Mark Hudspeth - Ragin` Cajuns

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HEAD COACH MARK HUDSPETH
Head Coach
Mark
Hudspeth
Third Year Cajuns’ Head
Coach Eyes A Sun Belt
Championship After 18
Wins & Two New Orleans
Bowl Championships In
First Two Seasons At
Louisiana
Mark Hudspeth is a winner. It’s that simple.
From his days coaching Winston (Miss.) Academy to
the 1997 state title to December, 2011 when he provided
Ragin’ Cajun fans a last-second 32-30 win over San Diego
State in the program’s first bowl appearance in 41 years,
Hudspeth has been a champion.
Like football, winning is all he knows.
Hired as Louisiana’s 26th head coach in program his-
Mark Hudspeth vs. All Opponents
Arizona ..................................................................0 -1
Arkansas State .......................................................0 -2
Arkansas Tech ........................................................5 -0
Arkansas-Monticello .............................................6 -1
Carson-Newman ...................................................2 -0
Central Arkansas ....................................................4 -1
Delta State .............................................................5 -3
East Carolina ..........................................................1 -0
FIU .........................................................................2 -0
Florida....................................................................0 -1
Florida Atlantic ......................................................2 -0
Harding ..................................................................5 -2
Henderson State ....................................................3 -0
Jacksonville State...................................................1 -0
Kent State ..............................................................1 -0
Lamar ....................................................................1 -0
Lambuth ................................................................1 -0
Middle Tennessee...................................................1 -0
Newberry ...............................................................1 -0
Nicholls State .........................................................1 -0
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North Carolina Central ...........................................1 -0
North Dakota .........................................................0 -1
North Greenville.....................................................1 -0
North Texas ............................................................1 -1
NW Missouri State .................................................0 -2
Oklahoma State .....................................................0 -2
Quachita Baptist ....................................................3 -1
Samford .................................................................0 -1
San Diego State .....................................................1 -0
South Alabama ......................................................1 -0
Southern Arkansas .................................................7 -1
Stillman .................................................................1 -0
Troy ........................................................................2 -0
Tulane ....................................................................1 -0
Tusculum ...............................................................4 -0
ULM .......................................................................2 -0
Valdosta State ........................................................5 -5
West Alabama........................................................5 -2
West Georgia .........................................................6 -1
Western Kentucky ..................................................1 -1
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tory on Dec. 13, 2010, Hudspeth quickly grabbed the attention of Ragin’ Cajuns fans with his dynamic personality,
energy and desire. He tirelessly toured the Acadiana area,
visiting all five parishes to speak to any group that wanted
to listen to him talk about Ragin’ Cajuns football.
And seemingly overnight, he reversed UL’s football
fortunes, taking the Ragin’ Cajuns from nine losses in 2010
to a school-record tying nine wins in both 2011 and 2012.
He is 18-8 in his two seasons, including a 10-1 record in
home games and a 4-0 mark against in-state opponents.
More importantly, the Cajuns have produced in the
classroom. In the five semesters under Hudspeth, the
Cajuns have turned in four of the best semesters academically since grades were tracked in 1982.
From the day he arrived on campus, Hudspeth began
educating the Ragin’ Cajuns on how to win.
One of the first lessons he gave came when he had the
offense and defense engage in an old-fashioned tug of war.
As the rope went back and forth with neither team generating enough force to win the battle, Hudspeth stopped the
Cajuns and had both teams move to the same side of the
rope, pointing out how much easier it is to move the rope
when everyone was on the same side and fighting for the
same thing.
Months later in New Orleans with Louisiana down a
point with 35 seconds left and a seemingly endless length
of Superdome turf away from even having a chance to win,
the Ragin’ Cajuns remembered that lesson by digging in
and driving 49 yards in five plays to set up Brett Baer’s
game-winning 50-yard field goal as time expired.
LOUISIANA RAGIN’ CAJUNS
“We never let go of the rope”, Hudspeth told the Cajun
fans in attendance.
The development of the Cajuns in the two seasons
under Hudspeth has been dramatic. Louisiana has posted
the first back-to-back nine win seasons in program history
and with consecutive R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl victories, the Cajuns have gone from 41 straight years without a
bowl appearance to owning a bowl winning streak.
In fact, Louisiana is one of just eight schools that has
won nine or more games in each of the last two years,
including a bowl game, joining Alabama, Boise State,
Cincinnati, Florida State, Ohio, Oregon and South Carolina.
Hudspeth also boldly predicted that home games at
Cajun Field would be the place to be and all but demanded
that fans be there. True to his word, the Ragin’ Cajuns have
gone 10-1 at home in his two seasons, including a perfect
5-0 record in 2011, only the fourth time in stadium history
(and first since 1987). Cajuns fans believed the young
coach, setting a school record for season tickets sold in 2011
that helped to set a stadium record by averaging 29,171
fans per game in the 31,000 seat facility. The increase of
11,788 fans per game was the highest in the nation.
Hudspeth was rewarded for turning around the Ragin’
Cajuns, being named a finalist for both the Liberty Mutual
Coach of the Year and Paul Bear Bryant Awards.
The NFL has also paid attention to what is happening
with the Ragin’ Cajuns. In 2011, Dwight Bentley (Detroit)
and Ladarius Green (San Diego) were selected in the NFL
Draft. in 2012, seven Cajuns seniors earned invitations to
NFL preseason camps,
A 21-year coaching veteran, Hudspeth carries a 84-29
career record in nine seasons as a collegiate head coach into
the 2013 season, winning 10 or more games five times and
having winning records in eight straight campaigns.
When you include his 25-1 record in two years as head
coach at Winston Academy (1997-98), Hudspeth owns a
109-30 record (.784) in 11 years as a head coach.
Hudspeth’s coaching philosophy focuses on the tradi-
tional core values that he learned growing up in small town
Mississippi, with the willingness to shake things up when
given the chance.
A master motivator, he takes advantage of every
opportunity to teach a lesson to the Cajuns.
Prior to the FIU game in 2011, he surprised the Ragin’
Cajuns by outfitting them in black helmets and black pants,
a combination that was never used before. The motivation
worked as Louisiana ended a two-game losing streak
against the Panthers.
Last year, Hudspeth introduced an all black uniform,
complete with a fleur-de-lis on the chest and inspirational
French slogans on the back. The Cajuns responded with a
last-minute win over WKU.
Hudspeth is also a teacher, knowing that the onus is on
him to not only win football games, but to do so the right
way. He realizes it is more important that he help the
Ragin’ Cajuns players make the transformation from young
adults to men, knowing that he has been entrusted with
the lives of his players by their parents and families.
Hudspeth, 44, came to Lafayette after serving as the
passing game coordinator at Mississippi State for two seasons (2009-10), helping the Bulldogs end eight years of
football frustrations by posting an 8-4 record and a Gator
Bowl appearance in his final season.
After three years as an assistant coach at Delta State
(1999-2000) and Navy (2001), Hudspeth took over as head
coach at North Alabama and the winning quickly commenced. He guided the Lions to a 66-21 record in seven
seasons (2002-08), winning two Gulf South Conference
titles and making five appearances in the NCAA Division II
Championship, advancing to the semi-finals three times
(2003, 2005 & 2008).
Inheriting a program that had three consecutive losing
records, Hudspeth turned things around quickly, helping
the Lions to a 13-1 record in just his second season (2003).
North Alabama claimed the league title with a perfect 9-0
mark and advanced to the NCAA Championship for the first
The Hudspeth Coaching File
Personal
Hometown: Louisville, Miss.
Birthday: Nov. 10, 1968 in Montgomery, Ala.
