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Head Coach Rick Stockstill
n accomplishments under stockstill 2006 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year (first conference COY at MTSU since 1989) 2006 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year by ESPN.com 2006 TSWA Coach of the Year 2006 Rutherford County Reader Gridiron Glacier Award 2006 and 2007 Ebony Achievement Award from Middle Tennessee 2006 Sun Belt Conference Championship Led school to first-ever bowl game in the I-A era (2006) Has improved team’s APR dramatically from 892 to 990 Team won 2006-07 and 2007-08 Sun Belt Conference Academic Award A school-record 6 SBC wins in 2006 11 First Team All-Conference selections in two years One of just 10 teams in the country to win four road conference games in 2006 New single-season attendance record in 2006 and a Floyd Stadium record in 2008 New single-game home attendance record (2006) A record-tying 11 SBC Player of the Week winners in 2006 and 25 during his tenure A Walter Camp and Bronco Nagurski National Player of the Week winner (2006) A Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week winner (2008) Quarterback was given the ESPN Helmet Sticker Award in 2008 A school-record 3 national television broadcasts in 2006 and seven during his tenure New single-season records in quarterback sacks and tackles for loss in 2006 Seven wins in 2006 were most by a first-year coach at MTSU since 1947 Had the 2006 ESPN.com SBC Defensive Player of the Year Program’s 90 quarterback sacks in last three years ranks second in Sun Belt Conference Blue Raiders named National Team of the Week by CollegeSportsReport.com on 10/14/07
n THE STOCK REPORT
In just three years as head coach, Rick Stockstill has produced 14 different all-conference players who have won 19 honors. Two players have also garnered All-American recognition. All-Sun Belt Selections Desmond Gee, All-Purpose, 2006 (1st) Tavares Jones, DE, 2006 (1st) Damon Nickson, DB, 2006 (1st) Damon Nickson, KR, 2006 (1st) J.K. Sabb, LB, 2006 (1st) Colby Smith, P, 2006 (1st) Erik Walden, DE (1st) Franklin Dunbar, OL, 2007 (1st) Desmond Gee, All-Purpose, 2007 (1st) Tavares Jones, DE, 2007 (1st) Erik Walden, DE, 2007 (1st) Franklin Dunbar, OL, 2006 (2nd) Germayle Franklin, OL, 2006 (2nd) Eugene Gross, RB, 2006 (2nd) Clint Marks, QB, 2006 (2nd) Justin Rainey, LB, 2006 (2nd) Bradley Robinson, DB, 2007 (2nd) Trevor Jenkins, DL, 2008 (2nd) Jeremy Kellem, S, 2008 (2nd) All-Americans Damon Nickson, KR, 2006 (2nd Team) Dwight Dasher, QB, 2007 (Honorable Mention Freshman)
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