Golden Eagle Football 10 Ohio Valley Conference Championships | 31 All-Americans | Four Postseason Appearances
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TENNESSEE TECH GOLDEN EAGLE FOOTBALL 10 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 31 ALL-AMERICANS | FOUR POSTSEASON APPEARANCES GAME 10 2018 SCHEDULE TENNESSEE TECH TENNESSEE TECH (1-8, 1-5 Ohio Valley) AT UT MARTIN 8/30 at [RV/RV] Chattanooga L, 34-10 9/6 [No. 2/2] Kennesaw State (ESPNU) L, 49-10 9/13 at [FBS No. 14/16] Utah State L, 73-12 SATURDAY, NOV. 10 | 2 P.M. CT | MARTIN, TENN. 9/22 at [No. 8/9] Jacksonville State* L, 48-20 HARDY M. GRAHAM STADIUM (7,500) 9/29 Eastern Illinois* L, 52-38 10/6 [No. 19/21] Southeast Missouri* L, 70-38 10/13 OPEN STREAMING: ESPN+ 10/20 at Tennessee State*^ L, 41-14 Play-By-Play: Tom Britt, Analyst: Chris Brinkley 10/27 at Austin Peay* L, 41-10 Sideline: John Able 11/3 Murray State* W, 27-24 11/10 at UT Martin* 2 p.m. RADIO: GOLDEN EAGLE SPORTS NETWORK 11/17 Eastern Kentucky* 1:30 p.m. Play-By-Play: Roger Ealey, Analyst: Buddy Pearson UT MARTIN (1-8, 1-5 Ohio Valley) GOLDEN EAGLES SKYHAWKS 9/1 at Missouri L, 51-14 9/8 at Middle Tennessee L, 61-37 2018 Record/OVC Record: 1-8/1-5 OVC 2018 Record/OVC Record: 1-8/1-5 OVC 9/15 Chattanooga L, 34-24 STATS FCS/AFCA Coaches Poll: NR/NR STATS FCS/AFCA Coaches Poll: NR/NR 9/22 Austin Peay* W, 37-7 Head Coach: Dewayne Alexander Head Coach: Jason Simpson 9/29 at Murray State* L, 45-38 Record at Tennessee Tech (Years) 1-8 (1st) Record at UTM (Years) 79-66 (13th) 10/6 OPEN Career Record (Years) 42-41 (8th) Career Record (Years) 79-66 (13th) 10/13 Eastern Kentucky* L, 35-34 10/20 at Eastern Illinois* L, 24-21, OT INSIDE THE SERIES 10/27 Southeast Missouri* L, 56-33 11/3 at Jacksonville State* L, 21-14 OVERALL: 40th meeting, Tech leads the series 22-15-2 11/10 Tennessee Tech* 2 p.m. FIRST MEETING: 10/22/1926, Tech won 12-0 11/17 at Tennessee State* 2 p.m. LAST MEETING: 11/18/2017, UT Martin won 24-0 in Cookeville ^ Nissan Stadium - Nashville, Tenn. CURRENT STREAK: UTM has won the last five meetings * Conference game LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 7 games (1996-2002) Bold indicates home game LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 5 games (2013-present) Rankings listed are STATS FCS/AFCA Coaches IN MARTIN: Tech leads 9-8 All Times Central SERIES NOTES: Saturday marks the 40th time the Golden Eagles have faced UT Martin. The two teams have played every year continuously from 1991, but the series reaches back all the way to 1926 to 1928 and 1931 to 1932, as well as a four-game string in the 1970s and a three-game run in the 1980s before the Skyhawks joined the OVC. While it isn’t Tech’s longest-running series, it is definitely its oldest at 92 years old. UTM head coach Jason Simpson is 8-4 against the Golden Eagles, while Dewayne Alexander has never faced the Skyhawks as a head coach. RANKINGS: Neither team in this contest are ranked in either the STATS FCS or SOCIAL MEDIA American Football Coaches Association polls. FACEBOOK: @TTUGoldenEagles NEXT GAME: The Golden Eagles will close out the 2018 season next week with TWITTER: @TNTechFootball INSTAGRAM: tntech_football a visit from Eastern Kentucky. TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL MEDIA AVAILABILIY AND RESOURCES TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL PRACTICE All Tennessee Tech football practices are open to the public and media. However, all interview requests for coaches and players must come through the Sports Information office and football contacts Thomas Corhern and Mike Lehman. Interviews will not be held during practice unless permitted by Coach Alexander and his staff. OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE Coach Alexander will participate weekly on the Ohio Valley Conference’s football teleconference. That will be held every Tuesday morning during the season, starting at 10 a.m. On the week of Oct. 22, the call will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 24 due to OVC Basketball Media Day in Evansville, Ind. Coach Alexander will appear at the 10:56 a.m. timeslot. To access the call, dial 1-615-280-8014. Contact Kyle Schwartz at the OVC ([email protected]) or Thomas Corhern at Tech ([email protected]) for the teleconference passcode. PHONE INTERVIEWS Requests for phone interviews with coaches and players must be made to football contact Thomas Corhern -- (931) 372-6139 or [email protected] -- or Sports Information Director Mike Lehman -- (931) 372-3088 or [email protected]. Requests will then be submitted to Coach Alexander for approval and scheduling. Please also provide a number for the interview subject to contact as personal numbers will not be provided. IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS Requests for in-person interviews with coaches and players must be made to football contact Thomas Corhern -- (931) 372-6139 or [email protected] -- or Sports Infor- mation Director