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2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Football Team
The 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Mark Hudspeth and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Ragin' Cajuns were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a five way tie for fifth place. Preseason Award watchlists The following players were named to preseason award watchlist Walter Camp Award * Elijah McGuire Lombardi Award * Mykhael Quave * Dominique Tovell Doak Walker Award * Elijah McGuire Paul Hornung Award * Elijah McGuire Sun Belt Media Day Sun Belt Conference Players of the Year Offensive Player of the Year – Elijah McGuire, RB (Louisiana-Lafayette) Predicted standings Preseason All–Conference Team ''Offense'' :QB Fredi Knighten (Arkansas State) :RB Matt Breida (Georgia Southern) :RB Elijah McGuire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference that has been affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its College football, football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The 14 member institutions of the Sun Belt are distributed across the Southern United States. History The Sun Belt Conference was founded on August 4, 1976, with the University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, Georgia State University, Jacksonville University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and the University of South Florida. Over the next ten years the conference would add Western Kentucky University, Old Dominion University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Virginia Commonwealth University. New Orleans was forced out of the league in 1980 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Blair
Ronald Blair (born January 21, 1993) is an American former professional football defensive end who currently serves as the special teams quality control coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Appalachian State Mountaineers. He was selected by the 49ers in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL draft, and played for the team until 2020, after which he spent one season with the New York Jets. Early life Blair was born in Greensboro, Georgia and attended Greene County High School, where he played football. In 2010, he was named the Georgia Region 4-AA Defensive Player of the Year. College career Blair played college football at Appalachian State University from 2011 to 2015. In 2015, Blair was named Sun Belt Conference Defensive Student-Athlete of the Year, first-team all-conference honoree. In the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, he forced a fumble and returned it 20 yards in the Mountaineers 31–29 victory over the Ohio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appalachian State Mountaineers Football
The Appalachian State Mountaineers football team is the intercollegiate American football team representing Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Mountaineers have competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Sun Belt Conference since 2014. Appalachian plays its home games in Kidd Brewer Stadium, named after former head coach Kidd Brewer, whose 1937 squad was unbeaten and unscored upon during the regular season, outscoring opponents 206–0. Through its history, the Appalachian State football program has won some 661 games, claimed three NCAA Championships, and appeared in either a bowl game or, alternatively, the Division I FCS playoffs, some 35 times. The Mountaineers have 22 conference championships and have one of the nation's best home field advantages by winning percentage. The program boasts a back-to-back Walter Payton Award winner, Armanti Edwards, the first ever to win in consecutive years (2008, 2009). Appalachian's all-time win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Trojans Football
The Troy Trojans football program represents Troy University at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level, where it has competed since 2001. The football program joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2004. The current head football coach is Gerad Parker. Troy has won 23 conference championships, with eight in the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans play home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy University), Veterans Memorial Stadium in Troy, Alabama. History Early history (1909–1965) Troy University has fielded a football team continuously since 1946. Prior to that year, the team was fielded with many interruptions from 1909 to 1942. Eight years were skipped from 1913 to 1920 due to lack of participation and later World War I, while the Wall Street Crash of 1929 kept the team from playing that year. Coach George Penton led the Troy Trojans for two seasons, 1911 and 1912. Under his tutelage, the Trojans completed their only undefeated season, a 3–0 record. Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas State Bobcats Football
The Texas State Bobcats football program Texas State University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. They play in the Sun Belt Conference. The program began in 1904 and has an overall winning record. The program has a total of 14 conference titles, nine of them being outright conference titles. Home games are played at Bobcat Stadium (Texas State), Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas. Given that the school has grown to become the List of largest Texas universities by enrollment, seventh-largest university in Texas (2021), and one of the 75 largest universities in the United States, it has now taken its football program to the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA football. The team became a member of the FBS Western Athletic Conference in 2012. After only one season in the WAC, Texas State moved to the Sun Belt Conference. Texas State joined the league in July 2013 and began conference play for the 2013–14 academic year. Athletic Dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mexico State Aggies Football
The New Mexico State Aggies football team represents New Mexico State University in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football as a member of Conference USA. New Mexico State spent the 2013 season as an independent and from 2014 to 2017 as a football–only member of the Sun Belt Conference, New Mexico State began playing as an independent again with the 2018 football season. On November 5, 2021, New Mexico State announced it would be joining Conference USA in all sports including football starting in 2023. History Early history (1893–1985) One of New Mexico State's earliest football games was the first match-up against in-state rival New Mexico Lobos football, New Mexico on January 1, 1894. From 1914 to 1916, Clarence W. Russell, Clarence Russell served as head football coach of the Aggies, compiling a 7–2–6 record. Dutch Bergman served as head coach from 1920 to 1922, compiling a record of 12–1–5. R. R. Brown served as the head football coach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks Football
The Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football (also known as ULM Warhawks, formerly competing as the Northeast Louisiana Indians) program is a college football team that represents the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM). With a history dating back to 1931, ULM competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), as a member of the Sun Belt Conference, and play their home games on campus at Malone Stadium in Monroe, Louisiana. Formerly known as the Indians, the Warhawks nickname was adopted in 2006. They moved up to Division I-A (now FBS) in 1994. The Warhawks played in their first FBS bowl game in 2012, in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, losing 45–14 to the Ohio Bobcats. Their thirteen-year drought is currently the longest among all NCAA Division I FBS teams. History Early history (1931–1980) What is now Louisiana–Monroe originally competed as a junior college from 1931 through 1950. During the junior college era, the Indians were coached by J. Paul Kemerer fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusty Whitt
Russell T. Whitt (born July 6, 1971) is the head strength and conditioning coach for the Tulane Green Wave football team in New Orleans, LA. He previously served as the head S&C coach with the Troy Trojans football team in Troy, AL from 2020 to 2023. He previously served as an assistant S&C coach with the Army Black Knights football team at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY in 2019 and as the head S&C coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team in Lubbock, TX from 2016 to 2018 and the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team in Lafayette, LA from 2010 to 2016. Playing career Whitt played safety and linebacker for Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, from 1990 to 1994. He graduated in 1994, earning a bachelors of science degree in police science and administration. Coaching career Midwestern State Mustangs From August 1995–96, Whitt began his career as a graduate assistant football coach and strength and conditioning coach at Midw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reed Stringer
Reed Stringer (born January 26, 1979) is an American college football coach. He served as the interim head football coach and general manager for the University of Southern Mississippi, positions he has held since 2024. Before becoming interim head coach in October 2024, he had served in various capacities at Southern Miss since 2018. Career Stringer grew up in Canton, Mississippi, and attended the Canton Academy, where he played football and basketball. Stringer played offensive tackle at Delta State from 1998–2001. The 1998 and 2000 teams won the Gulf South Conference; the 2000 team won the Division II national championship. Stringer was a graduate assistant at Mississippi State in 2003 under head coach Jackie Sherrill, and was retained when Sylvester Croom succeeded Sherrill for the 2004 season. Croom promoted Stringer to tight ends coach, his first on-field role, in 2005. New Louisiana-Lafayette head coach Mark Hudspeth hired Stringer as tight ends coach and recruiting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Munoz (American Football)
Jorge Munoz (born May 12, 1971) is an American football coach and former player. He is the associate head coach and tight ends coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Munoz played college football at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California, and Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, as a quarterback. He also played one season with the Albany Firebirds before beginning his coaching career. Munoz was inducted into the Southwestern College Athletic Hall of Honor in 2006 and the Bethany College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010. High school career Munoz attended Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, California, where he was a three-year starter at quarterback for the Lancers' run and shoot offense. His father, George, served as the team's offensive coordinator. As a junior, Munoz led San Diego County with 227 passing yards per game and earned first-team all-Metro Conference honors. However, Hilltop missed the CIF San Diego Section playoffs both of his first two se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Lucas
Michael Lucas (born March 7, 1959) is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Southwestern Oklahoma State University, positions he has held since 2024. From 2007 through the 2011 season he was the head football coach at Southeastern Louisiana University located in Hammond, Louisiana Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, located east of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge and northwest of New Orleans. Its population was 20,019 in the 2010 United States census, 2010 U.S. census, and 21 ...—the 14th football coach at the school. He was released from his duties as head coach at Southeastern Louisiana on November 21, 2011. Personal life In November 2008, Lucas underwent surgery which successfully repaired a heart valve. Head coaching record References External links Northwestern State profileIndiana State profile 1959 births Living people American football quarterback ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquase Lovings
Shaun Marquase Lovings (born ) is an American college football coach. He is the associate head coach and running backs coach for Arkansas State University. He previously coached for Dunbar High School, P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School, Mississippi State, Louisiana–Lafayette / Louisiana, Nicholls State, and Austin Peay. He played college football as a walk-on tight end for Howard. In 2020, following the resignation of Mark Hudspeth, Lovings was named interim head coach for the 2020 season. Due to COVID-19 the season was postponed after three games into the spring of 2021. He was replaced by Scotty Walden Scotty Walden (born November 15, 1989) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for the University of Texas at El Paso, a position he has held since 2024. Walden had previously served as the head coach at East Texas Ba ... prior to the start of the spring season. Head coaching record College References External links Arkansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
