Halewas named Second Team All-Trinity League for his work on the field and Scholar Athlete of the Year in the classroom with a 4.29 GPA. Acord also played wide receiver during high school and was a First Team All-Region performer. Theyve got a chance to prove themselves to a new coaching staff.. CEDAR CITY, Utah Southern Utah University Director of Athletics Debbie Corum announced Monday that the university and head football coach Demario Warren have mutually agreed to part ways. Us older guys just have to make sure we set the standard high and consistently do the right things everyday, said redshirt sophomore Lyle Santos. and will lead SUU in their first year in WAC play. Southern Utah University football spring game photo gallery. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. 351 W. University Blvd, Cedar City, Utah 84720 [3], Southern Utah fielded its inaugural team in 1963 with Bruce Osborne as head coach,[4] remained an NAIA independent through 1968, then became a charter member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC). Jeff Richards, a native of Salt Lake City with family roots in Panguitch, lived in Moab for 20 years before joining St. George News in 2017. On the offensive line, right guard Lyle Santos is the only current player who started all 11 games last season. A native of Virginia, Fitzgerald played college football for James Madison University then started working as an assistant coach in 2000. Acord comes to Cedar City by way of Northridge High School in North Salt Lake, Utah. Copyright 2023 Southern Utah University. April 16, 2022 - by Chevy Blackburn. That number was good for fifth on the team. Before working with the Pirates, Bates was the head strength and conditioning coach at Jacksonville University for nine and a half years. "Coach Warren has been a cherished member of this institution and community for the last 14 years," Corumsaid. "These 23 young men are the foundation on which we are going to build a great FCS football program. Along with its game against Utah, SUU will play two other in-state games, both against fellow WAC foe Utah Tech with the initial matchup coming at home and a second on the road. He also spent 2016 as the tight ends coach at Florida International, where he mentored NFL tight end Jonu Smith. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. If you see me yell or make funny faces, its because the pins in these pants have stuck me.. Blair Peterson- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach. Southern Utah University College Football Sports In a new league with a new coach, SUU embracing fresh start After successful run as Frostburg State, coach DeLane Fitzgerald arrives in Cedar City with high expectations and with a number of his former players By Tom Ripplinger Sept 1, 2022, 9:00am PDT SHARE Coach Warren has been a cherished member of this institution and community for the last 14 years, SUU athletic director Debbie Corum said in a statement. Sanderswas a First Team All-Region performer for the Wasps at wide receiver. Well, about halfway through his presentation, all I can think of is, I would give anything in the world right now if I could become an 18-year-old man and come play for him. And thats when I knew we had the right person that we were interviewing.. [2] Lamb served as the head football coach at Southern Utah University (SUU) from 2007 to 2015. [10], The Thunderbirds won their first Big Sky championship in 2015, defeating Northern Arizona 4941 in the regular season finale at Cedar City. Our recruiting class is the sleeper group in the country, he said. "We have a coaching staff that can coach and recruit with anyone in the country. His impact on Frostburg State was unprecedented. Theyre going to be very, very good in four or five years.. They also have three young grandsons. Before BYU, Peterson was an offensive quality control assistant at Rice for two seasons. Next season will bring a lot of change for SUU football as they move from the Big Sky Conference to the Western Athletic Conference. In 2021, Justin Miller lined up under center for SUU. He was also a dedicated student in the classroom, earning Academic All-Region honors. 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Fairchild was a two-time First Team All-League football and basketball player, and holds multiple school records in track and field. As per usual, the school said a nationwide search for Warrens replacement will begin immediately. DeLane Fitzgerald announced his first signing class as head football coach at Southern Utah University on Wednesday, as the Thunderbirds inked 23 recruits to national letters of intent. In Wednesday's practice, redshirt senior cornerback JT Thomas made a nice play on a deflected pass for an interception in 11 on 11 drills. Coach Fitzgerald even admitted that players sticking around on the roster may not have the same roles that they did in the fall last year. Story by: Christian Esparza His best season came in 2021 when he led the team with 694 yards. Copyright 2023 Deseret News Publishing Company. Fitzgerald also said he plans to focus on the 15, meaning the Interstate 15 corridor that bisects Utah, as the starting geographic basis for the teams recruitment efforts. Warren leaves SUU with an overall record of 21-42, and led the T-Birds to a Big Sky Conference championshipin2017 during his tenure as head coach. TicketSmarter: Official Ticket Resale Partner, George S. 