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2016 Georgia Southern Football Eagles Gata 2016 Season Coaching Staff Meet the Eaglesmeet the Student Services 2015 Review 2016 GEORGIA SOUTHERN FOOTBALL EAGLES GATA EAGLES 2016 SEASON COACHING STAFF COACHING MEET THE EAGLES STUDENT SERVICES 2015 REVIEW 2016 SCHEDULE Sept. 3 SAVANNAH STATE 10 at South Alabama RECORDS 17 UL MONROE 24 at Western Michigan Oct. 5 at Arkansas State 15 at Georgia Tech 22 at New Mexico State 27 APPALACHIAN STATE HISTORY Nov. 5 at Ole Miss 10 UL LAFAYETTE 19 at Georgia State Dec. 3 TROY UNIVERSITY/MEDIA On the covers: OFC - Senior linebacker Ironhead Gallon, senior running back Matt Breida and new head coach Tyson Summers; IFC - The new Georgia Southern coaching staff; IBC - Antwione Williams, Antonio Glover, Derek Keaton and the rest of the Eagles in the NFL; OBC - The 2016 Georgia Southern football schedule. All covers designed by Ryan Hurst (Georgia Southern, c/o 2016 - public relations); helmets on outside back cover designed by Clark Ruhland. 2015 GODADDY BOWL CHAMPIONS GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES FOOTBALL 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS EAGLES GATA RECORD BOOK 1 2016 Schedule 110 Individual Records 2 Quick Facts/Credits 125 Annual Leaders GS QUICK FACTS 4 Staff Information 129 Longest Plays 6 Smith Family Football Center 130 Team Records Location: Statesboro, Ga. Home Stadium: Paulson Stadium EAGLES GATA EAGLES 8 Allen E. Paulson Stadium 131 Overtime Games Founded: December 1, 1906 Capacity: 25,000 9 Bishop Field House 132 Year-By-Year Team Stats Enrollment: 20,517 Playing Surface: Shaw Sports Turf (Legion 41) 10 This is Georgia Southern 134 Team Records By Era Paulson Stadium Record: 186-34 (.845) 12 Georgia Southern Football Traditions 135 Paulson Stadium Records President: Jaimie L. Hebert, Ph.D. 14 The Total Student-Athlete 136 Eagles on Television/Online Athletics Director: Tom Kleinlein Head Coach: Tyson Summers 137 All-Time Results Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Chris Geyerman Alma Mater: Presbyterian College, ‘02 2016 SEASON 141 Eagles vs. Conferences Athletics Department Phone: 912-478-5047 Summers’ Record at GS: 0-0 (First Year) 2016 SEASON 16 Preseason Rosters 142 Series Results Ticket Director: David Cutler Summers’ Career Record: 0-0 (First Year) 18 Preseason Depth Chart Eagles’ 2015 Record: 9-4 19 Personnel/Pronunciation Guide HISTORY Ticket Office Phone: 1-800-GSU-WINS 20 Sun Belt Conference 146 Eagle Football History Nickname: Eagles Postseason: GoDaddy Bowl Champs 148 1985 National Championship Colors: Blue and White Conference Record: 6-2 COACHING STAFF 150 1986 National Championship Conference: Sun Belt Offensive System: Spread Option 22 Eagle Head Coach Tyson Summers 152 1989 National Championship First Year of Football: 1924 Defensive System: 4-3 24 Defensive Coordinator Lorenzo Costantini 154 1990 National Championship GS Athletics on the Web: GSEagles.com (no football from 1942-1981) COACHING STAFF COACHING 25 Co-Offensive Coordinator Rance Gillespie 156 1999 National Championship 26 Co-Offensive Coordinator David Dean 158 2000 National Championship Modern Era Record: 312-122-1 (.718) GS Football on Twitter: @GSAthletics_FB 27 Assistant Coach Pat Bastien 160 Eagles in the Pros FCS National Championships: 6 Letterwinners (Ret/Lost): 38/25 28 Assistant Coach Chris Foster 162 Eagle All-Americans Position Starters (Ret/Lost): 12/10 (1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1999, 2000) 165 Conference Accolades 29 Assistant Coach Jimmy Lindsey 167 Modern Era Lettermen 30 Assistant Coach Chad Lunsford 170 All-Time Wins/Championships 31 Assistant Coach Allen Mogridge 171 All-Time Coaching Records 32 Assistant Coach Jeremy Rowell 172 Modern Era Assistant Coaches 33 Support Staff MEET THE EAGLES 174 Coach Erk Russell Tribute MEET THE EAGLES 176 No. 8 Tracy Ham 36 Veteran Profiles 177 No. 3 Adrian Peterson 66 Newcomers 178 Jayson Foster 179 Paul Johnson STUDENT SERVICES 180 Championship Rings 74 Academic Support 76 Strength & Conditioning UNIVERSITY/MEDIA STUDENT SERVICES 77 Equipment Room 182 Georgia Southern University 78 Sports Medicine 184 University President Jaimie L. Hebert, Ph.D. 80 Eagles in the Community 185 Athletic Director Tom Kleinlein 186 EFAA 2015 REVIEW/STATISTICS 187 Athletic Foundation/Ticket Office 82 Individual Honors/Start Chart 188 Georgia Southern Radio Network 83 2015 Statistics 189 Media Guidelines 2015 REVIEW 86 2015 Individual Summaries 190 Athletics Communications 88 2015 Game-By-Game Statistics 191 Department Personnel 89 2015 Game Highs 192 adidas 90 2015 Scoring Summaries CREDITS 91 2015 Miscellaneous Statistics The 2016 Georgia Southern University Football 92 2015 Big Plays Media Guide was published by the Georgia 93 Last Time It Happened Southern Athletics Communications Office. RECORDS 94 Eagles in National Rankings 95 2015 Game Recaps Editor and Design: Bryan Johnston 108 The GoDaddy Bowl Experience Editorial Content: AJ Henderson, Marc Gignac, Katy