"I switched over to the head coaching role for seven years in high school and of course had to assume that role in MACJC competition for a couple of games (Holmes and Jones) during the 2015 season when our head coach was suspended. While previously serving as EMCC's defensive graduate assistant, Puertas will continue to coach the Lions' linebacker corps after . As a graduate student and second-year permanent team captain the following year, Satterwhite completed 233-of-394 passes for 2,663 yards and 25 touchdowns in directing the 8-4 UWA Tigers to a second straight NCAA Division II playoff appearance. Having the right people is the key to a successful program, and he plans to do just that. "We need great support, great focus and great effort, and we know that. He coached linebackers and special teams at Navarro, where the Bulldogs won the 2019 Southwest Junior College Football Conference championship and current Marshall University standout linebacker Abraham Beauplan ranked second among the NJCAA ranks in total tackles. A prep standout at Mobiles McGill-Toolen Catholic High School, Satterwhite completed his playing career at West Alabama ranked second on the schools all-time lists with 7,450 career passing yards and 67 touchdowns thrown. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. But please continue dropping other coach's salaries. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. 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A cold front is crossing between 8am-10am Friday morning, Ole Miss women advance to SEC semis, 77-60 over Texas A&M, Two local boxers fighting in inaugural Henry Armstrong Boxing Classic. If you look at the 2014 national championship team, they didnt allow a rushing touchdown until the bowl game. After volunteering at Holmes, he got his first full-time football coaching job on Hall of Famer Tom Goode's 1997 EMCC coaching staff as the Lions' running backs coach. This is a great opportunity to get into college coaching, Boykin said. No one person did it alone; we had so many passionate supporters who made it possible. What can Holmes players and fans expect from Bulldog football? (BVM) One could see while watching the Netflix series "Last Chance U" that playing for East Mississippi Community College (EMCC) head football coach Buddy Stephens would be strenuous. Parker played both soccer and baseball at Holmes but now is a member of the East Mississippi baseball team. He is primarily known as the head coach from the first two seasons of the Netflix series Last Chance U. Wood has three sons Marc, Parker and Will. The 2013 EMCC Lions, featuring current NFL defensive line veterans Jarran Reed and D.J. Thompson has also previously volunteered alongside coaching counterparts at the University of Florida and the University of South Carolina. Buddy is also known for his many Championships won at EMCC. Along with having the privilege of coaching with Wallace the past five years, Hays also gained valuable experience working with former UNA football coaches Terry Bowden and Mark Hudspeth, who are currently head coaches at Akron and Louisiana-Lafayette, respectively. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Maroon Tide Rally for 8-3 Win over Gautier Gators, Pearl River advances to Region 23 Semifinals after emphatic win over Southwest, No. The announcement was made this week by EMCC head football coach Buddy Stephens. Satterwhite exploded onto the collegiate scene during his junior year at UWA as one of 10 finalists for the 2017 Harlon Hill Award the NJCAA Division II equivalent to the Heisman Trophy. Thurs., Oct. 27 at Mississippi Delta* - Moorhead 6:30 p.m. He is a well-respected football coach and has coached on all levels here in Mississippi, Stephens said. It was just refreshing to see how things are done at a different place, Collins said. Wood comes to Holmes after serving as Executive Director of College Advancement and Athletics at East Mississippi Community College since January 2017. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.. Clear skies. Im extremely thankful to Coach (Buddy) Stephens for bringing me back on board here at EMCC. Finishing with a 7-4 overall record and 4-3 league mark, UWA featured a trio of defensive players who earned postseason honors, including AFCA Division II Coaches All-American first-team defensive lineman Chris Terrell. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. "Your passion can help you climb to new heights," he said. I hope that the student-athletes that I coach and that I have coached always know that I care about them first.". ", "To get the chance to work with young people and help them excel on and off the field is also something that I felt like was too great to pass up," Wood said. Published 3:19 pm Wednesday, April 6, 2022. insidezone64 5 yr. ago My problem is your statement that 'big time football coaches make mid 6 figures'. While it was a big step up from the Sun Belt to the Big 12, Lesley's leap from the junior college ranks to FBS football was just as sizable. During his first five seasons as a North Alabama staffer, Hays was a part of the Lions 2008 Division II semifinal-round playoff team and their Gulf South Conference championship club the following year. Before moving up to the university level, Thompson spent the prior two seasons within the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) ranks as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Hinds Community College. He was an assistant at Meridian for three years making the 5A playoffs each season and claimed a share of the 2000 Region 3-5A championship. Season 1: EMCC Ronald Ollie, DT The affable defensive tackle played for FCS program Nicholls State in 2016, recording 41 tackles (6.5 for loss) and two sacks. Staff Directory; Athletic Facilities; Sports Medicine/Athletic Training; . With an overall record of 115-16, Stephens is the NJCAA all-time leader in winning percentage (.878). Hamilton rejoins EMCC football coaching staff. Two years later, he added a specialists degree in educational leadership from WCU. After playing at Jones College on Sept. 8, the Lions will travel to Holmes the following week (Sept. 15) to kick off their MACCC North Division slate against a Bulldogs squad coached by former EMCC player, assistant coach and administrator Marcus Wood. Satterwhite exploded onto the collegiate scene during his junior year at UWA as one of 10 finalists for the 2017 Harlon Hill Award the NJCAA Division II equivalent to the Heisman Trophy. Thurs., Sept. 22 at Mississippi Gulf Coast Perkinston 7:00 p.m. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Given the length of Wright's drama we only see the "Life After" for the two main characters from EMCC head coach Buddy Stephens and academic counselor Brittany Wagner and a couple of. Copyright 2022 WTOK. I have a strong desire to work with young people and watch them succeed. He was an assistant at Meridian for three years making the 5A playoffs each season and claimed a share of the 2000 Region 3-5A championship. After volunteering at Holmes, he got his first full-time football coaching job on Hall of Famer Tom Goode's 1997 EMCC coaching staff as the Lions' running backs coach. During this time, the Lions compiled a nine-year overall record of 87-12 (.879) and 51-3 (.944) division mark during his time on staff and claimed three NJCAA national championships, five MACJC state titles, eight North Division crowns and participated in five NJCAA bowl games winning all of those. 1 spot in the NJCAAs Division I football poll. "I won't score a point or make a tackle but we will recruit hard, put together close knit groups who are excited about being there. All rights reserved. I feel very passionate about the opportunity that's in front of us.". However, there were a lot of changes prior to Stephens 10th season as head coach at EMCC. This is an unbelievable opportunity for me, and I cant wait to get started.. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Buddy is also known for his many Championships won at EMCC. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. cdispatch.com 2023 The Commerical Dispatch. He begins his 11th year overall on the Tigers' staff in 2022. Wood is known for his offensive scheme at East Mississippi, but being a head coach is nothing new to Wood after serving as a head coach in the high school ranks for 10 years. Working primarily on the offensive side of the football with EMCCs running backs, Hays previously gained a decades worth of valuable experience at NCAA Division II football powerhouse North Alabama, including spending the past five years as a part-time assistant coach and graduate assistant for Hall of Fame coaching great Bobby Wallace at UNA. While at Troy working with current West Virginia head coach Neal Brown and WVU defensive coordinator Jordan Lesley, Hamilton transitioned from a graduate assistant coach to serving as a senior football analyst. Sandwiched between home contests to begin and conclude the month of September will be EMCCs first span of three consecutive regular-season road games since the 2008 season. With Hays also having assisted with UNAs quarterbacks, the Lions put together a composite record of 39-10 the past four seasons that resulted in four straight NCAA Division II playoff appearances. A 1996 summa cum laude graduate in elementary education from Mississippi State University, Wood returned to his alma mater to complete his master's degree in sports administration while serving as a graduate assistant on Jackie Sherrill's MSU football coaching staff. bstephens@eastms.edu. I feel like the commitment from the administration to bring this program back to prominence far exceeds any minuses that anyone could throw our way. But no matter the sport, a head coach is expected to lead their team to greatness. "I have been heavy as an offensive guy at the collegiate level, but I played safety in college and started out as a defensive coordinator and special teams coach at Meridian High School," Wood said. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. He earned a football scholarship as a defensive back to Jones College, where the Bobcats posted a two-year record of 15-5 and finished as 2007 conference runners-up during his sophomore season. Parker played both soccer and baseball at Holmes but now is a member of the East Mississippi baseball team. Wood said being a head coach in the MACCC is special to him. Wood has 10 years in the Mississippi high school ranks where he served two years (2006-07) as head football coach at Gulfport High School. Starkville native Webb Hamilton, middle, has rejoined the football staff of head coach Buddy Stephens at East Mississippi Community College. During Hamiltons previous season in Scooba, he worked primarily with EMCCs outside linebackers under Lesleys guidance. "I had a chance to see how to run a program and how to help kids achieve their dreams of playing at a high level," Wood said during his time at Holmes. In this role, he worked with EMCC's alumni and foundation efforts and also worked directly with the athletic programs at EMCC. As a graduate student and second-year permanent team captain the following year, Satterwhite completed 233-of-394 passes for 2,663 yards and 25 touchdowns in directing the 8-4 UWA Tigers to a second straight NCAA Division II playoff appearance. Honors include: National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, President's List, member of Phi Theta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Golden Key National Honor Society, summa cum laude graduate and MSU Student Teacher of the Year. 6, 2022 at 12:48 PM PDT SCOOBA - East Mississippi Community College head football coach Buddy Stephens has completed his 2022 coaching staff with the hiring of former. "Former Last Chance U. head coach Buddy Stephens (EMCC) is set to make $124,732 . We have a chance to work with young people in a challenging game environment and we have a chance to better them from a classroom standpoint. Again, people are the key to great organizations.how you treat them, how you care for them and how you help them. He has won more games at EMCC than any other coach in history. "I have had the blessing of raising my three sons and my family played a vital role in that. We will expect that if you play here.". Three of the four up front are in the NFL. It starts with attacking the quarterback, Collins said. Kevie Thompson. That sense of unity and togetherness is what we want others to see in us.". The 2014 squad allowed 7.6 points per game and posted a school-record five-straight shutouts in the regular season. East Mississippi Community CollegeEast Mississippi Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in its programs and activities. Hays coaching versatility both on the sidelines and behind the scenes can be traced back to his early years at North Alabama when Hudspeth hired him as a college freshman in 2007 to work with UNAs equipment manager as a student assistant. He said that Holmes' family atmosphere was important in his decision. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Stephens&oldid=1078278390, 5 National Championships (2011, 20132014, 20172018), This page was last edited on 20 March 2022, at 19:22. Phone: 662-476-5128. At EMCC, he worked with seven NJCAA All-America quarterbacks, including 2011 NJCAA Offensive Player of the Year and former Ole Miss starter Bo Wallace and seven All-Region 23 wide receivers. Holmes Community College has named Marcus Wood as the new head football coach effective Nov. 5. Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Cliff Collins: Head Coach ccollins@smcc.edu (601) 276-3815 (601) 276-3815: Trevor Stigers: As a sophomore in 1993, he garnered MACJC All-State/North Division honors on the gridiron and NJCAA All-Academic accolades in the classroom. "Offenses, defenses and specialty groups are only as good as the people that wear those uniforms," he said. "We expect Holmes Community College to be a state and national leader in everything we do. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Wood is no stranger to Holmes football serving as a volunteer coach during the 1996 season when the Bulldogs finished as state runners-up after winning the North Division. Tracy Duncan Hinds CC. Starkville native Webb Hamilton, middle, has rejoined the football staff of head coach Buddy Stephens at East Mississippi Community College. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Holmes Community College has named Marcus Wood as the new head football coach effective Nov. 5. First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Again surrounding yourself with great people that are like-minded in their pursuit of excellence will usually shift a culture and help you to establish a bright future.". Despite lots of wins and championships, very few changes took place in the early years under Stephens. Davern Williams enters his fourth season as defensive line coach, while Justin Sanders will begin his second season coaching the secondary. I can truly say, like the sign that used to hang in the end zone said, 'There's no place like Holmes.'". In this role, he worked with EMCC's alumni and foundation efforts and also worked directly with the athletic programs at EMCC. The Aug. 31 opener against Jones County Junior College will mark the first time new