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Joseph McWilliams. The T-birds lost to rival Weber State last Saturday 62-0 to conclude their 2021 campaign. From 2004-11, Kelling coached at the University of North Dakota where he faced the Thunderbirds on multiple occasions. He finished fourth on the team with 46 tackles, including four tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. The new faces for the Thunderbirds are Tye Hiatt, Ryan Payne, and Brandon Perkins. Following a successful career as a member of the Thunderbird football team, Measom joined the coaching staff at SUU in January of 2017 as a graduate assistant and worked his way into the position of director of operations before being named wide receivers coach. Sophomore running back Isaiah Williams ran the ball 32 times last season for 206 yards and scored four touchdowns, but looks to be the lead back now. With Davis, Duckett, and Moore III all off the 2022 roster, the door is open for Williams to become the go-to option. Can Weber State get back on top of the Big Sky? Tapasa will start his seventh season at SUU in 2022. He runs around at safety and outside linebacker and hes 6-212 and can run like a deer.. Iglesias was a three-year starter for Orange. Well have a football program thats based on a culture of competitiveness and competitive greatness.. SUU parting ways with head football coach Demario Warren, Southern Utah University, return of football included in Western Athletic Conference expansion, SUU football conference schedule moved to spring 2021 after Big Sky announcement, Men's advocacy group, others put on high heels for sexual assault awareness walk in St. George, Getting to know your chakras: A guide for health and well-being. CEDAR CITY - Southern Utah University and head football coach Demario Warren announced recently that they have mutually agreed to part . Purcell will play defensive line at Southern Utah after successfully doing so for Bountiful High School in Bountiful, Utah. Follow Sean on Twitter @SeanEllertson. If we line up and we are competitive and we play well, well win our fair share of games. Football He was a two-time letter winner playing college football at both Grand Rapids Community College and Wayne State University. He led the Knights to the state championship game where they defeated Utah powerhouse Corner Canyon, 49-42. Information on each individual coach can be readbelow. Fitzgerald is less focused on the outcomes of games than he is on his team competing. Spring practices have been without the top two receiving targets, Ethan Bolingbroke and Brandon Schenks, who are both recovering from injuries. Newly hired Southern Utah University football coach DeLane Fitzgerald is flanked by SUU Athletic Director Debbie Corum, SUU Interim President Mindy Benson and SUU cheerleaders, Cedar. Starting with the 2022-23 school year, SUU will be exiting the Big Sky Conference and joining the Western Athletic Conference. The intersquad scrimmage is set for Saturday, April 16, at 1 p.m and is free to the public. Lockett-Smith makes the long trip to Utah from Philadelphia, where he was recognized as an All-Public First Team All-Star in both 2019 and 2020. McClure coached the Trailblazers from. And this man did.. Coming off a 1-10 season and led by an overhauled coaching staff, foundational pieces for the rebuild may be starting to take shape. Aaron Brown. A big part of spring ball is the learning and getting a feel for what we want. In 2017, Southern Utah won their second Big Sky title, finishing the regular season at 92, with wins over four ranked (FCS) teams: Northern Iowa, Weber State, Eastern Washington, and NAU. The Official Facebook Page for Southern Utah University Football #FocusFightFinish #TBirdNation All rights reserved. [12] After the 2022 season, the WAC fully merged its football league with that of the ASUN Conference, creating what eventually became the United Athletic Conference, and SUU accordingly moved its football team to the new league.[13][14]. Southern Utah Football Spring Recap - Southern Utah University Athletics CEDAR CITY, Utah - Coach DeLane Fitzgerald sat down Wednesday morning to discuss Spring Camp, the roster, the 2023 spring game, and the transfer portal. The American Samoa native also spent time coaching at Western Oregon, Eastern Oregon and Humboldt State. All rights reserved. Most important, though, on top of being good coaches and good recruiters, we have a coaching staff made up of good people. He left the school as the winningest coach in program history. Southern Utah University 0:03 0:24 DeLane Fitzgerald announced his first signing class as head football coach at Southern Utah University on Wednesday, as the Thunderbirds inked 23. Griffiths was named the 4A Defensive Player of the Year as a linebacker and earned First Team All-State honors. Lesa was named Second Team All-State two times and First Team All-Region three times after being a four-year starter for