Family: Married to the former Tyla McConnell
Two sons: Gunner (17) & Major (3),
One daughter: Carley (14)
Date Hired At Louisiana: Dec. 13, 2010
Education:
Winston Academy, 1988
Delta State University
B.S. in Health & Education, 1992
Central Arkansas University
M.S. in Secondary School Admin., 1993
Coaching Experience
Head Coach:
Louisiana, 2011-present
18-8 Overall Record
84-29 Career Record (Nine Years)
2011 New Orleans Bowl Champions
2012 New Orleans Bowl Champions
North Alabama, 2002-08
66-21 Overall Record (Seven Years)
Gulf South Champions (2003 & 2006)
NCAA Div. II Semi-Finals (2003, 2005,
2007 & 2008)
NCAA Div. II Quarter-Finals (2006)
2003 & 2006 Gulf South Coach of the Year
Assistant Coach:
Mississippi State, 2009-10
Passing Coordinator/WR
No. 15 Final AP Ranking, 2010
2010 Gator Bowl
Navy, 2001
Offensive Coordinator
Delta State, 1999-2000
Offensive Coordinator
2000 NCAA Div. II National Champs
Nicholls State, 1994-95
WR & TE (1994), Running Backs (1995)
Central Arkansas, 1992-93
Graduate Assistant
1992 Arkansas Intercollegiate
Conference Champs.
Playing Experience:
Delta State University, 1987-91
Four Letters (1988-91)
Started at Safety (1990) & QB (1991)
Honors & Awards:
Coach of the Year
Finalist, Liberty Mutual COY, 2011
Finalist, Paul “Bear” Bryant Award, 2011
2003 & 2006 Gulf South Coach of the Year
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time in seven years, defeating Southern Arkansas and
Carson-Newman before falling at North Dakota in the
national semi-finals.
For his effort, Hudspeth was named the Gulf South
Coach of the Year while also being voted the NCAA Division
II Region 2 Coach of the Year by the American Football
Coaches Association.
The Lions were led that year by Wil Hall, who completed 72-percent of his passes, throwing for 3,531 yards
and 30 touchdowns en route to winning the Harlon Hill Award,
the NCAA Division II equivalent of the Heisman Trophy.
The winning didn’t stop there as the Lions went 11-3
and advanced to the NCAA semis in 2005, the first of four
straight 10-win campaigns.
UNA went 11-1 in 2006, including 8-0 in league play to
claim its second Gulf South title, with Hudspeth earning his
second coach of the year award while also being selected as
the NCAA Division II Region 2 Coach of the Year again. The
Lions followed that up with a 10-2 record and an appearance in the NCAA Division II quarterfinals in 2007.
Hudspeth capped off his tenure at North Alabama by
guiding the Lions to a 12-2 record in 2008 and making their
fourth straight NCAA appearance, falling in the semifinals.
Born on Nov. 10, 1968
in Montgomery, Ala.,
Hudspeth moved to
Louisville, Miss. before the
age of one. In a town with a
population of just 7,000, he
quickly became one of the
towns’ most notable young
men. He lettered a total of 16
times in five sports at
Winston Academy, four each
in football, baseball and
The Hudspeth Family (L-R): Gunner, Mark, Major, Tyla & Carley.
track, three in basketball and
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AS HEAD COACH
Year
School
Overall Conf.
1997-98 Winston Academy 25 -1 16 -0
2002
2003
North Alabama
North Alabama
4 -7
13 -1
3 -6
9 -0
2004
2005
2006
North Alabama
North Alabama
North Alabama
5 -5
11 -3
11 -1
4 -5
7 -2
8 -0
2007
2008
North Alabama
North Alabama
10 -2
12 -2
7 -1
7 -1
UNA Totals
66 -21 45 -15
2011
2012
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana Totals
9 -4
9 -4
6 -2
6 -2
18 -8
12 -4
Notes
1997 State Champions
Reached Div. II Semi-Finals
GSC Coach of the Year, GSC Champs
one in golf, and was voted the school’s most versatile athlete as a senior.
Success came to Hudspeth at Winston Academy as he
helped the Patriots to the state title game as a senior in
football 1987. He went on to earn all-county honors three
times and play in the Mississippi High School All-Star game
as a senior.
Hudspeth continued his playing career at Delta State
(1987-91), lettering all four years. He started at safety as a
junior and at quarterback as a senior.
After graduating from Delta State with a degree in
health and education in 1992, Hudspeth began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Central Arkansas,
receiving his master’s degree in secondary school administration in 1993.
While at Central Arkansas, he was part of the coaching
staff that guided the squad to the 1992 Arkansas
Intercollegiate Conference crown.
Hudspeth earned his first full-time coaching position
when he went to Nicholls State, coaching the wide receivers and tight ends in 1994 and the running backs in 1995.
His high school alma mater beckoned in 1996 as
Hudspeth returned to Winston Academy as head coach,
guiding the team to a 25-1 record and the 1997 state title
during his two seasons.
It was back to Delta State in 1999, where he served as
offensive coordinator for two seasons, winning the NCAA
Division II national title in 2000. The Patriot offense broke
21 school records, 12 Gulf South Conference records and six
NCAA Division II records en route to the title.
Hudspeth moved to U.S. Naval Academy to serve as the
offensive coordinator in 2000 before leaving to become the
head coach at North Alabama the following year.
Hudspeth, who is married to the former Tyla McConnell,
has two sons, Gunner (16) and Major (2), and one daughter,
Carley (13).
Reached Div. II Quarter-Finals
GSC Coach of the Year, GSC Champs
(Seven Years)
New Orleans Bowl Champions
New Orleans Bowl Champions
(Two Years)
Collegiate Totals 84 -29 51 -17 (Nine Years)
Career Totals
109 -30 67 -17 (11 Years)
AS ASSISTANT COACH
Year
1999
2000
2001
2009
2010
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School
Delta State
Delta State
Navy
Mississippi State
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Position
Offensive Coor.
Offensive Coor.
Offensive Coor.
Passing Coor./WR
Passing Coor./WR
Postseason
NCAA Div. II National Champions
No. 15 Final AP Ranking
Toyota Gator Bowl
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ASSISTANT COACHES
REED STRINGER
JAY JOHNSON
Assistant Head Coach/
TE & Recruiting Coor.
Offensive Coordinator/
Quarterbacks
Reed Stringer is in his third season at Louisiana where he serves
as assistant head coach. He works
directly with the Cajuns tight ends
while also serving as recruiting
coordinator.
Stringer was named the 2012
Sun Belt Conference Recruiter of
the Year by Scout.com after coordinating the recruiting efforts for a
class that was ranked tops in the Sun Belt and fifth among the nonBCS automatic qualifying programs.
Prior to working at Louisiana, Stringer served as the offensive
player development coach at Clemson in 2010.
In his first season with the Cajuns, Stringer helped Ladarius Green
emerge as one of the top tight ends in the country, earning first team
All-Sun Belt honors while also being a semi-finalist for the Mackey
Award, which is given to the nation’s top tight end. Green was a
fourth round selection by the San Diego Chargers in the NFL Draft.
Stringer’s efforts as recruiting coordinator have paid bigger
dividends. His initial class produced eight players who were able to
contribute to the Cajuns’ success last year with the rest redshirting.
Before his time at Clemson, Stringer spent seven seasons at Mississippi State in a variety of roles. He began as a graduate assistant
with the Bulldogs offense from 2003-2004. Stringer was then named
the tight ends and special teams coach from 2005-08.
He took over as Mississippi State’s coordinator of recruiting operations in 2009 and coached alongside current Cajuns head coach
Mark Hudspeth that year.
As tight ends coach, Stringer responded in 2005 by helping Eric
Butler become the school’s all-time touchdown receptions leader
among tight ends. Under Stringer’s guidance, Butler and teammate
Dezmond Sherrod worked their ways to professional football careers.
Stringer’s coaching career began as a graduate assistant/tight
ends coach at Delta State in 2002.
He was a four-year starter on Delta State’s offensive line, helping
DSU claim the 2000 NCAA Division II national championship with
then-DSU offensive coordinator Mark Hudspeth. In addition to that
‘00 national title, he was also instrumental in helping Delta State win
the 1998 and 2000 Gulf South Conference titles.
