Fall 2008 Football Roster
Tim Diamond
- Position:
- OLB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ringwood, N.J.
- High School:
- Lakeland
- Major:
- Supply Chain Management
Why Lehigh? “I chose to attend Lehigh because I wanted to be part of its great academic reputation and the illustrious football tradition.”
On Coach Coen: “Coach Coen teaches the game of football with a great attitude and style. His passion for the game influences the players and other coaches to reach their full potential.”
On being a part of the Lehigh football experience: “It is an honor to be a part of Lehigh and its great football tradition.”
Player profile … Team Captain … All-America candidate … coaching staff raves about his non-stop motor and ability to always be around the ball … expected to be one of Lehigh’s starting linebackers … as a junior … Honorable Mention All-America selection … First-Team All-Patriot League selection … led Mountain Hawks with 107 tackles, including 7.5 for loss … also had 2.5 sacks, one interception and three fumble recoveries … first Lehigh player with over 100 tackles since 2004 … posted a career-high 22 tackles in win over Harvard earning himself Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week honors as well as College Sporting News and Sports Media Entertainment Network National Defensive Player of the Week accolades … had six games of at least ten tackles … first career INT came vs. Georgetown … scored first career touchdown on a 58-yard fumble recovery at Bucknell … member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … as a sophomore … played in 10 games … recorded 19 tackles … had four tackles and a fumble recovery in a win against Bucknell … made five stops and two pass breakups in a win over Fordham … recorded four tackles, including one for loss versus archrival Lafayette … as a freshman … saw special teams action, registering a tackle in a win over Monmouth … in secondary school … named 2005 Passaic County Athlete of the Year … All-State, All-County, All- League in both football and baseball … National Honors Society treasurer … editor of school newspaper.
Personal: Son of Joan and Jim Diamond … has two brothers, Matt and Patrick … member of Institute for Supply Chain Management.
