Personal: Aaron Federspiel returns for his sixth season as a member of the Winston-Salem State University coaching staff as he is the most senior member of the WSSU football coaching staff behind 16th-year head coach Kermit Blount.

Shifting his focus in 2008, Federspiel's primary responsibility will be working with the offensive line as well as concentrating his off-field efforts on the academic success of the Rams' student-athletes. In addition to his coaching responsibilities Federspiel is the technology advisor for the WSSU football program and is the direct contact between Ram football and the WSSU Office of Athletic Media Relations.

Additionally, Federspiel serves as the Rams' pro liason and was instrumental in the success of recent NFL draftee William Hayes this past spring. Hayes was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round, 103rd overall, of the 2008 National Football League draft.

Federspiel has overseen the academic progress of the WSSU football team for the better part of the last three seasons and has been instrumental in raising the team's overall grade point average.

His priority on academics has resulted in more than 20 percent of Winston-Salem State University football scholarship student-athletes earning above a 3.0 GPA during the 2007-08 academic year and 22 football players have been named to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Commissioner's All-Academic team over the span of the last two seasons.

The Rams' football team GPA is the highest ever since the data has been tracked by the WSSU Office of Athletic-Academic Support and the Rams have graduated 79 percent of football student-athletes over the most recent five-year reporting period.

Federspiel is no stranger to Winston-Salem State University or the Ram football program as he was a member of the Ram football team for three seasons and won a conference championship in 2000 under Head Coach Kermit Blount.

An offensive lineman, Federspiel was a standout not only on the field but in the classroom. He was a member of the CIAA Commissioner's All-Academic team for three consecutive years and was named to two consecutive Verizon Academic All-District Teams as well as being named a Coca-Cola Black College All-American in his senior season (2002). Before transferring to Winston-Salem State University, Federspiel attended Central Michigan University (Division I-Bowl Championship) where he was a member of the Chippewa's football team.

Federspiel, one of the best offensive lineman to ever play at Winston-Salem State University, resides in Winston-Salem with his wife of 11 years, Angela. The couple had their first child, a son Austin in December of 2006.