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2007 Louisiana-Lafayette Football Prospectus 2007 Louisiana-Lafayette Football Prospectus General Name: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Location: Lafayette, La. Founded: 1900 Enrollment: 15,081 (Spring 2007) Nickname: Ragin’ Cajuns Call us Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns, Ragin’ Cajuns, Cajuns, Louisiana or Louisiana-Lafayette Don’t call us Lafayette – We are not Lafayette College in Easton, Pa! School Colors: Vermillion (PMS 193) & White Stadium: Cajun Field (natural Grass) Capacity: 31,000 Affiliation: NCAA Division I-A Conference: Sun Belt President: Dr. Ray Authement (Louisiana-Lafayette ’50) Interim Athletic Director: David Walker (Louisiana-Lafayette ’76) Internet Address: www.ragincajuns.com Sports Information History Sports Information Director: Daryl Cetnar First year of Football: 1901 (Football Contact) Seasons Played: 105 Games Played: 980 Office Phone: (337) 482-6331 All-Time Record: 463-483-34 (.490) Cell Phone: (337) 654-6923 All-Time Bowl Record: 1-1 (.500) Home Phone: (337) 291-2918 Last Postseason Appearance: Dec. 12, 1970 Email Address: [email protected] Grantland Rice Bowl (Baton Rouge, LA) Asst. SID: TBA Result: Lost to Tennessee State, 26-25 Office Phone: (337) 482-6330 Conference Championships: Seven, last was ‘05 Sun Belt Email Address: Membership in NCAA Division I-A: Louisiana has always been a member of Division I-A Graduate Assistant: Chris Whitehead Office Phone: (337) 482-6329 Coaching Staff Email Address: [email protected] Head Coach Rickey Bustle (Clemson ’76) Fax: (337) 482-6649 Record at School: 23-35 (5 Seasons) Football Press Box: (337) 851-2255 Career Record: Same Mailing/Overnight Address: Ragin’ Cajuns Football Office Phone: (337) 482-6318 Sports Information; 201 Reinhardt Drive; Best Time to Call: Monday-Thursday 2:15-3:15pm CST Lafayette, LA 70506 Assistant Coaches Blake Anderson (Sam Houston State ’92) – offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach Hurlie Brown (Miami ’91) – cornerbacks coach Kevin Fouquier (Louisiana-Lafayette ‘89 –defensive coordinator, linebackers coach Ron Hudson (Muskingum College ’87) – offensive line coach Brian Jenkins (Cincinnati ’93) – special teams coordinator, running backs coach Daryl Mason (Arkansas ’81) – wide receivers coach Shawn Quinn (Carson Newman ’95) – defensive line coach Tim Rebowe (Louisiana State ’87) – safeties coach Troy Wingerter (Louisiana-Lafayette ’93) – recruiting coordinator, tackles & tight ends coach Support Staff Editor’s Note: This prospectus does not John Porche, Director of Athletic Training (337) 482-6325 include color images in order to reduce Rob Phillips, Strength & Conditioning Coach (337) 482-6315 its file size and make it easier to Lynn Williams, Equipment Manager (337) 482-6326 download. Requests for color images Darren Walker, Video Coordinator (337) 482-6872 can be made to the sports information department Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns Head Football Coach Rickey Bustle Louisiana-Lafayette head coach Rickey Bustle enters his sixth season in Cajun Country in 2007. Bustle saw his winning percentage increase each of the first five seasons since taking the job in 2002, but regressed to .500 in 2006. His 6-6 record last season was only deemed a regression because of the high standards and raised levels of expectations by the Cajuns and their fans. In fact, Bustle’s 12 wins over the past two seasons are the most in a two-year period since 1994-95. Louisiana went 3-3 at home in 2006, marking the fifth straight season – all under Bustle - that the Cajuns have been .500 or better at home. Bustle boasts a 15-12 (.556) record at Cajun Field. By comparison, the Cajuns were 6-19 (.240) at home in the five years preceding Bustle. In addition to raised expectations, Bustle has brought professionalism and discipline to the program. Since 2002, the Cajuns 356 penalties are the fewest in the Sun Belt Conference and UL boasts the fewest penalties per game over that span. The Cajuns went 6-5 (.546) in 2005 to mark UL’s first winning record since 1995. Bustle’s squad went 4-7 (.364) in 2004, 4-8 (.333) in 2003 and 3-9 (.250) in 2002. Along with a winning season in 2005 came a share of the Sun Belt Conference championship. After starting 1-5 (0-2), Louisiana roared back into the SBC race with a come-from-behind road win at Middle Tennessee. From there came a homecoming win over Troy in overtime and a second comeback road win, this time at North Texas. A Senior Day victory over Florida International then set-up the season finale at Louisiana-Monroe. The Cajuns rocked the Indians 54-21, claiming the first school title since the 1994 Big West crown. Bustle was rewarded with a two-year contract extension following the 2005 campaign, which lengthens his contract through 2010. Attendance has also been on the rise, as the Cajuns