2011 UTSA Football Game Notes Athletics Communications • One UTSA Circle • San Antonio, Texas 78249 Kyle Stephens (coaches) • [email protected] • (210) 458-4551 Brian Hernandez (players) • [email protected] • (210) 458-4907 2011 UTSA Schedule Record: 0-0 Date ______ Opponent ________________Time (CT) 9/3 ______ Northeastern St. _____________1 p.m. 9/10 _____ McMurry ___________________1 p.m. 9/17 _____ at Southern Utah ____________7 p.m. 9/24 _____ Bacone ____________________1 p.m. Game #1 10/1 _____ at Sam Houston State ________6 p.m. 10/8 _____ South Alabama _____________1 p.m. UTSA Roadrunners (0-0) 10/15 ___ at UC Davis ________________4 p.m. vs. 10/29 ____ Georgia State _______________1 p.m. Northeastern State RiverHawks (1-0) 11/12 ___ at McNeese State ___________7 p.m. 1 p.m. • Saturday, Sept. 3 11/19 ____ Minot State _________________1 p.m. Alamodome (65,000) • San Antonio, Texas Radio: 760 AM, 92.5 FM home games in bold played at Alamodome Live Audio/Stats: goUTSA.com SaturDAy’S GAME: History will be made in San Antonio, as UTSA ROADRUNNERS SPORTS NETWORK (0-0) will host Northeastern State (1-0) in its inaugural game on Saturday, The Roadrunners Sports Network brings fans closer Sept. 3. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. at the Alamodome (65,000). to the action through live audio, radio broadcasts and live video and highlights. All UTSA football TUNING IN: The game can be heard live in the San Antonio area on games will be broadcast live beginning with the Ticket 760 AM and 92.5 FM The Patriot. Andy Everett (play-by-play) and pregame show two hours before kickoff in the Ed Suarez (color) will call the action. The pregame show begins at 11 a.m. San Antonio area on 92.5 FM The Patriot and and there will be a one-hour postgame show. The broadcast also can be Ticket 760 AM for selected games and online at heard live online at goUTSA.com. goUTSA.com. Andy Everett (play-by-play) and Ed Suarez (color) will call the action. Everett also will TICKETS: The game is not officially sold out. Fans can purchase tickets by host “The Larry Coker Show” from 7-8 p.m. each calling (210) 458-UTSA or visiting goUTSA.com. Wednesday during the season on Ticket 760 AM and at goUTSA.com. Additional audio and video, INAUGURAL GAME ATTENDANCE RECORD: With more than including postgame interviews and highlights, can 40,000 tickets spoken for as of Sunday, Aug. 28, UTSA is aiming for be found at goUTSA.com. South Florida’s inaugural game attendance record of 49,212 set against Kentucky Wesleyan on Sept. 6, 1997. Listed below are the top seven attendance figures for inaugural games since the mid-90s: “UTSA GAME DAY” Attendance Team Date UTSA and KENS 5 TV, San Antonio’s CBS affiliate, 49,212 South Florida Sept. 6, 1997 have partnered to bring Roadrunners fans a weekly 30,237 Georgia State Sept. 2, 2010 show called “UTSA Game Day” during the football season. KENS 5 sports director Joe Reinagel will 26,783 South Alabama Sept. 5, 2009 host the 15-minute show, which will include an 19,782 Old Dominion Sept. 5, 2009 interview with head coach Larry Coker, player 19,235 Lamar Sept. 5, 2009 features, game highlights and much more. It will air each Saturday during the season on Eyewitness 17,314 Florida International Aug. 29, 2002 News from 7:30-9 a.m. 15,427 Florida Atlantic Sept. 2, 2001 CokeR FACeS AlMA MateR: UTSA head coach Larry Coker will face uTSA Quick Facts his alma mater in his Alamo City debut. Coker was a defensive back at Northeastern State from 1966-69. He earned his bachelor’s degree in General Information history in 1970 and master’s degree in guidance counseling and physical Name _________ The University of Texas at San Antonio education in 1973 from the Tahlequah, Okla., institution. Nickname ____________________________ Roadrunners Colors ___ Navy Blue (289), Orange (1665) and White Founded ___________________________________ 1969 OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS: Not only is head coach Larry Coker a Enrollment __________ 30,395 (25,893 undergraduate) native of Okemah, Okla., and graduate of Northeastern State, UTSA has President _______________Dr. Ricardo Romo (Texas ‘67) several other connections to the Sooner State. Defensive Coordinator Neal Athletics Director ___ Lynn Hickey (Ouachita Baptist ‘73) Neathery is from Stillwater, while Assistant Coach (defensive linemen) Eric Athletics Department Phone __________(210) 458-4161 Roark played three seasons as a defensive back at Oklahoma State from Ticket Office Phone _________________(210) 458-8872 1979-82 and he graduated from and coached at Southeastern Oklahoma Affiliation ________ NCAA Division I (FCS Independent) State in 1984. Director of Strength & Conditioning, Charlie Dudley is from Stadium (Capacity) ____________ Alamodome (65,000) Tulsa and graduated from and was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State, Playing