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bonarae

May 27th, 2021, 12:01 AM

Good day and welcome to our AGS Tradition: the 100-Day FCS Countdown featuring our players and coaches.

For today, we'll be featuring the head coaches of our schools!

ETSU:

Randy Sanders
15-15 as head coach (ETSU, 3 seasons)
Played QB at Tennessee 1984-1988
Served as assistant coach at Tennessee serving various offensive roles (last as OC) from 1989-2005
Also had roles as OC at Kentucky (2009-2012) and at Florida State (2013-2017)

https://www.etsubucs.com/football/roster/2020-21/11265/randy-sanders/

St. Thomas:

Glenn Caruso
126-21 at St. Thomas, 14 seasons
Played OL (C) at D-III Ithaca
Served as assistant coach at 3 different schools
Previously HC of Macalester College (D-III) for 3 seasons

https://tommiesports.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/glenn-caruso/246

Harvard:

Tim Murphy
210-126-1 at 3 schools (178-81 of these games at Harvard, 26 seasons)
Played LB at D-III Springfield College
Previously HC at Maine and Cincinnati

https://gocrimson.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/tim-murphy/1363

The Cats

May 27th, 2021, 07:18 AM

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As is our custom, we'll kick off day 100 with the Catamount Head Football Coach.Kerwin Bell.

Kerwin Bell
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Title: Head Football Coach
Hometown: Mayo, Fla
Alma Mater: University of Florida
Graduated: 1987

An accomplished player who worked his way from walk-on to All-American to the National Football League, and a 12-year veteran head coach who won a combined four conference championships and the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship, Kerwin Bell was named the 14th head football coach at Western Carolina University by Director of Athletics Alex Gary on April 27, 2021.

“We talk every day about Catamount Athletics having a winning mentality and the confidence to believe we can bring championships to our university,” said Gary. “Kerwin is a proven winner and has shown the ability to build successful programs. We are thrilled to welcome him and his family to Cullowhee.”

Bell comes to Cullowhee having served as the offensive coordinator at the University of South Florida under head coach Charlie Strong in 2019. He most recently walked off the field as a head coach following the 2018 NCAA Division II national championship, leading the Valdosta State Blazers where he coached for three seasons, twice making playoff appearances.

“I am excited and honored to be named the new head football coach at Western Carolina University,” said Bell. “We are coming here to win championships on the field and help mentor the young men who are in our program. I am ready to get started building this into a championship program that the Catamount Nation can be proud of.”

Over a 12-year head coaching career, Bell led the football programs at Valdosta State (2016-18) and Jacksonville University (2007-15). He did this coming on the heels of a 13-year playing career in professional football that included several stops in the NFL and the Canadian Football League.

Bell served three seasons as the head coach at Valdosta State where he also guided the offense. He led the Blazers to a 27-7 record during his tenure including a school-record 15 straight victories, two Division II playoff appearances, and won both a conference and a national championship in 2018. He was named the 2018 Don Hansen NCAA Division II Co-Coach of the Year and the Gulf South Conference Co-Coach of the Year after leading VSU to a 14-0 record – the first unbeaten season in program history that included a thrilling 49-47 victory over Ferris State in the D-II National Championship game. Picked fifth in their conference in the preseason and the No. 3 seed entering the playoffs, the Blazers finished No. 1 nationally in the final AFCA Division II poll.

Bell’s 2018 offense led the nation in scoring (52.0 ppg), ranked second in first downs (341), and was fourth in total offense (523.9 ypg), red-zone offense (.901), and pass efficiency (167.37). The Blazers scored 728 points on the year, the most in NCAA Division II history, as they posted 7,334 yards (3,676 rushing/3,658 passing) and 7.9 yards per play on the year.

Within Bell’s system, VSU sophomore quarterback Rogan Wells finished as the runner-up for the Harlon Hill Trophy, presented to the Division II Player of the Year, and was named both the Region Two and Gulf South Conference Offensive Player of the Year. Wells accounted for 50 touchdowns on the year (including one receiving), led the nation in points responsible for (300), was second in passing touchdowns (38) and points responsible for per game (21.4 ppg), 10th in passing yards (3,075), 12th in passing efficiency (160.6) and 25th in total offense (271.9 ypg). He finished second on the team with 732 yards rushing and led the team with 11 rushing touchdowns.

