2011 Carson-Newman Football News
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman head athletic trainer Mike Van Bruggen has been named the 2012 Head Athletic Trainer of the Year for NCAA Division II schools. The award is given by the College & University Athletic Trainers Committee (CUATC) of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA). Van Bruggen is in his 12th year as Carson-Newman’s Head Athletic Trainer. He primarily serves as athletic trainer for C-N’s football and softball teams, while overseeing all aspects of health care for C-N's 450 student-athletes in 16 sports.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — A shorthanded Carson-Newman Eagles team took the field in its annual Orange and Blue game Thursday at Burke-Tarr Stadium. Injuries once again took their toll through spring practice, with only four of Carson-Newman’s projected seven quarterbacks entering the game.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — It was far from perfect, but head coach Ken Sparks liked a lot of what he saw in the second Orange and Blue full scrimmage for the Carson-Newman College football team. Friday inside Burke-Tarr Stadium, players were hitting each other hard and according to Sparks, a guy that’s willing to hit can play for him.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman Eagles have moved their first scrimmage of spring practice to 6 a.m. on Friday morning in Burke-Tarr Stadium. The Orange and Blue Game, the first of three scheduled in the next two weeks, hass been moved because of severe storms expected in the area at the originally scheduled time, Friday afternoon.
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — When new University of Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze began his one-hour class at the 2012 Carson-Newman Coaches’ Clinic, the first thing he wanted to talk about wasn’t football. It was his faith.
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — Louisiana State University defensive coordinator John Chavis had a message to deliver to the attending coaches and their wives to open his class at the 2012 Carson-Newman Coaches’ Clinic, and it wasn’t about coaching football.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — The Carson-Newman College football team held its first full-contact, full-pad scrimmage Saturday morning inside Burke-Tarr Stadium and they made it count. According to Ken Sparks, who will begin his 33rd season as the Eagles’ head coach, it was the longest football practice in team history, at three hours and 56 minutes counting the team meetings that morning.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – University of Mississippi head coach Hugh Freeze and Louisiana State University defensive coordinator John Chavis will headline the 2012 Carson-Newman Football Coaches’ Clinic.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — The Carson-Newman Eagles have signed 56 student-athletes to their 2012 football recruiting class on National Signing Day, C-N head coach Ken Sparks announced Wednesday.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman running back Nate Inman (Fitgerald, Ga.), defensive end Zeke Andrews (Eastman, Ga.), and Larry Lumpkin (Grand Bay, Ala.) have all been named to the 2011 Football All-South Atlantic Conference first team, the conference office announced on Tuesday.
MARS HILL, N.C. — Ken Sparks’ quest for 300 wins will have to continue next season as the Carson-Newman College football team dropped a heartbreaker to No. 23-ranked Mars Hill 23-20 at Mears Stadium Saturday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — Carson-Newman College head coach Ken Sparks will go for his 300th career coaching win Saturday against what may be the toughest team the Eagles have faced all season, No. 23-ranked Mars Hill. Kick off is set for 1 p.m. at Mears Stadium in Mars Hill, N.C.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman head coach Ken Sparks (299-79-2) will try to become only the 12th coach in college football history to win 300 career games. Carson-Newman (5-5, 3-3 SAC) faces No. 23 Mars Hill College (7-2, 5-1 SAC) in its regular season finale at Meares Stadium at 1 p.m. in Mars Hill, N.C.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – After each putting up impressive numbers in Week 10 of SAC football, Carson-Newman’s Nate Inman, Tusculum’s Terrence Smith and Lenoir-Rhyne’s Michael Green have been named the league’s Players of the Week.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — Carson-Newman College head coach Ken Sparks took one more step towards history Saturday at Burke-Tarr Stadium. With a 35-27 victory over South Atlantic Conference rival Tusculum College, Sparks is now just one win away from reaching 300 career victories.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — The 2011 home finale will be a grudge match for the Carson-Newman College football team. South Atlantic Conference rival Tusculum College makes the trip down the 11E Highway to Burke-Tarr Stadium Saturday. Both teams need the win to create some good news in what have been injury-plagued, disappointing seasons.
