Sidney “Syd” Smith – 1905

1905

Syd Smith, of Camden, South Carolina, an experienced football and baseball player from South Carolina College (University of South Carolina). At the time he was playing on the Charleston City football and baseball teams. His only coaching debut began on October 1st, and practice commenced immediately. After one year of coaching he contnue his professional baseball career with city and later with the Philadelphia Athletics (1908) and St. Louis Browns (1908), Cleveland Naps (1910-11) and the Pittsburg Pirates (1914-15) as a catcher. He passed away on June 5, 1961 at the age 77 in Orangeburg, SC.

Results for 1905 *
Wins 2 – Losses 3 – Ties 1 / Winning % .36
Points Scored 27 – Opponents 63
* Scoring Values in College Football (1904-1908)
Touchdown – 4 Points / Field Goal -5 Points / PAT -5 Points / Safety 2 Points

Ralph K. Foster

1906 – 1908

Ralph Foster, a great University of South Carolina end, began a three-year term of coaching with this team and he demonstrated at once that his work was to be of a high caliber. Coach Foster brought The Citadel to the front in South Carolina football. The ability to teach fundamentals, the highest standards of sportsmanship and the sterling character endeared him in the hearts of those who had the good fortune to learn football under him. The good wishes of the entire Corps went with him as he left at the close of the ’08 season to take his place in the ranks of the medical profession as the past three years he had been in the Medical School of Charleston. He passed away on February 2, 1956 at the age of 71 in Columbia, SC.

Born: 11 May 1884 Lancaster, SC
Died: 2 May 1956 Columbia, SC (age 72)

Results for 1906

Wins 6 – Losses 0 – Ties 0 / Points Scored 53 – Opponents 0 / Winning % 100

• “only Citadel Team to be un-defeated and un-scored on”
• Blue and White adopted as School Colors for athletic contest

Results for 1907
Wins 1 – Losses 5 – Ties 1 / Points Scored 47 – Opponents 37 / Winning % .153

• Block C Club started for Athletes earning a letter for participation in a sport
• First fight song adopted for football games
• First Mascot used by the Corps in marching to and from Home Games – “the famous blue mule”

Results for 1908
Wins 4 – Losses 1 – Ties 1 / Points Scored 73 – Opponents 17 / Winning % .727

• The Citadel joins the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (S.I.A.A.)

Over-All Record for Three Years
Wins 12 – Losses 5 – Ties 2 / Winning % .68
Points Scored 173 – Opponents 54

Samuel “Sam” C. Costen

1909 – 1910

Sam Costen was the third head coach for the “Bulldogs”. He attended Vanderbilt where he was an All-Southern quarterback. A large amount of credit for the great Citadel tradition of sportsmanship and fighting ability is due to these early coaches, for in Foster and Costen The Citadel found leaders of unusual integrity of purpose. At the end of the 1910 season Coach Costen retired from college football and returned to his native state of Arkansas to practice law. Several years later he coached high school football in Blytheville, AR. He passed away on January 21, 1955 at the aged of 72 in Memphis, TN.

Born: 18 May 1882 McKenzie, TN
Died: 21 January 1955 Memphis, TN (age 72))

Results for 1909 * (Georgia 0-0 / Clemson 0-17)

SIAA + / Wins 0 – Losses 1 – Ties 1 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 3 – Ties 2 / Winning % .56
Points Scored 197 – Opponents 50

• First Year Officially called “Bulldogs“
• First year schedule increased from six to nine games which included Georgia, USC, Clemson, Davidson
• Citadel Greatest Margin of Victory – October 16 vs. Porter Military Academy (99-0) at College Park
• First Road Trip – November 03 vs. Davidson 0-0 tie at Orangeburg State Fair

Results for 1910
SIAA / Wins 1 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .43
Point Scored 24 – Opponents 75

Overall Record for Two Years
SIAA / Wins 1 – Losses 4 – Ties 1 / Winning % .25
Wins 7 – Losses 7 – Ties 2 / Winning % .50
Points Scored 221 – Opponents 125

* Scoring Values in College Football (1909-1911)
Touchdown – 5 Points / Field Goal – 5 Points / PAT – 1 Point / Safety – 2 Points

+ First Year as a Member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA)

Lewis S. LeTellier

1911 – 1912

Louis LeTellier was the fourth head football coach for the bulldogs. Born in Charlottesville, VA. and graduating from the University of Virginia in civil engineering. He came to The Citadel as an instructor in the engineering department. For several years he had assisted in the football program as a volunteer along with several other faculty members that were interested in developing cadets as players. Having been schooled in Virginia football he used that system plus he introduced the long forward pass. After the ’14 season he retired from coaching but always followed the football team with much interest. He would later become the head of the civil engineering department and the building would be named after him. He became the acting president of The Citadel after General Charles P. Summerall retired in 1953. Colonel LeTellier held the office of president until he was replaced by General Mark Clark. He passed away on July 2, 1975 at the agedof 88 in Jacksonville, FL.

Born: 8 February 1887 Charlottesville, VA
Died: 2 July 1975 Jacksonville, FL (age 88)

Results for 1911

Wins 5 – Losses 2 – Ties 2 / Winning % .63
Points Scored 73 – Opponents 46

Results for 1912*
Wins 3 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .43
Points Scored 129 – Opponents 131

Overall Record for Two Years
Wins 8 – Losses 6 – Ties 2 / Winning % .53
Points Scored 202 – Opponents 177

* Scoring Values in College Football (1912-57)
Touchdown – 6 Points / Field Goal – 3 Points / PAT – 1 Point / Safety – 2 Points)

George C. Rogers ’10

1913 – 1915 & 1919

The season of 1913 marked the beginning of a new coaching system. For the first time the squad was coached by an alumnus, George Rogers ’10, assisting him were Billy Cogswell, Citadel and Auburn, end and quarterback, and the Rev. Jim Stoney, All-Southern guard from Sewanee. With this new coaching staff there entered The Citadel this fall one of the most famous freshmen classes in the athletic history of the school. This class was the chief source of material for our first two state championship teams. By following the play of the Cadets during the next four years it will be possible to trace the development of the famous teams of 1915 and 1916, both of which won the State Championships

Born: 9 October 1889 Charleston, SC
Died: 22 October 1964 Charleston, SC (age 75)

Results for 1913

SIAA / Wins 0 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 4 – Ties 2 / Winning % .44
Points Scored 217 – Opponents 121

Results for 1914
SIAA / Wins 0 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 5 – Ties 0/ Winning % .44
Points Scored 65 – Opponents 70

Results for 1915
SIAA / Wins 2 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .63
Points Scored 173 – Opponents 62
South Caolina State Champions

Results for 1916
SIAA / Wins 4 – Losses 1 – Ties 0 / Winning % .80
Overall / Wins 4 – Loses 4 – Ties 1 / Winning % .47
Points Scored 86 – Opponents 120
South Caolina State Champions

Overall Record for Four Years
SIAA – Wins 6 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .46
Overall / Wins 16 – Losses 16 – Ties 3 / Winning % .50
Points Scored 541 – Opponents 373

One South Carolina State Champion Team

Harvey J. “Harry” O’Brien

1916 – 1918 & 1920 – 1921

Harry O’Brien served as 5th (1916-18) and 7th (1920-21) Head Coach at The Citadel. Born in New Haven, Connecticut and attended Swarthmore College in PA. where he was a quarterback. Not only did he coach football on two different occasions but also was the head basketball coach for three years (1916 – 1918).

