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The current Assistant Football Strength and Conditioning Coach at Ole Miss, Ancar was a four-year letterman and three-year starter on the UNA offensive line from 2002-05 and was a two-time All-American who closed his career by winning the Rimington Trophy as the top center in NCAA Division II football as a senior in 2005.

A native of Harvey, Louisiana, Ancar was a three-time All-Gulf South Conference center who helped lead UNA to the semifinals of the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2003 and 2005. UNA had a combined 33-16 record in his three years at the school, including a 29-9 record from 2003-05

As a sophomore in 2003, he was also an honorable mention All-America pick by the Football Gazette, while also earning All-GSC and second-team All-South Region honors.

The following year, Ancar was selected third-team All-American by the Football Gazette, third-team by Dopke.com and honorable mention by  D2Football.com as a junior in 2004. He was first-team All-Gulf South Conference and first-team All-South Region by both Football Gazette and Daktronics.

As a senior, he was named first-team All-American by the American Footballl Coaches Association, CollegeSportsReport.com and the Football Gazette, was a second-team All-American pick by Daktronics, and D2Football.com and a third-team pick by the Associated Press. He was first-team All-Gulf South Conference and first-team Al-Southeast Region by both Daktronics and the Football Gazette, in addition to winning the Rimington Trophy.

Following his collegiate career, Ancar played five seasons in the Arena Football League as a fullback/linebacker with the Alabama Vipers (2008-10), where he helped claim the Arena Cup his first season with the team. He also played with the Georgia Force (2011-12).

He was named to the UNA Team of the Decade for 1999-08 and was named to the Gulf South Conference Team of the Decade for the 2000s.

A 2009 UNA graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree, Ancar worked as an assistant coach at Florence High School in 2009, was running backs and tight ends coach at Minnesota State-Moorhead in 2010 while serving as assistant strength and conditioning coach, and was an assistant coach and strength and conditioning coach from 2011-12 at St. Francis (Ga.) High School.

Ancar then spent four seasons (2013-16) as a strength and conditioning coach at the University of Alabama.  While with the Crimson Tide, he assisted with the football program as it made three straight appearances in the College Football Playoff — winning the national championship in 2015 — and served as the head strength and conditioning coach for the baseball and men’s tennis programs. In his role, Ancar worked with Alabama’s swimming and diving and rowing teams as well.

He then worked three seasons as the University of South Alabama’s director of strength and conditioning for football before joining the Ole Miss athletic department in 2020.  

A native of Harvey, La., Ancar is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and United States Weightlifting Association (USAW).

He and his wife Lauren have three children, son Luka and daughters Emme Cate and Olivia.