the Bulldogs. Gardner, a redshirt freshman, was Fitzgeralds biggest surprise along the offensive line. With a history dating back to 1963, SUU currently competes in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision [2] as a member of the United Athletic Conference . The Thunderbirds are one of five new teams being added to the WAC, which will have 13 teams after the expansion. The Thunderbirds will begin their 11-game 2022 season at home against St. Thomas before facing a tall task against Utah in Salt Lake City. The only thing thats going to stop Isaiah Williams is Isaiah Williams, Fitzgerald said. Another Utah native, Kelley was the 6A Co-Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-State selection as a defensive end. The win-loss record doesnt matter to me right now, he said. The 2022 staff includes four coaches retained from the previous staff, and six new additions to SUU. Southern Utah head coach Demario Warren shouts to his team during game against Utah Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Salt Lake City. USACollegiate football commissioner Mark Brady, far left, and co-founder Dave Arslanian, far right, at a press conference, St. George, Utah, April 18, 2023 | Photo by E. George Goold, St. George News Peterson served as an offensive quality control assistant at Texas from 2010-12, and served as the team's interim running backs coach in the 2012 Alamo Bowl. The move comes as SUU is just 1-10 this season, including 0-8 in Big Sky Conference play. Enter your email below to start! In the 2000-2001 school year, SUU's Coaching Factory Hall of Fame was established and will be erected on a wall within the new building. [4] After 1985, Southern Utah moved up to NCAA Division II and joined the Western Football Conference (WFC). Andrew Bates- Strength & Conditioning Coach. 225-771-3171. ricky.jackson@subr.edu. New faces on the staff for the upcoming season include offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Blair Peterson, defensive coordinator and safeties coach John Kelling, defensive ends coach Shawn Magginson, tight ends coach Will Brunson, cornerbacks coach Nick Rosser and Andrew Bates, who will serve as the football team's strength and conditioning coach. All Rights Reserved, This Utah college football team is now looking for a new head coach. Were going to show up for things. High school girls golf: Week 8 region recap from some 6A, 5A, 4A and 3A regions. Joining Fitzgerald from Frostburg State, Magginson will work as the defensive ends coach at SUU. But if youre trying to break it down, were going to be 45% run, 45% pass, and then the jet sweep stuff and option will be about 10%, he said. Our players have a better understanding of the offense, defense, and special teams (schemes). As this goes on, getting these young men to buy in and we start running like a well-oiled machine, we will get more and more exciting.. Before Fitzgeralds remarks, SUU Athletic Director Debbie Corum talked about the hiring process and said Fitzgerald had been chosen from a nationwide field of more than 100 applicants. Tosh Wright and Jordan Jefferson each could add to the revamped backfield. Coach Fernandez also served as the team's recruiting coordinator for 5 years. As NFL Draft hopeful Braxton Jones continues to prepare for his professional career, Southern Utah must find a new blindside protector for whoever takes snaps under center. "The Southern Utah Football coaching staff couldn't be more excited about this year's signing day class," Fitzgerald said. Strand was named Mountain East Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2020, while Bemiy, who made the All-WAC preseason defensive team, has the tools to play in the NFL, according to Fitzgerald. He led a Southern Virginia team to its second-ever winning season in 2013 with an 8-2 record. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Price was out of Wednesdays practice due to his wedding on Thursday. He graduated from SUU with a master's of accountancy in 2018. [3] History [ edit] He served as team captain of the track and field team and won his school's Student-Athlete Leadership Award and Community Service Award. CEDAR CITY, Utah - Southern Utah University Director of Athletics Debbie Corum announced Monday that the university and head football coach Demario Warren have mutually agreed to part ways. And not promising national titles and not promising conference titles and stuff here today, but were going to be extremely competitive. Photo courtesy of SUU Athletics, SUU students protest HB0011 in support of transgender athletes, SPB ends Sunfest week with Most Fun Friday, Art Challis: The voice of the Thunderbirds, Raising the bar: The legacy of SUU Gymnastics, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnR7Qpa9dTk&ab_channel=SUTV-9News. Karris Davis, Isaiah Williams, Thomas Duckett, and David Moore III all received over 40 touches on the ground. He also spent time at Michigan State and Wayne State. Since then, Tapasa has transitioned into a role as assistant coach overseeing the linebackers for Southern Utah. Ashby projects to play wide receiver for the Thunderbirds. Corum said that throughout the hiring process, because we had such great candidates, I just kept hoping that somebody would separate themselves. 