The 2012 season marks the fourth year as a member of the Bentley University coaching staff for Rusty McKinney, a 2002 graduate of Towson University. His responsibliities include coaching the linebackers and serving as special teams coordinator.

A native of Fairfax County, Va., McKinney played four years of football at Towson. As a senior, he served as team captain and was the recipient of the Doc Minnegan Award as the team MVP.  McKinney garnered second-team All-Patriot League honors in both 2000 and 2001. 

McKinney moved into college coaching in 2008, serving as a linebacker coach at Saint Anselm College. Since graduating from Towson, he has also served as an assistant speed and agility trainer, working with Olympic gold medalist Dennis Mitchell.

McKinney has a wealth of community service and volunteer work, volunteering at a number of track meets and road races, as well as at the John Hopkins Children's Hospital and Villa Maria School for Troubled Children.

McKinney, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Towson, also earned an Associates in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales in 2004. He now resides in Somerville.