Valdosta State is a relatively new school: It was founded as a womens college in 1906, began accepting men in 1950 and then became a university in 1993. The players would leave the hot practice field and be handed a peanut-butter sandwich and a banana, and then had to lie on the floor inside to try to get cool. Grit. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. "It's for the culture and we take a lot of pride in that. They enjoyed their time together, breaking from football stuff to play lunchtime basketball games. My hope is that it also proves to VSU that we are here, and we mean business.. CMU finished in the top 20 nationally in both total defense (10th 258.2 ypg) and total offense (16th 452.0 ypg). The opposition scored just 18.5 points per game on the Blazers for 23rd nationally and tops in the conference. Rick Bowie (@RickBowie2) / Twitter Journalists do their job every day because they help to ensure that the public is informed and that those in power are held accountable for their actions.. Im also excited about the opportunity to bring back to VSU a Blazer alum. Years before the existence of offseason workouts and football generally becoming a year-round game, they were doing that in Valdosta. Entering his eighth season at Samford in 2022, Hatcher boasts a career record of 161-93 in 22 years as a college head coach, having previously coached at Murray State, Georgia Southern and Valdosta State. Valdosta State is the second football program to make a historic coaching hire in the last two months as Jackson joins Valdosta High School head football coach Shelton Felton as the second man of color to be named head coach of a football powerhouse in Valdosta. The team is division two of the Gulf South Conference. In 2006, ESPN would proclaim the city to be Titletown, USA, and the locals collectively shrugged as if to say: Well, of course.. Running Backs / Athletic Training Liaison / Travel Coordinator. (He has argued the story didnt happen exactly that way, but Muschamp is adamant: That is 100 percent right.). He's picked four guys to go and compete for national championships and I thought to myself, if he picks me, I must have a chance.". Goff was named Gulf South. Rounding out the top three were The Red & Black at University of Georgia in first place and Technique at Georgia institute of Technology in third place. The offense had been the dominant feature in the 1990s, and Hatcher was a key part of it. If Penn State manages to finally break through and topple Ohio State and Michigan, Singleton, who ran for 1,061 yards and averaged 6.8 yards per carry as a freshman, will likely be a focal point. They were young coaches on the cusp of a revolution, but nobody realized it, including the coaches and players themselves. Are we gonna play in Canadian ball? Muschamp joked. That opportunity came through the mail one day in the form of a videotape: Hal Mumme, then the head coach at NAIA school Iowa Wesleyan, sent Reinhard the tape of his offense, throwing the ball up and down the field. It was that way with laundry, too: At the bigger school, everything would be handled by equipment managers or janitorial staff. Valdosta State was the first school to offer a safety at Bainbridge High School named Kirby Smart, and at one point Leach thought they were going to get him. And I'm talking about what he brings to the table, he brings to the table with passion sincere passion," Reinhard said. "I think what impressed me, even more so than the football coach, is what else he brings to the table. It is 100 percent true. I beat Kirby more than he beat me, Muschamp said. Where Is Coach Rush Propst From Valdosta High Now? (EXCLUSIVE) During Jacksons tenure at Colorado Mesa, he went 10-3 in his two seasons, including 8-2 this season, and posted a thrilling 26-21 victory over then-No. He was kind of a wild guy, blitz all the time, Smart said. Smart was elevated to defensive coordinator, thrust into a job running a defense just three years out of college. Valdosta State announces new head football coach, Teens arrested after 11 injured in South Carolina park shooting, Turner Co. Sheriffs Office to reward $1K for information on fireworks incident, Instant replay coming to Ga. championship football games, Photos: Atlanta Braves host Cairo Boys & Girls Club, Cairo-Grady Co. A graduate of rival DeLand High, Roberts played quarterback at Valdosta State. The "Hatch-Attack" completed its first season 102, and were Gulf South Conference Champions with an 81 conference record, a dramatic improvement from their previous 47 season. Staff Directory - Valdosta State University Athletics I love Valdosta State University and the Valdosta