Tribe Football National Semifinalists • 2004 & 2009 General Information Team Information 1 2010 Season Outlook Location . Williamsburg, Va . Affiliation . .NCAA Championship Subdivision (FCS) Contents . 1 Founded . 1693 Conference . CAA Football 2010 SEASON OUTLOOK Quick Facts . 1 Enrollment . 7,625 2008 Record . 11-3 2010 Preview . 2 Nickname . Tribe Conference Finish . 6-2, Third (Southern Div .) Roster . 8 School Colors . Green, Gold and Silver NCAA Playoffs . Semifinals Pronunciation Guide . 9 Stadium . .Walter J . Zable Stadium at Cary Field Final National Ranking . 3rd. Roster Breakdown . 10 Opened . 1935 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost . 6/5 Depth Chart . 11 Capacity . 12,259 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost . 6/5 Start Chart . 11 Surface . FieldTurf Pro Special Teams Starters Returning/Lost . 1/1 2010 Opponent All-Time Series Results . 12 President . W . Taylor Reveley, III 2010 CAA Football Composite/TV Schedule . 14 Chancellor . Sandra Day O’Connor Sports Information Athletics Director . Terry Driscoll Web site . TribeAthletics .com 16 Tribe Coaching Staff Athletic Department Phone . (757) 221-3400 Office phone . .(757) 221-3344 Head Coach Jimmye Laycock . 16 Ticket Office Phone . .(757) 221-3340 Office fax . .(757) 221-2989 Assistant Coaches . 20 Press Box . .(757) 221-3414 Program History Assistant AD for Media Relations, CONTENTS & QUICK FACTS First year of football . 1893 Primary Football Contact . .Pete Clawson 22 Tribe Player Profiles Season of football . 116th Phone . (757) 221-3369 Top Returning Player Bios . 22 Bowl/Playoff record . .10-9 (8-8 in FCS) E-mail . .pmclaw@wm .edu Years in postseason play . 15 (10 in FCS) Associate Director, Last playoff appearance . 2009 Secondary Football Contact . Rob Turner 44 Review Results . L, 14-13, at Villanova, Semifinals Phone . .(757) 221-3370 2009 Season Recap . 44 . .W, 24-3, at Southern Illinois, Quarterfinals E-mail . rrturn@wm .edu Game-by-Game Results . 46 . .W, 38-0, vs . Weber State, First Round Associate Director . Kris Sears Statistics . 53 All-time record . 534-513-41 ( .511) Associate Director . .Jake Skipper All-time CAA Football record . 82-56. ( .594) Assistant Director . Scott. Burns Assistant Director . Julia Martin History and Records 60 Tribe Coaching Staff Mailing Address . .W&M Sports Information Tribe in the Pros . 60 Head Coach . Jimmye Laycock . PO Box 399, Williamsburg, VA 23187 All-Americans . 62 Alma Mater, Year . W&M, 1970 Shipping Address . .W&M Sports Information All-Time Honors and Awards . 63 Record at W&M/Years . 200-141-2 / 30 . William and Mary Hall Record Book . 67 Career Record/Years . Same . 751 Ukrop Way, Williamsburg, VA 23185 Individual Single-Season Records . 69 Football Office Phone . (757) 221-3337 Career Records . 71 Best time to reach . Call Sports Information Top Performances . 72 CREDITS The Last Time . 73 Assistant Coaches Editor: Pete Clawson All-Time Coaches and Captains . 76 Layout and Design: Rob Turner Offensive Coordinator/WR . .Zbig Kepa Coaching Records . 77 Cover Design: Pete Clawson and Rob Turner Defensive Coordinator/DB . Bob Shoop All-Time Series Results . 78 Assistant Editors: Rob Turner, Kris Sears, Jacob Assistant Head Coach/OL . .Bob Solderitch Year-by-Year Results . 80 Skipper, Scott Burns, Julia Martin DL/Recruiting Coordinator . Trevor Andrews Photography: Bob Keroack, Jim Agnew, Guy LB/Special Teams . Scott Boone Crittenden, Pete Clawson, Julia Martin, Al Owens, Quarterbacks . David Corley, Jr . 88 Media Mark Campbell, Will King, Helen Orderisi, Ray Gil- Sports Information Staff and Policies . 88 Video Coord ./CB . Trey Henderson bert, New Orleans Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars, Ari- Media Outlets and Tribe Radio Network . 89 Offensive Assistant/RB . Brendan Nugent zona Cardinals, New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, Offensive Assistant/TE . Mike Godsil Indianapolis Colts Defensive Assistant/LB . John Bowes Printing: W&M Copy Center 2010 TRIBE FOOTBALL PRESEASON MEDIA GUIDE 1 Tribe Football National Semifinalists • 2004 & 2009 With 13 starters returning from last season’s team that advanced to the NCAA Semifinals, W&M enters 2010 ranked as high as No. 1 in the preseason polls. 2010 SEASON OUTLOOK After posting a school-record tying 11-win season in 2009, including an ap- Archer was among the most heated in the team’s spring drills, and it figures to pearance in the National Semifinals, William and Mary enters fall drills as a con- get even more intense during the fall camp . Junior transfer Michael Paulus (North sensus top-five team in the preseason polls . Some would view this sort of lofty Carolina) and redshirt freshman Brent Caprio will be among a group of at least five PREVIEW billing as added pressure, but high expectations are the norm at the College . Under different players looking to earn the starting nod . On the offensive front, the Tribe the guidance of head coach Jimmye Laycock, the Tribe has set the gold