WESTERN CAROLINA Quick Facts Location: .......................................Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 Primary Media Founded: ....................................................................... 1889 Asheville Citizen-Times (800-800-4204) Enrollment: .................................................................. 9,000 Tyler Norris Goode ([email protected]) Dr. John Bardo Nickname: ....................................................... Catamounts Chancellor Colors: ......................................................Purple and Gold Chancellor: ................................................. Dr. John Brado Charlotte Observer (704-358-5125) Athletics Director: ........................................... Chip Smith Mike Persinger ([email protected]) Faculty Athletics Representative:..........Dr. Gibbs Knotts Hendersonville Times-News (828-692-0505) Football Facts Ron Wagner (ron.wagner@hendersonvillenews. 2007 Record: .................................................................. 1-10 com) Conference Record (Place): ..................................0-7 (8th) Home: ............................................................................... 1-4 Waynesville Enterprise-Mountaineer Away: ............................................................................... 0-6 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ................................. 39/19 Chuck Fiebernitz ([email protected]) Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: .............................. 6/5 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: .............................. 7/4 WYFF-TV (864-240-5265) Specialists Returning/Lost: ........................................... 3/4 Geoff Hart ([email protected]) Chip Smith Director of Athletics Media Relations WSPA-TV (864-576-7777) Football Contact: ...................................... Daniel Hooker Pete Yanity ([email protected]) E-mail: ....................................... [email protected] Office: .......................................................... (828) 227-2339 WLOS-TV (828-651-4563) Cell: ............................................................... (828) 508-2494 Fax: .............................................................. (828) 227-7688 Stan Pamfilis ([email protected]) Website: .............................. www.CatamountSports.com Press Box Phone: ......................................... (828) 227-2116 Radio Play-by-Play (828-452-5315) Football Office Phone: ................................ (828) 227-7395 Gary Ayers ([email protected]) Dr. Gibbs Knotts Faculty Athletics Rep. Dr. Jennifer Brown Senior Woman Admin. E.J. Whitmire Stadium Capacity: 13,742 Surface: AstroPlay Date Opened: September 14, 1974 Daniel Hooker First Game: Murray State 10, Western Carolina 3 (Sept. 14, 1974) Football SID All-Time Record: 103-68-2 (.601) Largest Crowd: 15,247 vs. Appalachian State (Nov. 12, 1994) 78 2008 Southern Conference Football CATAMOUNTS 2008 Schedule Date Opponent Time/TV (ET) Last Meeting Series A. 28 SHORTER 7:00 None First Meeting S. 6 at Florida State 6:00 FSU won 50-10 in 1985 FSU leads 2-0 S. 13 LIBERTY 6:00 LIB won 21-0 in 2006 WCU leads 3-2 S. 20 at Presbyterian 1:30 WCU won 33-20 in 2007 Series tied 8-8 S. 27 at The Citadel* 1:00 CIT won 37-31 in 2007 CIT leads 17-13-1 O. 4 SAMFORD* 1:00 SAM won 35-32 (OT) in 1999 SAM leads 4-1 O. 11 at Furman* 2:00 FUR won 52-21 in 2007 FUR leads 23-10-2 O. 18 at Wofford* 1:30 WOF won 47-44 in 2007 WOF leads 18-12 O. 25 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* 1:00 GSU won 50-21 in 2007 GSU leads 16-2 N. 1 CHATTANOOGA* 1:00 UTC won 39-21 in 2007 UTC leads 19-15 N. 8 at Elon* 1:30 ELON won 38-36 in 2007 ELON leads 19-16-2 N. 22 APPALACHIAN STATE* 3:00/SportSouth ASU won 79-35 in 2007 ASU leads 53-18-1 Head Coach Dennis Wagner Hometown: Waverly, Iowa Birth date: March 9, 1958 Education: Utah, 1982 St. Cloud State, 1987 Coaching: Assistant, Luther College, 1980 Assistant, UNLV, 1981-82 Assistant, St. Cloud State, 1985-88 Head Coach, Wayne (Neb.) State, 1989-96 Assistant, Fresno State, 1997-03 Assistant, Nebraska, 2004-07 Head Coach, Western Carolina, 2008-present Year-by-Year Record 1989.................... Wayne State .............................................................. 4-7 1990.................... Wayne State .............................................................. 7-4 1991.................... Wayne State .............................................................. 3-7 1992.................... Wayne State ........................................................... 5-4-1 1993.................... Wayne State .............................................................. 9-1 1994.................... Wayne State .............................................................. 7-3 1995.................... Wayne State .............................................................. 