Baker Johnston, Michael Fennell, Michael FOLLOW THE EAGLES Chastain Covers: Ryan Hurst (GS c/o 2016 - public relations); helmets on OBC designed by Clark Ruhland Printing: South Georgia Graphics (Claxton, GA) Additional contributions from the GS Office of HISTORY Marketing and Communications. PHOTOGRAPHY @GSATHLETICS GSATHLETICS Frank Fortune, Jeremy Wilburn, Milledge Austin IV, Allen Gambrell, Carroll Gambrell, Kyunnie Shuman, Amanda Korpanay and Jeffrey Abraham. Images of Eagles in the NFL courtesy of Tom Pennington, Drew Hallowell, Jamie Squire of Diamond Images; Tom Dahlin and Wesley Hitt of Getty Images. Images of championship rings from Super Bowl XXVI and UNIVERSITY/MEDIA Super Bowl XXXIX and NFL team marks courtesy of GSATHLETICS GSATHLETICS the National Football League. 2 GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES FOOTBALL 2015 GODADDY BOWL CHAMPIONS EAGLES GATA EAGLES 2016 SEASON COACHING STAFF COACHING MEET THE EAGLES STUDENT SERVICES GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES FOOTBALL 3 3 FOOTBALL GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES 2015 REVIEW RECORDS HISTORY UNIVERSITY/MEDIA 2015 GODADDY BOWL CHAMPIONS STAFF INFORMATION KEY DATES Student-athletes report ........................................................................................Sunday, July 31 First day of preseason practice ..........................................................................Monday, August 1 First day of university fall classes .....................................................................Monday, August 15 Season and Home Opener (Savannah State) ............................................. Saturday, September 3 EAGLES GATA EAGLES Sun Belt Opener (at South Alabama) ...................................................... Saturday, September 10 COACHING STAFF Head Coach ...........................................................................................................Tyson Summers Alma Mater/Year ..................................................................................Presbyterian College/2002 Twitter Account ..............................................................................................@TysonSummersGS Record at Georgia Southern (Years) ............................................................... 0-0, .000 (First Year) 2016 SEASON Career Record (Years) .................................................................................... 0-0, .000 (First Year) Best Time to Reach Coach ........................................................ Contact Athletics Communications Sun Belt Coaches’ Teleconference ......................................................Monday mornings in season ASSISTANT COACHES (Alphabetical order) PAT BASTIEN @CoachBastien UAB, 2013 ................................................................................................ Linebackers – First Year COACHING STAFF COACHING ZO COSTANTINI @CoachZo1 UTEP, 1990 ............................................................................... Defensive Coordinator – First Year DAVID DEAN @CoachDeanGS Georgia State, 1987 .....................................Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers – First Year CHRIS FOSTER @CoachC_Foster Gardner-Webb, 2003 ............................................................................Running Backs – First Year MEET THE EAGLES RANCE GILLESPIE @CoachRGillespie Georgia, 1992 .................................Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Fourth Year Overall JIMMY LINDSEY @CoachLindsey Chattanooga, 2001...............................................................................Defensive Line – First Year CHAD LUNSFORD @ChadLunsford Georgia College, 2000 .......................Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator – Eighth Year Overall STUDENT SERVICES ALLEN MOGRIDGE @CoachMogridge North Carolina, 1999 .............................................................................Offensive Line – First Year JEREMY ROWELL @Coach_Rowell Troy, 1997.................................................................................. Defensive Secondary – First Year FOOTBALL SUPPORT STAFF Director of Football Operations ........................................................ Travis Taylor (Valdosta State) 2015 REVIEW Director of Football Administration ........................................................... Steve Dennis (Georgia) Director of Player Personnel ......................................................John Douglas (Georgia Southern) Director of Recruiting Operations ................................................Rico Zackery (Georgia Southern) Associate AD for Sports Medicine/SWA ....................................Brandy Clouse (Georgia Southern) Strength & Conditioning Coach .................................................. Dr. Tredell Dorsey (Rhode Island) Equipment Manager ..............................................................................
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