USA Rugby has opened up the job of Men's All American 15s Head Coach for applicants.

The contact is for two years and starts January 1.

The coach is paid a per-diem and travel expenses.

The job description is posted here

Sevens isn’t just a summer of goofing off on the rugby field for college students anymore, but it’s still fun, as the members of the All American camp will attest.

Fresh from a series of three-a-days at the Serevi Rugby Academy, Stanfill and some of them other 7s All Americans went right into intense training at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista.

“It’s awesome,” said the Central Washington University wing, who has slotted in at wing, center, flyhalf, and even a little hooker in 7s this week. “To play with so many top-notch athletes and get the level of coaching we’re getting has been amazing.”

Stanfill was a star for the CWU 7s team at the USA 7s Collegiate Rugby Championship, and also played with Old Puget Sound this summer.

“I think this group is a lot faster,” he said. “Everyone is quick. As far as my game goes, not a lot has changed, but I am learning a bunch of new positions. It’s been pretty intense.”

Many of the players went through the season as rivals, but that feeling doesn’t last long.

“There are guys from Utah, Army and Dartmouth, all teams that we lost to in the CRC,” said Stanfill. “But we’re all on one team. We spent most of the first few days being the only team here, and that helped us gel.”

Stanfill was encouraged to try rugby in high school in Vancouver, Wash. A quick and aggressive runner, he scored three tries in his first game, “even though I didn’t really know what I was doing,” and was hooked. He helped the Vancouver Sharks to an Oregon state title (Vancouver being just across the Columbia River from Oregon, they play teams closest to them). A Pacific Northwest all-star, Stanfill was invited to the USA U20 camp, and later played on the collegiate Pacific Coast all-star team.

“I had no idea I would go through all that and now be part of the All American program and be thinking about the Pan-Am Games and the Olympics,” said the Exercise Science major. “I’ve been very lucky.”

Pati as a 2010 All American. Ian Muir photo

Kelm as 2010 All American. Ian Muir photo

Lambert playing 15s for Life. Pat Clifton photo

Jones in action for SMC. Mike Geib photo

Dave Martini making a tackle for UCLA in Las Vegas. Numina photo

Eloff in 15s DI final. Dobson Images

Muhn in CPD final. Paul Meyers photo

Acker in CRC Qualifier final in Vegas. Numina photo

Stanfill in same game as above. Ian Muir photo

Tiberio with the Lions at Club 7s Nationals. Dobson Images

All American Head Coach Alex Magleby knows a little bit about elite-level 7s assemblies.

The former USA 7s team captain hopes to replicate a national team 7s assembly when the All American 7s squad arrives in Chula Vista Saturday.

But he also knows his experience isn’t the be-all and end-all.

“The game and the IRB circuit have evolved since I played,” Magleby told RUGBYMag.com. “We have a lot of intellectual capital to draw from. Not just me, but Matt Hawkins, who will be in camp, Al Caravelli, our analyst Paul Golding, and former players such as Jason Raven and David Fee. There’s a lot of international 7s experience there.”

The All American players will arrive in Chula Vista on Saturday, get acquainted, and then get run through a series of fitness tests under Caravelli’s watchful eye on Sunday morning.

National Team Coach Caravelli will run the fitness tests in part because Magleby and Caravelli want all measurements to be consistent. Caravelli knows the numbers from his national team players, and he knows how he runs tests.

After that, the All Americans will play against the newly-named Southern California team. That type of hard-nosed scrimmage, too, is what players experience on the HSBC Sevens World Series.

“Our job is to see how these players do in an assembly,” said Magleby. “We put them under some duress on Sunday, recover, work through the week, and play a tournament on the next weekend. We try to replicate what they do on the IRB circuit. That way we can start to develop these players and not have Coach Caravelli have to do it in his camps.”

Several players who could have been involved in this camp are not there because of injury, school and work. Several players who performed well in the USA 7s Collegiate Rugby Championships now have started careers and can’t get away. Military commitments keep some away also. Others have injuries (highest-profile among them might be Ryan Roundy, who broke his leg playing for the All Americans in July).

But the 18 players in camp are impressive (even if some are a little banged up). They are coming in fit as all have been doing workouts through the summer and sending the results in to the coaching staff.