began 2003 with an attendance of 24,211 vs. Louisiana Tech, one of the twenty best in the history of Cajun Field, and largest crowd in seven seasons. Then, in 2004, UL saw a crowd of 25,083 for the Sun Belt opener vs. Middle Tennessee and a five-game total of 107,006, the most since 1996 and the eighth best average (21,401) in Cajun Field history. In 2005, UL played before a homecoming crowd of 21,204 en route to a solid two-season average of 19,496 – the best two year average at Cajun Field since 1992-93. Last season, the Cajuns homecoming crowd increased to 22,093, marking the third straight season with 20,000+ fans for homecoming. During his tenure at UL, nine of Bustle’s players have either been drafted or signed NFL contracts, including Charles Tillman and Ike Taylor. Both were selected in the 2003 NFL Draft and both have played in the Super Bowl. Taylor signed a five-year, $22.5 million contract extension in Sept. 2006 that included a $6.4 million signing bonus. The Summerville, S.C., native, became the 24th head coach in Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns football history on December 13, 2001. Bustle earned his first collegiate victory as a head coach on Sept. 21, 2002 with a 34-0 victory over UAB. Louisiana-Lafayette held the Blazers to just eight first downs and only 94 yards passing. In 2002, Bustle helped the Cajuns to their first winning record at Cajun Field in six seasons with impressive back-to-back victories over Sun Belt foes Idaho and Arkansas State. In 2003, the Cajuns won four of their last five games en route to a second place finish in the Sun Belt Conference. More importantly, Bustle’s popularity across Acadiana had a significant impact in the stands. As a result, the Cajuns’ season ticket base rose by substantial amounts. Bustle has also been instrumental in developing his women’s clinic held annually in the spring, attracting hundreds of enthusiastic females eager for knowledge of the game of football. For seven seasons prior to his appointment as head coach of the Cajuns, Bustle served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Va. Tech. With the Hokies, Bustle developed some of the finest quarterbacks the college football world has seen in recent years. The list includes former 49ers quarterback Jim Druckenmiller and current Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. Vick was the first overall selection in the 2001 NFL Draft. In fact, Bustle coached the top three quarterbacks on Tech’s career list for touchdown passes and guided players who have accounted for eight of the Hokies’ Top 10 all-time single-season offensive totals and seven of Tech’s Top 10 all-time single season passing totals. The 1999 Hokies averaged a national-best 41.4 points per game, as Tech played in the national championship game. In Bustle’s first seven seasons as offensive coordinator, the Hokies fielded seven of the eight highest-scoring teams in school history. The team posted a 67-17 record and won three Big East Conference championships. VT went to a bowl game every year he served as offensive coordinator, winning the 1993 Independence Bowl, 1995 Sugar Bowl, 1998 Music City Bowl and 2001 Gator Bowl. Bustle spent all but one season at Va. Tech from 1987-2001, leaving the Hokies in 1994 for a one-year stint as the offensive coordinator and QB’s coach at South Carolina. While at SC, Bustle helped the Gamecocks go from a 4-7 record in 1993 to a 7-5 record and a Carquest Bowl Championship. From 1987-92, he was the quarterbacks and receivers coach at Tech before moving to offensive coordinator and QB’s coach in ‘93. His ties to Louisiana include a three-year stint at Louisiana-Monroe from 1984-86, where he started as the running backs coach for two seasons before becoming the offensive coordinator and QB’s coach. He has also had coaching stints with East Carolina as a wide receivers and secondary coach (1980-82) and the USFL’s Arizona Wranglers as a running backs coach (1983). He broke into the full-time coaching ranks as the defensive coordinator at Gardner-Webb in 1979. Bustle is a 1976 graduate of Clemson, where he received a bachelor’s degree in parks and recreation administration. He was a four-year letterwinner as a wide receiver for the Tigers. As a graduate assistant coach, Bustle earned 27 hours toward a master’s degree in Special Education. Bustle’s wife, Lynn, of Charleston, South Carolina, received her PhD. in curriculum and instruction from Virginia Tech in December 1997. She currently is a tenured professor at UL Lafayette in the Visual Arts Department in the College of the Arts. They have a son, Brad, who is an offensive lineman at UL. The 2007 Schedule… Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns 2007 football schedule features six home games for the second straight season and for the third time in the last five seasons.
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