Stringer was a two-time academic All-Gulf South Conference
player and an Academic All-American and was named to the GSC
Academic Honor Roll three times. He earned a bachelor’s degree
in business management from Delta State in 2001 and completed a
master’s in business administration from Delta State in 2003.
Stringer was born on January 26, 1979 in Canton, Miss. He is
married to the former Emily Howell and they have two sons, Smith
and Banks.
Reed Stringer at a glance
College: Delta State (2001)
Years at UL: 3rd
Coaching Experience: 11 seasons
Delta State (2002), graduate assistant; Mississippi State (2003-04),
graduate assistant; Mississippi State (2005-08), tight ends & special
teams; Mississippi State (2009), coor. of recruiting operations;
Clemson (2010), offensive player development; Louisiana (2011present), assistant head coach, recruiting coordinator & tight
ends.
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An offensive strategist with
over two decades of coaching experience, Jay Johnson is in his third
season at Louisiana. He serves as
the Cajuns’ offensive coordinator
and quarterbacks coach.
In two seasons under Johnson’s
tutelage, the Cajuns have posted
two of the top three offensive seasons in school history, including
school records for total offense (5,914) and points (461) in 2012.
Blaine Gautier emerged as one of the top offensive threats in
the south in 2011, throwing for a school record 2,958 yards and 23
touchdowns. Last year, Terrance Broadway replaced Gautier and set
a new school record for total offense (3,611).
Johnson came to Lafayette after serving as quarterbacks coach
at Central Michigan in 2010, helping sophomore Ryan Radcliff (3,358
yards & 17 TDS) post one of the top seasons in school history.
Johnson began his coaching career as an assistant coach at
Columbia-Hickman High in Columbia, Mo., in 1993. He was a graduate
assistant at Missouri in 1994 prior to working as offensive coordinator role at Augsburg that season. From 1995-96, Johnson served as
offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Truman State.
Johnson moved on to Kansas for the next five seasons (1997-2001)
as an assistant coach. He worked as quarterbacks coach from19972000 before handling the running backs in 2001.
Johnson’s career led him to Southern Miss in 2003, starting a fiveyear tenure that had him working with the tight ends (2003), running
backs (2004) and three as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
coach (2005-07). USM flourished, making five bowl appearances.
Johnson headed to Louisville, where he spent the 2008 and 2009
seasons, the last serving as the team’s tight ends coach.
A 1992 graduate of Northern Iowa, Johnson was a three-time AllGateway Conference selection as a quarterback and two-year team
captain. He led UNI to a 31-8 record during his career, three conference championships and three appearances in the NCAA Division
I-AA playoffs. He finished his career with almost 500 completions
and threw for more than 8,000 yards and 58 touchdowns. The 1992
team finished the season 12-2 overall and ranked No. 3 nationally.
Johnson earned President’s Academic Excellence honors in the
Gateway Conference and was a Dean’s List scholar at Northern Iowa
where he compiled a 3.47 GPA. He held a perfect 4.0 grade point average while completing his master’s degree at Missouri. That earned
him a Superior Graduate Achievement Award from the Department
of Health and Exercise Science.
Jay and his wife, Lori, are the parents of one son, Cole.
Jay Johnson at a glance
College: Northern Iowa (1992)
Years at UL: 3rd
Missouri (1994), graduate assistant; Augsburg (1994), offensive
coord/recruiting coord.; Truman State (1995-96), offensive coord./
reruiting coord.; Kansas (1997-98), graduate assistant; Kansas
(1999-2000), quarterbacks; Kansas (2001), running backs; Southern
Miss (2003-08), tight ends, running backs, offensive coord. &
quarterbacks; Louisville (2008), administrative assistant; Louisville
(2009), tight ends; Central Michigan (2010), quarterbacks; Louisiana
(2011-present), offensive coord. & quarterbacks.
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ASSISTANT COACHES
JAMES WILLIS
MITCH RODRIGUE
Defensive Coor./
Linebackers
Running Game Coord./
Offensive Line
James Willis, who earned a national championship at Alabama
and has also worked at Alabama
and Texas Tech, is in the first year as
defensive coordinator with Louisiana.
A 12-year collegiate coaching
veteran, Willis has five years experience working in the SEC and Big
12 conferences. He will be counted on to develop the young Ragin’
Cajuns defense that ranked eighth in the league in total defense in 2012.
Willis spent the 2006-08 seasons as the linebackers coach at
Auburn under head coach Tommy Tuberville. The Tigers ranked No.
7 nationally in scoring defense in 2006 and followed with a No. 6
ranking in 2007 and a No. 14 ranking in scoring defense in 2008.
Auburn appeared in two bowls during his tenure, the 2007 AT&T
Cotton Bowl and the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl. The Tigers defeated
Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl and defeated Clemson 23-20
in overtime in the Chick-fil-A. He also coached a pair of Freshman
All-Americans at linebacker at Auburn in Tray Blackmon (2006) and
Spencer Pybus (2008).
Willis moved to Alabama in 2009, helping the Tide complete a
perfect 14-0 season by defeating Texas, 37-21 in the BCS Championship game. He helped guide a defense that finished second nationally
in total defense, working with All-American linebacker and Butkus
Award recipient Rolando McClain.
Willis rejoined Tuberville’s staff as defensive coordinator at Texas
Tech in 2010.
A three-year starter at Auburn (1990-92), he recorded 344 career
tackles. He was the SEC Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year in 1990.
He was a first team All-SEC pick as a junior in 1992.
Willis declared for the NFL Draft following his junior year and was
a fifth round selection (119th overall) by the Green Bay Packers. He
played seven seasons in the NFL, playing for Green Bay (1993-94),
Philadelphia (1995-98) and Seattle (1999).
A member of six playoff teams during his NFL career, Willis played
in 93 career games, totaling 221 tackles (129 solo).
Willis returned to Auburn in 2002 to serve as a student assistant
coach while he completed his undergraduate degree. After earning
his bachelor’s degree in 2003, he served as a defensive graduate assistant in 2003.
Willis received his first full-time coaching position in 2004 when he
became linebackers coach at Rhode Island. He took over as linebackers coach at Temple in 2005 before making his to Auburn in 2006.
A native of Huntsville, Ala., Willis played high school football at
J.O. Johnson High School, earning Parade All-America honors as a senior.
He and his wife, Shalane, have three children, daughter, Jade, and
sons Jalen and Jordan James.
James Willis at a glance
College: Auburn (2003)
Years at UL: 1st
Auburn (2002), student assistant; Auburn (2003), defensive
graduate assistant; Rhode Island (2004), linebackers; Temple
(2005), linebackers; Auburn (2006-08), linebackers; Alabama (2009),
associate head coach/linebackers; Texas Tech (2010), defensive
coordinator; Virginia Destroyers (UFL) (2011-13), defensive
coordinator; Louisiana (2013), defensive coordinator.
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A 26-year collegiate coaching
veteran, Mitch Rodrigue is in his
third season as the running game
coordinator and offensive line
coach at Louisiana.
Rodrigue joined the Cajuns
staff after working with the tight
ends and offensive tackles at South
Alabama for three seasons (2008-10).
Rodrigue has quickly developed an offensive line that ranks among
the best in the country. The five regulars started all 13 games together
in 2012, helping Louisiana rank in the top 35 nationally averaging
193.5 yards rushing, a 55-percent increase from 2011. Inheriting a
line that allowed 39 sacks in 2010, Rodrigue has molded a unit that
gave up just 13 in 2012 to rank 13th in the country.
Rodrigue’s work has led to great success. He has worked with 11
teams that earned bowl invitations, nine while an assistant at Southern Miss and in each of his first two seasons with the Cajuns.
