BMDOSTA STATE CONTENTS Football Coaching S ta ff___ 1 1991 Signees _ _31 MIKE CAVAN Football and Athletic Staff _ 1 The Blazer Girls _ 3 2 Head Coach Valdosta State at a Glance Valdosta State Lettermen _ 3 4 0: (912) 333-5844 The Coaches ______________ The Opponents_________ _ 3 5 H: (912) 247-5117 Blazers on the Road 11 A Look Back ____________ _41 d a v id Mcknight 1991 Outlook______ 12 The Records_____________ _ 4 7 Asst. Head Coach Cavan Assesses the 1991 Bla ze rs, 14 The Gulf South Conference _ 5 3 0: (912) 333-5844 Valdosta State Depth C hart______ 16 Valdosta State College, _ 5 6 H: (912) 242-5577 The Players _______________________ 17 1991 Schedule of Opponents IBC 1991 Rosters_____________________ 30 BILL ENGLAND Administrative Asst. TH E STA FF 0: (912) 333-5844 H: (912) 242-7413 STEVE ROBERTS ATHLETIC S' AFF FOOTBALL STAFF SID Telephone Head Coach Mike Cavan 0: (912) 333-5890 Position/Name Office Home Alma Mater Georgia, 1972 H: (912) 244-6560 Faculty Athletic Rep Collegiate Record 31-19-1,5 years Bobby Tucker ________ 333-7161 794-3649 Office Phone (912) 333-5844 Athletic Director, Home Phone (912) 247-5117 To Be Named ________ 333-5890 Best Time to Call Mornings Secretary, Administrative Assistant Bill England BOBBY TUCKER Kathie Gardner_______ 333-3890 247-7247 Assistant Coaches Faculty Rep PE/ Athletics David McKnight, Department Head Georgia 1970 Offensive Coordinator Dr. John Merriman____ 333-7161 242-8612 Bill Hyde, Secretary, Gayle Brooks 333-7161 247-0389 Samford, 1967 Defensive Coordinator MARLI0U BUTLER Baseball, Tommy Thomas 333-5890 242-2577 David Elsenrath, Football Secretary Assistant, Bart Shuman __333-7161 Missouri-Rolla 1985 _____ Offensive Line Basketball (Men) Eric Schumann, James Dominey_________ 333-5890 242-0752 Alabama 1977_________ _Secondary Assistant, Rick Stukes____ 333-5890 244-4790 David Napert, Basketball (Women) Troy State 1982 ________ Defensive Line *Vatdo4ta State Charles Cooper___ 333-5890 244-5979 David Dean, Assistant, Georgia State 1987_____ Wide Receivers at a tyiasice Sherry Schumann_______ 333-7161 241- 7804 Jim Dye, Cross Country, Brett Martin 333-5890 245-8411 Georgia Southern 1986 _ Offensive Line Location ______ Valdosta, Ga. Equipment, Film Marvin McGhee, Enrollm ent______________ 7 5 0 0 Larry Lampert____________3335844 244-7188 Lenoir-Rhyne, 1987 ____ ___Linebackers President____ Dr. Hugh C. Bailey Football, Mike Cavan 333-5844 247-5117 Sports Information Director _ Steve Roberts Athletic Director__To Be Named Secretary, Marilou Butler _ 333-5844 242- 4726 Graduate Assistant______ _Jody Mitchem Football Coach ____ Mike Cavan Golf, Nicky Balanis_______ 247-0430 247-4033 Athletic Trainer __________ Jim Madaleno Athletic Affiliation ___ Gulf South Softball, Ron Durante_____ 333-5461 244-9401 Assistant Trainer________ _ Bobby Tucker Conference, Sports Information Equipment Manager _____ _ Larry Lampert NCAA Division II Steve Roberts____________333-5890 244-6560 Football Secretary________ Marilou Butler Nicknam e______________Blazers Tennis, John Hansen______ 333-5890 244-4790 Colors____________Red and Black Ticket Manager Stadium ______ _Martin Stadium Marilou Butler (football)__333-5844 242-4726 (12,000, natural turf) Kathie Gardner (basketball, baseball)____ 333-5890 244-7247 On the cover: Trainer, Jim Madaleno____ 333-7161 241-0516 Valdosta State head coach Mike Cavan is Assistant, Bobby Tucker__333-7161 794-3649 surrounded by the 1991 senior class in this year's cover photo. They are Dexter Holiday; #7, Will O'Steen, #6/, Reginald Davis, #21, Danny Metcalf, #45, John Kenny, #56, Scott Long, #84, Eric Luke, #6, Brian Chestnutt, #15, and Ramon Allen, #29. 19 9 7 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 1 Greg Mcllvain Valdosta Times sports P.0, box 968 Valdosta, GA 31603 PRESS BOX opponents are charged a $50 fee. The visit­ 912/244-1880 Martin Stadium, the football home of ing radio phone number as well as a trouble Mike Grubb Valdosta State's Blazers, is topped on the number w ill be given on request. Valdosta Times sports west side by a long, narrow press row with P.O. Box 968 Valdosta, GA 31603 adequate seating for w riters, broadcasters, SCOUTS 912/244-1880 game officials and film crews. Some game Requests for scouting credentials should Sports Director filming may be done from a platform at the be made directly to Steve Roberts, SID, early WVGA-TV Sports top of the east stands. during the week of the game to be scouted. P.O. Box 1588 Valdosta, GA 31603 912/242-4444 State Sfionte CutCete Vernon Arnold WJEM Sports P.O. Box 368 Valdosta, GA 31603 912/242-1565 TO TH E College W riter Sports Department P.O. Box 1949-F Jacksonville, FL 32231 904/359-4246 WORKING MEDIA Sports Editor The Spectator Valdosta