Game 14 • NCAA Second Round • McNeese State QUICK FACTS JSU Head Coach Bill Clark OPPONENT: McNeese State CONFERENCE: Southland Bill Clark has a 10-3 record after being named the 13th head coach at GAME DATE: Dec. 7 Jax State on Dec. 18, 2012. He has more than 20 years of coaching expe- GAME TIME: 6 p.m. rience, including the last five years as the defensive coordinator at South GAME SITE: Louis Bonnette Field Alabama after serving as one of the most successful high school coaches at Cowboy Stadium (17,810) in the State of Alabama. RADIO: JSU Radio Network (Mike Parris-pbp; Ray Hammett-color) Clark joined South Alabama in 2008 after spending nine years as head TELEVISION: ESPN3 coach of the nationally ranked Prattville High School, where he won a pair THE COACHES of Class 6A State Championships. Clark posted a 107-11 (90.7%) overall JSU Bill Clark (JSU, 1990) recording during his tenure at PHS, suffering his last regular-season loss Overall Record 10-3 (first year) during the second week of the 2002 season. at JSU 10-3 (first year) MSU Matt Viator (McNeese St., 1986) Following graduation from JSU in 1990, Clark began his coaching career Overall Record 62-26 (8th year) as an assistant at Piedmont (Ala.) High School, and also had coaching at Samford 62-26 (8th year) stints at Tuscaloosa County High School, Coffee County (Ga.) High School and Dothan High School. THE SERIES 8th meeting, MSU leads 7-0-0 McNeese State Head Coach Matt Viator at Jacksonville 0-3 Matt Viator is in his seventh full season as head coach at McNeese State at Lake Charles 0-4 and has compiled a 62-26 career record and is the winningest active Last Meeting: 2002, L 28-20 coach in the Southland Conference. McNeese State (10-2, 6-1 Southland) Viator, a graduate of McNeese, had served as an assistant on the staff W•53-21 at South Florida for eight years before stepping into the top job four games into the 2006 W•58-14 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W•44-42 West Alabama season, where he led the team to a 6-2 record after team started 1-3, W•43-6 Weber State and the Cowboys won the SLC title and earned a berth into the playoffs. L•41-6 at Northern Iowa McNeese has claimed three SLC titles during his tenure, winning in 2006, W•59-28 at Central Arkansas 2007 and 2009, and advanced to the playoffs all three years. W•31-23 Sam Houston State W•55-30 at Nicholls L•41-7 Southeastern Louisiana Viator was one of the top high school coaches in Louisiana, where he W•69-38 at Stephen F. Austin posted an 81-37 record and won a state championship. He then joined W•43-17 Northwestern State McNeese in 1999 as linebacker coach and was promoted to offensive W•42-38 at Lamar coordinator in 2000. Dec. 7 Jacksonville State 2013 JACKSONVILLE STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS (10-3, 5-3 OVC) Date Opponent (TV) Site Time/Result Last Year All-Time Series Aug. 31 at Alabama State (CSS) Montgomery, Ala. W, 24-22 Bill Clark gets win in JSU debut Sept. 7 Jacksonville University (WJXS) JACKSONVILLE W, 48-13 JSU sets FCS Record with 4 100-yd rushers Sept. 14 #22 North Alabama (WJXS) JACKSONVILLE W, 24-21(2OT) Griffin Thomas kicks game-winner in 2OT Sept. 21 at Georgia State (ESPN3) Atlanta, Ga. W, 32-26(OT) DaMarcus James scores 3 TD in OT win Sept. 28 *Murray State (WJXS) JACKSONVILLE L, 35-34 (OT) JSU sets school record with 652 yards off. Oct. 5 *at #22 UT Martin (ESPN3) Martin, Tenn. W, 41-27 DaMarcus James has 184 yards & 3 TD Oct. 12 *#23 Tennessee State (HC)(WJXS) JACKSONVILLE L, 31-15 JSU passes for 271 yards in loss Oct. 19 OPEN Oct. 26 *at Tennessee Tech Cookeville, Tenn. W, 34-14 MacInnes sets school record with 86-yd punt Nov. 2 *at Austin Peay Clarksville, Tenn. W, 42-10 DaMarcus James sets record with 5 rush TD Nov. 9 *Eastern Kentucky (WJXS) JACKSONVILLE W, 68-10 JSU’s largest OVC win in school history Nov. 16 *at Eastern Illinois (ESPN3) Charleston, Ill. L, 52-14 DaMarucs James scores 20th rush TD Nov. 23 *Southeast Missouri (WJXS) JACKSONVILLE W, 42-34 DaMarucs James rushes for 206 and 3 TD Nov. 30 ^#16 Samford (ESPN3) JACKSONVILLE W, 55-14 JSU wins first