAC selection who signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Browns.
• RB RYAN MATHEWS – Led all NCAA freshmen with 14 touchdowns and 6.0 yards per carry, tallying 866 yards on 145 attempts in 2007. He rushed for 606 yards and eight touchdowns as a sophomore despite missing the final five games and most of three others with a knee injury. In his final year he was an All-American who led the nation in rushing in 2009, totaling 1,808 yards (150.7 per game) and 19 touchdowns. He was drafted 12th overall in 2010 by the San Diego Chargers and went on to earn a Pro Bowl berth in 2011.
• RB DWANYE WRIGHT – The nation’s No. 6 rusher (1,462 yards) in 2006 who was a fourth-round pick by the Buffalo Bills in the 2007 NFL Draft.

 
NFL PLAYERS (ROUND DRAFTED)
RB Dwayne Wright (4th) – Fresno State ’07 – Buffalo Bills
RB Clifton Smith (UFA) – Fresno State ’08 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
FB Roshon Vercher (UFA) – Fresno State ’08 – Arizona Cardinals
RB Ryan Mathews (1st) – Fresno State ’10 – San Diego Chargers
RB Lonyae Miller (UFA) – Fresno State ’10 – Dallas Cowboys
LB Chris Carter (5th) – Fresno State ’11 – Pittsburgh Steelers
LB Ben Jacobs (UFA) – Fresno State ’11 – Cleveland Browns
LB Kyle Knox (UFA) – Fresno State ’12 – Seattle Seahawks
LB Shaquil Barrett (UFA) – Colorado State ’14 – Denver Broncos
LB Cory James (6th) – Colorado State ’16 – Oakland Raider
RB Kelvin Taylor (6th) – Florida ’16 – San Francisco 49ers
 
PLAYING CAREER
A four-year starter at Fresno State at middle linebacker from 1997-2000, he earned an appearance on both the 1999 and 2000 watch lists of the Butkus Award, presented annually to the nation's top linebacker. A two-year defensive captain and three-time All-WAC selection, he ranks second in school history with 418 career tackles, including 117 in his first campaign, when he earned freshman All-America recognition. Voted the team's most inspirational player as a senior in 2000.
 
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Birth date: April 15, 1978
Hometown: New Orleans, La.
Education: 2001 – Bachelor’s Degree from Fresno State
 
Bowl Games as a Coach

2016	Outback
2015	Citrus
2014	Las Vegas
2013	New Mexico
2010	Humanitarian
2009	New Mexico
2008	New Mexico
2007	Humanitarian