Game 6 - October 15, 2016 Turner Gill Bio
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Table of Contents Game 6 - October 15, 2016 Turner Gill Bio .............2 Weekly Schedule ........2 Quick Facts .................3 Matchup Info ..............3 Big South Conference .4 Liberty Flames at Kennesaw State Owls Milestone Watch ........4 (2-3, 0-0 Big South) (4-1, 0-0 Big South) A LU Win Would .........4 Kennesaw, Ga. (Fifth Third Bank Stadium - 8,300) - 7:04 p.m. - ESPN3 Quick Hitters ...............4 Uniform Tracker ..........4 First and 10 - Today’s Top Storylines On This Date ...............4 1) Liberty (2-3) will make its first-ever visit to Kennesaw State (4-1) Saturday at 7 p.m. for both teams’ Top 25 Polls .................5 Big South Conference opener. Team Notes .................5 2) The Flames have traditionally played well in Big South openers, going 9-5 overall, including 3-1 on the Off. Player Notes .........6 road. Liberty is averaging 42 ppg in its last nine Big South lid-lifters, going 7-2 during that span. See Individual Honors .......6 page 3 for more notes on Liberty in Big South openers. Def./ST Player Notes ...7 Flames’ Record When .. 7 3) Liberty will open its quest for its eighth Big South title in the last 10 years. The Flames are 40-9 in conference games since the start of the 2007 season. Attendance Records ...8 Player Career Highs ....8 4) Liberty will seek its first road win since its last trip to Georgia, a 41-33 victory at Georgia State on Oct. Team Captains ............9 3, 2015. The Flames have lost five straight contests away from Williams Stadium since then. Injury Update ............9 5) The Flames will try to derail a Kennesaw State team which is riding a program-record four-game win- Big Games ...................9 ning streak and is 7-2 all-time at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. See page 3 for more on the Owls. NCAA/BSC Stats ........10 Depth Chart ............. 11 6) Saturday’s game will be a homecoming of sorts for Liberty’s seven Georgia natives, especially Antonio Gandy-Golden (Dallas) and Stephon Masha (Marietta), who grew up near Kennesaw. See page 3 for Start Chart ................12 more Liberty-Kennesaw State connections. Radio/TV Info............13 Numerical Roster ..... 14 7) Dante’ Shells has caught a touchdown pass in each of Liberty’s last four games. If he finds the end zone on Saturday, he would make program history. See page 4 for other milestones within reach. Pronunciation Guide 15 Coaching Staff ......... 16 8) Stephen Calvert passed for a Liberty freshman-record 340 yards in his first career start, Oct. 1 against Opp. Sched./Results .17 Robert Morris. See pages 4 and 6 for more information on Calvert. Series History ............18 9) Juwan Wells was named Big South Defensive Player of the Week after recording a pair of sacks vs. Overtime History ......18 Robert Morris. See page 7 for more information on Wells, who has tallied 9.5 sacks in 13 career games. The Last Time ...........19 Flames in the Pros ....20 10) As seen on page 10, Liberty ranks No. 5 nationally with 15 turnovers forced this season, including eight interceptions and seven fumble recoveries. 2016 Stats .................21 2016 Liberty Flames Football Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result TV Series Note Sept. 3 at Virginia Tech L/13-36 ACCN/ESPN3 VT leads, 1-0 Liberty led 13-10 before yielding 26 unanswered points Sept. 10 Jacksonville W/55-7 LFSN/ESPN3 LU leads, 1-0 Flames rushed for 319 yards, 4 TDs in home-opening victory Sept. 17 at SMU L/14-29 ESPN3 SMU leads, 2-0 SMU scored 10 points in final :47 to hold off Liberty comeback Sept. 24 No. 3/4 Jacksonville State (Hall of Fame) L/19-48 LFSN/ESPN3 JSU leads, 3-0 2015 FCS runners-up handed Liberty worst home loss since 2005 Oct. 1 Robert Morris W/41-7 LFSN/ESPN3 LU leads, 2-1 Calvert threw for 340 yards, 4 TDs in first career start at QB Oct. 15 at Kennesaw State * 7 p.m. ESPN3 LU leads, 1-0 Flames open Big South slate with 1st-ever trip to Kennesaw State Oct. 22 Monmouth * (Homecoming) 3:30 p.m. LFSN/ESPN3 LU leads, 2-1 Flames are 29-13 all-time on Homecoming Oct. 29 Gardner-Webb * 3:30 p.m. BSN LU leads, 12-9-1 Liberty has won 4 straight home meetings with Gardner-Webb Nov. 5 at Presbyterian * 2 p.m. ESPN3 LU leads, 9-4 Liberty has won 7 straight matchups against Presbyterian Nov. 12 No. 9/8 Charleston Southern * 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 LU leads, 19-4 Flames will seek 1st win over Charleston Southern since 2013 Nov. 17 at No. 16/NR Coastal Carolina 7 p.m. TBA LU leads, 7-6 Liberty has won last 2 meetings with former Big South