Lance Guidry Position: Interim Head Coach/Defensive Backs Coach Experience: Second Season Alma Mater: McNeese State '95

Lance Guidry, a 1995 graduate of McNeese State (La.), starts his second season as coach of Miami's defensive backs. He was hired on January 30, 2009.

In 2008, he was the defensive secondary coach at McNeese State.

A veteran coach in Louisiana football's high school ranks, Guidry served as secondary coach at Leesville High 1995 and `96, helping lead the Wampus Cats to the state championship game. He also coached defensive backs at Carencro (La.) High School for three seasons (1997-99), then returned years later to serve as the Golden Bears' head coach (2005-07).

In between his stints at Carencro, Guidry served as defensive coordinator and coached the secondary at McNeese State (2000-04). The Cowboys won three straight SLC crowns during that stretch, making it to the finals in the FCS Championship Series.

Guidry was an all-conference player at McNeese.

He and his wife, Starlet, have four children: Janzen, Madison, Alexis and Kaitlyn. Janzen is a sophomore at the University of Tennessee where he plays football.