The eighth annual Villa 7 Consortium – a collaboration between the higher-ups at VCU (namely athletic director Norwood Teague and associate AD Mike Ellis) and Nike – is underway.

It’s an invite-only deal for 63 of the elite men’s assistant coaches and another 30 women’s assistants are brought in – along with school administrators - to advance their career.

It includes mock interviews, media training and interaction with athletic directors. Several head coaches – guys like Mark Fox, Steve Lavin, Chris Mooney – will speak on various topics.

Twenty coaches (both men and women) who were in attendance a year ago currently have D1-1 head jobs.

The list is below – and VCU’s Ellis said that next year the plan is to integrate some of the Villa 6 standouts (aimed at the mid and low-major assistants) into Villa 7.

Neill Berry, South Carolina
John Brannen, Alabama
Jeff Boals, Ohio State
Bob Cantu, USC
Chris Caputo, Miami
Raphael Chillious, Washington
T.J. Cleveland, Arkansas
Aki Collins, Marquette
Jim Corrigan, Old Dominion
Travis Decuire, California
Jason Donnelly, Villanova
Joe Dooley, Kansas
Robert Ehsan, Maryland
Chris Ferguson, Oklahoma State
Jorge Fernandez, Miami
Pat Filien, Albany
Paul Fortier, Washington
Tim Fuller, Missouri
Jim Fox, Davidson
Kyle Getter, VCU
David Grace, Oregon State
Matthew Graves, Butler
Donny Guerinoni, LSU
Jerod Haase, North Carolina
Steve Henson, Oklahoma
Dalonte Hill, Kansas State
Mike Hopkins, Syracuse
Jerrence Howard, Illinois
Justin Hutson, UNLV
Kwanza Johnson, Georgia
Mike Jones, VCU
Stan Jones, Florida State
Pat Kelsey, Xavier
Andre LaFleur, Providence
Erik Martin, West Virginia
Jim McCarthy, Northeastern
CB McGrath, North Carolina
Dan Muller, Vanderbilt
Ryan Odom, Charlotte
Kevin Ollie, UConn
Stacey Palmore, Georgia
Scott Pera, Arizona State
Josh Posterino, Georgia Tech
Rod Palmer, Long Beach State
Ken Potosnak, East Carolina
Mike Rhoades, VCU
John Richardson, Virginia Tech
Kareem Richardson, Drake
Brandon Rosenthal, St. Edward’s
Ron Sanchez, Virginia
Jim Shaw, Washington
GG Smith, Loyola (Md.)
Joel Sobotka, Portland
Dwayne Stephens, Michigan State
Dedrique Taylor, Arizona State
Vince Taylor, Minnesota
Brad Underwood, Kansas State
Will Wade, VCU
Scott Wagers, East Tennessee
Torrey Ward, Ole Miss
James Whitford, Arizona
Steve Wojciechowski, Duke