FCS playoff game Dec. 7 ^# #6 McNeese State (ESPN3) Lake Charles, La. 6 p.m. McNeese leads 7-0 ^-NCAA playoffs 2013 Ja x St a t e Fo o t b a l l • w w w .JSUGa m e c o c k Sp o r t S .c o m @JSUGa m e c o c k S Jacksonville State Probable Starting Offense Pos. No. Player TE 81 Gavin Ellis 6-6 250 SR WR 12 Josh Barge 6-1 178 R-FR LT 63 Adam Wright 6-4 280 R-SO LG 68 Taylor Johnstone 6-4 310 SR C 62 Max Holcombe 6-3 290 JR MEDIA POLICIES RG 72 Blake Burks 6-1 318 JR RT 58 Nick Johnson 6-2 260 R-FR PRESS CONFERENCE QB 11 Max Shortell 6-6 240 JR Bill Clark’s weekly press lun- or 7 Eli Jenkins 6-3 200 R-FR cheon is held each Monday in RB 32 DaMarcus James 5-10 220 JR the James Coxwell Social Room WR 84 Anthony Johnson 6-4 200 FR at the Gamecock Field House at SLOT 4 Telvin Brown 5-8 165 SO 11:30 a.m. After lunch, members of the football team will meet with the media until 2 p.m. If a specific Jacksonville State Probable Starting Defense player is needed, contact Greg Pos. No. Player Seitz by Sunday to make arrange- DE 90 Chris Landrum 6-3 250 R-SO ments for the interview. NT 99 Caleb Lawrence 6-0 300 JR DT 27 Sean Watson 6-3 285 JR BILL CLARK ON THE WEB SLB 18 Robert Gray 5-11 205 SR Media members can watch Bill MLB 36 Brenton Tolson 6-1 230 SR Clark’s full press conference each WLB 51 Rashad Smith 6-0 230 SR week. The video will be uploaded or 3 Ketrick Wolfe 6-1 225 SR by 4 p.m. CT each Monday at JACK 55 Dustin Gayton 6-3 240 JR JSUGamecockSports.com. CB 2 Junior Hough 5-9 180 SO FS 15 Pierre Warren 6-2 200 JR MONDAY TRANSCRIPTIONS SS 23 Brandon Bender 5-9 175 SO Exact transcriptions of Bill Clark’s CB 8 Rashod Byers 5-8 180 JR Monday press conferences are available by 4 p.m. each Monday Jacksonville State Special Teams on the athletic web site at JSUG- Pos. No. Player amecockSports.com. PK 88 Griffin Thomas 6-0 198 SO P 19 Hamish MacInnes 6-1 183 SO COACHES INTERVIEWS LS 59 Andrew Dean 5-11 220 R-JR Outside his regular Monday press HOLD 19 Hamish MacInnes 6-1 183 SO conference, the best time for KOR 6 Gabe Chambers 5-10 174 JR Coach Clark interviews is between 4 Telvin Brown 5-8 165 SO 9-10 a.m. until Wednesday. Please PR 4 Telvin Brown 5-8 165 SO contact the JSU SID office to 6 Gabe Chambers 5-10 174 JR make specific arrangements. Tale of the Tape PLAYER INTERVIEWS Here is a statistical comparison of both JSU and McNeese. Statistics If at all possible, player interviews are through November 30, 2013. need to be conducted during Mon- Jax State McNeese day’s weekly press conference. Rushing Offense 239.7 222.5 Passing Offense 200.8 240.9 @JSUGamecocks TOTAL OFFENSE 440.5 463.4 @CoachBillClark Rushing Defense 207.5 165.6 #JSUGamecocks Passing Defense 167.5 253.2 TOTAL DEFENSE 375.1 418.8 facebook.com/JSUGamecocks Scoring Offense 36.4 42.5 instagram/JSUGamecocks Scoring Defense 23.8 28.3 2 2013 Ja x St a t e Fo o t b a l l • w w w .JSUGa m e c o c k Sp o r t S .c o m @JSUGa m e c o c k S McNeese State Probable Starting Offense Pos. No. Player JSU SPORTS INFORMATION: QB 18 Cody Stroud 6-3 205 SR Greg Seitz, Football Contact TB 3 Marcus Wiltz 5-9 195 SR OFFICE: 256-782-5279 XWR 5 Jereon McGilvery 6-3 200 JR CELL: 256-453-3377 FWR 7 David Bush 5-9 180 SO EMAIL: [email protected] ZWR 4 Diontae Spencer 5-9 170 SR TWITTER: @gseitz TE 88 Nic Jacobs 6-5 255 JR LT 71 Antoine Everett 6-3 315 JR Josh Underwood, Asst. SID LG 62 Quentin Marsh 6-2 295 SO OFFICE: 256-782-5915 C 61 Nick Gorman 6-2 285 SO CELL: 256-453-0545 RG 77 Arinze Agada 6-1 295 SR EMAIL: [email protected] RT 74 Ben Jones 6-5 290 SO SID Mailing Address: McNeese State Probable Starting Defense 201 Kennamer Hall 700 Pelham Road North Pos. No. Player Jacksonville, AL 36265 LE 99 Chris Loveless 6-5 245 SR LT 98 Michael Ware 6-1 290 SR RT 75 Kevin Dorn 5-10 250 JR RE 94 Everett Ellefsen 6-3 235 JR MLB 10 Bo Brown 6-1 220 SO WLB 12 Deonte Thompson 6-2 225 JR BC 21 Aaron Sam 5-9 185 JR FC 13 Gabe Hamner 6-0 190 SO BS 45 Brent Spikes 6-1 195 SO OVC TELECONFERENCE WS 11 Terence Cahee 5-9 195 SR Teleconferences featuring the FS 38 Ryan Bronson 6-1 182 SR league’s head coaches will be conducted during the season.