Prior to his arrival at South Alabama, Rodrigue spent the previous
nine seasons at Southern Miss, where he coached the offensive line
(2003-07), tight ends (2000-02) and running backs (1999). He was
named one of the Top 10 recruiters from a non-BCS conference by
Rivals.com in 2006.
From 2004-06, Rodrigue’s offensive lines allowed 10 sacks or fewer,
including just seven sacks in 2004. In 2007, he tutored linemen George
Batiste and Travis Cooley, who became the school’s first All-Americans
on the line in a half-century.
In 2004, he helped develop Jeremy Parquet, who was selected in
the seventh round by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2005 NFL Draft.
During his first season leading the USM offensive line (2003),
Rodrigue helped the Golden Eagles win their fourth Conference USA
title and earn an invitation to the Liberty Bowl despite working with a
unit that had lost three starters to the NFL. Rodrigue saw three players - Parquet (first-team), Jim Hicks (second-team) and Chris White
(third-team) - garner all-league honors.
Rodrigue also coached several seasons at his alma mater, Nicholls
State (1993-98), serving as tight ends and offensive line coach as well
as offensive coordinator.
Rodrigue earned a bachelor’s degree in health & physical education from Nicholls State in 1988 and a master’s degree in educational administration and supervision from Southern Miss in 1990. He
helped Nicholls State to win the 1984 Gulf Star Conference title and
reach the second round of the NCAA Division I -AA playoffs in 1986.
A native of Thibodaux, La., Rodrigue was born on Jan. 2, 1965. He
is the father of three children, Maci, Madden and Mallori.
Mitch Rodrigue at a glance
College: Nicholls State (1988)
Years at UL: 3rd
Nicholls State (1987-88), student assistant; Southern Miss (198990), graduate assistand; Pearl River CC (1991-92), offensive line;
Nicholls State (1993-98), tight ends, offensive line & offensive coord.;
Southern Miss (1999), running backs; Sothern Miss (2000-02), tight
ends; Sothern Miss (2003-07), offensive line; South Alabama (200810), offensive tackles & tight ends; Louisiana (2011-present), running
game coord. & offensive line
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ASSISTANT COACHES
TIM EDWARDS
MARQUASE LOVINGS
Assistant Coach/
Defensive Line
Assistant Coach/
Running Backs
A 12-year coaching veteran who
boasts a half-dozen years playing
experience at the professional
level, Tim Edwards is in his third
season as the defensive line coach
for Louisiana.
Edwards came to Lafayette in
January, 2011, reuniting with Mark
Hudspeth, whom he played with at Delta State from 1987-91.
His hard work has shown big dividends.
in 2012, Edwards helped Emeka Onyenekwu to earn first team AllSun Belt honors while his mentoring of Cordian Hagans and Christian
Ringo helped each develop into two of the best linemen in the league.
Edwards came to Louisiana after spending the previous three
seasons as co-defensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator and
defensive line coach at Florida A&M. He was part of a program that
went 25-9 during his three seasons in Tallahassee.
Prior to his stint with the Rattlers, Edwards served a five-year
tenure at Hampton (2003-07). He coached the defensive line and
linebackers, in addition to serving as the recruiting coordinator.
Edwards helped bring in a wealth of talent that resulted in one
of the best four-year runs in school history. Hampton won three
consecutive conference championships (2004-06), made three NCAA
playoff appearances (2004-06) and captured back-to-back Black College National Championships in (2004 and 2005).
Edwards began his career as a defensive line and linebackers
coach for Kentucky State in 1998 and eventually had stops with the
Arena Football League 2’s Carolina Rhinos and Pearl River Community
College, before landing at Hampton in 2003.
His days on the sideline have helped to develop the professional
careers of several former players including: Justin Durant (Detroit),
Kendall Langford (St. Louis), Marcus Dixon (New York Jets) Cletidus
Hunt (Green Bay Packers), Kitwana Jones (Saskatchewan Rough Riders,
CFL), Dewayne Woods (Georgia Force, AFL) and Chris Avery (Grand
Rapids Rampage AFL).
Edwards is a 1991 graduate of Delta State, earning a bachelor’s
degree in aviation management. He was a two-time first team All-Gulf
South selection as a defensive lineman and played alongside Hudspeth, who was a four-year letterman at DSU from 1986-90. Edwards
was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in the fall of 2008.
A 12th round pick by the New England Patriots in 1991, Edwards
spent the 1991-92 seasons on the Patriots roster. He later played
from 1995-97 with the Saskatchewan Rough Riders of the CFL.
A native of Philadelphia, Miss., Edwards is a member of the NFL
Retired Players’ Association, the CFL Retired Players’ Association and
the American Football Coaches Associations.
He is married to the former LuAnn Shockency and they have
three children, Halena, Timothy II and Kenci.
Tim Edwards at a glance
College: Delta State (1991)
Years at UL: 3rd
Kentucky State (1998-2001), defensive line & linebackers; Carolina
Rhinos (AF2) (2002), defensive coordinator; Pearl River CC (2002),
defensive line; Hampton (2003-07), defensive line, linebackers &
recruiting coord.; Florida A&M (2008-10), co-defensive coord. &
recruiting coord.; Louisiana (2011-present), defensive line
2013 Football
Running backs coach Marquase
Lovings is ready for his third year
on the Ragin’ Cajuns coaching staff
after helping Louisiana post the top
offensive seasons in school history.
The development of the offensive backfield in Lovings’ two
seasons has been dramatic.
In 2011, Lovings’ helped freshman Alonzo Harris emerge early in
the season, finishing the year with 700 yards and eight touchdowns
to earn Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors.
In 2012, Harris was joined by freshmen Effrem Reed and Torrey
Pierce, allowing the Cajuns to improve their rushing from 125.2 to
193.5 yards per game, ranking them 34th nationally and second in
the Sun Belt.
Prior to joining the Cajuns, Lovings spent four seasons at Mississippi State (2007-10), first as a defensive quality control coach before
taking over as defensive graduate assistant for his final two seasons.
It was at MSU where he met and worked with Mark Hudspeth, who
served as the passing game coordinator from 2009-10.
Lovings’ main focus with the Bulldogs defense was with the
defensive linemen. He worked under defensive line coaches David
Turner and Chris Wilson.
The Bulldogs had several standout defensive linemen during
Lovings’ four years, including Titus Brown. Brown went on to play
with the Cleveland Browns from 2008-12. Lovings helped three defensive linemen earn All-SEC honors, with Brown (2007 second team),
Fletcher Cox (2009 freshman team) and Pernell McPhee (2010 first
team) taking those honors. Cox went on to become the 12th pick by
the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2012 NFL Draft.
Lovings experienced coaching in a two bowl games at MSU,
including the Bulldogs’ rout of Michigan, 52-14, in the 2011 Gator
Bowl. It was the worst loss Michigan had ever suffered in any bowl
game in its history.
Lovings also helped MSU win the 2007 Liberty Bowl, as the
Bulldogs defense held Central Florida to just three points and kept
Knights’ star running back Kevin Smith from breaking the NCAA
single-season rushing record. The junior finished 61 yards shy of
Barry Sanders’ mark of 2,628 yards set for Oklahoma State in 1988.
In 2007, Lovings’ defensive line faced three of the top four rushers
in the country during the season, holding each of them well under
their season average. MSU limited Arkansas’ Darren McFadden to
88 yards (143.8 season avg.), Tulane’s Matt Forte to 47 yards (177.3
season avg.) and UCF’s Smith to 119 yards (188.3 season avg.).
A graduate of and former walk-on tight end with Howard University, Lovings also has high school coaching on his resume with stints
at Dunbar High in Washington, D.C. and at his alma mater, P.K. Yonge
High in Gainesville, Fla.
He earned his master’s in sports administration from Mississippi
State in 2008 and pursued a doctorate in education at MSU.