rival * - Big South Conference game Rankings listed are AP/USA Today for FBS opponents and STATS/FCS Coaches Poll for FCS opponents ACCN - ACC Network BSN-Big South Network LFSN - Liberty Flames Sports Network All times listed are Eastern 2 2016 LIBERTY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Flames Head Coach Turner Gill Fifth Year at Liberty Career Coaching Record: 56-71 - Record at Liberty: 31-22 (16-6 Big South) Year-by-Year Head Coaching Record: • Signed free agent contract with the Cleveland Buffalo 2006-09 20-30 (14-18 MAC) Indians in 1986 2006 2-10 1-7 MAC - 6th/East • Played for A Waterloo Indians in 1986 2007 5-7 5-3 MAC - T1st/East • Played for AA Williamsport Bills in 1987-88 2008 8-6 5-3 MAC - 1st/East Football Turner Gill 2009 5-7 3-5 MAC - 5th/East • Played two seasons in the CFL for the Montreal Coaching Career Kansas 2010-11 5-19 (1-16 Big 12) Concordes 2012-16 – Liberty 2010 3-9 1-7 Big 12 - 6th/North • Career passing – 411-of-727 (56.5 comp. %), • Head Coach 2011 2-10 0-9 Big 12 - 10th 4,928 yds., 23 TDs, 24 INTs 2010-11 – Kansas Liberty 2012-15 31-22 (16-6 Big South) • Career rushing – 173 carries, 826 yds. (4.8 avg.), • Head Coach 2012 6-5 5-1 Big South - T1st 7 TDs 2006-09 – Buffalo 2013 8-4 4-1 Big South - T1st • Head Coach 2014 9-5 4-1 Big South - T1st Career Coaching Highlights: 2005 – NFL Green Bay 2015 6-5 3-3 Big South - T3rd Nebraska (Asst. Coach) • Director of Player 2016 2-3 0-0 Big South • QB Coach (1992-03); WR Coach (2004) Development/Off. Asst.) Total 56-71 31-40 (Conference) • 13 straight bowl appearances 1992-04 – Nebraska • Three national championships (1994, 1995, • Asst. HC, QB, WR College Career Highlights: 1997) 1991 – SMU • Nebraska – 1980-83 • Coached All-America QBs Tommy Frazier (1995) • Wide Receivers • Three-time All-Big Eight selection and Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch (2001) 1990 – Nebraska • 1983 Heisman Trophy finalist (finished fourth) • 2002 Frank Broyles Award finalist (national Asst. • Graduate Asst. • 1983 Nebraska Co-Captain Coach of the Year) 1989 – North Texas • 1983 Novak Trophy Winner Buffalo (Head Coach) • Graduate Asst. • Career passing – 231-of-428 (54.0 comp. %), • 2007 MAC Coach of the Year 3,317 yds., 34 TDs, 11 INTs • 2008 MAC Champions/International Bowl Education: • Career rushing – 290 carries, 1,593 yds. (4.5 Kansas (Head Coach) • B.A., Behavior Analysis avg.), 18 TDs • Coached 10 All-Big 12 honorees (North Texas, ’90) • Record as starting quarterback – 28-2, 20-0 Big 8 • Defeated No. 15 Georgia Tech, 28-25, for his first Hometown: • Three straight Orange Bowl appearances win at Kansas • Fort Worth, Texas • Nebraska Football Hall of Fame inductee (1989) Liberty (Head Coach) Wife: • Orange Bowl Hall of Fame inductee (2006) • 2014 Bobby Ross and VaSID Division I State • Gayle • Played baseball for Nebraska in 1983 Coach of the Year Children: • All-Big Eight selection at shortstop • Big South Conference Champions in 2012, 2013 • Jordan and Margaux and 2014 Birthday: Post Collegiate Playing Career Highlights: • 2014 NCAA FCS Playoffs appearance (first in • Aug. 13, 1962 (Age 54) Baseball program history) • Selected in the MLB Draft by the Chicago White • Coached the Flames to their first victory over a Sox in 1979 and the New York Yankees in 1983 No. 1 ranked opponent (Coastal Carolina, 2014) Liberty Flames Football Weekly Schedule Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Friday 3 p.m. 11:20 - 11:30 a.m. 2:45 p.m. Home Game Schedule • Team Meeting • Big South Weekly Teleconference (Call-In/ • Team Meeting 3:30 p.m. 5:25 - 6:15 p.m. Media Only) 3:30 - 6 p.m. • Team Meeting • Practice (Closed to Public/Media) 12:30 - 1 p.m. • Practice 4:20 - 5:25 p.m. • Turner Gill Weekly Press Conference • Coach Gill, Asst. Coach & Players available • Walk Thru Practice Monday • Location: Team Room (Williams Football for interviews following practice (Meet • Closed to Media Practice: Ops Center) outside locker room at 5:45 p.m.) Road Game Schedule • No practice - Players’ Day Off 1 - 2:15 p.m. TBA 6 - 7 p.m. Player/Asst. Coach Weekly Interviews Thursday • Flames Sports Hotline With Turner Gill • Location: Team Room (Williams Football 2:45 p.m. Interview Policy: • Weekly Radio Call-In Show Ops Center) • Team Meeting All interview requests for Head Coach Turner • Location: Liberty University Bookstore 2:45 p.m. 3:45 - 6 p.m. Gill, Assistant Coaches and Players must be • Airs on • Team Meeting • Practice made the day prior and approved by Todd 93.3 FM (Lynchburg) 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. • Only Coach Gill available for interviews Wetmore/Liberty Assoc.