standard for will count on senior team-captain Keith Hill, Jr, . to lead what could shape up to be sustained excellence . He has led his alma mater to 200 wins and eight postseason a very young, but talented, group from his left tackle position . At receiver, the Tribe appearances, all while never compromising the high academic standards of the will rely on the sure-handed senior duo of Chase Hill and Cam Dohse to carry the College . load early in the season while some of the team’s younger talent has a chance to While none in the Tribe program are likely to get caught up in preseason pre- adjust to increased roles . dictions, there is every reason for optimism in Williamsburg, as W&M returns 13 The graduation of two-time all-conference place-kicker Brian Pate will be a starters from last season’s squad (six on offense and defense, and one specialist) . difficult loss to replace, as he was a three-year starter . Coming into the season, Perhaps even more encouraging is the fact that Laycock’s entire full-time staff re- the College will rely on two-time returning all-conference punter David Miller to mains intact for its third-consecutive season and brings more than 100 years of assume both duties, but he figures to be pressed by promising younger talent for combined coaching experience to the field . placement kicks . Otherwise, the Tribe’s special teams should remain a strength for A person only needed to be a casual observer of the program to know the Col- the College, as Webb and Grimes each return as all-conference performers at punt lege’s calling card was its defense last season . In fact, the 2009 unit was among and kick return positions, respectively . the nation’s elite in nearly every statistical category and featured a pair of senior The Tribe’s 2010 schedule is challenging, as usual, as no less than six of the 11 All-Americans, and eventual NFL draft picks, in defensive tackle Sean Lissemore opponents will start the season nationally ranked . No game will be more crucial and defensive end Adrian Tracy . While the loss of that duo will certainly be felt, than the team’s opener, which sees the program traveling to Amherst, Mass ., to the overall talent level of fourth-year Tribe defensive coordinator Bob Shoop’s crew take on UMass in what will also be the squad’s CAA opener . The College will then remains high . The return of a trio of all-conference caliber linebackers in Jake play a pair of non-conference opponents during the following two weeks, as it Trantin (middle), Wes Steinman and Evan Francks will form the foundation of the hosts Virginia Military Institute on Sept . 11 and travels to Norfolk for a meeting corps, with Trantin likely to challenge for national honors as a junior . The team’s with Old Dominion on Sept . 18 . The matchup against the Keydets will not only defensive backfield also returns both starting corners in senior team-captain Ben serve as the Tribe’s home opener, but also renew a long-standing rivalry that took Cottingham and returning CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year B .W . Webb . Senior a one-year hiatus last season after meeting 65 consecutive years . W&M’s game at defensive tackles Michael Stover and Harold Robertson give the Tribe a pair of ex- ODU will mark the first meeting between the two programs . perienced veterans to anchor the front four . Following the two non-conference tilts, the Tribe will resume league play with W&M’s offense will feature little mystery this fall, as the unit returns one of a road contest at Maine on Sept . 25 . W&M will then square off against a pair of the league’s most versatile and talented performers in two-time All-CAA tailback league opponents at Zable Stadium, as the defending national champions Villano- Jonathan Grimes . Though just a junior, Grimes is already one of the most-decorat- va Wildcats make a visit to Williamsburg on Oct . 2 for the College’s Family Weekend ed players in both school and league history, collecting a total of five conference before Rhode Island comes to town on Oct . 9 . honors . Grimes, who is averaging 5 .0 yards per carry during his career, enters the After a bye week, the Green and Gold will play its third consecutive home year on the Payton Award Watch List and is a returning first-team All-CAA selec- game when longtime rival Delaware visits for Homecoming on Oct . 23 . tion . The battle to replace the loss of steady senior all-conference signal caller R .J . The Tribe takes a break from conference action the following Saturday, as it 2 WWW.TRIBEATHLETICS.COM Tribe Football National Semifinalists • 2004 & 2009 looks to knock off an ACC opponent for the second consecutive year when it plays Running Backs at North Carolina on Oct . 30 . W&M nearly defeated the Tar Heels in the teams’ last matchup in 2004, as W&M led by 10 points in the second half before UNC rallied First-year Tribe tailback mentor Brendan Nugent can look at the 2010 season as a 2010 SEASON OUTLOOK back with three fourth-quarter touchdowns .