Chris Culton
	Position: Assistant Coach / Offensive Line Experience: 9th season at Navy Alma Mater: Georgia Southern

Chris Culton enters his ninth year at the Naval Academy and his fourth coaching the offensive tackles. Culton coached the fullbacks his first five years at Navy.

Culton has been an integral part of a staff that has brought the Midshipmen back into the national spotlight with a 70-33 (.680) record over the last eight years. Additionally, his work has catapulted Navy to No. 1 in the nation in rushing in five of the last eight seasons, including a four-year run from 2005-08 that was an NCAA record for consecutive rushing titles.

The Mids posted an impressive 9-4 record in 2010, defeated Army for a series record ninth-consecutive time, defeated Notre Dame in consecutive seasons for only the third time in school history and appeared in a school record eighth-consecutive bowl game. The Mids finished sixth in the country in rushing offense (284.8) and ninth in the country in passing efficiency (156.7).

The 2009 season was one to remember for the Midshipmen, as Navy tied a school record for wins with 10, won a school-record seventh-consecutive Commander-In-Chief's Trophy, appeared in a school-record seventh-consecutive bowl game, beat Notre Dame in South Bend for the second-straight time and ran its winning streak against the other two Service Academies to an amazing 15 straight games. The Mids capped the season off with a 35-13 rout of Missouri in the Texas Bowl.
The development of tackles Jeff Battipaglia and Matt Molloy were a big part of the success, while Navy's third tackle, sophomore John Dowd, was named Second-Team Academic All-American.

In 2008, Navy posted an 8-5 record, including a 24-17 victory over 16th-ranked Wake Forest, which was Navy's first win over a team ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 since 1985. Navy also beat teams currently in the BCS in back-to-back weeks (Rutgers and Wake Forest) for the first time since 1981 and defeated a program-record four bowl teams. The Mids won a sixth-straight Commander-In-Chief's Trophy with wins over Air Force and Army.

The 2007 season was a historical one as well as the Midshipmen posted an 8-5 record, won the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy, appeared in a school-record fifth-straight bowl gameand defeated Notre Dame for the first time since 1963.
Fullback Adam Ballard finished his career as the seventh-leading rusher in school history with 2,125 yards and his 5.3 career rushing yards per carry average also ranks seventh in school annals.

Culton had to play three different fullbacks in 2006 due to injury (Ballard, Kettani and Matt Hall), but they combined to rush for 1,274 yards and five touchdowns as once again the Mids won the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy and participated in a bowl game.

In 2005, Culton was part of a staff that helped the Mids average a nation's best 318.7 yards per contest, win a school-record second-straight bowl game and claim the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy

In 2004, Culton's efforts helped the Midshipmen to finish third in the country in rushing (289.5), win a school-record tying 10 games (the most wins since 1905), claim the Emerald Bowl and win the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy .One of Culton's players, Kyle Eckel, will go down as one of the greatest running backs in Academy history as he finished his career with 2,906-career rushing yards and 25 touchdowns, both of which rank as the fourth-best totals in school history. Eckel earned several postseason honors including Honorable Mention All-American and All-East. He was invited to three postseason all-star games and was named one of the top fullbacks in the country by NFL scouts.

In 2003, Culton was part of a staff that helped the Mids lead the nation in rushing and set school records for rushing yards per game, total rushing yards, rushing yards per attempt, rushing touchdowns, total offense, total offense per game and yards per play as Navy went 8-5, won the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy and earned a berth in the Houston Bowl.

Culton came to the Naval Academy from Rhode Island, where he coached the offensive line for one year.

Culton is a 2001 graduate of Georgia Southern where he was a student-assistant coach for four years after suffering a severe neck injury during spring practice of his freshman year that ended his football career.

Culton is married to the former Amanda Pendergrass, who is an athletic trainer at Navy. They have a daughter, Julie Grace, and a son, Reilley.