6-4 1996.................... Wayne State .............................................................. 3-7 WCU Record ......................................................................................... 0-0 Career Record ................................................................................ 44-37-1 Dennis Wagner vs. 2008 Opponents Shorter ...................................0-0 ................ .000 2008 Coaching Staff Florida State .........................0-0 ................ .000 Matt Pawlowski (Montana State, 1976): ...... Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Liberty ...................................0-0 ................ .000 Keith Heckendorf (St. Cloud State, 2004): Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Presbyterian .........................0-0 ................ .000 Brad Sherrod (Duke, 1994): ............................................................... Running Backs The Citadel ...........................0-0 ................ .000 Andy Follett (Wayne State, 1998): ......... Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator Samford ................................0-0 ................ .000 Steven Clinkscale (Ashland, 2000): ........................................Defensive Secondary Furman .................................0-0 ................ .000 John Scott (Western Carolina, 2000): ................................................Defensive Line Wofford .................................0-0 ................ .000 Ty Davis (Missouri State, 2006): ...............................................................Tight Ends Daniel Gibson (Western Carolina, 2008): ................................ Defensive Assistant Georgia Southern ................0-0 ................ .000 Brad Ohrt (Appalachian State, 1994): ...... Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Chattanooga .........................0-0 ................ .000 Elon .......................................0-0 ................ .000 Appalachian State ...............0-0 ................ .000 www.SoConSports.com 79 WESTERN CAROLINA Numerical Roster Alphabetical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown (Previous School) No. Name Pos. 19 Ibn Ali CB 5-10 170 Fr. Salisbury, N.C. (Salisbury) 1 Adam Hearns QB Victor Aquilina OL 6-2 280 Jr. Carlsbad, Calif. (Palomar College) 2 Andrerius Thomas WR Andrew Bathiany K 6-1 190 Fr. Ft. Thomas, Ky. (Highlands) 3 Breyan McQueen S 31 Dorian Battle LB 6-1 215 So. Middlesex, N.C. (Southern Nash) 4 Immanuel Rich WR 18 Mitchell Bell DB 6-2 185 So. Warner Robbins, Ga. (Northside) 5 Evan Williams RB 67 Blake Bostic K/P 5-11 180 Jr. Bostic, N.C. (East Rutherford) 6 Jayson Williams RB 41 Jeff Bradley DE 6-2 265 Sr. Lewisville, N.C. (West Forsyth) 7 Andy Horn QB 26 Angelo Brown S 6-0 190 Jr. Columbia, S.C. (Eau Claire) 8 Adrian McLeod LB 60 Zack Brown LS 6-2 260 Jr. Granite Falls, N.C. (South Caldwell) 10 Chris Collins S 48 Blake Cain P 6-0 190 Fr. Kennesaw, Ga. (Harrison) 11 Kyle Garland WR 85 Greg Clark WR 6-1 175 So. Raleigh, N.C. (Millbrook) 12 Zack Jaynes QB 33 Joe Clark-Dear DL 6-0 245 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. (Hargrave Military Acad.) 13 Jenoris Darby DB 15 Kurt Clouden CB 6-1 195 Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Morrisville State College) 14 V. J. Hunt Ath. 15 Kurt Clouden CB 89 Josh Cockrell WR 5-8 160 R-Fr. Canton, N.C. (Pisgah) 16 Antoine George CB Adrian Collins WR 6-0 180 Jr. Los Altos Hills, Calif. (Foothill College) 18 Mitchell Bell DB 10 Chris Collins S 6-1 195 Jr. High Point, N.C. (T. Wingate Andrews) 19 Ibn Ali CB 97 Justin Collins DL 6-2 270 Jr. Fort Worth, Tex. (Kilgore JC) 20 Josh Wright RB 63 Ryan Cooper OL 6-4 300 Sr. Danville, Ill. (College of DuPage) 21 Willie Harper TB 32 Levon Curtis WR 5-8 180 Fr. Elon, N.C. (Western Alamance) 22 Darrell Gray S 13 Jenoris Darby DB 6-0 185 So. College Park, Ga. (North Clayton) 24 Quan Warley RB 71 Ben Davies OL 6-3 290 Jr. Swanoanoa, N.C. (Fork Union Military Acad.) 25 Andrew Rogers TE 66 Josh Deaver OL 6-2 300 Sr. Canton, N.C. (Pisgah) 26 Angelo Brown S 28 Jarmarcus Douglas DB 5-9 175 Fr. Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland County 27 Abram Scott S 99 Brandon Drumgoole DL 6-6 230 Sr. Greensboro, N.C. (Wake Forest) 28 Jarmarcus Douglas DB 94 Chris Everett DL 6-4 220 R-Fr.. Greensboro, N.C. (Dudley) 31 Dorian Battle LB 74 Bobby Furmage OL 6-5 300 Sr. Kernersville, N.C. (East Forsyth) 32 Levon Curtis WR 92 Elsmore Gabriel DL 6-4 290 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Clemson) 33 Joe Clark-Dear DL 11 Kyle Garland WR 6-2 200 Jr. Robbinsville, N.C. (Robbinsville) 34 Ricky Schwarz LB 16 Antoine George CB 5-9 180 Jr. Decatur, Ga. (Decatur) 35 Jeremy Louis WR 37 Josh Gossett LB 6-0 200 Fr. Fletcher, N.C. (T.C. Roberson) 37 Josh Gossett LB 45 Jonathan Graham DB 5-8 165 R-Fr. Belmont, N.C. (South Point) 38 Eric Robinson LB 22 Darrell Gray S 6-2 175 Jr. Summerville, S.C. (Summerville) 39 Mark