 On February 9, 2007, Athletic Director Jim Jarrett announced that Bobby Wilder, then the associate head football coach at the University of Maine, would be the head coach and the team signed its first recruiting class in 2008.As is the case with many new football programs, all players in 2008 were redshirted.These players, along with the recruiting class of 2009 and transfer players, comprised the initial 2009 roster.