Additionally, senior offensive linemen Jeremy King was the runner-up for the Gene Upshaw Award presented to the most outstanding Division II lineman.

Bell led VSU to runner-up conference finishes in his first two years guiding the program and went 8-3 with a playoff appearance in his first season at the helm in 2016 as the Blazers led the nation with 27 interceptions on defense.

Prior to Valdosta, Bell led Jacksonville University for nine seasons, guiding the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) program to a 66-35 record and three Pioneer Football League (PFL) championships. Serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach as well as head coach, Bell was named the 2008 PFL Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award after leading the Dolphins to a 9-4 seasonal record and conference title.

He also led Jacksonville to a school-best 10-1 record and conference championship in 2010 as the Dolphins led the nation in total (486 ypg) and scoring (42.2 ppg) offense. JU also posted a 9-2 overall mark and won a conference title in 2014.

Before taking over the Jacksonville program, Bell led Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, Fla., for six seasons (2001-06), earning a Florida 2B state title in 2005 and runner-up finish in 2006. His coaching career began in earnest at the end of his professional playing career as he served as the offensive coordinator for two seasons while still a player for the Toronto Argonauts (2000-01).

Originally from Mayo, Fla., Bell was a quarterback at the University of Florida from 1983-87 where he completed over 57 percent of his 953 pass attempts for 7,585 yards and 56 touchdowns. A former walk-on, Bell concluded his collegiate career as the SEC Player of the Year in 1984 after leading Florida to a 9-1-1 record and a conference championship, and both a first-team All-SEC selection and All-America honorable mention in 1985, a season that saw the Gators earn the programs first-ever No. 1 national ranking in the Associated Press poll. Garnering a second honorable mention All-America honor in 1986, Bell was a 1987 team captain and earned the program’s Fergie Ferguson Award.

Bell was ranked the No. 26 Greatest Gator of all-time from the first 100 years of football at Florida in 2006 by The Gainesville Sun. Bell later served as a graduate assistant for the 1990 season under Steve Spurrier at Florida after earning a degree in psychology in 1987.

He was selected in the seventh round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins, beginning his 13-year professional career that saw stops with the NFL teams in Miami, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, and Indianapolis as well as stops in the Canadian Football League, where he passed for 19,538 yards and 101 touchdowns in nine seasons, and the World League of American Football (WLAF).

Married in 1986 while both students at UF, Bell and his wife, Cosette, have three children: Kade, Kolton, and Kenzley.

dewey

May 27th, 2021, 07:56 AM

There is no #100 for the 16 time National Champions the North Dakota State University Bison so I will highlight the head coach, Matt Entz.

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MATT
ENTZ
TITLE Head Coach

* 2019 STATS FCS Eddie Robinson Award Finalist (2nd)
* 2019 AFCA FCS National Coach of the Year
* 2019 AFCA FCS Region 4 Coach of the Year
* 2019 Bruce Craddock MVFC Coach of the Year
* 2018 Football Scoop FCS Coordinator of the Year
* 2008 AFCA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year

Matt Entz was named head football coach at North Dakota State University for the 2019 season after spending five seasons as the NDSU's defensive coordinator. He is the 31st head coach in program history.

Entz became the first Division I head football coach to go 16-0 in his first full season at the helm, and the 2019 Bison became the first modern-era college football team in any division to finish a season 16-0, joining the 1894 Yale Bulldogs as the only 16-0 teams in college football history.

Following the departure of 24 seniors and with five new assistant coaches, North Dakota State completed the 2019 season with an FCS-record 37-game winning streak, the third longest in all of Division I football history. NDSU won its ninth consecutive Missouri Valley Football Conference title and the program's eighth NCAA national championship in nine seasons.

Entz was voted as MVFC Coach of the Year, and was selected as the FCS Region 4 Coach of the Year and National Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association. He was runner-up for the STATS FCS Eddie Robinson Award.

This is the first head coaching job for Entz, who was an assistant coach for more than 20 years including 15 years of experience as a defensive coordinator and eight as an associate head coach in two programs. At NDSU, he’s been part of six Missouri Valley Football Conference championships and five NCAA national championships with the Bison.