2023 Football Roster - Southern Utah University Athletics. Fitzgerald joked that part of Price's recruitment was that Price would hold off his honeymoon until after the spring season. The hiring of Fitzgerald has brought a mass exodus of many familiar faces from last years team, leaving Fitzgerald building through his incoming freshman class and transfer portal. Would you like to have the day's news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Before the regular season rolls around in late summer, Southern Utah University football will host its Spring Game to culminate the spring training season. Before his brief stint at LHU, Kelling served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Frostburg State University under coach Fitzgerald. In three years with the Rebels he amassed 1,159 receiving yards. All rights reserved. Bolingbroke and Schenks are slated to come back in the fall but both will miss the Spring Game due to injuries. However, Millers subpar 2,416 yards, nine touchdowns and 13 interceptions on 61% completion means his job might not necessarily be a lock. Theyve been winners in college and now theyre graduate transfers, so they bring some much-needed leadership.. SUU had just five wins in Warrens final three seasons. Fernandez joined the staff as an undergraduate assistant in 2009 following a stellar career as a Thunderbird player. He was also an Academic All-Region honoree. Jeff is a longtime journalist and secondary school teacher. Fitzgerald has a knack for turning around struggling programs, and the Thunderbirds fit that bill. The Thunderbirds earned the eighth seed in the FCS playoffs; Warren was the conference coach of the year and was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award. "He has elevated the football program in many ways and has positively impacted the lives of hundreds of young men. They had an 83 regular season, with losses to Utah State, South Dakota State, and Portland State; their eight wins were by mostly large margins. Griffiths prepped just down the road from SUU at Crimson Cliffs High School in Washington, Utah. The spring game will offer a glimpse into what the quarterback situation may look like. SUU's newest signing class includes 12 signees from the state of Utah, four from California, three from Maryland, two from Virginia and one from Washington and Pennsylvania. Warren was named head coach in 2016 after spending the two previous seasons as defensive coordinator. In his three years with the Cougars, Price only tallied five total tackles, but the Pleasant Grove native will be a key fixture with plenty of young faces in the Thunderbird secondary. Speaking to players, students, alumni and members of the press and public during a half-hour introductory news conference inside SUUs student center, Fitzgerald promised to bring a culture of competitiveness to SUUs football program. SUU bolstered its defense at the safety position this offseason through transfers Mitchell Price arriving from BYU, Tre Caine from UNLV and Josh Dunn from Frostburg State. 16 Utah softball gets good measuring stick in series against No. The new T-Birds are made up of 15 signees straight from high school and eight transferring from previous colleges. Moore had four touchdowns on 48 carries, while Duckett had 179 yards on 54 touches. Demario Warren out as Southern Utah head football coach after six seasons, Southern Utah University tabs DeLane Fitzgerald as next head football coach, Southern Utah announces first signing class under coach DeLane Fitzgerald, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Additionally, Fitzgerald said the teams hes coached have been among the top leaders in sacks and making other big plays. Focus and consistency, if he can get those two down, hes going to be fine.. The Sammamish, Washington native led Eastlake High School to a 9-2 record as a senior under center. The program has been in steady decline over the past few years under Warren in terms of on-field results. Southern Utah. . The Pac-12 and SEC commissioners will be bringing NIL issues to lawmakers, High school girls golf: 3A region recaps, Richfield, Morgan, Union and Judge Memorial claim region titles, High school boys soccer: 3A/2A second round recap from Wednesdays games, It reportedly wont be long until the Mountain West Conference eliminates divisions, Change may be on the way for the transfer portal and college football recruiting. Starting under center for the Thunderbirds is Justin Miller, whose 2,416 passing yards were one of the few bright spots in a tough 2021 season. Robison, listed at 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, flashed his ability to extend plays and make good reads in the RPO game. In their absence, junior Dallin Brown provided one of the highlights with a one-handed grab during 11-on-11 drills. Lynch was a First Team All-CIF Southern selection in 2021, and First Team All-Palomares League in 2019, 20 and 21. SUU averaged just 2.9 yards per carry on the ground. SUU is hopeful Fitzgerald can produce similar results in Cedar City.
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