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2014 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Macon, Ga. Football Contact: Jordon Bruner Enrollment: 8,341 Offi ce Phone: (478) 301-5209 Founded: 1833 Cell Phone: (419) 615-3968 Nickname: Bears Fax: (478) 301-5350 Colors: Orange and Black Email: [email protected] Affi liation: NCAA Division I Conference: Southern Twitter: @jbruner_sid Stadium (Capacity): Mercer University Stadium (10,000) Director of Media Relations: Andy Stabell President: William D. Underwood Offi ce Phone: (478) 301-5219 Alma Mater: Oklahoma Baptist (1982) Email: [email protected] Athletics Director: Jim Cole Mercer Football Social Media Alma Mater: Mercer (1993) Twitter: @MercerFootball Athletics Phone: (478) 301-2994 Athletics Fax: (478) 301-2061 Facebook: mercerfootball Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA: Sybil Blalock Instagram: @MercerFootball Asst. AD/Director of Sports Medicine: Amos Mansfi eld Offi cial Hashtag: #BearDownMU Asst. AD/Director of Marketing/Football Ops.: Daniel Tate Gameday Hashtag: #BearTrax Asst. AD/Director of Facility Operations: Michael Ellis Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Jeffery Hugdahl Website: www.mercerbears.com 2013 SCHEDULE (10-2, 6-2 PFL) DATE OPPONENT STADIUM (LOCATION) RESULT COACHING STAFF Aug. 31 Reinhardt Mercer University Stadium W, 40-37 Head Coach: Bobby Lamb Sept. 14 Warner Mercer University Stadium W, 61-0 Alma Mater: Furman (1987) Sept. 21 Berry Mercer University Stadium W, 43-0 Career Record/Seasons: 77-42/10 Sept. 28 Drake * Mercer University Stadium W, 31-17 Record at Mercer/Seasons: 10-2/1 Oct. 5 at San Diego * San Diego, Calif. L, 45-13 E-mail: [email protected] Oct. 12 Valparaiso * Mercer University Stadium W, 35-21 Football Phone: (478) 301-2713 Oct. 19 Carnegie Mellon Mercer University Stadium W, 54-21 Assistant Coaches Position Oct. 26 at Campbell * Buies Creek, N.C. W, 38-31 Mike Kolakowski: Assistant HC/Def. Coord./Outside Linebackers Nov. 2 at Davidson * Davidson, N.C. W, 51-26 Casey Vogt: Offensive Coord./Offensive Line Nov. 9 Jacksonville * Mercer University Stadium W, 45-42 Kenny Baker: Defensive Line Nov. 16 at Marist * Poughkeepsie, N.Y. L, 33-7 Carter Barfi eld: Running Backs Nov. 23 Stetson * Mercer University Stadium W, 41-14 Grant Cain: Recruiting Coord./Inside Linebackers/Co-Special Teams * - Pioneer League Game Dominique Davenport: Defensive Quality Control Mitch Doolittle: Secondary Coach/ Co-Special Teams Coach 2014 SCHEDULE Chino Fontenette: Wide Receivers Trey Lamb Quarterbacks DATE OPPONENT STADIUM (LOCATION) TIME Will Patterson: Tight Ends / Video Coordinator Aug. 28 Reinhardt Mercer University Stadium 7 p.m. Jon Mangel: Strength & Conditioning Sept. 6 Furman Mercer University Stadium 6 p.m. Sept. 13 Stetson Spec Martin Stadium (DeLand, Fla.) 6 p.m. PROGRAM HISTORY Sept. 20 Ave Maria Mercer University Stadium 6 p.m. Sept. 27 VMI Foster Stadium (Lexington, Va.) 1:30 p.m. All-Time Record: 133-138-8 Oct. 4 Samford Seibert Stadium 3:00 p.m. First Game: 1892 (Georgia, L, 50-0) Oct. 11 Austin Peay Mercer University Stadium 4 p.m. (First Football Game in State of Georgia) Oct. 18 Western Carolina Buies Creek, N.C. 4 p.m. Oct. 25 Chattanooga Finley Stadium (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 12:00 p.m. Nov. 1 The Citadel Mercer University Stadium 4 p.m. Nov. 15 Warner Mercer University Stadium 4 p.m. Nov. 22 Wofford Gibbs Stadium (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1:30 p.m. * - Southern Conference Game All times Eastern 2014 MERCER BEARS 1 @MERCERFOOTBALL WILLIAM D. UNDERWOOD WILLIAM D. UNDERWOOD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT President Underwood has led Mercer during a period of dynamic growth and development for the University. Since his arrival as Mercer’s 18th President in 2006, enrollment has increased by over 20 percent to more than 8,400 students. Mercer has launched its second and third medical school campuses (Savannah and Columbus), initiated a master’s-level physician assistant program and a doctoral-level program in physical therapy and added Ph.D. programs in Clinical Psychology, Nursing, Counseling, Educational Leadership and Curriculum and Instruction. Refl ecting an increased emphasis on research, Mercer now meets the criteria established by the Carnegie Foundation for classifi cation as a research-doctoral university. Over the past fi ve years, the number of Ph.D. students has increased from fewer than 25 to more than 240, while the amount of annual externally funded research expenditures has grown to approximately $30 million. In addition to increased levels of funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, Mercer scientists have for the fi rst time been funded as eminent cancer scientists by the Georgia Cancer Coalition, while other Mercer scientists are now receiving funding to support their research through the Georgia Research Alliance. The University has intensifi ed its longstanding commitment to service-learning and community engagement under President Underwood’s leadership. During the spring of 2009, Mercer announced a $5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support