Born: 31 October 1884 New Haven, CT
Died: 23 August 1955 Philadephia, PA (age 71)

Results for 1916

Captain: John Weeks
SIAA / Wins 4 – Losses 1 – Ties 0 / Winning % .80
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses 1 – Ties 1 / Winning % .81
Points Scored 157 – Opponents 36
South Carolna State Champions

Results for 1917
Captain: A.R. Tabor
SIAA / Wins 1 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Points Scored 69 – Opponents 68

Results for 1918
Captain: Alvin Heinsohn
SIAA / Wins 0 – Losses 1 – Ties 1 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 0 – Losses 2 – Ties 1 / Winning % .0
Points Scored 0 – Opponents 13

Did not coach during the season 1919

Results for 1920
Captain: Alvin Heinsohn
SIAA / Wins 1 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .17
Overall / Wins 2 – Losses 6 – Ties – 0 / Winning % .25
Points Scored 79 – Opponents 166

Results for 1921
Captain: John Graming
SIAA / Wins 2 – Losses 3 – Ties 1 / Winning % .42
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 3 – Ties 2 / Winning % .50
Points Scored 105 – Opponents 82

Overall Record for Five Years
SIAA / Wins 8 – Losses 13 – Ties 2 / Winning % .39
Overall / Wins 14 – Losses 15 – Ties 4 / Winning % .48
Points Scored 253 – Oppenents 329
One State Championship Team

Carl T. Prause

1922 – 1929

Coach Prause served as the ninth Head Football Coach and Director of Athletics from 1922-29 …compiled an eight-season overall record of 41-32-4 (.558) … guided the Bulldogs to winning records in six of eight years… went 7-3 in 1926 as the Cadets defeated both Clemson and South Carolina … the seven victories in 1926 marked the most wins in a season for a Bulldog team until 1959 when The Citadel posted an 8-2 ledger … a decorated combat soldier in World War I, Prause was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Purple Heart, the British Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre. Coach Prause passed away on March 26, 1970 at the aged of 76 in Charleston, SC.

Born: 5 October 1893
Died: 26 March 1970 Charleston, SC (age 76)

Results for 1922
Captain: George White
SIAA / Wins 1 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .33
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .38
Points Scored 102 – Opponents 84

Results for 1923
Captain: Robert Lee
SIAA / Wins 2 – Losses 1 – Ties 1 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 3 – Ties 1 / Winning % .59
Points Scored 119 – Opponents 59

Results for 1924
Captain: Fred Wagener
SIAA / Wins 4 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .67
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses 4 -Ties 0 / Winning % .60
Points Scored 100 – Opponents 70
All wins were by shut-outs

Results for 1925
Captain: Theodore Weeks
SIAA / Wins 4 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .67
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses – 4 Ties 0 / Winning % .60
Points Scored 157 – Opponents 50
All wins were by shut-outs

Results for 1926
Captain: Ephiram Seabrook
SIAA / Wins 4 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .57
Overall / Wins 7- Losses 3 -Ties 0 / Winning % .70
Points Scored 101 – Opponents 51
Beat South Carolina 12-9 at Orangeburg and Clemson 15-6 at Clemson

Results for 1927
Captain: Donald Blanding
SIAA / Wins 2 – Losses 3 – Ties 1 / Winning % .42
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 6 – Ties 1 / Winning % .32
Points Scored 64 – Opponents 79

Results for 1928
Captain: Richard King
SIAA / Wins 3 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses 3 – Ties 1 / Winning % .63
Points Scored 155 – Opponents 44
Tied South Carolina 0-0 and beat Clemson 12-7

Results for 1929
Captain: Bill Morgan
SIAA / Wins 4 – Losses 0 – Ties 1 / Winning % .90
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 4 – Ties 1 / Winning % .53
Points Scored 146 – Opponents 73

Overall Record for Eight Years
SIAA / Wins 24 – Losses 16 – Ties 3 / Winning % .77
Overall / Wins 41 – Losses 32 – Ties 4 / Winning % .56
Points Scored 944 – Opponents 510

John C. “Red” Floyd

1930 – 1931

Coach Floyd played football at Vanderbilt as a halfback and had been Head Coach at Middle Tennessee and Auburn before coming to The Citadel in 1930. He was the first coach hired at The Citadel that had previously been a Head Coach in college before coming to Charleston. He compiled a 9–9–3 record during his two year stint with the Bulldogs. The following is a write-up from Wikipedia about Coach Floyd: In 1917, Floyd entered his first stint as a head coach at Middle Tennessee, and had a record of 7–0. In 1929, he coached at Auburn, and compiled an 0–4 record. This makes him the only coach in NCAA history to lose four straight games after winning his first seven. From 1930 to 1931, he coached at The Citadel, and compiled a 9–9–3 record. From 1935 to 1938, he entered his second stint as a head coach at Middle Tennessee State, where he compiled a 23–8–1 record, including a second undefeated season in 1935 at 8–0. Coach Floyd passed away on July 20, 1965 at the aged of 72 in Shelbyville, TN.