Surface __________________________ Field Turf Press Box Phone ___________________(210) 704-6200 while Associate Strength & Conditioning Coach Travis Reust, an Oklahoma City native, spent four years as the director at his alma mater, East Central, Coaching Staff in Ada. Video Coordinator Chris Velasquez also worked for three years Head Coach ____ Larry Coker (Northeastern State ‘70) at East Central, while Football Administrative Associate Lara Goldmann, Career Record (Years) ______________ 60-15/.800 (6) Coker’s daughter, is from Okemah. Athletics Director Lynn Hickey is a Assistant Coaches ___________ Kevin Brown (tight ends) native of Welch, Senior Associate Athletics Director Brad Parrott is from ______ Travis Bush (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks) Midwest City and radio play-by-play announcer Andy Everett hails from ______________________________Perry Eliano (safeties) Oklahoma City. Head men’s basketball coach Brooks Thompson was a ______________________ Polo Gutierrez (running backs) two-time all-conference performer at Oklahoma State and head women’s _____ Tony Jeffery (special teams coordinator/receivers) ______________________ Nathaniel Jones (cornerbacks) hoops coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair, an Ardmore product, played and was an _____________________Jim Marshall (offensive linemen) assistant coach at Oklahoma State. ____Neal Neathery (defensive coordinator/linebackers) ______________________ Eric Roark (defensive linemen) New FACeS: UTSA is the only NCAA Division I football program that will Graduate Assistant Coaches ______ Jeff Bowen (offense) begin play in 2011. Two of this season’s opponents — Georgia State and _____________________________ Aaron Selby (defense) South Alabama — began play in 2010 and 2009, respectively. Charlotte, Director of Operations __________________Shane Elder Mercer and Stetson are slated to begin play in 2013. Equipment Manager _____________________ Mike Villa Associate AD/Athletic Medicine ________ Jerry Greeson RECRUITING THE ALAMO CITY: From day one, head coach Larry Administrative Associate _____________Lara Goldmann Football Office Phone _______________(210) 458-5011 Coker has promised to recruit from the San Antonio area outward, and he has lived up to that promise. The current roster lists 40 players from Team Information the Greater San Antonio area, including 19 from within the city limits. Offensive Formation ________________ Multiple Spread Further, 89 players on the current 93-man roster are from the state of Texas, Defensive Formation __________________________4-2-5 with the only out-of-staters being S Shane Jones (Toano, Va.), RB CheRod Simpson (Oakland, Calif.), LB Brandon Reeves (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and Program history DT Franky Anaya (Thousand Oaks, Calif.). Inaugural season in 2011 A YOUNG SQUAD: As a startup program, UTSA will feature one of the Athletics Communications Assistant AD (coaches contact) _________ Kyle Stephens youngest rosters in the nation this season. The roster lists just two seniors in Email _______________________ [email protected] OG/C Mike Sanchez and S Mark Waters, who transferred from Houston Office Phone ______________________(210) 458-4551 and New Mexico State, respectively, with only one season of eligibility Cell Phone ________________________(210) 887-3636 remaining. The rest of the squad consists of of a dozen juniors, nine Associate Director (players contact) __ Brian Hernandez sophomores, 39 redshirt freshmen and 31 true freshmen. Additionally, Email [email protected] only five scholarship players — S Lekenwic Haynes (Mississippi), OG/ Office Phone ______________________(210) 458-4907 OT Patrick Hoog (Oklahoma State), RB Evans Okotcha (Portland State), Cell Phone ________________________(210) 269-7110 Sanchez (Houston) and Waters (New Mexico State) — have seen previous Assistant Directors ____ Tony Baldwin, Jordan Korphage action in an FBS or FCS football game. Mailing Address ___________________________________ _____________One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249 Fax ______________________________(210) 458-4569 BuilT FRoM Scratch: The UTSA football program truly was built Website______________________________ goUTSA.com from scratch. On Dec. 18, 2008, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approved UTSA’s Athletics Initiative Business Plan, which granted permission to add a football program. On March 6, 2009, Larry Coker was introduced as the program’s first-ever head coach. The inaugural recruiting class was signed on Feb. 3, 2010, and a squad of approximately 28 scholarship players and 50 walk-ons underwent a practice season in 2010-11. uTSA To JoiN wAC iN 2012: On Nov. 11, 2010, UTSA accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference