HAMPTON FOOTBALL 75 ALL-AMERICANS • 5 SBN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 19 CONFERENCE TITLES Hampton (3-6, 3-2 MEAC) vs. NC Central (4-5, 2-3 MEAC) GAME 10 Armstrong Stadium (12,000) • Hampton, Va. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 • 1:00 p.m. EST TV: None Radio: WHOV 88.1 FM THE GAME QUICK FACTS The Hampton University football team will return to Armstrong Stadium on Saturday COACHES to take on North Carolina Central at 1 p.m. The Pirates (3-6, 3-2 MEAC), in their Don Rose ...................... (Hampton ‘79) fifth season under head coach Donovan Rose, had their three-game winning streak Record at HAM ............. 24-28 (5th year) snapped on the road this past Saturday with a 30-27 loss to Morgan State, while the vs. NC Central .............................3-1 Eagles (4-5, 2-3 MEAC), under interim head coach Dwayne Foster, fell fell 38-14 to Overall Record .......................... Same vs. NC Central .............................3-1 No. 13 Bethune-Cookman this past Saturday. Dwayne Foster ...... (Delaware State, ‘93) HEAD COACH DONOVAN ROSE Record at NCCU .............. 4-5 (1st year) Donovan Rose is entering his 23rd season with the Hampton University Pirates vs. Hampton ...............................0-0 Overall Record .......................... Same football program. Rose brings a wealth of knowledge, impeccable character, and vs. Hampton ...............................0-0 the respect from the players, assistant coaches, school administrators and the community. SERIES HAM leads the all-time series 17-6 Last five meetings: Entering his fifth year as head coach, Rose has changed the mindset of his players, 2012 - NCCU 37, HAM 20 as well as hired knowledgeable coaches who are poised, demanding, and share his 2011 - HAM 30, NCCU 27 vision. Rose’s philosophy and coaching style are simple: educate and inspire our 2010 - HAM 27, NCCU 13 players to be the best they can be on and off the field. “Ultimately,” Rose said, “I 2009 - HAM 31, NCCU 27 1992 - HAM 31, NCCU 19 want to build a strong, fast, tough, smart team that’s disciplined, committed, and competes on the highest level every year.” RANKINGS Hampton In four seasons as head coach, Rose is 21-22, including a 7-4 mark in 2011 – a year in N/A ......................Sports Network Poll N/A .. College Sporting News Coaches Poll which the Pirates ranked third in the MEAC in scoring offense and fourth in scoring N/A .......... SBN Sports Black College Poll defense. The Pirates also finished the season fourth in the MEAC in passing defense (183.9 yards per game), and senior defensive back Micah Pellerin was named First NC Central Team All-MEAC. N/A ......................Sports Network Poll N/A .. College Sporting News Coaches Poll N/A .......... SBN Sports Black College Poll In 2010, the Pirates finished No. 1 in the FCS national rankings in the red zone defense, No. 3 in total defense (271 yards per game) and No. 4 in pass defense (141 TELEVISION yards per game). None RADIO HAMPTON (3-6, 3-2 MEAC) NC CENTRAL (4-5, 2-3 MEAC) WHOV 88.1 FM will carry the game live with Adam Rose and Jay Lang calling the Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time action. Aug. 29 at Western Illinois L,9-42 Aug. 31 at Duke L, 0-45 Sept. 7 at William & Mary L, 7-31 Sept. 7 St. Augustine’s Wot, 23-20 MEDIA CONTACTS Sept. 14 Tennessee Tech L, 27-30 Sept. 14 at Charlotte W, 40-13 Hampton Sept. 21 at Coastal Carolina L, 17-50 Sept. 21 #4 Towson L, 17-35 SID - Maurice Williams Sept. 28 at South Carolina State L, 6-30 Oct. 5 at Howard W, 37-28 Phone (757) 727-5757 Oct. 12 North Carolina A&T W, 31-26 Oct. 10 South Carolina State L, 3-44 Email: [email protected] Oct. 19 at Norfolk State W, 27-17 Oct. 19 Morgan State L, 22-34 Oct. 26 Delaware State W, 30-7 Oct. 26 at Savannah State W, 24-10 NC Central Nov. 2 at Morgan State L, 27-30 Nov. 2 #13 Bethune-Cookman L, 14-38 SID - Kyle Serba Nov. 9 North Carolina Central 1 p.m. Nov. 9 at Hampton 1 p.m. Phone (919) 530-7054 Nov. 16 at Bethune-Cookman 4 p.m. Nov. 16 Norfolk State 2 p.m. Email: [email protected] Nov. 23 Howard 1 p.m. Nov. 23 at North Carolina A&T 1 p.m. 2013 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS A 1979 graduate of Hampton University with a degree in business management, Rose was an All-CIAA performer who was named the Location ..................................... Hampton, VA Founded ...............................................1868 conference’s Defensive Player of the Year during his senior year. Donovan Enrollment ...........................................4,768 also earned All-American honors and was named a starter and captain on Colors ................................ Royal Blue & White the 1978 All Star Team which was played in New Orleans SuperDome. Nickname ........................................... Pirates Stadium .............................. Armstrong Stadium Capacity ............................................ 