continued revitalization of the College Hill Corridor between campus and downtown Macon. The groundbreaking Mercer On Mission program, launched in 2007, has been recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative as “an exemplary approach to addressing a specifi c global challenge.” Mercer earned the highest federal recognition for community engagement by the Corporation for National and Community Service in 2009 and in 2008 became the only university in Georgia to receive the Carnegie Foundation’s designation for “Curricular Engagement and Outreach and Partnerships.” Prior to joining Mercer, President Underwood served at Baylor University as Interim President and held the prestigious Leon Jaworski Chair at the Baylor School of Law. President Underwood is an accomplished educator and scholar. He was designated a Master Teacher at Baylor in recognition of ex- traordinary classroom teaching over an extended period. In 2008, the Baylor Alumni Association presented him with its W.R. White Dis- tinguished Service Award. An elected member of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Foundation, President Underwood was awarded the J.D. degree summa cum laude by the University of Illinois College of Law in 1985, where he graduated as class salutatorian and was an editor of the University of Illinois Law Review. Following graduation, he clerked for the Honorable Sam D. Johnson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, prior to practicing law for several years with a large law fi rm in Dallas. He also holds an undergraduate degree from Oklahoma Baptist Uni- versity, where he met his spouse, Lesli. They have two children, Jes- sica and William. 2014 MERCER BEARS 4 @MERCERFOOTBALL JIM COLE JIM COLE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Jim Cole assumed duties as Director of Athletics for Mercer University on July 1, 2010. Prior to being named Director of Athletics, Cole served as Mercer’s Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs, heading up the Mercer Athletics Foundation while also serving a State Representative in Georgia. During his time as Director of Athletics, Cole has imparted visionary leadership which has helped vault Mercer into the upper echelon of Division I athletic programs. Since his arrival, Mercer student-athletes have made NCAA Tournament appearances in baseball, men’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s golf and women’s soccer. Under Cole’s watch in 2014, the Mercer’s men’s basketball team made a splash on the national landscape with a stunning 78-71 defeat of No. 6 Duke in the NCAA Tournament second round. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams have earned a handful of postseason berths, as the women participated in the 2012 Women’s Basketball Invitational while the men won the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament and advanced to the National Invitational Tournament round of 16 in 2013. Cole also played a key role in the university’s revival of the football program, which took the fi eld in the fall of 2013 after a 72-year hiatus from the gridiron. The Bears went on to post a sterling 10-2 record in their fi rst season back, setting an NCAA record for single-season wins by a Division I start-up program. Numerous facility upgrades have also taken place under his watch, including the construction of the Moye Family Football & Lacrosse complex as well as the installation of a state-of-the art LED video scoreboards at the football, basketball and baseball venues. A native of Augusta, Cole came to Mercer as a student-athlete on academic scholarship in 1990 and lettered in baseball from 1990 to 1993. He was recipient of the Charles C. Morgan Outstanding Student-Athlete Award and graduated with honors from the University in 1993. Cole was drafted as a pitcher by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1993 and was named the franchise’s Organizational Player of the Year and a fi nalist for the TOPPS Minor League Player of the Year Award in 1994. After an injury ended his professional baseball career, he returned to Mercer in 1997 to earn his MBA while serving as a graduate assistant and pitching coach for the baseball team. In 1998 he served as pitching coach for the Madison Black Wolves minor league team in Madison, Wis. Cole then entered private business before being elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, where he served from 2004-2010. Cole served as the legislative voice under the Gold Dome for the constituents of House District 125 - which includes Jasper County and parts of Monroe, Jones and Lamar Counties. His legislative duties included membership on the Appropriations Economic Development Sub-Committee, overseeing areas of the budget that deal with agriculture, community affairs, economic development and transportation. In addition, Cole served on the Rules, Judiciary Non-Civil and State Planning and Community Affairs Committees. Gov. Sonny Perdue appointed Cole to serve as senior administration fl oor leader in early 2009, having served formerly as assistant fl oor leader from 2007-2008.

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