Mike Lehman -- (931) 372-3088 or [email protected]. Requests will then be submitted to Coach Alexander for approval and scheduling. Please note that post-practice interviews will be preferred. TTUSPORTS.COM The online home of Golden Eagle Athletics, the TTUsports.com website provides up-to-date information on all of Tennessee Tech’s varsity teams, including recaps, bios, statis- tics, media guides/record books and more. For football, the site’s page contains the latest rosters, coaching staff information, notes and schedule. OVCSPORTS.COM The website for the Ohio Valley Conference contains in-depth information for all of the member institutions, as well as record books for all of the league’s participating sports. TENNESSEE TECH SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR COORDINATOR COORDINATOR COORDINATOR MIKE LEHMAN THOMAS CORHERN NATE PERRY DYLAN VAZZANO (Baseball, Men’s Basket- (Football, Softball) (Women’s Basketball, (Women’s Soccer, Men’s ball, Men’s Golf, Women’s (931) 372-6139 Volleyball, Cross Country, Tennis) Golf) [email protected] Track and Field) (931) 372-3883 (931) 372-3088 (931) 372-6139 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CREDENTIALS Media seeking credentials should contact football contact Thomas Corhern -- (931) 372-6139 / [email protected] -- or Sports Information Director Mike Lehman -- (931) 372-3088 / [email protected]. Media will call is located on the west side of Tucker Stadium. The OVC has announced an extension of its media rights deal with ESPN that will make ESPN+, the first multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company Direct-to-Consumer & International segment, the exclusive home of regular season and OVC Cham- pionship broadcasts. This season 36 OVC football games will air on ESPN+ (eight other games will be on ESPN3). Fans can subscribe to ESPN+ for $4.99 a month (or $49.99 per year). ESPN+ is an integrated part of the completely redesigned ESPN App and also available on the web, iPhone, iPad, tvOS, Android Handset, Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast and FireTV. More information can be found at www.OVCSports.com/ESPN. 2 #WINGSUP GAME 10 | NOV. 10, 2018 | @ UT MARTIN NEW ERA BEGINS: This is the first season for Dewayne Alexander as the head coach of the Tennessee Tech football team. Alexander is in his fourth tenure with the Golden Eagles, serving as a GA running backs coach in QUICK FACTS 1997-98, defensive line coach in 2002-03, assistant head coach and offensive line coach from 2013-15 and was the acting head coach after Watson Brown resigned in 2015. Following the Marcus Satterfield’s run in 2016 and THE UNIVERSITY 2017, Alexander became the Golden Eagles’ 12th head football coach on Dec. 22, 2017. Location Cookeville, Tenn. Enrollment 10,504 EVERY GAME IS HOMECOMING: With the return of Dewayne Alexander as Tech’s head coach, the Golden Ea- Founded March 27, 1915 gles also have five additional coaches who either played or coached at Tennessee Tech -- associate head coach/ Conference Ohio Valley tight ends coach Doug Malone, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Tre Lamb, linebackers coach Bruce Colors Purple (PMS 266) and Gold (PMS 109) Hatfield, outside linebackers coach/special teams coordinator Taylor Hennigan (son of Tech football legend Nickname Golden Eagles Mike Hennigan) and defensive line coach Sam Williamson. Tech’s Director of Football Operations and Leadership President Dr. Philip Oldham Development Chip Pugh was also the former Director of Athletic Development, while Academics Coordinator Director of Athletics Mark Wilson Cody Matthews is a former Golden Eagle player. Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Jeff Roberts FOOTBALL HISTORY First Season 1922 COACHING ASSIGNMENTS All-Time Record 421-514-31 All-Time OVC Record 215-258-3 First Year of Division I FCS 1978 Dewayne Alexander - Head Coach Sideline Division I FCS Record 179-277-2 Doug Malone - Associate Head Coach/Tight Ends Booth OVC Championships 10 Tre Lamb - Offensive Coordinator Sideline All-Americans 31 Donnie Suber - Defensive Coordinator Sideline Postseason Appearances 4 Dominique Davenport - Running Backs Booth FCS Playoff Appearances 1 Bruce Hatfield - Linebackers Booth Taylor Hennigan - Ouside Linebackers/Special Teams Sideline COACHING STAFF Head Coach Dewayne Alexander Fred Marshall - Cornerbacks Booth Alma Mater Tennessee Tech, 1989 Adam Mims - Wide Receivers Sideline Collegiate Career Record (Years) 42-41 (8th) Jake Thornton - Offensive Line Sideline Tennessee Tech Record (Years) 1-8 (1st) Sam Williamson - Defensive Line Sideline Offensive Coordinator Tre Lamb Alma Mater Tennessee Tech, 2013 Defensive Coordinator Donnie Suber Alma Mater Georgia Southern, 2013 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE TEAM INFORMATION 2017 Overall Record 1-10 1 DAMI ADEKUNJO (DAH-me) (ah-dey-KOON-joe) 2017 OVC Record/Finish 1-7/Ninth 2 ADERICK Moore (uh-DARE-ick) 10 Nick MADONIA (muh-DOAN-yuh)