Born: 14 July 1891 Murfressboro, TN
Died: 20 July 1965 Shelbyville, TN (age 72)

Results for 1930

SIAA / Wins 3 – Losses 1 – Ties 0 / Winning % .75
Overall / Wins 4- Losses 5 – Ties 2 / Winning % .44
Points Scored 60 – Opponents 95

• First eleven game season played by The Citadel
• First Coach to beat VMI (7-6)

Results for 1931
SIAA / Wins 4 – Losses 1 – Ties 0 / Winning % .80
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 4 – Ties 1 / Winning % .57
Points Scored 93 – Opponents 125

Overall Record for Two Years
SIAA / Wins 7 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .78
Overall / Wins 9 – Losses 9 – Ties 3 Points / Winning % .50
Scored 153 – Opponents 220

Tatum W. Gressette

1932 – 1939

Coach Gressette was an outstanding player at Furman (Fr. & soph.) and South Carolina (Jr. & Sr.) and was Captain his senior year. After the 1939 season he returned to Columbia to enter ino a career of public service. In 1940 he established the “Buck A Month (B.A.M.) Club” which eventually became what is now the Gamecock Club. He also was the first Director of the South Carolina Retirement System. Coach Gressette passed away on July 19, 1997 at the aged of 97 in Columbia, SC._

Born: 22 March 1900
Died: 19 July 1997 Columbia, SC (97 yrs old)

Results for 1932

Captains: Larkin Jennings – Wylie Mitchell
SIAA / Wins 2 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Overall /Wins 4 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .44
Points Scored 64 – Opponents 123

Results for 1933
Captain: John Oglivie
SIAA / Wins 3 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .60
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 5 – Ties 1 / Winning % .33
Points Scored 77 – Opponents 71

Results for 1934
Captain: Fred Symmes
SIAA / Wins 2 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 5 – Ties 1 / Winning % 33
Points Scored 68 – Opponents 131

Results for 1935
Captain: McDonald Lowe
SIAA / Wins 3 – Losses 1 – Ties 0 / Winning % .75
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 3 – Ties 1 / Winning % 50
Points Scored 84 – Opponents 87

Results for 1936
Captain: Carlos Townsend
SoCon / Wins 0 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Points Scored 133 – Opponents 102

Results for 1937
Captain: F.W. King
SoCon / Wins 2- Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Overall / Wins 7 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .64
Points Scored 199 – Opponents 119

Results for 1938
Captain: Andy Sabados
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .55
Points Scored 143 – Opponents 148

Results for 1939
Captain: Bill Spain
SoCon / Wins 0 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .0
Wins 3 – Losses 8 – Ties 0 / Winning % .27
Points Scored 95 – Opponents 194

Overall Record for Eight Years
Wins 34 – Losses 41 – Ties 3 / Winning % .44
Points Scored 863 – Opponents 975

John H. “Bo” Rowland

1940 – 1942

Tenth Head Coach at The Citadel. Played at Vanderbilt University as an End in 1923 & 1924. Head Coach at Henderson-Brown (1925-30), Ouachita Baptist (1931), The Citadel (1940-42), Oklahoma City (1946-47) and George Washington (1948-51). Had a 72-43-7 record as a Head Coach. Also served as an assistant at (Oklahoma 1932-34), Syracuse (1935) and Cornell (1936-39).

Born: 20 March 1903 Arkadephia, AR
Died: 23 September 1964 Little Rock, AR

Captain: Henry Kennedy
SoCon / Wins 0 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .44
Points Scored 123 – Opponents 136

Results for 1941
Captain: Mike Newell
SoCon / Wins 0 – Losses 2 – Ties 1 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 3 – Ties 1 / Winning % .57
Points Scored 175 – Opponents 89

Results for 1942
Captain: Eddie Overman
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .71
Points Scored 135 – Opponents 54

Over-All Record for Three Years
SoCon – Wins 2 – Losses 8 – Ties 1 / Winning % .20
Overall / Wins 13 – Losses 10 – Ties 1 / Winning % .54
Points Scored 433 – Opponents 279

No Football Team from 1943 to 1945 (due to WW II)

James “Quinn” Decker

1946 – 1952

Hired as the eleventh Head Coach of the Bulldogs in 1946 following the absence of football from 1943-45 due to WWII. A graduate of the University of Tennessee where he played fullback in the late 1920’s. After graduating started his coaching career at Central High School in Knoxville, Tn and then served as an assistant at University of Tennessee until taking the Head Coaching position at Centre College in 1938 through 1941 season. During WW II he served as a 1st Lieutentant in the Army Air Force rising to the rank of Major before the end of conflict.

Born: 29 October 1907
Died: 20 December 1987 Knoxville, TN (age of 80)

Results for 1946
Captain: Albert Salvato
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .18
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .38
Total Points 82 – Opponents 154

• Ground broken for “second” Johnson Hagood Stadium

Results for 1947
Captain: Henry Beaudry
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .20
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .38
Total Points 47 – Opponents 159

Results for 1948
Captain: Mel Lewis
SoCon / Wins 0 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 2 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .22
Total Points 45 – Opponents 152

• 2nd Johnson Hagood Stadium dedicated on December 04 vs. Clemson (0-20) with a seating capacity of 22,343 (new stadium faces East to West instead of North to South)

Results for 1949
Captain: Harold Webster
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .44
Total Points 99 – Opponents 191

• First win in Johnson Hagood Stadium (II) vs. Newberry (14-12) on October 01

Results for 1950
Captain: Jack Huddle
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / / Winning % .40
Total Points 132 – Opponents 125

• Citadel plays Univ. of Florida (3-7) in Gainesville, FL. in first night game played in their stadium

Results for 1951
Captain: Sam Rubino
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Total Points 186 – Opponents 209

Results for 1952
Captains: John Mamajek – Pete Petrich
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 3 – Ties 1 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 5 – Ties 1 / Winning % .38
Total Points 119 – Opponents 191

Overall Record for Seven Years
SoCon / Wins 8 – Losses 25 – Ties 1 / Winning % .24
Wins 23 – Losses 39 – Ties 1 / Winning % .37
Points Scored 710 – Opponents 1,181

John McMillan

1953 – 1954

Results for 1953

Captain: Ralph Renken
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 2 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .22
Points Scored 77 – Opponents 264

Results for 1954
Captains: Ray Allen – Duby Rierson
SoCon / Wins 0 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 2 – Losses 8 – Ties 0 / Winning % .20
Points Scored 94 – Opponents 256

Overall Results for Two Years
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .13
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 15 – Ties 0 / Winning % .21
Points Scored 171 – Opponents 520

Born: 27 January 1919 Fitzgerald, GA
Died: 20 November 1981 Charlotte, NC (62 yrs old)