“Having watched Matt as the defensive coordinator for the past five years,” said NDSU athletic director Matt Larsen, “I knew he possessed the qualities to be the head football coach at North Dakota State: leadership, integrity, toughness, and a sincere appreciation for the history and tradition of Bison football.”

Entz, who was named the 2018 FCS Coordinator of the Year in his third time as a finalist for the award, led a Bison defense that allowed less than 14 points per game over his five seasons as the defensive coordinator and consistently ranked in the top five of FCS in scoring defense and total defense.

NDSU had eight FCS All-America honorees on defense during his five seasons, including linebackers MJ Stumpf, Nick DeLuca and Jabril Cox. Two of Entz’s former linebackers, DeLuca and Chris Board, went on to the NFL.

The Missouri Valley Football Conference is familiar territory for Entz. He came to NDSU in January 2014 under head coach Chris Klieman after one season as the associate head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Western Illinois in 2013, and spent three previous years at Northern Iowa.

He was named defensive line coach in 2010 at Northern Iowa and assumed the defensive coordinator duties at UNI in 2012 after Klieman departed for NDSU.

Entz was the defensive coordinator from 2002 to 2009 at Winona State, where he was promoted to associate head coach in 2003 and was with the defensive line for three years before becoming linebackers coach in 2005. He was named the AFCA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year in 2008.

Prior to that, Entz was the assistant head football coach and linebackers coach at Wayne (Neb.) State from 1999 to 2001 and the defensive coordinator at Illinois College in 1998. He holds certification from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach during his time at Wayne State.

Entz earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Wartburg College in 1995 and a master's degree in education and exercise science from Wayne (Neb.) State College in 1998.

He and his wife, Brenda, have two sons, Kellen and Konner.

Matt Entz Year-by-Year Coaching History
YearSchoolPosition
1998Illinois CollegeDefensive Coordinator
1999Wayne State (Neb.)Asst. Head Coach/Linebackers
2000Wayne State (Neb.)Asst. Head Coach/Linebackers
2001Wayne State (Neb.)Asst. Head Coach/Linebackers
2002Winona StateAssoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
2003Winona StateAssoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
2004Winona StateAssoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
2005Winona StateAssoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2006Winona StateAssoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2007Winona StateAssoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2008Winona StateAssoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2009Winona StateAssoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2010Northern IowaDefensive Line
2011Northern IowaDefensive Line
2012Northern IowaDefensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
2013Western IllinoisAssoc. Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
2014North Dakota StateDefensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2015North Dakota StateDefensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2016North Dakota StateDefensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2017North Dakota StateDefensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2018North Dakota StateDefensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2019North Dakota StateHead Coach (16-0, 8-0 MVFC)

Good luck on the upcoming season Matt!

Go Bison!

Dewey

SFA 93

May 27th, 2021, 08:10 AM

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Colby Carthel begins his third year at the helm of the Lumberjack football program in 2021, looking to build on the progress made in his first two seasons as head coach. The Texas native has made an immediate splash in the FCS recruiting world, as the Lumberjacks have compiled a Top-5 recruiting class in the FCS in each of the past two seasons, and nabbed the top FCS commit in each of those seasons.

In Carthel's first season in Nacgdoches, the 'Jacks improved their win total by a game and had three athletes garner a total of four Southland All-Conference honors. Placekicker Storm Ruiz finished his superb career as a First Team All-Conference honoree, while Xavier Gipson and Willie Roberts, both freshmen, were named to All-Conference Third Team honors. Gipson also earned a place on the Third Team All-Conference Defensive Team as a kick returner.

