He was a position coach in the NFL for 19 years before returning to the college ranks in 2020. Petersen played and coached at App State while at Marshall. If (Hannon) was two inches taller, he would be in the SEC, Clark said. Like at wide receiver, with so many seniors starting, App State needs to find its future group. Kelly is 27-29 through five seasons in Westwood, but is 16-8 the past two years. The Mountaineers have clearly outperformed those rankings, with at least a share of four consecutive conference titles. Jackson made six starts in 2019, while Cobb made eight. A running total of the number of coaches of the Mountaineers. This is where I started my coaching career under Jerry Moore, side by side with Dale Jones and with Shawn Clark when he played. He coached the inside linebackers and served as co-defensive coordinator in 2018, when an App State team that went 11-2 ranked among the FBS leaders in scoring defense (No. "Appalachian State Mountaineers School History", "AFCA Honors ASU's Moore For Third Straight Season", "Edwards, Acitelli, Moore Highlight SoCon Honorees", "Satterfield Named App State's 20th Football Coach", "Jerry Moore wins 2006 Eddie Robinson Award", "Moore Named AFCA Regional Coach of the Year", "Sun Belt Announces 2018 Football Postseason All-Conference, Individual Awards", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Appalachian_State_Mountaineers_head_football_coaches&oldid=1131644060, This page was last edited on 5 January 2023, at 03:06. He averaged 7.7 yards per return on 21 attempts with a long of 25 yards. Ben Brady, ReporterSeptember 11, 2020|390 Views. I think we have three of the top running backs in the conference, Clark said. The addition of Tennessee running backs coach David Johnson put the finishing touches on. Shawn Clark was named head coach in December 2019 after working as a co-offensive coordinator from 2016-18, and as an assistant head coach last season. Indianapolis is making MAJOR moves, set to hire FootballScoop's reigning top special teams coordinator. You want to throw the ball better. 1990 Appalachian State. The 2003-04 seasons with the Mountaineers, which were his first two seasons with the program, he worked with the running backs. The 2020 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Having played offensive guard for the Mountaineers from 1994-98, Clark returned to Boone after coaching stints at Louisville, Eastern Kentucky, Purdue and Kent State. We can use quickness.. During the shortened 2020 season, a turnaround began with a 3-4 mark. Many of App States recent star players were rated two stars or fewer, like Thomas, former three-time All-Sun Belt cornerback Clifton Duck, New York Jets running back Jalin Moore, Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Colby Gossett (drafted in 2018) and Tennessee Titans running back Darrynton Evans (a third-round pick last month). Senior Shemar Jean-Charles and junior Shaun Jolly will man the outside again. He also mentored 22 all-conference performers, and 12 players have gone on to play in the NFL. Ben Brady, Reporter Brown played in all 14 games as a true freshman, finishing with 12 tackles. It would allow the referee to use available video to make decisions on reviewable plays after a coach challenge. | Privacy Policy | Rights & Permissions | Discussion Guidelines, Luke Winkelmann Competes in his First X Games Competition; Appalachian Ski Mtn. The next week, they travel to rival Georgia Southern, which has defeated App State in each of the past two years, for another Wednesday game. He knows what it takes to compete at a championship level.". Jones has been a mainstay at App since the mid '90s, coaching on or coordinating the defense for the better part of 30 years. This 2020 class is ranked No. Sloan coached at Appalachian State from 2010-17 and under current Army defensive coordinator from 2013-17. That includes senior Marcus Williams Jr., junior Daetrich Harrington and sophomore Camerun Peoples. 4, 15.5 points) and total defense (No. Senior Mike Evans will back up Pearson and play a lot in multiple-tight end sets. Monday, App State announced that Robert Nunn has been hired by Clark as part of his defensive staff. . 828-262-3180. cooperjw@appstate.edu. 2020 Appalachian State Season 9-3. Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisVannini, Senior Thomas Hennigan (61 catches in 2019) is part of a deep receiving corps loaded with experience. Photo Courtesy App State Athletics. Hes rushing for 500, 600 yards a year, and hell be very valuable for our offense. A lot of the ends that got playing time could move inside. In a press release from the school earlier this month, Coach Clark added a vote of confidence for DeBastiani, saying Were thrilled to welcome Mark and his family to the App Family. After App States historic 2019 season, the football team is looking to a new coaching staff to be even more dominant this year. A tough stretch continues in Week 8 with Arkansas State at home. Though only Jolly had multiple interceptions, the teams 14 were top-25 nationally. Hes a guy that can really stretch the field vertically. Special teams: The Mountaineers return both starting kicker Chandler Staton and punter Xavier Subotsch as seniors. Jones previously worked on the Mountaineers coaching staff from 1996 until 2018. Being an odd front, you dont get a lot of double-teams, which helps us. The Bruins were fifth in the nation in total offense, but quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson graduated and running back Zach Charbonnet left early for the NFL draft. Peoples, a bigger back at 6-2, 210 pounds, has averaged 9.4 yards per carry on 20 career attempts, but he tore his ACL early last season. He went 33-68 in his time leading the Catamounts. The time is now for me.. That group includes Thomas Hennigan (61 catches, 773 yards last year), Corey Sutton (41 catches, 601 yards), Malik Williams (55 catches, 598 yards) and Jalen Virgil (24 catches, 383 yards). We think the changes are going to be very minimal here, said Smart, the committee co-chair. Shawn Clark Coaching Rsum 2021 Appalachian State Season 0-0 2020 Appalachian State Season 9-3 2019 Appalachian State (AHC/OL Coach) 12-1 2018 Appalachian State (O-Cord/OL Coach) 2017 Appalachian State (O-Cord/OL Coach) 2016 Appalachian State (O-Cord/OL Coach) 10-3 2015 Kent State (OL Coach) 2014 Kent State (OL Coach) 2013 Kent State (OL Coach) With conference titles in a variety of sports each year since the transition, App State student-athletes pursue daily comprehensive excellence in competition, academics and community involvement. Also, with some exceptions, drones will not be allowed over the playing surface or the team area when teams are on the field. Staton made 11 of 16 field goals last season. From watching Coach (Jerry) Moore, I was always impressed by how well the Mountaineers were coached. Appalachian State Football Camps are held on the campus of Appalachian State University and coaches by the Appalachian State Football staff. Kelly has led the Bruins to 17 total wins over the past two seasons. He went 5-for-6 on kicks longer than 40 yards, but 2-for-4 on kicks shorter than 30 yards. Mike Krysl played for Willie Fritz at Central Missouri, coordinated special teams for him at Georgia Southern, and will now coach special teams again at Tulane. His official title will be senior analyst, the team announced yesterday. Its a program built on player development. Now the promoted Shawn Clark takes over looking for No. Nearly two months after taking over as the head coach of Appalachian State football, Shawn Clarks first staff at the Sun Belt Conference school is complete. Were excited to welcome Robert and his family to Boone, a statement from the Appalachian State football head coach began. No matter what happens with the 2020 season, the expectation is another Sun Belt championship and contending for a New Years Six bowl. From 2000-02 he was the assistant line coach for the Miami Dolphins, then spent the 2004 season as a special assistant coach for that same organization. Our kids were focused on the spring, and we were hitting on all cylinders after practice 11, Clark said. The school officially announced the hire on. Kayla Hill. App State defensive coordinator Dale Jones is back for his 24th year on the Mountaineer staff. SPORTS App State announced the following football staff changes Friday: Defensive line coach Robert Nunn and Director of Athletic Performance Brad Bielaniec are no longer with the program. The Bruins were 3-9 in Kellys first year in 2018 and 4-8 the following season. Since 1968, the clock has stopped on a first down until the referee gives the ready-for-play signal. Cornerbacks Josh Norman and Fabian Moreau, along with safety DJ Swearinger, each had three forced fumbles and were all tied for the second-most forced fumbles caused by a defensive back that season. He led the teams tight ends with eight catches for 75 yards. Appalachian State is looking for a new outside linebackers coach after a recent departure in its football program. The two previous seasons before, Braswell was the head coach at Chattanooga Central High School in 2016 and 2017 and led the Purple Pounders to the TSSAA state playoffs twice. App State is also set to open a new end zone building this year and make other renovations to Kidd Brewer Stadium. The roster is set up for big success. Sunny Dykes, the head coach at SMU, praised Rileys time at Appalachian State earlier this week, stating, I think hes a really good fit. Theyll lead a group that finished No. New hire replaces Marc Vottler following Vottler's hiring at Ohio State. The East division title may come down to how App State performs in that three-game stretch after the off week. The Mountaineers won 13 games, finished ranked No. It has done so for decades, after all. Bielaniec, a veteran strength coach, returned to Boone in January of 2020 after leading the strength and conditioning efforts at Marshall for the 2019 season. The new end zone facility set to open this year also helps. The 5-9 Jolly grabbed five interceptions in 2019, the only Mountaineer with more than one, and he was named first-team All-Sun Belt. [1][circular reference], Appalachian State had games scheduled against Morgan State, UMass, Wake Forest and Wisconsin, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4][5]. "We're excited to welcome Mark and his wife, Paige, back to Boone," head coach Shawn Clark shared in the release. Williams rushed for 652 yards, 5.8 yards per carry and five touchdowns a year ago, while Harrington averaged 6.4 yards per carry on 50 attempts. While the season is more than a few months away, we have already seen several of last years coordinators from Appalachian make departures from the program. Jones is part of the third new coaching staff the football program has seen in the last three years. Roof (son of former defensive coordinator Ted Roof) will also be in the mix on the inside. The other nine are: Per the school, position assignments for the offensive and defensive assistants will be announced soon. 2018 Appalachian State (O-Cord/OL Coach) 2017 Appalachian State (O-Cord/OL Coach) 2016 Appalachian State (O-Cord/OL Coach) 10-3. 