John Sauer

1955 – 1956

Coach Sauer became the thirteenth Head Coach of the Bulldogs in January 1955 and first the first head coach hired by General Clark. A native of Dayton, Ohio where he was a multi-sport athletic. He attended the United State Military Academy (1943-46) where he played and also coached. While in the service he was assigned to West Point as an assistant football coach thus beginning his coaching career. After leaving the service in 1950 he became an assistant coach at the University of Florida coaching the backs through the 1951 season. In 1952 took the same position with the Los Angles Rams until accepting the head position at The Citadel. In 1957 he resigned to go back to Ohio to assist his father in the family commercial real estate business which he became the owner in 1976. His love of football got him started in sports radio which led him into CBS-TV Football Analyst in 1963. During this time he also scouted for the Rams and Vikings. In 1974 he teamed with Bill Hillgrove as a radio analyst for the University of Pittsburgh Football. Coach Sauer passed away in March of 1996 in Oakwood, Ohio after several years of failing health at the age of 70.

born: 31 August 1925 Dayton, OH
died: 04 March 1996 Oakwood, OH

Results for 1955
Captain: Jim Tyson
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .56
Points Scored – Opponents

Results for 1956
Captains: Budgie Broome
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 3- Losses 5 – Ties 1 / Winning % .39
Points Scored – Opponents

Overall Results for Two Years
SoCon / Wins 3 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .38
Overall / Wins 8 – Losses 9 – Ties / Winning % .47
Points Scored 237 – Opponents 294

Eddie Teague

1957 – 1965

The fourteenth Head Coach. An outstanding football player from his native Washington, DC, was a coveted pick by NC State to play under Doc Newton and Herman Hickman. He was a three sport man and in 1942, when Jim Tatum had his one year “hitch” as war time head coach at “Carolina” Teague’s perfection at tailback on a “Sally Rand” keep play upset the favored Tar Heels. In 1943 moved to North Carolina as a service man in the V-12 program and made the All-Conference team and All-American honorable mention under Tom Young. After graduating in 1943 and going into the Marines during WWII and the Korean conflict rising to rank of Captain. In 1949 became HC and Athletic Director at Guilford College for two. In 1951 joined Jim Tatum at North Carolina and in 1952 moved with Tatum to Maryland working with the defensive backs. He and Emmett Cheek (UNC ’48) during their stay at Maryland coauthored a fine book on recruiting. After his retirement from coaching at The Citadel remained its Athletic Director until his retirement in 1985. Coach Teague died on November 15, 1987 at the age of 65. Only coach at The Citadel to take a team to a bowl game (Tangerine-1960) and win (27-7) and win the first Southern Conference Championship (1961).

Born: 14 December 1921
Died: 15 November 1987 Charleston, SC

Results for 1957
Captains: Ed Dazanis – Connie Tuza
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .67
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 4 – Ties 1 / Winning % .51
Points Scored 111 – Opponents 135

Results for 1958
Captains: Joe Chefalo – Joe Keller
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Wins 4 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Points Scored 130 – Opponents 196

Results for 1959
Captains: Jim Gulliford – Tom Hemingway
SoCon / Wins 5 – Losses 1 – Ties 0 / Winning % .83
Overall / Wins 8 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .80
Points Scored 207 – Opponents 142

Results for 1960 – Tangerine Bowl Champions
Captains: George Garrison – Jerry Nettles – Harry Rakowski
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .67
Wins 8 – Losses 2 – Ties 1 / Winning % .77
Points Scored 181 – Opponents 93

Results for 1961 – Southern Conference Champions / SoCon Coach of the Year
Captains: Earley Eastburn – Ed Harrington – Bill Whaley
SoCon / Wins 5 – Losses 1 – Ties 0 / Winning % .83
Overall / Wins 7 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .70
Points Scored 133 – Opponents 155

Results for 1962
Captains: Charlie Brendle – Gene Dice
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses – 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .20
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .30
Points Scored 143 – Opponents 264

Results for 1963
Captains: Joe Buckner – Nick DiLoreto
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .33
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Points Scored 149 – Opponents 192

Results for 1964
Captain: Frank Murphy
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .57
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Points Scored 128 – Opponests 122

Results for 1965
Captain: Francis Grant
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Wins 2 – Losses 8 – Ties 0 / Winning % .20
Points Scored 77 – Opponents 159

Overall Record for Nine Years
SoCon / Wins 29 – Losses 26 – Ties 0 / Winning % .53
Wins 45 – Losses 44 – Ties 2 / Winning % .51
Points Scored 1,256 – Opponents 1,457

One Bowl Championship / One Conference Championship

Red Parker

1966 – 1972

Results for 1966
Captains: Dick Hanes – Cal Mccombs – Tom Moore
SoCon / Wins 3 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .38
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Points Scored 120 – Opponents 178

Results for 1967
Captains: Rick Clifford – Alex Gettys
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .33
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Points Scored 155 – Opponents 144

Results for 1968
Captains: Jim McMillan – Jackie Zorn
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .67
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Points Scored 177 – Opponents 200

Results for 1969
Captains: Tony Passander – John Small
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .67
Wins 7 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .70
Points Scored 262 – Opponents 194

• 250th Win in Football vs. Maine (40-28) on November 08 at Johnson Hagood Stadium

Results for 1970
Captains: Charlie Baker – Don Dease
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .67
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .46
Points Scored 259 – Opponents 241

Results for 1971
Captains: Mike Davitt – Champ Reiley – Kyle Reiser – Tommy Rhodes
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % . 67
Overall / Wins 8 . Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .73
Poinst Scored 336 – Opponents 272

Results for 1972
Captains: Ed Barnwell – Bob Carson – Neal Rumble – Norman Seabrooks
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .57
Wins 5 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .46
Points Scored 192 – Opponents 183

• First Live TV Game – ABC Regional Broadcast – October 14 vs. East Carolina (21-27) at Greenville, NC

Over-All Record for Seven Years
SoCon / Wins 25 – Losses 20 – Ties 0 / Winning % .56
Overall / Wins 39 – Losses 34 – Ties 0 / Winning % .53
Points Scored 1,531 – Opponents 1,412

Born: 26 August 1931 Hampton, AR
Died: 04 January 2016 Benton, AR

Bobby Ross

1973 – 1977

Results for 1973
Captains: Jim Roberts – Oren Wood
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .14
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 8 – Ties 0 / Winning % .27
Points Scored 137 – Opponents 250

Results for 1974
Captains: Tommy Ervin – Kemble Farr – Buddy Parrish
SoCon / Wins 3 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .43
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .36
Points Scored 216 – Opponents 248

• First Year for Athletic Cadre for Football
• 600th Game played vs. VMI (9-20) on October 12 (Johnson Hagood Stadium)

Results for 1975
Captains: Brian Ruff – Ron Shelley
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .57
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .55
Points Scored 144 – Opponents 97

Results for 1976
Captains: Ralph Ferguson – Andrew Johnson – Brian Ruff
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .55
Points Scored 171 – Opponents 176