coordinators have debuted on both sides of the ball. After receiving his first collegiate coaching experience in Kansas by helping turn around Bethany Colleges defensive unit, Thompson returned to his home state with assistant coaching stints at Madison Central High School and Taylorsville High School. Scott was sports editor for The Dispatch. This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 2000s is a stub. Having most recently coordinated North Alabamas football video department by breaking down game video and scouting opponents, Hays was an integral part of the staff that guided the Lions to four consecutive Gulf South Conference championships and a national runner-up finish last season. "It is truly a special league because the focus is as Coach Goode always said, 'Books and Ball.' After initially signing with Pennsylvania-based Bucknell University, out of the Patriot League, Wood concluded his collegiate playing career at Georgetown College in Kentucky. Thompson then transferred to Southern Miss and was a member of back-to-back R+L New Orleans Bowl teams under the guidance of current general manager/head coach Larry Fedora of the USFLs New Orleans Breakers. All rights reserved. You have to take it personally when you give up a first down.. A year ago coming off a 2020 opt-out season due to health concerns caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the preseason-unranked 2021 EMCC Lions registered their fifth unbeaten regular season since 2011 to ascend to the No. While serving as the Lions' Offensive Coordinator, Wide Receivers Coach, and Head Coach In Waiting, Wood was instrumental in directing EMCC's talent-laden offensive teams that annually rated among the NJCAA's highest-scoring units with an average of 50+ points per game. Some of my fondest memories as a coach came during our national championship run in 2013, Hamilton noted. 6 national ranking. You really have to challenge the quarterback on every snap in this league. Prior to Gulfport, he coached three seasons at Columbia High School having three straight (2003-05) Class 3A state playoff appearances and Philadelphia High School, where he went to back-to-back (2001-02) state playoff berths. Having coached at four different Mississippi high schools following his collegiate playing days at Jones College and the University of Southern Mississippi, Thompsons most recent stint at the prep level came at powerhouse Starkville High School. He was inducted into the EMCC Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. You have permission to edit this article. Hamilton, a Starkville Academy product and Mississippi State graduate, returns to the Scooba campus to work with the Lions linebacker corps as he did on EMCCs 2013 national championship team that featured arguably the NJCAAs most dominant defense. The Eagles posted a combined two-year record of 10-4 with a Graphic Edge Bowl appearance, No. He is primarily known as the head coach from the first two seasons of the Netflix series Last Chance U. You cannot help but be excited when you think about the possibilities of us building this program back where it should be. They have a son, Sims, who was born in October 2021. "Strengths that I've tried to have in the past are usually dealing with the care that you have for others," he said. Thurs., Sept. 15 at Holmes* - Goodman 6:30 p.m. A native of Mobile, Ala., Satterwhite will primarily coach EMCCs quarterbacks after having spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at the University of South Alabama. Scott Donaldson | USA Athletics SCOOBA - East Mississippi Community College head football coach Buddy Stephens has completed his 2022 coaching staff with the hiring of former University. Satterwhite and Hamilton complete Buddy Stephens EMCC football coaching staff, Yazoo Co. woman killed in storms after tree branch falls on her vehicle, Lauderdale County Arrest Report March 3, 2023, First Alert: Weather Alert Day! SCOOBA, Miss. The 2021 Tigers topped the Gulf South Conference in total defense while ranking second in rushing defense and third in scoring defense as a team. 1 Georgia Military College (11-0) at Indian Stadium . Im extremely thankful to Coach (Buddy) Stephens for bringing me back on board here at EMCC. Courtland Hays has been hired as an assistant football coach at East Mississippi Community College, as announced this week by EMCC head . No. Stephens receives a housing stipend, car, gas card, meals and a phone in addition to his salary, per The Dispatch. With a career head coaching record of 125-18 (.874) with the Lions, EMCC's Stephens will enter the upcoming 2022 football season ranked second on the NJCAA's all-time list for career winning . EMCC finished the 2021 season with a 9-1 overall record and No. Tue, 04/04 | Baseball at East Mississippi Community College (5:00 PM) Tue, 04/04 | Men's Golf Northeast Mississippi Community College at MACCC Tournament . Hamilton returns to East Mississippi following an eight-year hiatus that saw him spend five years (2014-18) at Troy and most recently serve coaching stints at Navarro College in Texas and Petal (Miss.)