2019	2018
Glenn Cunningham, LB - First Team	Glenn Cunningham, LB - First Team
Ryan Greenhagen, LB - First Team	Dylan Mabin, DB - First Team
Ellis Taylor, DL - Second Team	Ryan Greenhagen, LB - Second Team

Paul Rice, a former assistant coach at Yale, was named Fordham's defensive coordinator in February of 2018. He will begin his third year at Rose Hill in 2020, serving as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.

In 2019, Rice guided a defense that saw three players earn All-Patriot League accolades with linebackers Glenn Cunningham and Ryan Greenhagen taking home first team accolades and defensive lineman Ellis Taylor being named to the second team. Additionally, Greenhagen earned HERO Sports Sophomore All-America honors after leading the Patriot League in TFLs/Game (1.54) and ranking second in tackles/game (10.2). Greenhagen was also third in the NCAA FCS in solo tackles/game (6.8), 12th in total tackles/game and 14th in TFLs/game.

In his first year at Fordham, Rice saw three players earn 2018 All-Patriot League honors, including linebacker Glenn Cunningham, who led the conference in tackles for loss with a school single season record of 21.5. Overall, the Fordham defense led the Patriot League in tackles for loss and was third in red zone defense.

Rice arrived at Rose Hill after serving with Fordham head coach Joe Conlin as an assistant coach at Yale University for five years, serving as the defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator in 2017.
 
Rice helped the Yale defense rank number one in scoring defense in the Ivy League in 2017 as well as number two in defensive pass efficiency. He coached two First Team All-Ivy players and one Second Team honoree, and was selected as one of the top 30 coaches under the age of 30 in the NCAA/NAIA/High School ranks by the AFCA.
 
Prior to his stint in New Haven, Rice served as an offensive graduate assistant coach at Georgia Tech in 2012, where he helped the Yellow Jackets to a 7-7 season and a 2012 Sun Bowl victory over Southern California.
 
The captain of the 2009 Yale football team, Rice was named the Bulldogs’ outside linebackers coach in February 2013. He took over as special teams coordinator in 2015 and was selected by the American Football Coaches Foundation® for the AFCA 30 Under 30 Coaches’ Leadership Institute in 2016. The former Yale star coached a pair of All-Ivy performers in 2015 in punter Bryan Holmes and linebacker Matt Oplinger, who repeated in 2016.
 
Rice was a four-year Yale starter who began his career as one of the biggest cornerbacks in the country and finished his collegiate career as a first-team All-Ivy linebacker. He accumulated 196 tackles, six interceptions and numerous big plays with the football in his hands while earning league honors three seasons.
 
A former Ohio Division III co-defensive player of the year and National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete at University High School in Cleveland Heights, Rice helped the Bulldogs lead the nation in scoring defense consecutive seasons.
 
Rice played one season for the L’Hospitalet Pioners (Barcelona, Spain) in the spring of 2011. He served as a player/coach, competing on both sides of the ball and helping the Pioners to a national championship.
 
Rice, who received a degree in political science from Yale, was a volunteer with the Yale football team in the fall of 2011.