II Contents, Credits, Quick Facts II Contents 2000 Football Schedule Assistant Coaches .................................................................... 1-4 Date Opponent Time Athletic Administration ........................................................ 30-33 SepL9 Butler 7:00 Coac hing Records ...................................................................... Tl Sept. 23 at D ayton 7-fJJ Head Coach .................................................................................. 2 Sept. 30 at Valparaiso lffi Media Information ........................................................ ............. 40 Oct. 7 at Davidson 1:30 Morehead State Uni versity ................................................... 28--29 OcL21 Bowie State (Homecoming) 1:30 Opponents Information ......................................................... 36-38 Oct.28 at Austin Peay 2-fJJ Records . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18--27 Nov.4 Kentud-y Wesleyan 1:30 Roster ........................................................................................ 6-7 Nov. 11 at Southern Utah 3-fJJ Nov.IS Westminster Schedule ............. ................................................................... I , be 12:30 Series Records ........................................................................... 23 All times Eastern and subject to change Statistics ( 1999) ..................................................................... I 6-17 Home games in bold Univers ity Administration ......................................................... Xl Year-by-Year Results ..................... .. ...................................... 23-27 Quick Facts Location: Morehead, Ky. 4035 1 Assistant Coaches: Founded: 1887 John Arn, Asst. Offensive Line Enrollment: 8.200 Chris Berry, Runningbacks Colors: Blue & Gold Gary Dunn, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Conference: Independent Shon Galloway, Defensive Tackles Stadium: Jayne Stadium (10,000) John Gilliam, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Field: Jacobs Field Zack Moore, Defensive Ends Surface: AstroPlay David Trosper, Defensive Backs/Recruiting Coordinator 1999 Record: 5-5 John Wehner, Wide Receivers Basic Offense: Mulliple President: Dr. Ronald G. Eaglin Basic Defense: 4-3 Vice President for Student Life/Athletic Director: Mike Mincey Lettermen Returning: 48 Offi ce Phone: (606) 783-2088 Offense-24; Defense-23; Specialist- I Faculty Representative: Dr. Mike Brown Lettermen Lost: 14 Head Athletic Trainer: Gary Diehm Offense-5; Defense-7; Specialist-2 Sports Information Director: Randy Stacy ta rters Returning: 16 (Offense-9; Defense-7) Office Phone: (606) 783-2500 Starters Lost: 6 (Offense-2; Defense-4) Home Phone: (606) 784-2922 Head Coach: Matt Ballard Fax Phone: (606) 783-2550 Alma Mater: Gardner-Webb -79 Press Box Phone: (606) 783-2500 Coaching Record : CH-58- 1 ( 12 years) Assistant Sports Information Director: Brad Laux Record at MSU: 29-33 (6 years) Office Phone: (606) 783-2020 Best Time to Reach: Weekday mornings On The Cover On the fro nt and back covers are Head Coach Matt Ballard, All­ Credits American quanerback David D inkins and the new, state-of-the­ art AstroPlay urface at Jayne Stadium and Jacobs Field. This publication was edited by MSU Sports Information Direc­ tor Randy Stacy. Special writing and/or edit0rial assistance was provided by University Communications, the MSU Marke ting Get information about Morehead State Athletics on Support Staff, and Sports Information Secre tary Brenda Kissinger. Photography by MSU s taff pho tographe r Tim the World Wide Web. Point your browser to: Holbrook and student assistants. Cover design by T revor Griffith, Graphic De igner. www.morehead-st.edu/athletics Eagle Football 2000,,. 1 Head Coach Matt Ballard Matt Ballard Head Coach Matt Ballard is in his seventh sea­ NAIA Distri ct 32 Coach of the year in 1992. son as Head Footbal I Coach at He was on the MSU football staff for four seasons (1984- Morehead State University. 87) before accepting the head coaching position at Union. The fo1mer head football coach at Ballard was a fo ur-year (1980-83) offensive/defensive co­ Union College and assistant head ordinator at Georgetown College and spent one season coach and defensive coordinator at ( 1979) as an assistant at Gardner-Webb. MSU spent one season (1994) as A graduate of North Mecklenburg High School in Char­ interim head coach before taking lotte, he earned a bachelor's degree from Gardner-Webb in over on a full-time basis Dec. 1, 1979 and a master's degree from Georgetown in 1980. 