GARDNER-WEBB FOOTBALL GARDNER-WEBB ( 1-0 ) vs. PRESBYTERIAN ( 0-0 ) Saturday, March 6 | 1:00 PM | Boiling Springs, N.C. | Spangler Stadium ( 9,000) SPRING 2021 SCHEDULE / RESULTS GAME INFORMATION Date ..........Saturday, March 6 GWU RUNNIN’ BULLDOGS PC BLUE HOSE Date Opponent Time Result Start .................01:05 pm Spring Record 1-0, 0-0 Big South Spring Record ...... 0-0, 0-0 Indy 02/27 #24 ELON (ESPN+) 3:00 PM W, 42-20 Radio . WGNC 1450 AM / 101.1 FM 2019 Record: ...3-9, 1-5 Big South 2019 Record . .5-6, 1-5 Big South (Dave Friedman, Reginald Walker) Head Coach ...........Tre Lamb Head Coach .....Tommy Spangler 03/06 PRESBYTERIAN (ESPN+) 1:00 PM TV/Video: ............ESPN+ Alma Mater ...Tennessee Tech ‘12 Alma Mater ..........Georgia ‘84 (Phil Constantino, Al Wallace) Career Record ..............1-0 Career Record .......50-49 (10th) 03/20 #23 MONMOUTH * (ESPN+) 1:00 PM at GWU .............First Season at ELON ............50-49 (10th) 03/27 #9 KENNESAW STATE * (ESPN+) 1:00 PM Series ...........GWU leads, 22-20 SID .................Marc Rabb SID ...............Greg Hartlage Last Meeting .. .PC 24, GWU 14 Email . [email protected] Email . [email protected] 04/03 at Charleston Southern * (ESPN+) Noon (November 9, 2019, Clinton, SC) Web Site .........gwusports.com Web Site . .gobluehose.com 04/10 at Robert Morris * (ESPN+) Noon All Times Eastern And Subject To Change RUNNIN’ BULLDOGS TO WATCH SATURDAY * Big South Confererence game Home Games BOLD/CAPS NOTES: Two-year starter ... Had seven total JANATHIAN TURNER hits in opener vs. No. 24 Elon ... Named Big 6-3 | 307 | Jr. | DT South Defensive Player of the Week ... Led 7 Atlanta, Ga. / Towers HS team last season with 2.5 sacks and added 6.0 TFL ... Collected a career-high 10 total TT SOLO TFL SACK tackles in season finale at #9 Kennesaw State (11/23) ... Played nose guard as a freshman in 7 5 1.0 1.0 2018 ... Switched to jersey #7 in August. NOTES: Named Stats Perform FCS National TY FRENCH Freshman of the Week after first career start MEDIA INFORMATION 6-3 | 230 | Fr. | DE ... Named Big South Freshman of the Week 47 Moultrie, Ga. / Colquitt County HS ... Totaled 12 hits, 4.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 Interviews: Head coach Tre Lamb will generally be available for inter- sacks ... Added three quarterback pressures views with print or electronic media on Wednesday mornings. Please TT SOLO TFL SACK ... Former three-star recruit who was highly regarded after a strong career at powerhouse call or email Marc Rabb at (704) 406-4355 / mrabb@gardner-webb. 12 5 4.0 1.5 Colquitt County (Ga.) High. edu to make arrangements. Student-athlete interviews are also available upon request. IZAIAH GATHINGS NOTES: FCS All-America selection by Hero Sports and College Sports Journal ... Long, 6-4 | 225 | Jr. | WR athletic receiver with a large catch radius ... 2 Statesville, N.C. | Statesville HS Currently riding a league-record, five-game GARDNER-WEBB ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS stretch with 10+ catches and 100+ yards NO YDS AVG TD receiving ... First-team All-Big South Confer- ence in 2019 ... Sophomore All-America selec- Assistant Athletics Director, Media Relations: Marc Rabb 10 126 12.6 0 tion following 2019 campaign. Office: (704) 406-4355 Cell: (704) 974-3662 Email: [email protected] NARII GAITHER NOTES: Big South Offensive Player of the Week ... Led GWU with 19 carries for 111 yards 5-10 | 177 | So. | RB and two touchdowns vs. No. 24 Elon ... Had Graduate Assistant: Andrew Gapinski 22 Rock Hill, S.C. | Rock Hill HS both touchdown scores in the fourth quarter Office: (704) 406-3981 ... Finished with 120 all-purpose yards ... Two- Cell: TBA NO YDS AVG TD time Area Player of the Year in high school Email: [email protected] by the Rock Hill Herald, earning that nod on 19 111 5.8 2 defense as a junior and on offense as a senior. Website: GWUSports.com | Twitter: @GWUFootball Instagram: gwufootball SCOUTING THE BLUE HOSE ( 0-0 ) Presbyterian will open its spring season this Saturday at Gardner-Webb ... The Blue Hose are in their first season of transition as a Division I Independent, before moving into the Pioneer League full time in 2021 and 2022 ... Presbyterian will play six Pioneer League teams this spring, including road trips to Davison (March 20), Stetson (April 3) and Drake (April 17) ... Linebacker Colby Campbell earned FCS All-America accolades after posting a school-record 150 total tackles in 2019 ... The Blue Hose also return firepower on offense, with leading rushers Jarius Jeter and Tyler Huff both returning ... Huff is also the team’s top returning passer ... Receiver Keith Pearson is nearing the school’s Division I era record for receptions as well. 2021 GARDNER-WEBB FOOTBALL GAME NOTES TRE LAMB HEAD COACH | 1ST SEASON | TENNESSEE TECH ‘12 Tre Lamb is in his first season as head coach at Gardner-Webb University. He was named to the position on December 14, 2019. Lamb most recently served as offensive coordinator at Ohio Valley Conference member Tennessee Tech for the past two seasons and has developed a national reputation as a rising star in the coaching industry. Football runs deep in the Lamb family, with Tre Lamb the latest to rise to the position of head coach. His father, Hal, recently retired after a legendary career and three state titles at Calhoun (Ga.) High. His grandfather, Ray, won three state championships during a career that included head coaching stops at Warren County (Ga.) High, Commerce (Ga.) High and Monroe Area (Ga.) High. Uncle Bobby Lamb has more than 100 wins and four national playoff appearances during a Division I coaching career at Furman and Mercer. Lamb was part of a coaching staff at Tennessee Tech in 2019 that engineered one of the biggest turnarounds in Division I FCS nationally. The Golden Eagles won just two games combined in 2017 and 2018, but bumped that win total to six games this past season. THE LAMB FILE Lamb’s offensive mastery was on full display in last season’s opener, as the Golden Eagles racked up 671 yards of total offense in a 59-58 win over Samford. Tennessee Tech went on to score more than 30 points five times in 2019 and finished second in the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring offense (29.0 ppg) and offensive plays (893). COACHING HISTORY The Golden Eagles ranked third in the conference in pass offense and pass efficiency, fourth in rushing offense – and led the OVC in time of possession. 2020-present. .Gardner-Webb (HC) Quarterback Bailey Fisher broke six Tech records on his way to a second-team All-OVC nod. The sophomore passed for 2,643 yards and 2018-2019 . Tennessee Tech (OC) 21 touchdowns while rushing for 489 more and 11 scores. Freshman receiver Metrius Fleming also earned All-OVC honors after catching 47 balls for 629 yards and three touchdowns. He also had two rushing touchdowns, a 91-yard kick return touchdown and 1,200 all-purpose 2014-2017 . .Mercer (QB/Passing Game) yards. 2013 . Tennessee Tech (QB) Fisher was named the OVC Freshman of the Year under Lamb’s guidance in 2018 and was a finalist for the prestigious STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award. Prior to returning to his alma mater, Lamb called the plays for Mercer in 2017 and spent four seasons as the quarterbacks coach for the Bears. He mentored John Russ to an outstanding career and helped freshman Kaelan Riley to a spot on the Jerry Rice Award Watch List and Southern Conference Freshman of the Year honors in 2017. Lamb served as the quarterbacks coach at Tennessee Tech in 2013. As a player, Lamb played quarterback at Tennessee Tech from 2009-2012, serving as team captain his final three seasons. He led the Golden Eagles to an OVC title in 2011, the program’s first since 1975, and a spot in the NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs for the first time. Lamb was outstanding during his team’s title run, directing an offense that set nine school records, including single-season marks for points HEAD COACHING LEDGER scored (355), scoring average (32.3 ppg) and most first downs in a season (238). The program’s Robert Hill Johnson Award winner, Lamb set three individual school records himself in 2011, establishing new marks for 2020 Gardner-Webb. 1-0 single-game attempts and completions and the single-season record for total offense with 2,555 yards. TOTAL 1-0 | 0-0 at GWU He finished his career with 5,301 passing yards, which ranks third in program history. He passed for a school-record 481 yards vs. Southeast Missouri State as a senior. Lamb played for his father, Hal, at Calhoun (Ga.) High before joining the college ranks, posting a 21-4 record as a starter under center. A first-team All-State selection in 2007, he passed for 2,232 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior. Lamb graduated from Tennessee Tech with a degree in interdisciplinary studies education and exercise science. He and his wife, Carter, recently welcomed daughter Olivia James on December 5, 2019. 2021 GARDNER-WEBB FOOTBALL GAME NOTES THE GAME GARDNER-WEBB QUICK FACTS Gardner-Webb will host Presbyterian on Saturday, March 6, in its final spring non-conference game. Kickoff is set for 1:00 School Name: Gardner-Webb University PM in Ernest W. Spangler Stadium. The game will stream live on ESPN+, with Phil Constantino and former Carolina Location: Boiling Springs, N.C. Panther standout Al Wallace on the call. The game will also air live on WGNC 1450 AM / 101.1 FM with Dave Friedman Founded: 1905 and former Penn State footballer Reginald Walker, Jr.