COYOTE GAME DAY AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE KANSAS WESLEYAN SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE GAME NUMBER 0: KCAC FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 • 10:30 AM • ONLINE 2019 RECORD .... 12-1, 10-0 KCAC 2019 RECORD ........ 3-7, 3-7 KCAC RANKING .....................................6 RANKING .................................. NR LAST GAME ......L 24-35 vs LWC (NAIA QF) LAST GAME ......W 20-13 at Ottawa 2020 FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS NEXT GAME.......... 9/19 at Bethany NEXT GAME...............9/19 at Tabor COACH............. Myers Hendrickson COACH...................... Dion Meneley GENERAL INFORMATION CAREER RECORD..........12-1 (1 yr) CAREER RECORD...... 10-22 (3 yrs) Location ............................................................Salina, Kan. RECORD AT KWU ..........12-1 (1 yr) RECORD AT FRND .....10-22 (3 yrs) Nickname .................................................................Coyotes KANSAS WESLEYAN FRIENDS Colors ..............................................................Purple / Gold COYOTES FALCONS Enrollment......................................................................803 FOOTBALL OPENS 2020 SEASON AGAINST FRIENDS Conference Affiliation ................................................. KCAC National Affiliation ........................................................NAIA It seems like an eternity since Kansas Wesleyan’s last Just three starters return on offense and three on defense and Stadium .........Graves Family Sports Complex (Bissell Field) football game – a 35-24 loss to Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) in the has produced some spirited battles for starting roles during Surface / Capacity.....................................Synthetic / 2,000 quarterfi nals of the NAIA Championship Series on November preseason practices. Athletic Director ..............................................Steve Wilson 30, at Graves Family Sports Complex. President ................................................Dr. Matt Thompson “I think the strength of our program right now is that we’re Provost ........................................................Dr. Damon Kraft The Coyotes ended the 2019 season with a 12-1 record that very deep and have a lot of position battles,” Hendrickson included their second consecutive unbeaten march to the said. “Part of the evaluation process is this game because we FOOTBALL INFORMATION Kansas Conference title. It also brought down the curtain on haven’t had a lot of games under our belt with these starters. Head Coach. ...........................................Myers Hendrickson the careers of 30 seniors, several who will someday join the Alma Mater...................................................Western Illinois KWU Athletic Hall of Fame after shattering numerous school “It’s a different year without spring football and a modifi ed Record at Kansas Wesleyan .............................12-1 (1 year) and Kansas Conference records and compiling a 25-2 record summer. Part of evaluation process is how the players play KCAC Record at Kansas Wesleyan ...................10-0 (1 year) the last two seasons. in the game and I think that’s going to be a process even for Overall Career Record ..................................... 12-1 (1 year) players who are returners because of how long we’ve been off Overall KCAC Record ....................................... 10-0 (1 year) In the nine-plus months since that fi nal game the world has from games and really competition.” Def. Coordinator / Strength & Speed ..........Matt Myers (5th) changed, and not for the better, because of the COVID-19 Offensive Coordinator ........................Mike Famiglietti (1st) pandemic that continues today. Classes were suspended, The most talked about battle is at quarterback where Co-Def. Coordinator / Recruiting / LB .........Josh Lewis (3rd) learning switched to online and all sports activities were transfers Tony Brown (Oklahoma Panhandle) and Isaiah Defensive Line .......................................Kre’tien Webb (3rd) cancelled in mid-March, costing the Coyotes practice time Randalle (Hartnell College) are neck-and-neck to replace All- Defensive Line .......................................Travis Benoist (3rd) that was desperately needed to rebuild the roster. American Johnny Feauto, the 2019 KCAC Player of the Year. Offensive Line .............................................. Mike Hall (3rd) Special Teams / WR ........................Mark Hendrickson (2nd) Second-year coach Myers Hendrickson and his staff “They stood out with the way they led, but also the way the Graduate Assistant ................................Marvis Brown (1st) persevered, though, spending countless hours on the phone players played around them,” Hendrickson said. “A big part