Twelve of the 18 will be chosen to play in the National All-Star Championships in nine days, while the remaining six will either be allocated to the injury player pool, or added to all-star squads to make teams 13-strong (with Caravelli adding one or two more prospects to fill out the squads).

“We have to be clear to the players what the goals are,” said Magleby. “In 15s we have two goals: the All American list, which lists the best collegiate players, and then the second is to develop players at the international level, where we pick players who have potential as Eagles. In 7s, we don’t have a specific college 7s season right now, so we’re picking an All American team based on players who we think can be international 7s players.”

USA All American 7s Squad
Muhammed Abdul-Shakoor (Dartmouth), Timothy Acker (Kutztown University), Nate Brakeley (Dartmouth), JP Eloff (Davenport University), Kyle Grossheider (Life University), Will Holder (Army), James Bubba Jones (St. Mary's College), Gareth Jones (Temple), Duncan Kelm (San Diego State University), Garrett Lambert (Life University), David Martini (University of California - Los Angeles), Rocco Mauer (Bowling Green State University), Dustin Muhn (University of California - Berkeley), Don Pati (University of Utah), Jayson Rego (University of Hawaii), Tim Stanfill (Central Washington University), Peter Tiberio (University of Arizona), Brett Willis (California State University - Sacramento)

BOULDER, Colo. -- The Men's Collegiate All-American Sevens team will assemble this Saturday August 20 to train in advance of the Emirates Airlines USA Rugby Men's All-Star Sevens Championship which begins on Friday August 26 at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.

Head Coach Alexander Magleby coached the Men's Collegiate All-Americans Fifteens15s side to a 2-1 record over the New Zealand Universities in July, and will look to continue that success with the sevens side.  A former USA international himself, Magleby recognizes the importance of giving the top collegiate rugby athletes a high performance training environment.

“It’s important we find a way to give our elite student-athletes an opportunity to compete in high level sevens environments. We need to do a better job of preparing would-be Eagles before they arrive at Coach Caravelli’s door,” Magleby said expressing the need for players to be steeped in sevens-specific skills and knowledge before elevating to the USA Men's Sevens team coached by Al Caravelli.

Skills and knowledge are one thing, but performing at the highest level throughout the grind of a sevens tournament, tour, and season is crucially important to a player's and team's success.  The All-Americans have a great opportunity to exhibit their mental strength as well as their on-field prowess.

“In this assembly, it’s crucial that we create a demanding atmosphere to help identify players who thrive in what will be the more strenuous environment of the IRB Sevens World Series. The goal is to push the students throughout the assembly, not just in the match performances at the end.  Identifying who is a team player, a good tourist, and a growth mindset guy will be imperative to helping build the right depth in our national sevens team.”

Magleby has selected 18 players to attend the camp and tournament, all with the chance to prove themselves in front of National Team selectors including Caravelli.

"We have a diverse talent pool -- some speed, a handful of playmakers, and some restart winners. It's a good mix. A few players are slowly coming off the injured-reserved list, so we will have to do a decent job managing their contact reps. And,obviously with this end of August assembly some collegiate programs are well underway," said Magleby.

"The priority being academics at this stage, some would-be AAs are in full swing with their course work, so were unable to compete at this time. There were a handful of graduates who are now fully immersed into their 'professional' (non-rugby) lives by now, so they too were not considered for a national pathway side. Nonetheless, it's a well-rounded, fit and competitive group."

Men's Collegiate All-Americans Sevens

Muhammed Abdul-Shakoor (Dartmouth), Timothy Acker (Kutztown University), Nate Brakeley (Dartmouth), JP Eloff (Davenport University), Kyle Grossheider (Life University), Will Holder (Army), James Bubba Jones (St. Mary's College), Gareth Jones (Temple), Duncan Kelm (San Diego State University), Garrett Lambert (Life University), David Martini (University of California - Los Angeles), Rocco Mauer (Bowling Green State University), Dustin Muhn (University of California - Berkeley), Don Pati (University of Utah), Jayson Rego (University of Hawaii), Tim Stanfill (Central Washington University), Peter Tiberio (University of Arizona), Brett Willis (California State University - Sacramento)