ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - NC Wesleyan College Head Football Coach Jeff Filkovski has named three new assistants to his staff for the upcoming fall season while also scheduling a preseason scrimmage for this Saturday.
Filkovski has named Dwight Sutton as the Special Teams Coordinator and Running Backs Coach. Andrew Tolosi will be the new Defensive Backs Coach while 2020 alum Ben Dorfman will be the Tight Ends Coach.
*The home scrimmage will take place this Saturday, August 21 at 1:00 PM vs. Newport News Apprentice School at Wesleyan's new on-campus home in the Vernon T. Bradley Football Complex.
*More info on the new Bishop Stadium being constructed can be found here: https://ncwcsports.com/stadium
Dorfman will be entering his first year as an intern and assistant coach with the Bishop football program.
He will assist the offensive side of the ball, mainly the receivers. Dorfman graduated from Wesleyan in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Administration and was a member of the Academic All-Conference Team.
Dorfman, a former all-conference tight end for the Bishops, is a native of Charlotte, NC and Hargrave Military Academy.
Sutton was named an assistant football coach at NC Wesleyan College in the summer of 2021. He will serve as Wesleyan's Running Backs coach and Special Teams Coordinator.
Sutton comes to NC Wesleyan after serving the past two seasons as the full-time assistant coach at NAIA Kentucky Wesleyan College where he helped with the DBs and Special Teams.
Before KWC, Sutton coached three seasons at Lindsey Wilson College (KY) as the safeties coach. The Blue Raiders posted a record of 29-6 over the past three seasons with NAIA playoff appearances in 2016 and 2017. It was Sutton's second stint with the Blue Raiders, previous serving as cornerbacks coach from 2011-2013.
In between his tenure at Lindsey Wilson, Sutton spent the 2014 and 2015 season as the cornerbacks coach at Eastern Kentucky. The Colonels won 15 games against nine losses in those two seasons.
A native of Bradenton, Florida, Dwight served a year at Malone (Ohio) where he worked with the cornerbacks and special teams.
As a student-athlete, Sutton played at Muskingum (Ohio) where he was a three-year starter at wide receiver. He concluded his career at Muskingum ranked seventh on the program's career receiving yards list. During his senior season, Sutton was named the team's offensive most valuable player.
Sutton graduated from Muskingum Univ. (OH) in 2010 with a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education and Health. He then completed a Master's Degree in Athletic administration from Western Kentucky in 2013.
Andrew Tolosi is entering his first season as the Defensive Backs coach with the Bishop Football program after being hired in the summer of 2021.
Before coming to Wesleyan, Tolosi served as the Safeties & Linebackers Coach for the past two years at Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA. He also served as the Recruiting and Social Media Coordinator during his time there.
Prior to Occidental, Tolosi worked at Army West Point (NY) coaching the defensive backs on the Sprint team for the past 2 years. He finished there with a 16-1 record and won the CSFL Championship in 2017. Tolosi also won the all-star game against rival Navy in consecutive years. While there, Tolosi coached 3 all-league defensive backs and led the league in every category defensively for both those years.
In 2016, Tolosi was a Consumer Sales and Services Intern with the New York Jets. With the Jets, he organized special events for pregame, halftime, postgame and VIP check-ins, as well as serving as a guest services guide.
Prior to his time in East Rutherford, N.J., Tolosi worked as a Marketing and Sales Intern at his alma mater, SUNY Cortland in 2015. With the Red Dragons, he spearheaded a social media marketing campaign that resulted in increased revenues and a total attendance increase of more than 10 percent.
A native of Malone, NY, Tolosi graduated from SUNY Cortland in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management.
A four-year starter at defensive back, Tolosi was a three-time first team All-NJAC honoree, while being named to the All-ECAC Second Team twice as well as being a 2 time Preseason All American. He totaled 232 tackles at Cortland, with 7.5 tackles for loss, 8 interceptions, 21 pass break ups, four fumble recoveries and a program-record six forced fumbles in one season. He was elected to be a 2-year team captain as well as defensive player of the year by the coaching staff and his teammates.