Assistant Coaches
Curtis Luper RUNNING BACKS/RECRUITING COORDINATOR PERSONAL Hometown Sherman, Texas Wife former Nikki Echols Children daughters: A’rielle, 23, Charitie, 7, and Cheyenne, 4; sons: Cameron, 15, and Chancellor, 8
EDUCATION College
Stephen F. Austin University (B.A., 1996) Stephen F. Austin University (M.S., 1998)
1984-87 1993
Oklahoma State (running back) Stephen F. Austin (running back)
1995-97
Stephen F. Austin Graduate Assistant (1995-96) Running Backs (1997) McKinney High School (Texas) Running Backs Texas A&M-Commerce Assistant Head Coach/Secondary New Mexico Running Backs Oklahoma State Running Backs (2005-08) Assistant Head Coach for Player Development (2007-08) Auburn Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
COACHING EXPERIENCE
1998 1999-2001 2002-04 2005-08
2009-
BOWL EXPERIENCE Player – 1984 Gator, 1985 Gator, 1987 Sun Coach - 2002 Las Vegas, 2003 Las Vegas, 2004 Emerald, 2006 Independence, 2007 Insight, 2008 Holiday, 2010 Outback, 2011 BCS National Championship
Notable: Coached Michael Dyer to an Auburn freshman record 950 yards rushing and second-team Freshman All-America honors ... Helped Auburn set school records for most points (555) and most total yards of offense (6,470) for the second straight year ... Helped Auburn lead the SEC and rank sixth nationally in rushing offense (287.2) and scoring offense (42.7) and seventh in total offense (497.7) ... The Tiger offense also leads the league in pass efficiency (186.86), third-down conversions (53.1 pct) and first downs (24.3) ... In his first season at Auburn, coached Ben Tate, who posted the fourth-best single-season rushing total in school history with 1,362 yards while being named a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award ... Was named by Rivals.com to its list of the top 25 recruiters in the nation and one of the top 10 recruiters in the SEC for the signing class of 2010 ... His Oklahoma State running attack led the Big 12 Conference in rushing each year from 2006-08 and finished the 2008 campaign averaging 245.5 yards per game, ranking eighth nationally … OSU finished seventh nationally and first in the Big 12 Conference in rushing in 2006 and 2007 averaging 243.2 and 208.0 yards per game, respectively … Tutored back-to-back 1,000 yard rushers in Kendall Hunter (1,555) in 2008 and Dantrell Savage (1,272) in 2007 … While at New Mexico, coached the Mountain West Conference's career rushing leader in DonTrell Moore and helped the Lobo's finish 16th nationally in rushing in 2003 … Completed his eligibility at Stephen F. Austin as a second-team all-Southland Conference running back in 1993 when he led the team in rushing and scoring.
84 BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
AUBURN VS. OREGON
JAN. 10, 2011