• First win against a Division 1 opponent – Air Force (26-7) on October 23 at Colorado Springs, CO.
• The first Military Classic of the South game between the Citadel and VMI (14-30)

Results for 1977
Captains: Tony Starks – Sidney Wildes
SoCon / Wins 3 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .60
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .46
Points Scored 133 – Opponents 162

Over-All Record for Five Years
SoCon / Wins 12 – Losses 19 – Ties 0 / Winning % .38
Overall / Wins 24 – Losses 31 – Ties 0 / Winning % .44
Points Scored 801- Opponents 933

Art Baker

1978 – 1982

Coach Baker became the seventeenth Head Coach of the Bulldogs. A native of Sumter, SC and graduate of Presbyterian College in 1953 where he was a running back for the Blue Hose. Started his coaching there following graduation for two years before becoming HC at McColl for two years. In 1957 he became the head mentor at Newberry High for two years. In 1959 he became the HC of Eau Clair in Columbia, SC for six years. In 1965 was hired by Frank Howard to coach the freshman squad and the next years running backs. In 1970 to 1972 was at Texas Tech. In 1973 became the Head Coach at Furman for five years. After leaving The Citadel he went to East Carolina in 1983 as an offensive assistant. In 1984 went to Florida State as the QB coach for Bobby Bowen. In 1985 returned to East Carolina as Head Coach through the 1988 season. In 1989 was hired by the University of South Carolina as Associate Athletic Director for Development and Director of the Gamecock Club. Retired in June 1995 and now resides in Columbia. He still owns the record at The Citadel for the highest winning percentage of Conference game (54%) won and overall wins (56%) since 1950 (modern era).

Results for 1978
Captains: Keith Allen – Kenny Caldwell – David Kreber
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .40
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .46
Points Scored 201 – Opponents 246

• Undefeated at Johnson Hagood Stadium (5-0)

Results for 1979
Captains: Mike Adams – Paul Gillis – David Kreber – Tim Russell
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .67
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .55
Points Scored 253 – Opponents 277

• 300th win in Football vs. Appalachian State (24-23) on September 29 at Johnson Hagood Stadium

Results for 1980
Captains: Stump Mitchell – Bill Salley – Richard Farrier
SoCon / Wins 3 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .60
Overall / Wins 7 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .64
Points Scored 269 – Opponents 191

• Undefeated at Johnson Hagood Stadium (6-0)

Results for 1981
Captains: Danny Miller – Kelly Curry – Hillery Douglas
SoCon / Wins 3 – Losses 2 – Ties 1 / Winning % .60
Overall / Wins 7 – Losses 3 – Ties 1 / Winning % .70
Points Scored 252 – Opponents 151

Results for 1982
Captains: Joe Pipczynski – Mike Varner – Rich Sniscak
SoCon / Wins 3 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .43
Overall / Wins 5 Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .46
Points Scored 150 – Opponents 230

Overall Record for Five Years
SoCon – Wins 15 – Losses 13 – Ties 1 / Winning % .54
Overall – Wins 30 – Losses 24 – Ties 1 / Winning % .56
Points Scored 1,125 – Opponents 1,082

born: 11 November 1929 – Sumter, SC
died: 1 January 2024 – Sumter, SC

Thomas (Tom) “T.K.” Moore

1983 – 1986

Moore was hired as the twentieth head coach at The Citadel after serving as an assistant coach at Aurora High School (Colorado-‘67), Wichita State (Kansas-’68-‘70), Clemson (’71-’78) and head coach at Gardner Webb College in North Carolina from 1979-82.  A three-year letterman for The Citadel from 1964-66 and serving as a captain of the football team his senior year and being selected on the All-Southern Conference as a split end.  He was also a 1^st Lt. in the Corps and held the rank of Captain in the U.S. Air Force after four years.  A native of Beaver Falls, PA. where he lettered four years and played in the same backfield with former Alabama and New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath.

Results for 1983
Captains: Rich Sniscak – Bill West
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .14
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 8 – Ties 0 / Winning % .30
Points Scored 182 – Opponents 336

• 700th Game played on October 15 vs. Chattanooga (9-30) at Chattanooga, TN.

Results for 1984 – Southern Conference Coach of the Year
Captains: Jim Gabrish – Robert Hill – Cedric Lash – George Milton
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .67
Overall / Wins 7 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .64
Points Scored 240 – Opponents 252

Results for 1985
Captains: Lee Glaze – Jim Gabrish – Dave Lambert – Brian Graves
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 4 – Ties 1 / Winning % .33
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 5 – Ties 1 / Winning % .500
Points Scored 190 – Opponents 236

Results for 1986
Captains: Scott Thompson – Albert Presley – Dayle Rust – Adrian Williams
SoCon / Wins 0 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 8 – Ties 0 / Winning % .30
Points Scored 155 – Oppenents 323

Overall Results for Four Years
SoCon / Wins 7 – Losses 18 – Ties 1 / Winning % .28
Overall / Wins 18 – Losses 25 – Ties 1 / Winning % .42
Points Scored 767 – Opponents 1,147

Charlie Taaffe

1987 – 1995

Coach Taaffe became the nineteenth head coach of the Bulldogs in January of 1987. Born in Albany, NY. Played college football at Clemson (1969) and Siena College (1970-72) at the position of QB. He started his coaching career at Albany College in 1973 working with QBs/RBs. In 1974 went to Ga. Tech as a GA working with the WR and then to NC State in 1975 as GA coaching QBs. From 1976-80 at Univ. of Virginia coaching on both sides of the ball. From 1981-83 he was QB and backfield coach at West Point and in 1984 was promoted to offensive coordinator throughout the 1996 season. After nine years at The Citadel, arguably the best to date since the 1950’s in total wins plus three different play-off appearances and a Southern Conference Championship in 1992, moved to Canada to become the Montreal Alouettes offensive coordinator from 1997-98. In 1999 became the the head coach with an overall record of 25-14 and appearance in the Grey Cup finals in 2000. In 2001 he became the offensive coordinator at Maryland working with HC Ralph Friedgen where they set numerous offensive records. 2006 went to Univ. of Pittsburg as OC. In 2007 he was hired as HC of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In 2009 was hired by University of Central Florida as their offensive coordinator where he remains to date.

