Bios

Lenny Pappano | Executive Director
Lenny Pappano is co-founder of Draft Sharks, as well as a co-founder of The World Championship of Fantasy Football. In his 12 years of experience in the fantasy football business Pappano has won many awards including several Fantasy Expert leagues and polls since 1999. He also took the FSWA's award for "Best Fantasy Football Article" with his acclaimed piece, "Confessions of a Fantasy Expert." Pappano has written articles for countless FF magazines and he's one of the biggest names in this industry.


Jared Smola | Senior Editor
Jared has been with DraftSharks since 2007. He's a true utility-man, contributing to feature articles, player profiles, projections, weekly rankings, and Fantasy Vision scouting reports. He won his first fantasy championship at the tender age of 9 on the strength of Barry Sanders’ 2,000-yard 1997 season.


Kevin English | Senior Editor
Kevin is currently a senior Sport Management major at Saint John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. He has been contributing to DraftSharks.com for over 3 years. A passionate Dolphins fan, Kevin still longs for the days when Dan Marino was chucking the ball downfield to O.J. McDuffie and Oronde Gadsden.


Matt Schauf | Senior Editor
Matt Schauf has been dishing fantasy advice since 2002, whether folks wanted it or not. He was a finalist for FSWA Football Writer of the Year in 2010. He classed up magazines for Rotoworld, Sporting News, Athlon and Football Diehards – along with various websites -- before Draft Sharks finally snared him with a lucrative signing bonus (i.e. a case of Stone Brewing's Lukcy Basartd). Matt has won far more beer than money in fantasy leagues, but only because "expert" competitions rarely put anything on the line. He has been writing about IDPs since before he knew what that stood for. You can find his handprints on all the IDP content here, as well as other weekly projections, Fantasy Visions, player profiles and feature articles. He would also probably beat you in pool and badminton, though not at the same time.


Marty McDonald | Senior Editor
Marty has been with Draft Sharks since 2001, contributing to Shark Bites, injury reports, etc. He was the WCOFF Merchandise Manager for 4 years. Marty was also the co-founder of the old NFLScoop.com, a ground-breaking site that spawned countless imitators. He still maintains ties with NFL coaches & players everywhere. We're positive Marty was the only fantasy expert in the country who said Anquan Boldin would explode when he came out in 2003.


Jim Coventry | Senior Writer
Jim has prominent roles in our Weekly Rankings, Fantasy Vision, & customer email questions. We stole him from a rival FF site. Back in 1996 Coventry won a fantasy football contest sponsored by Microleague Multimedia and nabbed $5,000. In 2007 he took #52 in the RotoHog national contest. Then last year Coventry finished an amazing 16th in the CDM 2009 Playoff Challenge!


Chris Gilman | Staff Writer
Chris has been a regular-season Fantasy Vision contributor since 2005. He started fantasy football in 1995 by riding an unknown WR named Isaac and a rookie RB named Curtis to a championship. Chris is an avid Bills and Raiders fan who longs for another QB like Jim Kelly or Ken Stabler.


Mark Moyer | Senior Writer
In 2005, Mark was the Champion of the 264-team $25,000 Fantasy VIP National Championships and his second team finished 5th overall. Mark also has numerous Championships in live NFFC events, with total winnings of $31,100. Most impressive are his WCOFF accomplishments: Five 1st Place and three 2nd Place finishes in live WCOFF events have netted $43,450 in WCOFF winnings, so far. He won the WCOFF’s Draft Masters Overall Championship in 2005 and 2006 and is the only person to ever win two Overall Championships in WCOFF live events. Lifetime winnings in the Fantasy VIPs, NFFC, and WCOFF total just under $108,000. Mark will be contributing feature articles, player rankings, and Fantasy Vision scouting reports.


Paul Dietrich | Office Manager
Paul runs the books for Draftsharks.com and coordinates customer service issues to ensure that Draft Sharks remains a leader in this business. In his spare time, Paul enjoys spending time with his grandchildren.

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