Marquase Lovings at a glance
College: Howard (2006)
Years at UL: 3rd
Mississippi State (2007-08), defensive quality control; Mississippi
State (2009-10), graduate assistant; Louisiana (2011-present),
running backs
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ASSISTANT COACHES
JORGE MUNOZ
TIM REBOWE
Assistant Coach/
Wide Receivers
Assistant Coach/
Safeties
Jorge Munoz is in his sixth year
as an assistant coach at Louisiana
and the third on the staff of Mark
Hudspeth. He will serve again as
receivers coach in 2012.
Munoz’ work with the Cajuns
wide receivers the last two years
has been exemplary. Javone Lawson (134 catches, 2,107 yards, 15 TDs) and Harry Peoples (122-1,514-6)
concluded their careers in 20112 as only the third set of receivers in
school history to each have 100 receptions in a career.
In 2011, Munoz played an integral role in the Cajuns throwing for
over 3,500 yards. Lawson (63 catches, 1,092 yards) posted one of the
top seasons by a Louisiana receiver while Harry Peoples and Darryl
Surgent also emerged as steady targets for Blaine Gautier.
Record offensive results are nothing new for Munoz, who served
as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UL from
2008-10. In his first season, he helped the Cajuns to finish seventh in
the nation in rushing, 13th in total offense and 24th in scoring.
That same season, Munoz helped quarterback Michael Desormeaux
earn Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year while running back Tyrell
Fenory rushed for 1,375 yards and 19 touchdowns. Fenroy, a Doak
Walker Award Semifinalist, was named the 2008 Sun Belt Player of
the Year after becoming the school, Sun Belt and State of Louisiana
all-time leading rusher.
The Cajuns “Play Station” attack of 2008 shattered the school
record for total offense with 5,390 yards, scoring a school-record 54 TDs.
In 2010, the Cajuns ranked 34th nationally in passing offense,
despite starting three different quarterbacks due to injury. Tight end
Ladarius Green led the nation in receiving yards and touchdowns by
a tight end and earned All-America honors from CBSSports.com.
Prior to UL, Munoz spent three seasons at Eastern Illinois (200507), starting as receivers coach in 2005, co-offensive coordinator in
2006 and offensive coordinator in 2007.
Munoz spent two seasons as the receivers coach at Charleston
Southern (2003-04). In 2004, his wide receivers ranked first, second
and fourth in the Big South Conference. The Buccaneers passing
offense led the Big South and ranked 17th in the NCAA.
At Anderson, his 2002 offense ranked fifth in passing, while the
2001 squad was sixth in passing, setting 22 school marks. His quarterback, Joel Steele, was the MVP of the HCAC both years.
A 1998 graduate of Bethany College, Munoz was a two-time
All-American quarterback. He played one year in the Arena Football
League with the Albany (NY) Firebirds. Munoz was a multi-sport
standout at San Diego Hilltop High.
Munoz and his wife Erin have two children, Ava (8) and Alex (6).
Jorge Munoz at a glance
College: Bethany (1998)
Years at UL: 6th
Bethany (1998), quarterbacks & wide receivers; Southeastern
Missouri (1999-2000), wide receivers; Anderson (2001-02), offensive
coord. & quarterbacks; Charleston Southern (2003-04), wide
receivers; Eastern Illinois (2005), wide receivers; Eastern Illinois
(2006-07), offensive coordinator & quarterbacks; Louisiana (200810), passing game coord. & qarterbacks; Louisiana (2011-present),
wide receivers
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Tim Rebowe begins his 10th
season as an assistant coach at
Louisiana, and the third on the staff
of coach Mark Hudspeth. He will
once again work with the Cajun
safeties. He previously tutored the
safeties from 2004-07 and coached
the linebackers from 2008-10.
The safeties responded to Rebowe in 2011. Jemarlous Moten
finished second on the team with 80 tackles and combined with
Lionel Stokes to intercept five passes, returning three for scores.
The Cajuns’ linebackers had stellar seasons for three years under
Rebowe, with a member of the linebacker corps leading the team in
tackles each season.
Rebowe guided linebackers Antwyne Zanders and Grant Fleming,
who ranked first and second on the team in total tackles in 2009,
respectively. Both players were named All-Sun Belt Conference. For
Zanders, it was his third All-SBC recognition, while Fleming earned
All-SBC for the second time.
The Cajuns’ pass defense had a strong first year under Rebowe in
2004, finishing with a No. 11 national ranking in passing yards allowed.
Both of his starting safeties advanced to the NFL. Strong safety C.C.
Brown (101 tackles) was drafted by the Houston Texans in the 2005
NFL Draft and free safety Antwain Spann, who signed as a free agent
with the New York Giants, played in NFL Europe and several seasons
with the New England Patriots.
In 2005, the Cajuns’ pass defense was ranked 23rd nationally, allowing only 190 yards per game despite opponents facing an uphill
climb in eight games. The Cajuns trailed after three quarters just twice
in 2005.
Rebowe came to UL after three seasons as cornerbacks coach at
Sun Belt rival La.-Monroe.
Prior to his stint with the Warhawks, Rebowe spent six years at
Nicholls State where he served as defensive backs coach (1995-2000),
special teams’ coordinator (1995-98), recruiting coordinator (19982000) and wide receivers coach (2000). In 1996, the Colonels pass
efficiency defense ranked seventh nationally in I-AA.
A native of Norco, La., Rebowe began his coaching career in 1987
at his alma mater, Destrehan High School.
His ties to the Cajuns began in 1994 when former Destrehan High
star Damon Mason transferred to Louisiana from Jones County JC.
Mason would go on to have one of the best careers by a defensive
back in Cajuns history.
Rebowe earned his bachelor of science in physical education from
Louisiana State University in 1987.
He is married to the former Kim Robichaux and they have a daughter, Samantha, and a son, Tyler.
Tim Rebowe at a glance
College: LSU (1987)
Years at UL: 10th
Destrehan (La.) High (1988-91), defensive backs & special teams;
Destrehan (La.) High (1992-94), head coach; Nicholls State (1995-99),
defensive backs, special teams & recruiting coord.; Nicholls State
(2000), receivers & recruiting coord.; ULM (2001-03), cornerbacks;
Louisiana (2004-07), safeties; Louisiana (2008-10), linebackers;
Louisiana (2011-present), safeties
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ASSISTANT COACHES
DAVID SAUNDERS
TROY WINGERTER
Asst. Coach/CB &
Recruiting Assistant
Director of Football
Operations/Pro Liason
David Saunders is in his third
season as the cornerbacks coach
and assistant recruiting coordinator
for the Ragin’ Cajuns.
Saunders came to Louisiana
from Mississippi, where he had
three stints on the Ole Miss staff,
the last beginning in April 2010 as
administrative operations coordinator.
His first two seasons at Louisiana have resulted in good results.
In 2011, he mentored cornerbacks Dwight Bentley and Melvin White,
who helped the Cajuns secondary to return seven interceptions for
touchdowns. Bentley was a third round selection by the Detroit Lions.
In 2012, White teamed with Jemarlous Moten to give Louisiana two of
the most versatile corners in the Sun Belt. White (Carolina Panthers)
and Moten (Baltimore Ravens) each signed NFL free agent contracts.
Saunders sandwiched a pair of coaching terms at Ole Miss around
three years as head football coach at Millsaps College (2003-05).
During his first employment at Ole Miss, which began in December
1998, Saunders established an acclaimed recruiting program and was
lauded as one of the top nine recruiters in the nation by Tom Lemming of ESPN.com. He joined the Ole Miss athletic staff after working
with Tennessee during their national championship season of 1998,
where he assisted with on-campus recruiting.
Saunders worked two years as defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Arkansas State (1996-97). He spent the 1995 season
coaching safeties and special teams at Baylor.
From 1993-94, Saunders was the defensive coordinator and
defensive backs coach at Nicholls State. It was there that he worked
with Ragin’ Cajuns head coach Mark Hudspeth, who was the Colonels
wide receivers and tight ends coach in 1994.
