Coaching Staff


Mark Harriman is the 19th head coach in the 110-year history of the Bates College football program. He is also the team's defensive coordinator and he coaches the Bobcats' inside linebackers. Harriman brings an 18-62 record into his 11th season with the Bobcats, including two Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) titles. Harriman is also assistant director of athletics at Bates. His recruiting areas are western Massachusetts and metropolitan New York.

To Harriman, academics are inextricably linked with athletics at Bates.

“We want all of our players to realize their potential on the field and in the classroom,” Harriman said. “To accomplish this, we look for individuals who have a great work ethic on and off the field and who have a passion for football. We demand two things of everyone, regardless of their abilities: accountability for their actions in every phase of their lives, and a willingness to be a team player. In other words, Bates football players put the good of the team and their community ahead of the pursuit of personal accolades.”

A native of Westbrook, Maine, Harriman served as the defensive coordinator at Harvard for four seasons before arriving at Bates. The 1997 Crimson were the only Division I-AA team ranked in the top five in rushing defense, pass-efficiency defense and scoring defense, helping produce Harvard’s first undefeated Ivy League title.

Harriman’s efforts earned him American Football Quarterly’s 1997 Division I-AA defensive coordinator of the year honors. Prior to his stint at Harvard, his defense helped Princeton win two Ivy League titles. A 1980 graduate of Springfield College, Harriman was an All-New England linebacker.

Harriman lives in Monmouth, Maine, with his wife, Sue, and son, Steven.
Skip Capone enters his 12th season as defensive line coach for the Bobcats. Prior to arriving at Bates, Skip was the head coach at Lewiston High School, where he led the Blue Devils to two state Class A championships. Skip is also the director of the Central Maine Football Camps. His recruiting areas are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Greater Boston. Skip resides in Auburn with his wife, Marie, and their two children, Krysta and Matt Capone '07, a former track and field standout and now an assistant track and field coach at Bates.
Matt Dence enters his third season at Bates, where he coordinates the offense, coaches quarterbacks and serves as strength coach. Prior to arriving in Lewiston, Matt coached at Yale University (wide receivers, tight ends and special teams), Amherst College (linebackers), Springfield College (offensive line) and King’s College, his alma mater. Matt was a three-year starting tight end at King’s College. He has a master’s degree from Springfield College. Matt is a native of Philadelphia and lives in Lewiston. His recruiting areas are eastern Massachusetts, Connecticut and eastern Pennsylvania.
Tom Hinds enters his second season as wide receivers coach at Bates, following an eight-year stint as head football coach at Cony High School in Augusta. Prior coaching positions include serving as the defensive coordinator at Boothbay High School and as an assistant at Waterville High School. Tom lives in Augusta with his wife Karen and has two children: daughter Stephanie and son Gabe, who is a redshirt freshman quarterback at UMaine-Orono and was coached by Tom at Cony.
Chris Kempton enters his third season at Bates, where he coordinates special teams and coaches the defensive backs. Prior to arriving in Lewiston, Chris coached for six years at Colby College and was a high school head coach in Maine for six years. He graduated from UMaine-Orono with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. His recruiting area is eastern Massachusetts. Chris lives with his wife Kim and daughter Paycen in Biddeford.
Nate Munzing enters his first season of coaching at Bates. A 2008 graduate of Saint Anselm College, he was a three-year starting outside linebacker for the Division II Hawks, and among the team's leaders in tackles all three years. Nate is a graduate of Gardiner High School, where he earned several postseason honors, including All-State plaudits from the Sun Journal and Kennebec Journal, as well as the Ray Caldwell Award as the top football player in the Pine Tree Conference Class A. His recruiting area is the state of New York and western Pennsylvania.
Edwin Thompson enters his first season at Bates, where he was appointed head coach of the baseball team this past summer. A native of Jay, Maine, Edwin most recently served as associate head baseball coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Maine–Farmington, as well as head boys' varsity basketball coach and assistant football coach at Jay High School. He played baseball at Division I Howard University and the University of Maryland before playing his final two years of college baseball at Webber University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration. Edwin also had a two-year professional playing career with the Bangor Lumberjacks, an independent minor league team.
Daryle Weiss enters his first season at Bates, where he serves as recruiting coordinator as well as offensive line coach. He was head football coach at Westbrook High School last year, after a six-year stint as head football coach at Rockland High School. A New Jersey native, Daryle graduated from New Jersey City University with a degree in special education. Daryle was a professional actor for five years and trained at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York. Daryle lives in Rockland with his wife Kelly, his 10-year-old son Marshall and his 4-year-old daughter Abby.