Randy Sanders was named ETSU football head coach on Dec. 17, 2017, becoming the 18th head coach in program history. Following the 2021 spring season, Sanders carries a 15-15 record at the helm of the Bucs following a shortened 4-2 season featuring a young ETSU squad. The Bucs competed in just six games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, narrowly missing the FCS playoffs as ETSU was the first team out of the seedings. The Blue & Gold earned a critical win over then-ranked No. 10 VMI, defeating the Keydets by the final score of 24-20 in Lexington, Va. Coach Sanders helped guide his squad to earning 22 postseason SoCon accolades, including the Defensive Player of the Year in Jared Folks and the Jacobs Blocking Award winner in Tre’mond Shorts. In his first season with the Blue & Gold, Sanders guided the Bucs to a share of the 2018 Southern Conference Championship in just his first season at the helm of the program. Under the direction of Sanders, the Bucs finished 8-4 in 2018, earning the program’s second-ever trip to the FCS playoffs. The eight wins were the most by a first-year head coach in Buccaneer history and the third-most in a single season in school history. Coach Sanders was labeled the SoCon Coach of the Year and was named a finalist for the STATS FCS Eddie Robinson Award, while also coaching 13 players to All-SoCon teams and 19 All-American accolades in 2018. For more on Coach Sanders, click here.
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A program built on Effort, Attitude and Toughness, head coach Brian Bohannon has constructed Kennesaw State from the ground up and turned the Owls into a powerhouse program at the FCS level in just five seasons. Hired on March 24, 2013 and tasked with building a football program from scratch, Bohannon embraced the challenge and quickly turned Kennesaw State into the best five-year start-up program in college football history in 2019 with a 48-15 overall record, two Big South Conference championships, three straight appearances in the FCS Playoffs and four playoff victories. Bohannon is a four-time finalist for the Eddie Robinson award as the nation’s top FCS head coach, including a runner-up finish in 2018 and a third-place finish in 2017. He was named the AFCA National Coach of the Year in 2017 and is a three-time Big South Conference Coach of the Year. For more on Coach Bohannon, click here.
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