Results for 1987
Captains: Mike Kissenberth – Jason Matthews
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .17
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .36
Points Scored 228 – Opponents 280

Results for 1988
Captains: Players of Senior Class
SoCon / Wins 5 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .71
Overall / Wins 8 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .67
Points Scored 318 – Opponents 286

• First Citadel Team to be in NCAA 1-AA Play-Offs

Results for 1989
Captain: Rick Brodsky
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 5 – Ties 1 / Winning % .21
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 5 – Ties 1 / Winning % .50
Points Scored 245 – Opponents 258

Results for 1990
Captains: Tony Skole – Mike Cory – Terrance Young
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .57
Overall / Wins 7 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .58
Points Scored 266 – Opponents 223

• Second Team to play in NCAA 1-AA Play-Offs

Results for 1991
Captains: Jack Douglas – Bill Melby – Lester Smith
SoCon / Wins 5 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .71
Overall / Wins 7 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .57
Points Scored 238 – Opponents 183

Results for 1992 – Southern Conference Champions / SoCon Coach of the Year
Captains: Jack Douglas – Cornell Caldwell – Lester Smith – Torrence Forney
SoCon / Wins 6 – Losses 1 – Ties 0 / Winning % .86
Overall / Wins 11 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .84
Points Scored 353 – Opponents 185

• Played in two rounds of NCAA 1-AA Play-Offs (both games at Johnson Hagood)
  

Results for 1993
Captains: Judson Boehmer – Erick Little – Everette Sands – Garrett Sizer
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .46
Points Scored 246 – Opponents 255

Results for 1994
Captains: Ray Eddleton – C.J. Haynes – Micah Young – Todd Lair
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .55
Points Scored 388 – Opponents 343

Results for 1995
Captain: Lenny Clark
SoCon / Wins 0 – Losses 8 – Ties 0 / Winning % .0
Overall / Wins 2 – Losses 9 – Ties 0 / Winning % .18
Points Scored 165 – Opponents 261

Over-All Record for Nine Years
SoCon / Wins 30- Losses 32 – Ties 1 / Winning % .48
Wins 55 – Losses 47 – Ties 1 / Winning % .54
Points Scored 2,447 – Opponents 2,274

One Conference Championship / Three Play-Off Years

Don Powers

1996 – 2000

Coach Powers was named the twentieth Head Coach of the Bulldogs in December of 1995 from Defensive Coordinator the last seven years at The Citadel under Charlie Taaffe. A native of Lincolnton, NC. Graduating from Western Carolina (cum laude) in 1968. That fall he started his coaching career as a graduate student coach under Head Coach Bob Waters. In 1969 he became a full time assistant coach working with outside linebackers a position he had played. In 1974 was named Defensive Coordinator and in 1982 was elevated to the position of Assistant Head Coach. In 1984 he moved to Western Kentucky in the same position. In 1985 was hired by Art Baker at East Carolina as the DC. In 1987 he came to The Citadel as DC which he held for the next seven years before being elevated to Head Coach for the next five years. In 2000 he went into private business in Charleston. In 2006 he return to Western Carolina on the defensive side of the ball. In 2007 once again held the title of DC/Assistant Head Coach. Following the end of season he returned to Mt. Pleasant where he resides with wife, Jane Strickland Powell.

Born: 14 November 1944 Lincolnton, NC
Died: 04 December 2017 Charleston, SC

Results for 1996

Captains: Derek Beres – Trez Jackson – Maurice Johnson
SoCon / Wins 3 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .38
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .36
Points Scored 236 – Opponents 335

Results for 1997
Captains: Stanley Myers – Dereks Thomas – Alvin Brown
SoCon / Wins 4 – 4 Losses – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 6 – 5 Losses – Ties 0 / Winning % .55
Points Scored 165 – Opponents 224

Results for 1998
Captains: Stanley Myers – Deedrick Reese – Maurice Drayton – Lance Gray
SoCon / Wins 4 – 4 Losses – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 5 – 6 Losses – Ties 0 / Winning % .45
Points Scored 223 – Opponents 296

Results for 1999
Captains: Chip Simmons – Mario Richardson – Jason Barley
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .13
Overall / Wins 2 – Losses 9 – Ties 0 / Winning % .18
Points Scored 147 – Opponents 349

Results for 2000
Captains: Denny Haywood – Travis Cunningham – Denrick Gamble
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .13
Overall / Wins 2 – Losses 9 – Ties 0 / Winning % .18
Points Scored 144 – Opponents 335

Over All Record for Five Years
SoCon / Wins 13 – Losses 27 – Ties 0 / Winning % .33
Overall / Wins 19 – Losses 36 – Ties 0 / Winning % .35
Points Scored 915 – Opponents 1,539

Ellis Johnson

2001 – 2003

 

Ellis Johnson became The Citadel’s 21st head football coach on December 20, 2000.  A native of Winnsboro, S.C., Johnson graduated from Winnsboro High School and played defensive end for coach Bobby Ross’ teams at The Citadel and began his coaching career under Ross with the 1975 team, leading the defensive ends.  Johnson joined the high school coaching ranks for the next six seasons, serving as an assistant at two prominent upstate schools, Gaffney High (1976-78) and Spartanburg High (1979). He was promoted to the head coaching position at Spartanburg High and remained in that capacity for two seasons (1980-81) before returning to Charleston to coach the linebackers in 1982 under coach Art Baker.  He was named head coach at Gardner-Webb for the 1983 season, where the Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 in the NAIA District 26 and then left to become defensive coordinator at Appalachian State (1984). He moved and joined Art Baker’s staff at East Carolina coaching the outside linebackers and serving as recruiting coordinator from 1985-87, and then became the defensive coordinator at Southern Mississippi for the 1988 and ’89 seasons.  Johnson had his first stint at Alabama coaching the outside linebackers for the 1990-93 seasons before moving to Clemson to coach the outside linebackers for the 1994-95 campaigns and then served as the Tigers’ defensive coordinator for the 1996 season. He returned to Alabama as defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach in 1997 where he had been until being named head coach at The Citadel. After three years Johnson left to become DC at Mississippi State from 2004 to 2007. In 2008 became DC/Asst. HC at University of South Carolina. In 2012 became HC at Southern Miss. In 2013 became DC at Auburn.