1994. Ballard was pleased to return to the MSU campus and He has done a tremendous job in six seasons, tak­ rebuild the program on a long-term basis. ing an MSU program in transition and ravaged by transfers "Our goals are simple," Ballard said. "We want to have a fo llowing the departure of the previous coaching staff, and program that is first class. We will work to have a football leading the Eagles to a 6-4 record in 1996, a 7-3 record in program that meets the total needs of the student-athlete, to 1997, a school-best 9-2 record in 1998 and a 5-5 mark see that each young man wi II continue through our program against a tremendous schedule last season .. and earn hi s degree. We will move toward a character­ A 41-year old nati ve of Davidson, N.C., Ballard compiled building program through our coaching and recruiting that a 35-25-1 record in his six seasons ( 1988-93) directing the will enable us to compete at the highest level and have fun Union football program. He led Union to its best single sea­ doing it. son record and to the institution's fi rst Mid-South Football Ballard and his wife, the former Brenda Harwood, have a Conference championship. He was named Mid-South and 16-year old son, Matthew. Matt Ballard Year-by-Year 1988 Union College 6-4-0 1989 Union College 4-5-1 1990 Union College 5-5-0 1991 Union College 6-4-0 1992 Union College 8-2-0* 1993 Union College 5-5-0 1994 Morehead State University 0-11-0 1995 Morehead State University 2-8-0 1996 Morehead State University 6-4-0 1997 Morehead State University 7-3-0** 1998 Morehead State University 9-2-0*** 1999 Morehead Stae University 5-5-0 *Led Union to its best record in school history and was named Mid-South Foot­ ball Conference Coach of the Year **MSU tied school record for wins and had back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1970-71 ***MSU set a school record for wins in a season 2 ----------------------------- Morehead State University,. Assistant Coaches II Gary Dunn Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line Gary Dunn is in his fou1th season versity of Pennsylvania and joined the MSU staff after serv­ as an assistant coach at Morehead ing as an assistant coach at that school. He earned a bachelor's State University, his second as of­ degree in 1995 and a master's degree in 1997, both from Cali­ fensive coordinator. In addition to fornia (Pa.). his coordinator duties, he will be in "Gary is an outstanding teacher of fundamentals," said Eagle charge of the Eagle offensive line­ Head Coach Matt Ballard. "He has brought enthusiasm to men. our staff, and he will continually push our linemen. Dunn was a four-year sta1ter and "Last season, his first as offensive coordinator, our offense an all-conference performer as an continued to be exciting and set records." offensive lineman at Californ ia Uni- John Gilliam Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers John Gill iam, a former standout Eagle Head Coach Matt Ballard's tenure as an assistant coach Eagle linebacker, is in his seventh on the MSU staff. After serving as a student assistant coach season on the staff at Morehead for the Eagles in 1987, he joined Ballard at Union College. State Uni versity. He spent six seasons under Ballard at Union and returned The native of Prestonsburg, Ky. , to MSU with Ball ard 1994. wi ll again serve as MSU's defensive Gi lliam earned a bachelor's degree from MSU in 1987. coordinator and will work particularly He added a master' s degree from Uni on in 1990. with the Eagle linebackers while He is married to the former Melissa Childs of Fairfield, Ohio. maki ng the defensive calls. They have a daughter, Caitli n Nicole (7), and a son, Austin Gi lliam was a four-year Eagle (4). letterman (1983-86) during current David Trosper Secondary, Recruiting Coordi nator David Trosper is in his sixth sea­ was a four-year letterman at Union College, where he was son as an assistant coach at More­ two-time all-confe rence and two-time team most valuable head State Uni versity. He will con­ player. tinue to work with Eagle defensive He served as a graduate assistant coach for three seasons backs and serve as recruiti ng coor­ at Union, directing the linebackers and serving as academic dinator. coordinator. A nati ve of Florence, Ky. , Trosper Trosper earned a bachelor's degree from Union in 1992. was a three-year football letterman His academic work has been in the areas of business educa­ at Boone County High School. He tion and business administration. Eagle Football 2000,. ------------------------------- 3 Assistant Coaches Jim Wehner Wide Receivers Jim Wehner, a former Eagle wide Wehner began his coaching career with stints at two Penn­ receiver, is in his second season as sylvania high schools. In 1992, he was the offensive coordi­ an assistant coach at Morehead State nator at South Park High School. Prior to that, he was the University. offensive coordinator at Seton LaSalle High School. Wehner returner to MSU after fo ur A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., he earned a bachelor's degree in years on the staff of Duquesne Uni ­ physical education from Pitt and a master's degree from versity where he served as offensive Duquesne. coordinator. He spent 1995 as a He is 33 years old and married to the former Joan Sull ivan player-coach in Bremen, Germany. of Pittsburgh. Shon Galloway Defensive Tackles Shon Gall oway is in his ftrst sea­ Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn. He played son as an assistant coach at two seasons as a defensive tackle for the Buccaneers after Morehead State University. He will playing two seasons as a offensive tackle at Mississippi Delta be in charge of the Eagle defensive Community College.