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Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football

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Seating capacity
  
16,500

NCAA division
  
Division I FCS

Bowl record
  
0–3 (.000)

Arena/Stadium
  
Tucker Stadium

Division
  
Division I (NCAA)

First season
  
1922

Colors
  
Purple, Gold

Location
  
Cookeville, Tennessee

All-time record
  
477–552–22 (.464)

Conference titles
  
10

Head coach
  
Marcus Satterfield

Conference
  
Ohio Valley Conference

Division titles
  
0

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The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Tennessee Technological University located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1922. The team plays its home games at the 16,500 seat Tucker Stadium. They are coached by Marcus Satterfield, who took over in 2016 following the retirement of Watson Brown.

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Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

  • Larry Schreiber
  • Elois Grooms
  • Mike Hennigan
  • Lonnie Warwick
  • Jim Youngblood
  • Da'Rick Rogers
  • Howard Stidham
  • Year-by-year results

  • 2007: 4–7
  • 2008: 3–8
  • 2009: 6–5
  • 2010: 5–6
  • 2011: 7–4
  • 2012: 3–8
  • 2013: 5–7
  • 2014: 5–7
  • 2015: 4–7
  • 2016: 5–6
  • Championships

    1952§, 1953, 1955, 1958§, 1959§, 1960, 1972, 1975 and 2011§

    § – Conference co-champions

    List of previous head coaches

  • Loyall Duyck (1922)
  • Putty Overall (1923–46, 1952–53)
  • Hooper Eblan (1947–49)
  • Star Wood (1950–51)
  • Wilburn Tucker (1954–67)
  • Don Wade (1968–82)
  • Gary Darnell (1983–85)
  • Jim Ragland (1986–95)
  • Mike Hennigan (1996-2006)
  • Watson Brown (2007-2015)
  • FCS Playoffs results

    The Golden Eagles have appeared in the FCS playoffs one time with an overall record of 0–1.

    Bowl Game results

    The Golden Eagles have appeared in three bowl games with an overall record of 0–3.

    References

    Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football Wikipedia