community as much as anywhere I have coached so it means a lot to me that Gary is now the VSU head coach, Leach said, who currently is the head coach at Washington State University. "We'll have a defense that loves to run around and hit people and knock people completely out. I was single, young, I was probably three years difference from the players. The Valdosta State football team will turn to Ivory Durham to lead the Blazers at quarterback this fall, as longtime quarterback Rogan Wells has transferred. He also had coaching stints at Woodstock (Ga.) High School and Cherokee (Ga.) High School. Reinhard said theres no timeline on the coaching search, but revealed hes already received tons of interest in the position. Two notable alumni are Jessie Tuggle, National Football League linebacker from 19872000 playing his entire career with the Atlanta Falcons, and Chris Hatcher was quarterback in the programs first national football tournament in 1994 and was that year's Harlon Hill Trophy winner. Hatcher was also Valdosta State's head football coach from 20002006 and amassed a 6810 record with one national championship and four conference crowns during his six-year tenure at Valdosta State.[4]. Goff continued on the outstanding tradition of VSU football as the Blazers won their first ten games of the season, ranked #1 nationally throughout the regular season and a berth in the second round of the NCAA Division II Football playoffs. The Georgia College Press Association is comprised of 12 member newspapers The Stallion at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, The Bell Ringer at Augusta University, Campus Carrier at Berry College, Six Mile Post at Georgia Highlands College, The George-Anne Statesboro at Georgia Southern University, The George-Anne Inkwell Edition at Georgia Southern Universitys Armstrong Campus, Technique at Georgia Institute of Technology, The Cluster at Mercer University, The Roar at Piedmont University, The Red & Black at University of Georgia, The West Georgian at University of West Georgia, and The Spectator at Valdosta State University. The 2018 season saw the Blazers go the campaign unbeaten at 140, earning the seventh GSC championship in program history and a fourth national championship by defeating Ferris State University 4947 in the national championship game in McKinney, Texas. Defensive Line Coach / Film Coordinator / Assistant NFL Liaison. He was named the new head coach after last season. [13] Bell was formerly the head coach for the Jacksonville Dolphins, prior to joining Valdosta State. The first two seasons the offensive line coach was Guy Morriss, the future Kentucky and Baylor head coach. The other day at Georgia football practice, Cavan, now a Bulldogs staffer, was speaking with Josh Lee, another former Valdosta State coach: He was the quarterback coach on the 2004 championship team. Bailey Wilson of Glennville, Georgia, finished third in the Best Photo Essay (Group I) category for her coverage of VSU Housing and Residence Lifes annual Hallaballoo event on the Front Lawn. But now hes entering his 28thyear in the job. He wanted Valdosta State football to build its own identity. He continued, I think the way that he handled COVID with the team is really the reason we were able to have the season we did this year.. Valdosta State is the second football program to make a historic coaching hire in the last two months as Jackson joins Valdosta High School head football coach Shelton Felton as the. Which, again, means football. Those are the type of guys that when they talk about being all in, theyre all in.. Valdosta State head coach takes coaching position at McNeese State - WALB Obedience. Because thats Valdosta, Bonner said. He then earned a scholarship culminating in being named a team captain in 1996. Leach was quoted in the Valdosta State news release announcing Goffs hiring. He played for former Blazer head coach Hal Mumme and former offensive coordinator Mike Leach at Valdosta State and graduated in 1996. He then reunited with his old college football coach and helped Hal Mumme start the Southeastern Louisiana University football program from scratch. Jackson also served as assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Sioux Falls from 2013-16. Shawn Glosek. 