State College Valdosta, GA 31698 912/333-5685 PRESS BOX SERVICES OFFICES Bill Muntz Standard services are provided for me­ Offices of all football coaches are lo­ Communication Arts dia personnel — flip cards, cumulative statis­ cated in the old gymnasium, which also Valdosta State College Valdosta, GA 31698 tics, media guides, programs, play-by-play houses the football fieldhouse and ticket 912/333-7156 accounts at the conclusion of each quarter, office. A ll other athletic offices, including the Earnest Reese abbreviated statistics at halftime and com­ sports information office, are located in the Sports Department plete final statistics as soon as possible at the physical education complex. P.O. Box 4689 Atlanta, GA 30302 end of the game. Ample telephone service is Sports Information Mailing Address: 404/526-5794 available. Soft drinks and a sandwich w ill be College W riter served. Steve Roberts Sports Department Sports Information Director P.O. Box 4167 Macon, GA 31213 MEDIA CREDENTIALS Athletic Department 912/744-4302 Contact Steve Roberts, SID , for press Valdosta State College Scott Atwell passes as far in advance as possible. Passes Valdosta, GA 31698 WCTV-TV Sports w ill be mailed if time permits. If not, they w ill P.O. Box 3048 Tallahassee, FL 32303 be left at the W ill Call table at the northwest CREDITS 904/893-2126 corner of Martin Stadium. The passes will be Writer/Editor ______________ Steve Roberts Sports Editor at the W ill Call table an hour and a half Design & Typ e _____Vision Marketing, Inc. Times-Enterprise Sports before kickoff. Tallahassee, FL P.O. Box 650 Thomasville, GA 31792 Printing _______________Colson Printing Co. 912/226-2400 MEDIA PARKING Valdosta, GA Wayne Grandy Parking for the media is available near Photographers______________ Derek Pickup Observer Sports (Valdosta State) P.O. Box 889 the west and northwest gates at Martin Sta­ Moultrie, GA 31776 dium. No parking sticker is necessary. Paul Leavy and Mike Tanner 912/985-4545 (Valdosta Daily Times) Mark Holland RADIO Perry McIntyre Gazette Sports (freelance, Atlanta) P.O. Box 708 Valdosta State has a spot reserved along Tifton, GA 31794 press row for the Blazer Football Network. A Ken Klanicki 912/382-4321 modular plug phone line on press row is (freelance, Valdosta) Paul McCorvey provided the official broadcast team of the Action Sports of America Herald Sports Bill England P.O. Box 48 opponent for each game. The visiting radio Albany, GA 31703 crew should obtain permission and creden­ (VSC football office) 912/888-9305 tials in advance from Steve Roberts, SID. Jim Wallace Gulf South Conference opponents are pro­ Many thanks to all the photographers for WALB-TV Sports their time and talent which produced the P.O. Box 3130 vided the phone line at no charge. Other Albany, GA 31708 photos in this media guide. 912/883-0154 2 VALDOSTA STATE COLLEGE THE COACHES MIKE CAVAN Mike Cavan is preparing for his sixth have a shot at the national title you have to season as head football coach at Valdosta be one of the top 16 at the end of the year." State, and he has taken some steps that could A native of Thomaston, Cavan was an make it a banner year for a program about all-round athlete at Robert E. Lee High School to complete its first decade. where he played for his father, Jim, one of He has compiled a solid 31 -19-1 record the all-time great high school coaches in the over five years. O f those 51 games only 23 state. H is senior season he made all-state have been played at home, and Cavan and was named the Atlanta Touchdown believes the road has taken its toll in some Club's player of the year. instances. For only the second time in VSC H is 20-year association with the Univer­ football history the Blazers w ill play at home sity of Georgia began when he joined the more than on the road, a lot more. Seven Bulldogs in the fall of 196 7 as a quarterback. home games dot the 1991 schedule, and As the starting signal caller in 1968, 1969 Mike Cavan, Head Football Coach even if Cavan can find an 11 th game for this and 1970, Cavan led the Bulldogs to the year's slate his club w ill travel only four Southeastern Conference championship as times. a sophomore and was named to the all-SEC Born: April 15, 1948 (age 43) Home­ town: Thomaston, Ga. Education: Robert E. Lee H ig h Sc h o o l, H EA D C O AC H Thomaston, Ga.; University of Georgia (B.S. Ed.) Coaching Experience: University Cavan is looking for a Sept. 7 game Sophomore team by The Associated Press of Georgia, freshman because as the schedule now stands the and was chosen SEC Sophomore of the Year assistant, 1 973-74; Blazers w ill open with l-A A Central Florida by the Jacksonville Journal, outpolling such offensive backfield at home on Sept.