2016 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 2016 Southern Conference Football Media Guide On the inside
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Conference staff John Iamarino ..................................................................... Commissioner Geoff Cabe ................................................ Senior Associate Commissioner Sue Arakas ........................................................... Associate Commissioner Doug King .................................. Associate Commissioner for Compliance Jason Yaman.........................Associate Commissioner for Media Relations Kate Barnett .................................................... Director of Championships Paul Lollis .................................................... Director of Video Productions Jordan Trolinger ........................................... Director of Creative Services Phil Perry ..........................................Assistant Director of Media Relations Neili Akridge ..............................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Patrick Boling .....................................................Media Relations Assistant Sydney Hanes............................................................ Operations Assistant TBD ..................................................................... Championships Assistant Jack Childress........................................................ Coordinator of Officials Southern Conference Officers President: Dr. A.J. Grube, Western Carolina University Vice President: Dr. Jameica Hill, Wofford College
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2016 composite schedule ...............................................................2 The Southern Conference Southern Conference history ..............................................4-8 Southern Conference principles ............................................9 Southern Conference Hall of Fame ..............................10-11 Commissioner John Iamarino .............................................. 12 Southern Conference staff .................................................... 13 Southern Conference media relations .............................. 14 Southern Conference teams The Citadel ............................................................................16-23 ETSU.........................................................................................24-31 Furman ...................................................................................32-39 Mercer .....................................................................................40-45 Samford ..................................................................................46-53 Chattanooga.........................................................................54-61 VMI ...........................................................................................62-69 Western Carolina .................................................................70-77 Wofford...................................................................................78-85 2015 year-in-review Final standings........................................................................... 86 Polls................................................................................................ 87 Honors and awards ............................................................88-89 Individual leaders ...............................................................90-91 Team statistics ......................................................................92-93 Individual superlatives......................................................94-95 Team superlatives ..................................................................... 96 Records and awards All-time team records .............................................................. 97 Coaching records ...................................................................... 98 NFL Draftees ...................................................................... 99-100 NCAA statistics champions .................................................101 Overtime history .....................................................................102 Final national polls ........................................................103-106 Annual award winners .................................................107-109 National and regional honors ...................................110-111 All-Americans ..................................................................112-113 All-conference selections............................................114-120 Players of the Week .......................................................121-126 Players of the Month .............................................................127 All-Academic selections ..............................................128-130 FBS wins .....................................................................................131 Individual records ..........................................................132-144 Team records ...................................................................145-147 Annual individual leaders ...........................................148-151 Annual team leaders.....................................................152-155 FCS Playoff history .........................................................156-158 FCS national champions .............................................159-162 FCS Playoff individual records ............................................163 FCS Playoff team records .....................................................164 Pre-FCS history ........................................................................165 Yearly standings .............................................................166-169 Southern Conference champions .....................................170
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