2022 Valdosta State Blazers football team, List of Valdosta State Blazers football seasons, NCAA Division II National Football Championship, "The Official Site of Valdosta State Blazers Athletics", "Wins, losses in Winnersville in '06 Valdosta Daily Times: Sports", "Valdosta State Blazers Athletics CHAMPIONS AGAIN", http://vdtvarsity.ourvarsity.com/schools/school-article-profile.php?Article_ID=2017, "Gulf South Conference Official Site 201011 GSC Championships", "Few Changes in AFCA Division II Coaches' Poll", "Gulf South Conference Official Site Valdosta State Wins 2012 NCAA Football Title", Georgia Southern fires offensive coordinators Dean, Gillespie, Kerwin Bell Named Valdosta State Head Football Coach, No. Start fast, finish faster than that!! Jackson's coaching career spans 16 years, having started as a defensive line coach at Texas A&M-Kingsville in 2006. "Grid Times" Valdosta State University Football Preview 2006. Pipkin tallied seven Tiffin career records and four GLIAC records, ranking 13thall-time in career total offense, 19thin total offense per game, 27thin career passing yards, and is only the third quarterback at the Division II level to ever accumulate at least 2,000 rushing yards and throw for 10,000 passing yards in a career. This Blazer team looks a lot different, but in looking to build on last year's five win season, coach believes they're on the right path to doing just that. In both 1994 and 1996 he led the team to the NCAA Division II playoff quarterfinals; Valdosta State had never made the playoffs previously. Bailey directed each to quickly move toward fielding a varsity team. When practice would end during camp at a big school, even Kentucky in the 1990s, players would go to the cafeteria and food would be waiting for them. Goff, who has served as offensive coordinator for three teams, also was offensive coordinator at Iowa Wesleyan University (2002-03) and coached at Southeastern Louisiana, helping it to lead the nation in total offense. Mostly sunny skies. The Blazers then capped off the season with an eight-game winning streak and their second national championship title win against Northwest Missouri State University, 2520. The student-journalists made campus history when they finished second in the General Excellence category. . One was with players: Hatcher had been Mummes quarterback coach at Kentucky, where Dusty Bonner had lost his starting quarterback job to Jared Lorenzen, so Bonner was willing to return home to Valdosta and be Hatchers quarterback in 2000. In 2002 VSU made its first national championship appearance with a 3124 loss to Grand Valley State University. How he handled the COVID year with our football team is something I am most appreciative of, said Reinhard. 2008 saw the Blazers make it to the second round of the playoffs and a 93 season. Paul Leavy | Special to the TimesNew Valdosta State head football coach Tremaine Jackson embraces VSU Director of Athletics Herb Reinhard during an introductory press conference Thursday. Mumme's record at Valdosta State was 40171. VALDOSTA - Valdosta State football coach Gary Goff announced Sunday that he has taken the head coaching job at Division I and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) member McNeese. Leach reclaimed his brand-new Valdosta State pullover. Mandel's Mailbag: Is Deion Sanders' roster overhaul too ruthless for The Blazers were fourth nationally in completion percentage (.701), while finishing 14th nationally in first downs gained (276). Which I did at various times.. Fourteen practices later, and spring ball wrapped up Friday night with practice number fifteen, the Blazer's annual spring game. Carry the boards, get the boards here, remembered Kirby Smart, back then the new secondary coach one year removed from college himself. During his time in Titletown, Goff helped lead the Blazers to their first Gulf South Conference title in 1996 and the first two NCAA playoff seasons in program history in 1994 and 1996. Red versus black, and the red squad, won 28-24. Assistant Offensive Line Coach / Study Hall / Equipment. Its hard to say that because you enjoy what you do, and Ive enjoyed every stop Ive had on the coaching carousel, and Ive been in a lot of places. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. They have strong ties to Valdosta State. The Blazers and Director of Athletics Herb Reinhard moved quickly to find their next head coach following former coach Gary Goff's sudden departure for Division I McNeese State less than 24 hours after the Blazers' 58-17 loss to Ferris State in the NCAA Division II Championship game Dec. 18. The schools enrollment has actually dropped from 15,000 to 13,000 in the past few years, which cuts down on student fees to athletics. Hatcher was the 1994 Harlon Hill Trophy winner. Chris Hatcher would prove to be the connective tissue between the two unique Valdosta State coaching trees. What should WTXL be covering in this community. Mason Miller - Football Coach - Mississippi State There are three main things that attracted me to Valdosta State, (1) the history, tradition and brand of VSU football, (2) the chance to compete on the national stage every year, (3) the chance to be coached by a seasoned Athletic Director like Mr. Reinhard.. Last season, Jackson's Mavericks allowed only 15.6 points per game, good for 13th in the nation. David Dean, former VSU offensive coordinator, is the current football head coach at Valdosta State University. This news comes just after the Blazers fell in the Division II national championship game. Looking back, yeah, we were at the cutting edge of the Air Raid offense and throwing it all over the place. Bigger schools eventually offered Smart, who ended up at Georgia. This was serious business. 