828-262-7914. Last years backups, seniorTommy Dawkinsand seniorCaleb Spurlinreturn and will be in the rotation for that open end spot. Of his 71 punts, 26 were downed inside the 20-yard line and 12 went longer than 50 yards. 1600 Highway 105 in Boone, 2023 - High Country Press. 2 in the Sun Belt, but the previous three were No. Ben Brady (he/him) is a senior journalism major, history minor, from Raleigh, NC. 10 nationally in yards per carry last season. 2021 Appalachian State Season 0-0. Staggs had been set to join the Western Kentucky staff as an assistant coach. Nunn served as the team's defensive line coach for the past three seasons. At Appalachian State, the football team is expected to win, no matter the circumstances. Appalachian State played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium on the school's Boone, North Carolina, campus, and competed as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. Were looking for a quicker, maybe not as big guy than what they played in there last year, Jones said. Required fields are marked *. This may come at a somewhat underrated loss for the recuperating secondary for Appalachian, as senior and all-conference safeties Desmond Franklin and Josh Thomas will no longer be with the team in 2020 after graduating this Spring. 828-262-3180. Shawn Clark Coaching Rsum. As the Mountaineers move ahead in 2020 with their third head coach in three years, those expectations havent changed, and for good reason. The leaders of the new group will be senior inside linebacker DMarco Jackson and junior inside linebacker Trey Cobb. This is his fourth year with The Appalachian. Hes familiar with the terrain. All Rights Reserved. Taylors seven sacks led the team last year, and his 13 tackles for loss were the second most, earning first-team All-Sun Belt honors. In 1995, App State went undefeated in the regular season, won the Southern Conference championship and advanced to the FCS quarterfinals. With the College Football Playoff expanding from four to 12 teams in 2024-25, and possibly more in the future, conference commissioners had asked the committee to look for ways to cut down on the number of plays in games in an attempt to mitigate potential injury exposures. Your email address will not be published. NFL-style clock rules could come to college football, but the most extreme proposal will not. I think he is the best quarterback in our conference, Clark said. (Brian Westerholt / USA Today), Demetrius Taylor finished third in the Sun Belt in sacks last year. "He was a big part of the record-breaking success during his time on Coach Moore's staff and understands the culture of App State Football. Along with familiarity, Clark has another advantage: App State got in 11 spring practices before COVID-19 shut everything down. The other would take away the option for a coach to call back-to-back timeouts during the same dead ball period. Clark landed his dream job, and he couldnt walk into a better position. One would have penalties that are accepted at the end of the first and third quarters enforced at the start of the following quarter rather than having an untimed down. 2022 Football Coaching Staff. We are constantly tweaking our formula so that we can find the sweet spot of when a coach is technically on the hot seat. The NFL keeps the clock running on first downs the entire game, and Shaw said keeping the old rule in place the last two minutes of halves represents a beautiful difference between the pro and college games. Hampton played in all 14 games last year, with one start, but he had a knack for reaching the quarterback. It was their first winning season since 2014 and they finished runner-up in the conference as things were looking up for the program. Hennigan and receiver Jalen Virgil each had a few returns last year, with Virgil breaking a 57-yard return, App States longest of the season. With the Sun Belts Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Zac Thomas and other offensive artillery, Peterson expressed his teams desire to maintain improvement. They played UAB and won their eighth overall bowl game by the score of 3117. That success helped him land the head coaching job at Western Carolina in 2012. Another addition to the staff includes Courtney Braswell, who was hired after only one year of collegiate experience as defensive quality control coach for Satterfield at Louisville last season. Obviously there are emotional swings with sports and so the mathematical ratings do not always line up with the emotional