From 1990 to 1992, Saunders coached the defensive line at Georgia Southern and helped lead the Eagles to the 1990 NCAA Division
I-AA national championship.
From 1984 to 1989, Saunders coached defensive backs and receivers while serving as recruiting coordinator at Jacksonville State.
While at JSU, Saunders coached defensive back Eric Davis, who
went on to earn NFL All-Pro honors in 1995 while playing for Super
Bowl Champion San Francisco. Saunders also coached receiver Keith
McKeller, who played in three Super Bowls with the Buffalo Bills.
A native of Douglasville, Ga., Saunders received his bachelor’s degree from Auburn in 1982. He was a walk-on lineman for the Tigers.
He is married to the former Jan Perry and the couple have two children, Riley, a reserve quarterback for the Cajuns in 2012, and Kaylee
David Saunders at a glance
College: Auburn (1982)
Years at UL: 3rd
Andalusia (Ala.) High (1982-83), assistant coach; Jacksonville State
(1984-89), defensive backs, receivers & recruiting coord.; Georgia
Southern (1990-92), defensive line; Nicholls State (1993-94),
defensive coord. & defensive backs; Baylor (1995), safeties; Arkansas
State (1996-97), defensive backs & recruiting coord.; Tennessee
(1998), on-campus recruiting assistant; Mississippi (1998-2002),
recruiting coord.; Millsaps (2003-05), head coach; Mississippi (2006),
linebackers; Mississippi (2010), administrative assistant; Louisiana
(2011-present), assistant recruiting coord. & cornerbacks
2013 Football
Former Louisiana standout Troy
Wingerter entered into a new role
with the Ragin’ Cajuns football
program in 2011, becoming the
director of football operations for
head coach Mark Hudspeth.
Wingerter started his career
with the Louisiana Athletic Department in 1997. He was the tight ends coach as a graduate assistant
from 1997-99.
Wingerter coached the defensive ends in 2001 under head coach
Jerry Baldwin and served in the role of Cajuns’ tight ends coach and
recruiting coordinator from 2002-10 for Rickey Bustle. Wingerter was
named Bustle’s assistant head coach for the 2009 and 2010 season.
Wingerter helped developed the tight ends from a frequent red
zone target for Cajuns quarterbacks to a legitimate weapon in the
UL offense. Cajuns tight ends made 160 receptions for 2,283 yards
with 22 touchdowns from 2008-10.
In 2009, tight end Luke Aubrey led the team in receptions while
tight end Ladarius Green topped the team in yards. Green was one
of just three underclassmen named to the 2009 Mackey Award Watch
List.
In 2010, Green was one of just eight semifinalists for the prestigious Mackey Award, which is given to the nation’s top tight tend.
He was a first team All-Sun Belt selection, a first team All-Louisiana
pick and garnered second team All-America honors by CBSSports.
com and fourth team All-America accolades by Phil Steele.
Entering his senior season, Green was named to the 2011 Mackey
Award Watch List and Bilitnekoff Award Watch List. Green was also
tabbed as a Top 5 draft eligible tight end by ESPN.com insider Mel
Kiper, Jr. and was named a preseason All-American by BleacherReport.
com (1st Team), Athlon (2nd Team), GoDaddy.com (3rd Team), Phil
Steele (4th Team) and CDSdraft.com (Honorable Mention).
Wingerter tutored a pair of red zone targets in Kevin Belton and
Luke Aubrey in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Both players had six receptions, but each caught three for touchdowns. Wingerter coached
Josh Joerg during his All-Sun Belt season in 2002.
After earning his bachelor’s degree in 1993, Wingerter embarked
on a four-year career in corporate business working in Lafayette, New
Orleans, Colorado and Montana. Upon his return to UL, Wingerter
earned a master’s degree in education.
A native of New Orleans, Wingerter was a first-team All-Louisiana
selection and an All-South Independent pick as a senior in 1991. He
helped guide the Cajuns to three straight winning seasons during his
first three years from 1987-89 and was a permanent team captain as
a senior.
He was selected as a member of the all-time University of Louisiana
football team as compiled by the Lafayette Daily Advertiser.
Wingerter and his wife, Cydra, have two sons, Holden and Aiden.
Troy Wingerter at a glance
College: Louisiana (1993)
Years at UL: 15th
Louisiana (1997-99), graduate assistant; Louisiana (2001), defensive
ends; Louisiana (2002-10), tight ends & recruiting coord.; Louisiana
(2011-present), director of football operations
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SUPPORT STAFF
RYAN TRICHEL
Director of Player
Personnel
Ryan Trichel begins his third
season as a member of the Ragin’
Cajuns support staff and his first as
director of player personnel.
Trichel joined the staff in January, 2011 as assistant director of
football operations and assistant
recruiting coordinator. He was
promoted to his current full-time position in January, 2013.
Trichel’s efforts helping to organize the recruiting efforts of the
Cajuns staff has paid big dividends. The 2012 recruiting class was
ranked first among Sun Belt Conference schools and fifth among the
non-BCS automatic qualifying programs by Scout.com., while 247
Sports had the class ranked 68th in the nation.
In his role as player personnel director, Trichel works closely
with Coach Hudspeth to manage the day-to-day recruiting efforts,
handling correspondence and managing a recruiting management
program for the staff. He is responsible for designing all recruiting
material and coordinating all on-campus recruiting events and visits,
including the annual Cajuns Football Junior Day in 2013 when over
275 prospects attended from around the country.
Trichel maintains the XOS recruiting database, junior and senior
recruiting boards and the team roster. He coordinates the social
media efforts within the coaching staff.
Trichel’s impact with the program goes beyond his recruiting role.
He helps manage the Quarterback Club, a group of Cajuns supporters who provide additional funds and services to the program, and
assists with the operation of all football summer camps and clinics.
As an undergraduate at Southeastern Louisiana University, Trichel
worked for two years (2004-06) as an operations assistant in the
athletic department, assisting in the game day operations for seven
sports, including football.
Trichel’s duties were wide-spread, from assisting with season ticket
sales, game day parking and concessions to stadium set up and break
down and video board operations.
Trichel graduated from SLU in 2006 with a degree in general
management and enrolled in graduate school at Mississippi State,
earning a master’s degree in sports administration in 2008 and a
second master’s in business administration in 2010.
While at Mississippi State, Trichel worked for five years as an admissions assistant in the MSU Admissions Department, helping with
the recruitment of prospective students. He handled on-campus
recruiting visits, maintained the university’s scholarship database
and managed the recruiting efforts for international students.
An active member of the American Football Coaches Association,
Trichel served on the Program Committee for the 2012 convention in
Nashville, Tenn., helping to supervise panel discussions.
Ryan Trichel at a glance
College: Southeastern Louisiana (2006)
Years at Louisiana: 3rd
Louisiana (2011-12), assistant recruiting coordinator/assistant
director of football operations; Louisiana (2013), director of player
personnel
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2013 Football
TOM RYBACKI
Defensive Graduate Assistant
Tom Rybacki returns for his third season
as a defensive graduate assistant coach for
the Ragin’ Cajuns, working primarily with the
linebackers.
In his first two seasons with the Cajuns,
Rybacki has worked one-on-one with the
outside linebackers. In 2011, his instruction helped Devon LewisBuchanan to make 78 tackles and 10.5 TFL and earn All-Sun Belt
honors.
Rybacki came to Louisiana after spending six years at Jacksonville
State (2005-10). After playing linebacker for the Gamecocks, Rybacki
served as a student assistant coach from 2005-08 before taking over
as a graduate assistant/cornerbacks coach for his final two seasons
(2009-10).
At Jacksonville State, Rybacki guided cornerbacks T.J. Heath and
A.J. Davis. Heath earned All-America honors in 2009 and went on to
play with the Buffalo Bills while Davis earned a spot with the New
Orleans Saints.