The Colby File
Hometown: Friona, Texas
High School: Friona
Colleges: Angelo State (2000); West Texas A&M (2007)
Playing Experience: Angelo State (starting middle linebacker and four-year track and field letter winner in the discus throw)
Family: Sarah (wife), Major and Bear and Stone (sons)

Coaching Experience
2018-Present: SFA | Head Coach
2013-18: Texas A&M-Commerce | Head Coach
2006-12: West Texas A&M | Defensive Coordinator
2000-05: Abilene Christian | Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator

Accomplishments
• Of the 27 scholarship programs in Texas, only Carthel-led Texas A&M-Commerce and three other programs (Baylor, TCU and Sam Houston State) have had three-straight 10-win seasons in the last 10 years.
• Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year • 2018
• National Football Foundation (NFF) Gridiron Club of Dallas Chapter College Coach of the Year • 2017
• Don Hansen Super Region 4 Coach of the Year • 2017
• Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame Coach of the Year • 2017
• 68-31 Overall Record as Head Coach
• 40-14 Conference Record
• Don Hansen Super Region 4 Coach of the Year • 2017
• Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame Coach of the Year • 2017

By the Numbers
1 | National Championship • 2017
1 | Regional Championship • 2017
3 | Consecutive 10-Win Seasons • 2016-18
3 | Conference Championships • 2014-16
4 | Coach of the Year Awards
4 | Consecutive NCAA Playoff Appearances • 2015-18
6 | Consecutive Postseason Appearances • 2013-18
8 | Years as a Head Coach • 2013-20
40 | Conference Victories
68 | Victories as a Head Coach
155 | All-Conference Selections under Carthel
.690 | Winning % as Head Coach
.735 | Conference Winning %

Carthel's Career Record

Year
School
Overall
Pct.
Conf.
Pct.
Postseason
Season Awards

2013
Texas A&M-Commerce
7-5
.583
2-4
.333
Live United Texarkana Bowl
15 All-Lone Star Conference Selections
One All-American

2014
Texas A&M-Commerce
9-3
.750
6-1
.857
C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl
26 All-Lone Star Conference Selections
Six players selected for NFL preseason roster spots
Lone Star Conference Champions
Five All-Americans

2015
Texas A&M-Commerce
8-4
.667
6-0
1.000
NCAA Division II Playoffs First Round
27 All-Lone Star Conference Selections
Three All-Americans
LSC Offensive Back of the Year

2016
Texas A&M-Commerce
11-2
.846
8-1
.889
NCAA Division II Playoffs Regional Semifinal
29 All-Lone Star Conference Selections
LSC Defensive Back of the Year

2017
Texas A&M-Commerce
14-1
.933
7-1
.875
NCAA Division II National Champion
29 All-Lone Star Conference Selections
Seven All-American honors

2018
Texas A&M-Commerce
10-3
.769
7-1
.875
NCAA Division II Playoffs Regional Semifinal
Harlon Hill Trophy Recipient (Luis Perez)
25 All-Lone Star Conference Selections
Two CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