17. Laying the foundation for what this Blazers program can be moving forward. Quarterback Rogan Wells was runner-up in the voting for the Harlon Hill Trophy. Following a two-year stint coaching Valwood High School (1998-99) in Valdosta, Georgia, Miller returned to the collegiate ranks at Washington and Lee University, serving as the wide receivers coach. "This is special," Jackson said. On January 10, 2019, Bell left Valdosta State to accept the offensive coordinator position at South Florida.[15]. VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - Valdosta States Athletic Director Herb Reinhard said, You probably couldve knocked me over with a feather. "We're going to be physical, we're going to be hard-nosed, we'll have an offense that can still light up the scoreboard," Jackson said. Fresh off a Division II national championship appearance, Valdosta State's Gary Goff is the 18th head coach in McNeese State football history. Head coaches Records are through the end of the 2012 Season Hal Mumme Era: 1992-1996 This was Division II football. However, former Seabreeze coach Pat Brown, who departed on Feb. 8 to become the wide receivers coach at NCAA Division II powerhouse Valdosta State, righted a once wayward ship. I knew I was young to be in the profession. There was the gym without air conditioning, less than ideal in south Georgia. "I said, 'Well, I'd walk backwards from Houston to Valdosta, Georgia if (they'd have me)," Jackson said. He is an incredible coaching talent who truly cares about VSU. I wanted to experience that. Follow Seth on Twitter @SethWEmerson, Mike Leach served as Valdosta States offensive coordinator for five seasons from 1992-96. Tremaine Jackson - Head Football Coach - Football Coaches - Valdosta Not just Blazer football, but Valdosta State University. The things you had to do with the players because they didnt have as much. The two high school powers didnt produce an eye-popping number of household names Jay Ratliff, Randall Godfrey and Kenny Moore are among the recent pros but nearly everyone played football, and did so very, very seriously. But in time he would still end up in Valdosta. Goff was named Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year in 2021, and Co-Coach of the Year in 2019. The long answer is about finances. On January 25, 2019, VSU announced former Tiffin head coach Gary Goff as the tenth head coach in program history. 15 in the American Football Coaches Association Top 25 in 2018. Valdosta might be a 24-time state football champ, but lately its program has been rocked by a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a former coach, the hiring of controversial coach Rush Propst . VSU has always been a special place to my wife and I, and we look forward to joining the community. The relationships. I look forward to the work he will do with our young men., Tremaine Jackson Named Head Football Coach at Valdosta State https://t.co/br9kNeDPqg. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. They didnt have too much money in those days, so everything was precious. "This is right up there with the birth of my daughter (Harmony). Jackson becomes VSU's first Black head football coach, BUSH: Staying on top of 401K can pay dividends, Carvalho, No. [16] Goff, a former Blazer captain and 1996 graduate of VSU, had gone 23-10 the prior three seasons at Tiffin. Head coach . I was trying to learn some new things and develop., After one season, Muschamp moved on to LSU, where Nick Saban hired him to be the linebackers coach. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Cavan and Lee are two of the most important advisers now to Smart. Junior long snapper Pippin Davis was named Second Team Academic All-America by CoSIDA. VPD arrests Brooks Co. man for narcotics during traffic stop Team 3 hot start! Oh, and the meeting rooms didnt have enough chairs. I was a manual labor guy. Mikes real. On Sunday, Valdosta State University (VSU) head football coach Gary Goff announced he has taken the head coaching position at McNeese State in Lake Charles, La., according to VSU Athletics. And so they did: Someone drove a truck out to get a massive amount of wood and hauled it back, where the new football staff at Valdosta State formed an assembly line and proceeded to build new lockers. There's a lot of other guys that haven't gotten this opportunity that deserve it. 