12,000 Since Rose’s return to his alma mater in 1991, the Pirates have won 14 Surface ........................Natural Grass (Bermuda) championships, graduated over 225 student-athletes and placed over 50 Lights ....................................................Yes players in professional leagues. Rose has developed and placed several First Year of Football ................................1902 players in the pros and recruited several players who were either drafted All-Time Record .............................. 544-404-34 MEAC Titles ............................................... 5 or became free agents in the NFL. His most notable recruits have been All-Time Bowl/Playoff Record........................1-8 Cordell Taylor, second-round pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1998, and Years in Postseason Play ................................ 8 Kendall Langford, third-round pick and starting defensive end for the Miami Last Postseason Appearance ........................2006 Dolphins in 2008. ADMINISTRATION President ..........................Dr. William R. Harvey NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL SERIES Athletic Director .................... Novelle Dickenson The Pirates are 17-8 all-time against the Eagles, even though NCCU snapped Faculty Representative..................... Gene Moore Hampton’s eight-game winning streak in the series last season with a 37-20 Assist. AD for S. Services/SWA .......Alexiss Robinson Compliance Coordinator ........... Kristen Drummond win in Durham, N.C. From 1984-2011, the Pirates won eight straight against Athletics Marketing Specialist.......... Dana Hubbard the Eagles, but before that, NCCU had defeated Hampton five straight Athletic Business Manager ............... Yakina Parker times. This series dates back to 1924, and the Pirates won the first nine Coord. of Academic Support ...........LaNea Winston meetings. Hampton is 5-3 against the Eagles at home. Dir. of Facilities/Operations ............. John Jackson Athletics Phone .......................... (757) 727-5641 Athletics Fax ............................. (757) 728-6995 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL INTERIM HEAD COACH DWAYNE FOSTER Dwayne Foster joined the NCCU coaching staff in 2011 as assistant head FOOTBALL STAFF coach, recruiting coordinator and offensive line coach. Prior to the 2013 Donovan Rose .............Head Coach (Hampton, ‘79) Coaching Record at HAM ........... 24-28 (5th Season) season, Foster was elevated to interim head coach. Coaching Record Overall ........................... Same Football Office Phone .................. (757) 727-5322 Foster was with former head coach Henry Frazier III during the prior six Football Office Fax ..................... (757) 728-6664 seasons after joining Prairie View in 2005 as running backs coach. He was Bernard Clark, Jr. ............. Deffensive Coordinator Michael Villagrana ..............Offensive Coordinator also with Frazier in 2003 at Bowie State as offensive line coach. In between Cordell Taylor .................................. Secondary those stints, he was the tight ends and running backs coach at Catholic David Banks ............................... Offensive Line University in his hometown Washington, D.C. Darryl Bullock............................. Running Backs Delbert Cowsette ........................Defensive Line Brandon Thompson ..................... Wide Receivers Foster started his coaching career as head coach at his alma mater, Archbishop Carroll High School, from 1997-2003. During his successful SPORTS INFORMATION tenure, he was named the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Coach Sports Information Director ......... Maurice Williams of the Year in 1998. Williams Office Phone .................. (757) 727-5757 Williams Cell Phone ..................... (803) 842-1279 Williams Office Fax ..................... (757) 727-5813 A 1993 graduate of Delaware State University, Foster helped lead the Williams E-mail .............. [email protected] Hornets to two MEAC football championships. Football Press Box Phone .............. (757) 727-5422 PHYSICAL INFORMATION In 2008, running back Donald Babers became Prairie View’s first 1,000-yard Mailing Address ............................................. rusher since 1988 as the Panthers topped the charts in rush offense with ........................... Hampton University Athletics 172.7 yards per outing and 23 rushing touchdowns. Babers, who earned .................................... 100 E. QUEEN STREET All-SWAC First Team Honors, was the only running back in the SWAC to ...........................................121 Holland Hall ....................................... Hampton, VA 23668 eclipse the 1,000-yard barrier