Led by a secondary that ranked eighth in the nation in passs
defense, Jacksonville State earned a victory over Ole Miss in 2010.
The Huntsville, Ala. native holds a bachelor’s degree in history
(2004) and master’s degree in public administration (2009), both from
Jacksonville State. He also received a master’s degree in education
from Louisiana in 2013.
ZACH LOCHARD
Defensive Graduate Assistant
Zach Lochard returns for his second
season as the graduate assistant coach for
the Ragin’ Cajuns defense, working as assistant defensive line and outside linebackers
coach.
Lochard came to Louisiana in 2011 to
serve as an intern for the strength and conditioning program and
moved to the football staff for the 2012 campaign.
In his first season on the sidelines, Lochard worked primarily with
the defensive line and aided in the emergence of Emeka Onyenekwu
and Cordian Hagans, who combined to make 11.5 sacks and 22.5 TFL.
Hagans signed a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers while
Onyenekwu joined the Miami Dolphins.
A 2008 graduate of the University of Northern Colorado with a
bachelor’s degree in sports and exercise science, Lochard went on to
earn a master’s degree in human performance and physical education
from Adams State in 2012. He is currently working towards completing the requirements for a doctorate in the Louisiana education
leadership program.
Lochard began his coaching career as the assistant wide receivers coach at Northern Colorado in 2008. He moved to Western State
College in 2009, serving as defensive backs coach in 2009 and tight
ends coach and assistant strength and conditioning coach in 2010.
In 2009, he is earned his certification from USA Weightlifting.
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SUPPORT STAFF
WILLIAM PEAGLER
CARRIE PITRE
Offensive Graduate Assistant
William Peagler is in is third season
working with the Louisiana football program
and his second as a graduate assistant coach
assisting with the Ragin’ Cajuns offense.
Peagler will once again assist Mitch
Rodrigue with the offensive line, working
primarily with the offensive tackles.
In 2012 season, Peagler worked with an offensive line that ranked
13th nationally, allowing only 13 sacks. The veteran offensive line
helped the Cajuns average 193.6 yards rushing per game to rank 37th
nationally and second in the Sun Belt Conference.
Peagler helped Leonardo Bates and Jaron Odom earn all-conference
honors. Odom signed with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.
Peagler came to Lafayette in 2011 to serve as offensive quality
control assistant, working with head coach Mark Hudspeth and the
offensive coaching staff.
Peagler began his coaching career as a student assistant at Clemson from 2006-09, primarily working with the offense. He was part
of the 2009 team that won the Atlantic Division, assisting with the
national recruitment efforts that helped to bring three top-25 signing
classes into the program.
In 2010, Peagler moved to Valdosta State, where he was tight ends
coach for the squad that won the Gulf South Championship. Peagler
holds a bachelor’s degree in sport management from Clemson.
SEAN MURPHY
Offensive Graduate Assistant
Sean Murphy begins his second season
on the Louisiana football coaching staff and
his first as an offensive graduate assistant
coach. He will assist Jorge Munoz in the
coaching of the Louisiana wide receivers.
Murphy joined the program for the
2012 season as a student intern and focused on assisting offensive
coordinator Jay Johnson and the rest of the offensive staff.
A three-year letterman in football from 2008-10 at Millsaps College
in Jackson, Miss., Murphy was part of two SCAC championship teams.
Sidelined by an injury as a senior in 2011, he served as a student assistant coach, working with the tight ends.
Murphy earned a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in
education from Millsaps College in 2012. He is currently pursuing a
master’s of arts degree in secondary education teaching at Louisiana.
CARTER KNIGHT
Defensive Student/Recruiting
Operations Assistant
Carter Knight joins the Ragin’ Cajuns
coaching staff for the 2013 season as a defensive student assistant.
He will work with the defensive coaching staff while also aiding assistant coach
Reed Stringer and director of player personnel Ryan Trichel with
recruiting arrangements.
A native of Lafayette and a 2011 graduate of Mandeville High
School, Knight is majoring in kinesiology/sports management at
Louisiana.
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Administrative Assistant
Carrie Pitre is in her second season as
the administrative assistant to head coach
Mark Hudspeth and the football staff. She
joined the staff on a temporary basis in July,
2012 and was added in a full-time capacity
later in the year.
As an administrative assistant, Pitre is responsible for managing
Coach Hudspeth’s daily schedule and overseeing the administrative
needs of the staff.
Pitre works with Coach Hudspeth to manage the day-to-day needs
of the Quarterback Club, a group of Cajuns supporters who provide
additional funds and services to the program.
A native of Mace, Brazil, Pitre moved to the Lafayette in 1994. She
is attending South Louisiana CC and working on associate’s degrees in
both business and general studies with a concentration in business.
She intends to pursue a bachelor’s degree in web design
The former Carolina Reeder, she married Nick Pitre in 2011 and
the couple live in Arnaudville.
HUNTER BONVILLAIN
Special Teams
Student Assistant
Hunter Bonvillain is in his third season
working with the Louisiana football program
and his second as special teams student
assistant. He assists Coach Hudspeth in all
aspects of special teams preparation, including the daily position
meetings and video sessions.
Bonvillain joined the support staff in 2011, working with the
defensive coaching staff. He worked with the defensive line in 2011
and the safeties in 2012.
A 2011 graduate of Lafayette High School, Bonvillain was a threeyear letterman in football, playing at center. He was part of two state
finalist teams in baseball.
Bonvillain is majoring in health and physical education at Louisiana.
GARRETT KREAMER
Offensive Student Assistant
Garrett Kreamer returns for his second
season as an offensive student assistant with
the Ragin’ Cajuns.
Kreamer aids coach Jorge Munoz working with the Louisiana wide receiver unit
while also performing other functions for
the offensive coaching staff.
In addition, Kreamer is active in coordinating the recruiting effort,
assisting both recruiting coordinator Reed Stringer and director of
player personnel Ryan Trichel in performing the day-to-day functions
and handling recruiting arrangements.
A 2009 graduate of Comeaux High School, Kreamer lettered four
times in football, starting at quarterback as both a junior and senior
in 2007-08. He is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in healthy and physical
education at Louisiana.
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STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
RUSTY WHITT
JAKE RAYBURN
Head Strength &
Conditioning Coach
Assistant Strength &
Conditioning Coach
Rusty Whitt began his tenure as the
University of Louisiana’s head strength and
conditioning coach in October 2010.
Whitt, who served in the United States
Army as a Senior Special Forces Communication Sergeant in the 10th
Special Forces Group, came to Louisiana from Rice University where
he served as assistant coordinator of strength and conditioning from
March 2009 until his hiring at UL.
At Rice, Whitt designed and implemented year-round strength,
speed, mobility, cardiovascular conditioning and injury rehabilitation
programs for football, baseball, track and field and swimming.
Prior to joining the staff at Rice, he served in the United States Army
from Aug. 2003-Jan. 2009. He was deployed to Iraq during Operation
Iraqi Freedom (OIF) V and VI.
Whitt developed and initiated a comprehensive pre-deployment
conditioning program for his Special Forces Team prior to and during
OIF V and VI. He received a combat infantry badge, two Iraqi campaign
medals and an Army commendation medal with valor.
Whitt began his strength and conditioning career with graduate
assistantships at Midwestern State University (Aug. 1995-June 1996)
and the University of Texas (June 1996-May 1997). He performed an
internship in the strength and conditioning department at the U.S.
Olympic Training Center (May-Sept. 1997).
Whitt had stints as an assistant strength and conditioning coordinator for football at William and Mary (Dec. 1997-Aug. 1998) and
Louisville (Aug.-Dec. 1998) before being named the head strength
and conditioning coach at Sam Houston State in Dec. 1998.
At SHSU, Whitt served as an instructor in the kinesiology department and assisted in the design of a new weight facility. He also
worked with current Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball coach Bob Marlin
until Aug. 2003.