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Longtime Valdosta State quarterback Rogan Wells transfers - WTXL Under Dean the Blazers also won the 2012 national title. They had just left happy hour at a Ruby Tuesday at the mall when they discovered that Doschers wifes car was gone. They like to hunt and they like to fish. Bonner had transferred from Kentucky, so he had seen the differences in resources, which were glaring. While at VSU, Goff and his teammates helped lay the foundation for where the VSU football program is today. 2008 and 2010 were the only years VSU has made it to the NCAA Division II playoffs since the 2007 National Championship season. The event is free and open to the public and features the live performance of a different . 1 even with the upsetting finish. What is your favorite part of The Valdosta Daily Times? "There's not a lot of people that look like me that get the opportunities like this," Jackson said. I am very excited about working with these young men in pursuit of another championship.. Under their leadership, the Wildcats won six national titles, 21 of their 23 state titles and 282 Cleveland Field victories. Like he did with Mumme in 1992, Reinhard went out of the box again, this time by reaching back to the Mumme-Leach tree. Valdosta had been ranked as high as No. The Spectator, the unfiltered, uncensored voice of the students at Valdosta State University, recently earned seven 2023 Georgia College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest awards, including five staff and two individual recognitions. Tremaine Jackson was named as the 11th head football coach in Blazer history. And it was. VSU finished the season ranked No. Madison Gruber, editor-in-chief of The Spectator, said this was the first time VSUs college newspaper earned General Excellence recognition. After three years, he was gone. Kerwin Bell, 54, who coached Valdosta State to the national championship last year, is now the South Florida offensive coordinator. The annual Press Institute offers collegiate journalists from across the Peach State a day of learning and discussion with instructors and professional journalists, with a focus on helping the student journalists improve their craft and make connections. None of us saw this coming. following his conversation with now-former head football coach Gary Goff when he told him he was leaving for McNeese State. Shane Thomas | The Valdosta Daily TimesNew Valdosta State head football coach Tremaine Jackson speaks during his introductory press conference Thursday. "The people here are very genuine. For me then, it was very much what I grew up with. But they had also seen how the Air Raid worked at Valdosta State. VALDOSTA, Ga. - Valdosta State Director of Athletics Herb Reinhard announced Monday Tremaine Jackson as the 11 th head football coach in Blazer history. In 2016, Goff guided the Dragons to their first winning season since the 2006 season as the team went 8-3 with Goff earning Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Coach of the Year honors, the first in program history. The award-winning design, a front-page cover, was created by Gavin Ponder, an art major from Augusta, Georgia, who serves as graphics editor for the newspaper. I knew it was a learning experience for me. 7 in the AFCA coaches poll, before finishing the regular season ranked No. Jessica Pope She is an English major (focus in journalism) and a political science minor. I kid people that it was the most fun Ive ever had coaching, Smart said. Both were now part of the Saban tree, where they were indoctrinated in a philosophy of run-oriented, physical football. During one game in that 2000 season, he broke his headset one can imagine how and taped it around his head and waist so that he looked, as Reinhard put it, like a Revolutionary War character. It stayed that way the rest of the game. Goff came to VSU from NCAA Division II Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio, where he has been the head coach of the Dragons for the past eight seasons. VSU finished third nationally in total offense at 522.1 yards per game, while finishing 20th nationally in scoring offense at 38.9 points per game. The Blazers have won a total of four Division II National Championship titles (2004, 2007, 2012 and 2018).