Results for 2001
Captains: Travis Cunningham – Maurice Murphy – Travis Stephens
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .30
Points Scored 172 – Opponents 183

Results for 2002
Captains: Chad Boozer – Jeff Klein
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .13
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 9 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Points Scored 305 – Opponents 338

Results for 2003
Captains: Kevin Olecki – T.J. Rose
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Points Scored 261 – Opponents 311

Overall Record for Three Years
SoCon / Wins 7 – Losses 17 – Ties 0 / Winning % .29
Overall / Wins 12 – Losses 22 – Ties 0 / Winning % .35
Points Scored 738 – Opponents 832

Kevin Higgins

2005 to 2013

Kevin Higgins became the 23^rd Head Coach of the Bulldogs in the Spring of 2005.  He was born in Emerson, NJ and graduated from Emerson Jr./Sr. High School where he played football, basketball and baseball.  In college, West Chester, he played safety for three years.  He started his coaching career at his high school in 1977 for two years as an assistant coach and then moved North Warren in same position.  He made his college depute in Gettysburg College in 1981 for four years before moving to Richmond for another three years.  In 1988 he moved to Lehigh as an assistant coach and in 1994 became Head Coach where he had a record of 56-25-1.  In 2001 he became an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions working with QB/WR.  In December of 2013 he accepted the position of Assistant Head Coach at Wake Forrest.

Results for 2005
Captains: Dusty Bennifield – Shawn Grant – Porter Johnson – Fred Townsend
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .29
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 7 – Ties / Winning % .36
Points Scored 194 – Opponents 316

Results for 2006
Captains: Chris Murray – Rontreal Tyler – James Wilson
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .57
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 6 – Ties / Winning % .46
Points Scored 264 – Opponents 314

Results for 2007
Captains: Duran Lawson – Chris McDowell
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .57
Overall / Wins 7 – Losses 4 – Ties / Winning % .57
Points Scored 434 – Opponents 310

Results for 2008
Captains: Andre Roberts – Jonathan Vest
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 8 – Ties / Winning % .33
Points Scored 328 – Opponents 394

Results for 2009
Captains: Dan DeHaven – Jordon Gilmore – Dewitt Jones – Andre Roberts
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 7 – Ties / Winning % .36
Points Scored 251 – Opponents 286

Results for 2010
Captains: Cortez Allen – Tolu Akindele – Ryan Keiper – Alex Sellars
SoCon / Wins 1 – Losses 7 – Ties 0 / Winning % .12
Overall / Wins 3 – Losses 8 – Ties / Winning % .27
Points Scored 164 – Opponents 296

Results for 2011
Captains: Tolu Akindele – Rickey Anderson – Ben Dupree
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Overall / Wins 4 – Losses 7 – Ties / Winning % .36
Points Scored 258 – Opponents 257

Results for 2012 – Southern Conference Coach of the Year
Captains: Rickey Anderson – Keith Carter – Derek Douglas – Brandon McCaddie
SoCon / Wins 5 – Losses 3 – Ties 0 / Winning % .63
Overall / Wins 7 – Losses 4 – Ties / Winning % .57
Points Scored 328 – Opponents 304

Results for 2013
Captains: Keith Carter – Derek Douglas – Ben Dupree – Brandon McCaddie
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 7 – Ties / Winning % .42
Points Scored 318 – Opponents 339

Overall Record for Nine Years
SoCon / Wins 26 – Losses 43 – Ties 0 / Winning % .38
Overall / Wins 43 – Losses 58 – Ties 0 / Winning % .43
Points Scored 2,539 – Opponents 2,816

Mike Houston

2014 – 15

 

Coach Houston became the 24th Head Coach of the Bulldogs in January of 2014. In the Fall of 1994 began coaching career at Forbush High School in East Bend, NC as the Defensive Coordinator.  In 1996 was hired as DC at T.C. Robinson High School in Asheville, NC.  In 2001 was elevated to Head Coach and compiled a record of 42-18 in five years including a 5-4 Play-off record.  The Asheville Citizen-Times named him All Area Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2004.  His 2004 team was undefeated in regular season play (1^st Conference Football Championship) falling in the State Semifinals. In 2006 move to Brevard College (Division II) as DC and Associate Head Coach in their first season in fifty-six years of football.  Fred Goldsmith called and he became the DC at Lenoir-Rhyne in the fall of 2007 for six seasons before being named Head Coach prior to the 2011 season.  In his first year the Bears finished 7-3 and tied for Conference title earning him Coach of the Honors.  The second season as HC his team competed in Division II Play-off and was also named Coach of the year.  In third and final season the team reached the National Championship losing to undefeated Northwest Missouri State and was again named Conference Coach of the Year as the Bears set an NCAA all-division rushing record of 5,563 yards.

Results for 2014
Captains: Aaron Miller-Rah Muhammad-Carl Robinson-Jake Stenson
SoCon / Wins 3 – Loses 4 / Winning % 42
Overall / Wins 5 – 7 Loses / Winning % 41

Results for 2015 – Southern Conference Co-Champions / SoCon Coach of the Year
Captains: Tevin Floyd-Sam Frye-Vinny Miller-James Riley
SoCon / Wins 6 – Loses 1 / Winning % 85
Overall / Wins 9 – Loses 4 / Winning % 69

Overall Record for Two Years
SoCon / Wins 9 – Loses 5 / Winning % 64
Overall / Wins 14 – Loses 11 / Winning % 56
Points Scored 400 – Opponents 283

Brent Thompson

2016 -2022

“I am proud to announce Brent Thompson as the 25th Head football Coach at The Citadel,” Jim Senter, Athletic Director said. He has been the architect of our highly successful triple option offense, which we consider part of our identity here. He has experience as a coordinator at three different institutions and directed one of the best rushing offenses in FCS each of the last two seasons. His hire allows us to continue building on the foundation he helped establish as we look to take our program to the next level. In addition to his football expertise and ability to connect with our cadet-athletes, he graduated from a military college and understands the additional demands placed on the team. When we started this search, we wanted to find the perfect fit for The Citadel and I believe we found that in Coach Thompson.

In his first year at The Citadel, Thompson was instrumental in the development of Aaron Miller as the senior ranked second in the Southern Conference with 1,080 rushing yards, the highest total by a Bulldog since 1998, and finished the regular season 31st in the nation and second among quarterbacks. The B-back combination of Tyler Renew and Isiaha Smith rushed for 1,352 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Thompson came to Lenoir-Rhyne after serving as an assistant coach at Bucknell for seven seasons (2003-09). In 2009, Thompson served as the Bison’s offensive coordinator in addition to his duties as recruiting coordinator and offensive line coach. Thompson started his career at the Lewisburg, Pa., school as the wide receivers coach in 2003.
Prior to Bucknell, Thompson coached two seasons (2001-02) at Northeastern where he oversaw the running backs and was the team’s video coordinator. In 2002, Thompson helped lead the Huskies to the Atlantic 10 championship.
Thompson, a 1998 graduate of Norwich with a degree in peace, war and diplomacy, was a two-year letterman as a defensive back on the football squad. He began his coaching career at Dickinson in the fall of 1998 as a graduate assistant and worked with the outside linebackers before serving as the wide receivers coach at Stony Brook in 2000.