Over his career, Whitt has participated in the 1997 Fiesta Bowl,
1998 Motor City Bowl, I-AA football playoffs and NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Whitt earned his bachelor’s degree in political science and administration from Abilene Christian University in 1994 and his master’s
degree in kinesiology from Texas in 1997.
He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the
National Strength and Conditioning Association.
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Ryan Costello
Intern
Steve Haley
Intern
Jake Rayburn is in his seventh year as an
as an assistant strength and conditioning
coach for the Ragin’ Cajuns.
He joined the University of Louisiana
strength and conditioning staff in July 2006.
In his role, he assists in the day-to-day development and implementation of the off-season, summer and in-season workouts for the
Cajuns football team. His other duties at UL include overseeing the
strength and conditioning programs for baseball, softball, golf, soccer
and tennis.
In the summer of 2006, Rayburn came to UL from Tulane, where he
served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for two years
(2004-06). During that time, he worked with women’s basketball,
soccer and track and field.
Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, he was relocated to Ruston, La., with the football team and was placed in charge
of the in-season strength and conditioning program and game-day
duties. Upon returning to campus, he conducted off-season workouts
for men’s basketball.
Prior to arriving at Tulane, Rayburn served as a graduate assistant
at Middle Tennessee from 2001-04, assisting with workouts for all 15
sports. During that time, he worked directly with men’s & women’s
golf and tennis.
Rayburn is originally from Martin, Tenn., and graduated from
Tennessee-Martin in 2001. He also completed an internship at Tennessee during the summer of 2001, where he assisted with football
and men’s basketball.
He and his wife Andrea have two daughters, Callie and Hailey.
JASON MANIKOWSKI
Assistant Strength &
Conditioning Coach
Jason Manikowski arrived at the University of Louisiana in June 2011 to serve as an
assistant strength and conditioning coach.
Manikowski joined the Cajuns’ strength
staff after spending the previous 17 months
as a strength and conditioning graduate assistant at TCU.
While at TCU, Manikowski was the head strength coach for the
Horned Frogs women’s basketball and equestrian programs. He designed all of the strength, speed and agility programs for women’s
basketball, while assisting with football.
In the summer of 2009, Manikowski served as an intern at TCU
where he helped demonstrate proper technique in performing
Olympic lifts and improving speed development.
Prior to working at TCU, he was employed as a physical education
teacher at St. Catherine’s High School in Racine, Wisc.
In 2007, Manikowski was the assistant strength and conditioning
coach for football at his alma mater, Wisconsin–Oshkosh.
Manikowski holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education
and health education from UW-Oshkosh, where he was a four-year
starting free safety for the Titans. He was a second team Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference all-conference selection in 2005
and earned a preseason All-American accolade going into his senior
campaign in 2006.
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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
SCOTT FARMER
Director of Athletics
Scott Farmer has over a
quarter of a century working
in all aspects of intercollegiate athletics, perfectly preparing him for when he took
over as Louisiana’s director of
athletics in October 2011.
Now in his seventh year
working with the Ragin’ Cajuns, the first three as senior
associate athletic director,
Farmer’s knowledge and
insight has already impacted the Louisiana athletic programs.
In his first six years with the Ragin’ Cajuns, Farmer has:
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Cajuns Athletic Foundation in 2009. The RCAF works to enhance the
department’s annual operating budget and provide financial support to Louisiana’s 16 varsity programs. In 2012-13, the RCAF was
responsible for raising approximately $5 million;
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Master Plan, which was announced in March, 2013 and included major
facility improvements that will assist all 16 sports. Tier one of the plan
is underway, featuring the addition of office space and locker rooms
at the Track-Soccer complex, creation of seating in the north end
zone of Cajun Field and the addition of the Athletics Practice Facility
adjacent to the Leon Moncla Indoor Practice Facility.
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of new artificial playing surfaces in Cajun Field, M.L. “Tigue” Moore
Field and the Leon Moncla Indoor Practice Facility, renovating Lamson
Park and the Cox Communications Athletic Complex and adding new
scoreboards for baseball, tennis and track/soccer;
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(football), Bob Marlin (men’s basketball), Garry Brodhead (women’s
basketball) and Lon Badeaux (track), who have stabilized their respective programs and provided Louisiana with strong performances in
their inaugural years;
tNBEF-PVJTJBOBBUIMFUJDFWFOUTNPSFBDDFTTJCMFUPGBOTCZDSFBUing the Ragin’ Cajuns Network, which annually televises events to the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette markets. He also expanded
the Ragin’ Cajuns Radio Network to include stations in the five-largest
metropolitan areas in the state;
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day program that has grown to 116 pages of features, profiles, statistics and other information for Cajuns football fans. The program sold
out its advertising space in both 2012 and 2013.
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tickets sold, from just under 4,800 in 2007 to a record 10,912 in 2012;
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Committee, serving as the chair in both 2011 and 2012.
Farmer is in the second year of a five-year term representing the
Sun Belt Conference on the prestigious NCAA Leadership Council and
also serves as the chair of the Sun Belt Conference Athletic Directors.
Farmer’s first two years as athletic director resulted in great success for the Ragin’ Cajuns. In 2011-12, eight of the 16 UL programs
advanced to postseason play in their respective sports, including
football making its first bowl appearance since 1970 and men’s basketball hosting a postseason game on campus for the first time since
2013 Football
1985. Last year, baseball and softball made appearances in the NCAA
Championships and football repeated as New Orleans Bowl champs.
In the classroom, Ragin’ Cajuns student-athletes recorded the two
highest semesters in school history, including a 2.964 GPA during the
2012 fall semester. All 16 teams have an Academic Progress Rate score
well above the NCAA requirements for their respective sports
Farmer’s efforts have helped attendance at Louisiana events to
reach an all-time high with both baseball and softball leading the
Sun Belt in attendance for the 14th straight year. Football set the Sun
Belt records for average and total attendance and led all FBS schools
with an increased average attendance of 11,788 in 2011. Cajuns fans
dominated the New Orleans Bowl each year, leading to consecutive
record crowds of 42,841 in 2011 and 48,828. Those marks shattered
the old bowl record for attendance by more than 18,000.
Farmer came to Lafayette after eight years at Troy University
(1999-2007) where he worked as senior associate athletic director.
He helped the Trojans make the move to the NCAA Division I-FBS
level and the Sun Belt Conference.
At Troy, Farmer oversaw a massive renovation of the athletic
facilities, including an $18 million renovation of football’s Veterans
Memorial Stadium, new facilities for softball, tennis, track and soccer
plus facility upgrades for both basketball and baseball.
A native of Ormond Beach, Fla., Farmer was a four-year letterman
in swimming at Georgia Southern, being named the school’s male
scholar-athlete of the year in 1985. He received his bachelor’s degree
in health and physical education in 1986 and a master’s in sports
management in 1987.
After graduating, Farmer began his career in athletics as head
women’s swimming coach at Georgia Southern in 1986. He led the
Eagles to eight conference titles in nine seasons, compiling a 65-25
record (.722) to become the winningest coach in program history.
Promoted to a dual-position of assistant athletic director for sports
programs, student-athlete services and event management in 1988,
he left coaching following the 1995-96 season to concentrate on his
duties overseeing student-athlete services.
During his tenure at Georgia Southern – both as a student and as
an administrator – the Eagles won 4 NCAA FCS (Division I-AA) football
national championships.
Farmer’s introduction to athletics came at an early age. His father,
Bud Farmer, served as director of athletics and head swimming coach
at Daytona Beach Community College (now Daytona State College).
Bud Farmer was inducted into the National Junior College Swimming
Hall of Fame in 2013.
Farmer is married to the former Jackie Davis, a record-setting
swimmer who he met at Georgia Southern. The couple have two
children, a daughter, Kaitlin and a son, Kyle.
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