[2]. Not just football: What were the people like? He would go on to become West Virginias and Houstons head coach. Then theres the short answer: Didnt winning those four national championships feel good? In his first year Dean's Valdosta State team won the 2007 Division II National Championship. Once that project was completed there was still more work to do. She said it was exciting to celebrate the history-making moment with her advisors, Dr. Ted Geltner and Gregory Brown, and her team of student journalists, designers, photographers, and editors. In 2019 he led the Blazers to a season of 10-1 and 8-0 in Gulf South Conference play, earning Gulf South Conference Co-Coach of the Year honors. Its just a great town. That season, Goff also had the programs first Academic All-American as 74 players finished the 2016 fall semester with a 3.0 grade point average or higher. It was a great time, Leach said. Feb 15 No surprise here @phillipstarks25 ! Coach Goff spent the last three seasons as the Blazers head football coach. They learned things they wouldnt have if they had started at a larger school. Fourteen practices . He amassed a 22-3 record, one national championship appearance, and one conference title. I had (to oversee) discipline runs on Saturday mornings, and I had study hall for academics because you didnt have an academic staff. GBI investigating body found in Cook County lake, Valdosta man faces drug, firearms charges, Court advocacy group opens new headquarters. #DOG #RLW Quote Tweet Damn! Jackson is coming to Titletown from Colorado Mesa University where he was the head coach the past two seasons. Bell was also the starting quarterback for the Florida Gators from 1984 through 1987. Football Coaches - Valdosta State University Athletics As the team flew back to Valdosta empty-handed and disappointed, Reinhard made a promise to the players. Wells earned American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America honors, was a finalist for the prestigious Harlon Hill Trophy and recently named the GSC Offensive Player of the Decade. Gary Goff is an American football coach. Head Football Coach football@valdosta.edu (229) 333-5970 (229) 333-5970: Trent Earley: Assistant Head Coach / Linebackers / Special Teams / Strength & Conditioning Liaison But everything was fun when they were winning. I have for years kind of snickered when people talk about Miami of Ohio as the cradle of coaches. And others are working their way through the system. 1991-94: Valdosta State COACHING EXPERIENCE 2010-14: Murray State, Head Coach 2007-09: Georgia Southern, Head Coach 2000-06: Valdosta State, Head Coach 1999: Kentucky, Assistant Coach Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers 1997-98: Kentucky, Graduate Assistant Quarterbacks 1996: Central Florida, Assistant Coach Quarterbacks/Tight Ends Baseball Coaches - Valdosta State University Athletics Sign up now to get our FREE breaking news coverage delivered right to your inbox. Leach becomes third former VSU asst. to be named HC in SEC | State Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The pay was low. During his second season in 2017 the Blazers finished 5-4 overall and 53 in conference. The football program didnt debut until 1982 and had some modest success in Division II over the next few decades. David Dean is the only football coach in Valdosta State history to win two national championships. There could be others coming down the pike: Hatcher, still only 46, is now at Samford, an FCS school. Doc Holliday is reputed to have spent part of his childhood in Valdosta before heading out west to join Wyatt Earp. In 1994 the Blazer won a school-record 11 victories, and with quarterback Chris Hatcher, played in the program's first national football tournament. They were just trying to build a program and get the locals to watch someone other than the two high school powers. Absoooooluuuuuuutely, Smart said, drawing out the word for emphasis. And as he filled out his defensive staff, Muschamp brought down one of his former Georgia teammates, Kirby Smart. Goff, who was a receiver for Mumme, Leach and Holgorsen in the 1990s, is also back. Those are a couple things that you guys can expect to see us do.". Better than they were a month ago, and most certainly a year ago. Journalism, as well as student-led journalism, matters because it plays a crucial role in society by informing the public about events, issues and ideas that affect them, she added. You're giving me an opportunity to come coach you,'" Jackson said of his first message to the team when he was hired.
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