2019
Stephen F. Austin
3-9
.250
3-6
.333

Four Southland All-Conference Selections

2020
Stephen F. Austin
6-4
.600
1-0

Nine Southland
All-Conference
Selections
Two All-Americans

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Daytripper

May 27th, 2021, 10:16 AM

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Keeler led Sam Houston to the 2020 FCS national championship.
In six seasons as head coach at Sam Houston State University, K.C. Keeler has directed the Bearkats to a 59-22 record that includes nine victories over top-10 ranked opponents and nine wins in NCAA postseason action. His SHSU teams made the playoffs in each of his first four seasons at the helm, including FCS semifinals appearances in 2014, 2015 and 2017 along with a pair of Southland Conference championships.
In 2016 he led the Bearkats to their second conference title in three seasons and a national No. 1 ranking for the final six weeks of the regular season on their way to being the nation's lone unbeaten team entering the FCS playoffs. That run helped him become the first Bearkat coach to claim the Eddie Robinson Award as the top head coach in the FCS in a season that also saw Sam Houston's quarterback, Jeremiah Briscoe, earn the Walter Payton Award as the nation's top offensive player.
During 26 years as a head football coach, Keeler has produced a record of 233 victories, only 95 losses and one tie. His teams at Rowan University, Delaware and Sam Houston State have combined for 15 NCAA post-season playoff appearances, nine conference championships and played in eight national championship games.
Keeler was named as Sam Houston's 15th head football coach on January 23, 2014. He has coached nine National Football League draft picks including Super Bowl XLVII MVP quarterback Joe Flacco and 2018 second-round pick PJ Hall. He has tutored 77 All-America players and 22 student-athletes who have earned either national or district CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.
As head coach at Delaware, Keeler rolled up an 86-52 record in 11 seasons from 2002 to 2012. His Fightin' Blue Hens won the FCS national championship in 2003 and reached the national championship game in 2007 and 2010. His squads won Atlantic 10 Conference titles in 2003 and 2004 and the Colonial Athletic Association championship in 2010. Delaware went 11-3 in the program's four trips to the FCS playoffs.
At Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., Keeler produced an 88-21-1 record from 1993 to 2001 that included seven NCAA Division III playoff appearances including five trips to the National Championship game. His teams posted a 21-7 record in NCAA Division III playoff action.
Among Keeler's coaching honors are selections as AFCA FCS National Coach of the Year, Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year, Maxwell Club Tri-State Coach of the Year and the All-America Football Foundation Johnny Vaught Head Coach Award.
Keeler began his coaching career as an assistant at Amherst College in Massachusetts in 1981, then moved to Rowan University in 1986. He was named head coach at Rowan in 1993.
The Profs won four New Jersey Athletic Conference championships and finished as runner-up in the league twice in Keeler's nine seasons.
Keeler was a four-sport letterman at Emmaus, Pa., High School. He earned all-league honors and was football team captain as a tight end and linebacker.
He played linebacker for head coach Tubby Raymond at Delaware from 1978 to 1980, helping lead the Blue Hens to the 1979 NCAA Division II national championship. In 1980, he signed a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Kurt Charles “K.C.” Keeler was born July 26, 1959, in Emmaus, Pa. He and his wife Janice are the parents of daughter Kate and son Jackson.

Keeler's 233 career wins rank No. 8 among 597 head coaches at all NCAA levels (FBS, FCS, DII, DIII)
Won the Eddie Robinson Award (FCS top coach) in 2016, becoming the first Sam Houston and third Southland head coach to do so
Earned his 200th career win in 2016, becoming the 12th youngest and ninth fastest head coach to do so college football history
Only head football coach ever to take three different programs to semifinal appearances in NCAA postseason action
Won 41, Lost 14 in NCAA postseason playoff games (21-7 in FCS playoffs)
21 playoff wins ranks third in FCS history behind only Jim Tressell (23 - Youngstown State) and Jerry Moore (22 - Appalachian State)
41 total NCAA playoff wins is second all-time behind only Larry Kehres (77 - Mount Union)
Most National Championship game appearances of any current football coach (8), the second most in college football history
Keeler's teams have made 15 NCAA playoff semifinals appearances in 26 seasons
Keeler has the highest number of NCAA postseason wins among all active FCS head coaches
The head coach has the highest postseason playoff winning percentage among all active FCS head coaches

Tribe4SF

May 27th, 2021, 02:18 PM

https://imgur.com/1eadBapHead Coach Mike London, Sr.

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BlackNGoldR3v0lut10n

May 31st, 2021, 07:49 PM

Since ETSU was taken, I will do a post for my graduate school alma mater Norfolk State.

Dawson Odums - first year who comes to NSU from Southern University

A native of Shelby, North Carolina, Odums comes to Hampton Roads with a championship coaching pedigree and track record of developing student-athletes both on and off the field during his collegiate coaching career, which spans more than 20 years. Most recently, Odums enjoyed a stellar 10-year run in the Southwestern Athletic Conference at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Odums directed Southern to a winning record in each of his eight full seasons at the helm of the program, including a 5-1 mark this spring. In his last five seasons, the Jaguars posted a 29-6 SWAC record. His overall record with the Jaguars was 63-35.
After joining the Jaguars as defensive line coach in 2011, Odums was elevated to interim head coach two games into the 2012 season before earning the permanent head coach position following the year. On the field, Odums led Southern to a 53-17 SWAC mark over the last nine seasons. His ledger includes one SWAC championship (2013), one SWAC Coach of the Year honor (2013) and four SWAC West Division titles (2013, '14, '18, '19).

https://nsuspartans.com/news/2021/4/21/dawson-odums-hired-as-new-nsu-football-coach.aspx

ursus arctos horribilis

May 31st, 2021, 07:53 PM