expectations from a team. Its that we have to get two or three guys that get some reps so they start developing so the following year, youve got guys who have reps.. Not very big, but we can run and do what we do on offense.. The thing about the Wake game is weve got some tradition there against each other, Jones said. Though having four senior receivers bodes well for 2020, it leaves a hole for 2021. Appalachian State head coach Shawn Clark has added some familiar faces to his coaching staff for 2020. That includes senior left guard Ryan Neuzil, senior center Noah Hannon, senior right guard Baer Hunter and sophomore right tackle Cooper Hodges. Round to SF. The Mountaineers were led by first-year head coach Shawn Clark. [3] Shawn Clark serves as the 22nd and current head coach. The official Football Coach List for the Kansas State University Wildcats . While most schools got little to no spring practice, the Mountaineers started early, as they traditionally do. Weve got talent. But incoming talent is getting better. Still, safety is a major question mark. You could say, Why did you change it at all? In his first year in Washington in 2017, Rowe helped the DBs unit produce the teams strongest season against the pass in nearly a decade, ranking third in the NFL in completion percentage allowed (57.6 percent), ninth in passing yards allowed per game (213.8) and 10th in opponent passer rating (81.0). While most recently working as an offensive analyst at Missouri last season, Petersen also had stints coaching offenses at Marshall, Louisiana Tech and East Carolina. The final member of the staff, defensive line coach Robert Nunn was announced on Feb. 10. Few teams have out-performed their recruiting rankings better than App State, both within in the conference and nationally. After that 2014 campaign, he signed a four-year extension and went on to go 7-4 in 2015, just missing the cut for the FCS playoffs. Behind Thomas is senior Jacob Huesman, who has thrown 48 career passes, including just seven in 2019. Virgil, who is also an All-Sun Belt sprinter on the schools track and field team, specifically stood out to Clark in the spring. Senior Kaiden Smith has played in 33 games and made 15 tackles in 2019, but most of his work was on special teams. Still Laying the Foundation of the Program. After spending one season as the defensive coordinator at Georgia Military College, Nunn was named as that junior colleges head coach from 1992-99. Jones left for one season to go with Scott Satterfield to Louisville; but returned for the 2020 season and has served as defensive coordinator since. The Mountaineers then played in the Sun Belt Conference Championship Game, beating Louisiana 4538 where named Sun Belt Conference Champions for the second consecutive year as well. Under Drinkwitz, Thomas improved his pocket passing with increased usage and similar efficiency. Theres no question, in this defense, we want those crazy kinds of guys, said Jones. 2020 2020-21 INCOME: Actual School Pay includes $15,000 payments that Clark will receive only if he remains head coach on Oct. 15, Nov. 15 and Dec. 15, 2020. Coach Kelly and his staff have done a tremendous job developing young men as demonstrated by their academic excellence.. At tight end, junior Henry Pearson moves into the full-time starting role after starting eight games last year. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Kelly will also have his third defensive coordinator in as many seasons after hiring DAnton Lynn. 1989 Appalachian State. Three starters are gone, including Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year Akeem Davis-Gaither, and they were the teams three leading tacklers. Hes going to be the No. | Shawn Clarks Record with Appalachian State. The 6-2, 295-pound junior Jordon Earle could compete here, but Dawkins and Spurlin could also move inside, as App State might look for more speed than size at the position. 1 guy, and weve got some guys behind him. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. App State football enters 2020 season with third coaching staff in three years Courtesy App State Athletics App State defensive coordinator Dale Jones is back for his 24th year on the Mountaineer staff. As mentioned before, the Mountaineers will stick with a three-man front. All four earned some form of All-Sun Belt honors last year. BOONE - Days after defensive coordinator Dale Jones left the program, two other App State football coaches are also out, the team announced Friday. He's married with two kids and lives just south of Grand Rapids in Byron Center, MI. Newer members to the staff include four new additions, and they are all coming from the defensive side of the ball. 1993 Charlotte Rage. Hes been in three or four systems, but its very similar in a lot of ways and we will tailor our offense around him to make sure that whatever he can do best is what were going to do.. He threw for 2,718 yards last year with 28 touchdowns, earning third-team All-Sun Belt honors. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. App State is 7-15-1 in the series, most recently winning in 2000. He played in nine games last year. That was the premise of our conversation. 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