Old Dominion University Football

Kody Cook is in his third season at Old Dominion and his first as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. In his first two seasons Cook coached the wide receivers. In 2025 led by Cook, Old Dominion was one of nine schools to have three players with more than 600 yards receiving. Tre Brown finished sixth in the country with 20.01 yards per reception and earned third team All-Sun Belt honorsl while Ja'Cory Thomas caught 41 passes for 719 yards and Na'eem Abdul-Rahim Gladding led the trio with 51 catches. Cook helped lead the development of Isiah Paige to earn All-Sun Belt Conference honors and the best season of Paige's career. Paige led the Monarchs and finished sixth in the Sun Belt with 61 receptions for 819 yards. Diante Vines, a transfer from Iowa, was ODU's third leading receiver with 36 grabs for 393 yards and Myles Alston, who played in just one games in 2023, caught 23 passes for 246 yards on the year. True freshman Na'eem Abdul-Rahim Gladding played in eight games, primarily on special teams, but got a chance late in the year and caught a touchdown pass against Marshall. Cook came to ODU after spending two years as assistant wide receivers coach at Tennessee. In his two years with the Volunteers, Cook helped Tennessee to an 11-2 record in 2022 and a win over Clemson in the Orange Bowl, and this past season the Vols went 9-4 with a win over Iowa in the Citrus Bowl. Prior to that he worked at Hutchinson Community College (Kansas) for four years in a variety of rol

Phil Serchia is in his first season as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator at Old Dominion University. Serchia spent the 2025 season as an offensive line assistant at Tennessee, while spending the previous two seasons as an offensive assistant in the NFL with the LA Chargers. “Phil brings a tremendous amount of experience and knowledge from virtually every level of football,” Rahne said. “From junior college to the NFL, Phil has established himself as a premier teacher and recruiter. Our offensive line has established a culture and reputation of physicality and togetherness and I’m confident that Coach Serchia will bring another element that will help us reach our ultimate goals.” He spent three seasons as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Hutchinson Community College, helping lead the team to a JUCO National Championship. Prior to his time with the Blue Dragons, Serchia was the offensive line coach at Texas A&M Kingsville from 2015-19. Serchia’s first full-time position was at Adams State (Colorado) as the special teams coordinator, running backs and tight ends coach from 2013-14. He got into the coaching ranks at his alma mater, Colorado State, spending four seasons with the Rams as a graduate assistant working with the offensive line and tight ends. Serchia played center at Colorado State helping the Rams win the 2008 New Mexico Bowl over Fresno State as a senior. He earned his degree in health and exercise science and a master's degree fr