of Graduate Assistant .................................. BJ Edmonds (1st) recruiting new players and staying in touch with those our evaluation is the way the ball moves around them. They’re Graduate Assistant ....................................Dylan Heck (1st) returning. They shifted to warp speed in August when practice like the point guard on the offense.” Graduate Assistant ................................Valerie Ochoa (1st) began in preparation for an uncertain 2020 season that Assistant Coach ........................................Nick Talbott (1st) begins Saturday, when KWU plays Friends at 6 p.m. at Graves Brown and Randalle will have two big, veteran wide receivers to Player Morale........................................Brandon Baker (7th) Family Sports Complex. throw to in All-American Stevie Williams and letter winner Eren Jenkins along with tight end Rico Nix, a 260-pound transfer. SPORTS INFORMATION A limited number of fans will be admitted (487 or 24 percent) Sports Information Director ...............................David Toelle because of COVID-19 concerns. Those in attendance will be Quincy Sandoval, a speedy sophomore who played last season Office Phone ...................................................785.833.4402 socially distanced in assigned seats and required to wear behind school career rushing leader Demarco Prewitt, will Mobile Phone ..................................................785.643.0913 face coverings, but Hendrickson’s just happy to be back in start at tailback and is joined by fullback Roy Sanders, a Email.................................................. [email protected] business. returning starter. Special Correspondent to CSN ........................Bob Davidson Email..............................................bob.davidson@kwu.edu “We’re extremely excited that we’re fi nally able to get here to The offensive line is largely new and anchored by right tackle Mobile Phone ..................................................785.452.5882 a game week,” he said. “We’ve all been really looking forward Nolan Harris, who played a lot a year ago. KWU’s linemen to this going back all the way to when this thing started in entered last season with a combined 120 career starts; this FOOTBALL HISTORY the spring. season they have three, all from Harris. First Year of Football ....................................................1893 Seasons Played .............................................................120 “It’s taken a lot of work. The way people have worked together “A ton of competition, very deep,” Hendrickson said of the line. Overall Record ........................................502-487-41 (.507) to make this all come together has been awesome.” “We brought in a really good mid-year transfer class going KCAC Record .......................................... 352-303-22 (.536) 2020 SCHEDULE back to December. But if you go back to 2019, at the end of KCAC Championships .............................. 15 (Last in 2019) games, that offensive line that came in behind those fi ve Bowl Appearances ..........1 (American Family Charity, 2000) SEPT. 12 FRIENDS * 6:00 (starters) was very effective. We have an offensive line group NAIA FCS Berths .............5 (2001, 2002, 2015, 2018, 2019) Sept. 19 at Bethany * 7:00 that were (backups) last year that could have started for most NAIA Football Championship Series Record ....................3-5 SEPT. 26 OTTAWA * 1:00 teams.” Oct. 10 at Saint Mary * 1:00 TEAM INFORMATION OCT. 17 SOUTHWESTERN * 1:00 Defensively, the strength is the interior line where tackles 2019 Record .................................................................12-1 OCT. 24 AVILA * 1:00 Daniel Killian and David Mares, and nose guard Malakye 2019 KCAC Record / Finish ..................................10-0 / 1st Adams return. Replacing two-time All-American end Shaq Oct. 31 at McPherson * 1:30 Returning Starters...... 4 Offense / 2 Defense / 2 Specialists Bradford and his counterpart Anthony Munro on the opposite ** NOV. 7 STERLING * 1:00 Total Players Returning from Fall 2019 ............................75 ** Nov. 14 at Bethel * 1:00 side is daunting, but Hendrickson is optimistic. Bradford led the NAIA in sacks in 2018 and ’19. Returning Letterwinners ...................................................30 ** TBA at Tabor * TBA Base Offense ..................................................Power Spread * KCAC GAMES ** FLEX SCHEDULE HOME GAMES MORE ON THE NEXT PAGE... Base Defense ..........................................................Multiple SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE • DAVID TOELLE, DIRECTOR • OFFICE: 785.833.4402 • CELL: 785.643.0913 • EMAIL: [email protected] COYOTE GAME DAY • FOOTBALL GAME NOTES • GAME 1 • VS FRIENDS • SEPTEMBER 12 PAGE 2 “(Killian, Mares and Adams) played predominately all of our snaps on the interior