Rockford University

Calvin Toliver was named the eighth head football coach at Rockford University in December 2021. Toliver was promoted to the role of head coach after spending three years on the football staff, including the last two seasons as the team's offensive coordinator.

The Regents had a banner year both in the classroom and on the field during Toliver's first season as Rockford's head coach. Academically, the football program had 31 players named to the RU Athletic Director's Honor roll (3.0 Cumulative GPA), 28 NACC Scholar-Athletes (3.25 Year GPA), 14 Distinguished Scholars (3.75 Term GPA), 9 Chi Alpha Sigma inductees (3.4 Cumulative GPA), 7 individuals who achieved a 4.0 term GPA and 5 CSC Academic All-District selections. Athletically, Rockford had 5 All-NACC honorees and 1 NACC Offensive Player of the Week selection, while also breaking 13 individual and 4 team school records.  

After taking over the reigns as Rockford's offensive coordinator for the 2021 spring season, Toliver transformed the Regents' offense into one of the top units not only in the NACC but also in all of NCAA Division III. In the fall 2021 season, Rockford broke or tied 32 offensive school records and was ranked in the top 30 in all of NCAA Division III in a combined 19 team or individual categories. The Regents also scored over 30 points in six of their ten games and surpassed the 40-point threshold four times, both of which are firsts for Rockford since joining the NACC in 2008. 

Prior to joining the Regents coaching staff for the 2019 season, Toliver made multiple coaching stops in the Northeastern portion of the United States. Toliver spent one season as the pass game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Thiel College and two seasons at Cheyney University, serving in the same role there during his second season. Coach Toliver also made coaching stops at Delaware Valley University and Valley Forge Military Academy, where he served in various roles that included pass game coordinator, quarterbacks coach and quality control coach. 

Before beginning his coaching career, Toliver played both at the collegiate and professional levels. Toliver was a quarterback and h-back at NCAA Division I (FCS) Delaware State University. He then went on to play quarterback and wide receiver professionally in 2011 for the Wenatchee Venom of the Indoor Football League.

Toliver, a native of Atlanta, Ga., earned his bachelor's degree in History with a minor in Political Science in 2009 from Delaware State University. He then subsequently earned his MBA from Rockford University.