Thompson is married to the former Tiffany Lebengood, and the couple has two-seven year-old twin daughters Harper and Emma.

Results for 2016 (Southern Conference Champions)
Captains: Joe Crochet, Tevin Floyd, DeAndre Schoultz, Kyle Weaver
SoCon / Wins 8 – Losses 0 – Ties 0 / Winning % .100
Overall / Wins 10 – Losses 2 – Ties 0 / Winning % .83
Points Scored 317 – Opponents 246

Results for 2017
Captains: : Dom Allen, Cam Jackson, Myles Pierce, Kailik Williams
SoCon / Wins 3 – Losses 5 – Ties 0 / Winning % .38
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .45
Points Scored 237 – Opponents 290

Results for 2018
Captain: Aron Spann III
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 5 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .45
Points Scored 328 – Opponents 333

Results for 2019
Captains: Phil Barrett, Brandon Rainey
SoCon / Wins 4 – Losses 4 – Ties 0 / Winning % .50
Overall / Wins 6 – Losses 6 – Ties / Winning % .50
Points Scored 346 – Opponents 338

Results for 2020 (Fall)
Captains: Willie Eubanks, Sean-Thomas, Javonte Middleton, Raleigh Webb
Non Conference / Wins 0 – Losses 4
Note: three of losses were to Division 1 Teams
Results for 2021 (Spring)
Captains: Javonte Middleton
SoCon / Wins 2 – Losses 6 – Ties 0 / Winning % .25
Combined Seasons
Overall / Wins 2 – Losses 10 – Ties / Winning % .17
Points Scored 194 – Opponents 360

Overall Record for Five Years
SoCon / Wins 21 – Losses 19 – Ties 0 / Winning % .53
Overall / Wins 28 – Losses 30 – Ties 0 / Winning % .48
Points Scored 1422 – Opponents 1567

Results for 2021 (Fall)
Captains: Jaylan Adams, Marquise Blount, Andy Davis, Brian Horn, Destin Mack
SoCon / Wins – Losses – Ties 0 / Winning % .
Overall / Wins – Losses – Ties / Winning % .
Points Scored – Opponents

Maurice Drayton

2023-

Former Bulldog player and defensive coordinator Maurice Drayton has been named the next head football coach at The Citadel. The announcement was made by Director of Athletics Mike Capaccio on Tuesday.

“We are very excited to have Maurice back at The Citadel,” said Capaccio. “We conducted a very thorough search and it was clear that Maurice was the best person for this position. He understands what it takes to be a cadet-athlete at The Citadel, and also understands what it takes to be successful on the field.”

A former standout player and defensive coordinator, Drayton returns to The Citadel after spending the previous seven seasons working in the NFL. He most recently served as the assistant special teams coordinator for the Las Vegas Raiders. Drayton also served as the special teams coordinator in Green Bay in 2021, assistant special teams coordinator for the Packers from 2018-20, and the special teams coordinator for Indianapolis Colts in 2016-17.

In his final season in Green Bay, Drayton worked with newcomer P Corey Bojorquez, who finished with the highest gross punting average (46.5 avg.) in a season (min. 35 punts) in franchise history. He also saw K Mason Crosby set a new franchise record with a streak of 24 consecutive field goals made from 2019-2021.

Drayton’s first season with the Colts saw him guide Pat McAfee to his second Pro Bowl after leading the league with a 49.3 yard average. Additionally, he helped Adam Vinatieri register his 19^th and 20^th 100-point seasons, extending his NFL record.

“I want to thank Gen. Walters, Mike Capaccio and the entire committee for giving me this opportunity. I made the decision several years ago to take the road less traveled, and it allowed me to meet people that have remained loyal.

“I believe in the divine power of God and that has moved in the minds of those who extended the invitation to return home. For me and my family, Moncks Corner, Charleston and The Citadel will always be home. I am prepared to assist in taking our school to the next level.”

Drayton served as The Citadel’s defensive coordinator from 2014-15, helping the Bulldogs to the 2015 Southern Conference Championship. The 2015 defense led the conference with 31 takeaways, 11 fumble recoveries, 10 passing TDs allowed and a 36.5 opponent third-down conversion percentage. The defense also ranked third in the FCS with 20 interceptions, including five returned for touchdowns.

All-in-all, Drayton has spent 14 seasons at The Citadel as a player or coach. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1998 and his master’s in education in 2007.

As a player, Drayton was a two-year starter at cornerback and finished his career with 145 tackles, 17 pass break-ups and three interceptions.

After completing his eligibility in 1998, Drayton spent the next seven seasons as a member of the Bulldog coaching staff. He began as a graduate assistant/secondary coach, before spending the 2000 season coaching the tackles/tight ends. He also worked with the wide receivers (2001) and outside linebackers (2002), before spending the 2003-05 seasons coaching the secondary, special teams and serving as the recruiting coordinator.

Drayton spent the 2006 season as the defensive coordinator for the Seinajoki (Finland) Crocodiles of the European Football League. He spent 2007 as an assistant principal and assistant coach at Goose Creek High School.

Drayton joined the staff at South Carolina State in 2008, coaching the defensive backs and special teams. In his two seasons in Orangeburg, Drayton helped SCSU capture a pair of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) titles.

Drayton spent the 2010-11 seasons as the assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach at Coastal Carolina.

He would serve as the secondary coach for former Bulldog head coach Ellis Johnson at Southern Miss in 2012 before working with the defense and special teams with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 2013.

A native of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, Drayton and his wife are the proud parents of two children.

Coaching Career
2023                 The Citadel                               Head Coach
2022                 Las Vegas Raiders                    Assistant Special Teams
2021                 Green Bay Packers                  Special Teams Coordinator
2018-20            Green Bay Packers                  Assistant Special Teams
2016-17            Indianapolis Colts                     Special Teams Coordinator
2014-15            The Citadel                              Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks
2013                Montreal Alouttes                     Guest Coach
2012               Southern Mississippi                 Secondary
2010-11           Coastal Carolina                       Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams/Wide Receivers
2008-09           South Carolina State                Special Teams/Defensive Backs
2007                Goose Creek High School        Assistant Coach
2006                Seinajoki Crocodiles                Defensive Coordinator
2003-05           The Citadel                             Special Teams/Secondary/Recruiting Coordinator
2002                The Citadel                             Outside Linebackers
2001                The Citadel                             Wide Receivers
2000                The Citadel                             Tight Ends/Tackles
1999                The Citadel                             Graduate Assistant/Secondary