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Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
	2023 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
First season	1922
Head coach	Dewayne Alexander ; 5th season, 16–36 (.308)
Stadium	Tucker Stadium; (capacity: 16,500)
Location	Cookeville, Tennessee
NCAA division	Division I FCS
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
All-time record	482–566–22 (.461)
Bowl record	0–3 (.000)
Conference titles	10
Colors	Purple and gold;
Website	ttusports.com

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For information on all Tennessee Technological University sports, see Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

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 Dewayne Alexander.

Conference championships

Tennessee Tech has won ten conference championships, five shared and five outright. Their ten Ohio Valley titles are the most in the conference of any current member, behind only former conference members Eastern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State. ^[2]

Season	Coach	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
1952†	Preston Vaughn Overall	Ohio Valley Conference	9–2	4–1
1953	Preston Vaughn Overall	Ohio Valley Conference	7–4	5–0
1955	Wilburn Tucker	Ohio Valley Conference	7–3	5–0
1958†	Wilburn Tucker	Ohio Valley Conference	7–3	5–1
1959†	Wilburn Tucker	Ohio Valley Conference	6–2–2	5–0–1
1960	Wilburn Tucker	Ohio Valley Conference	8–3	6–0
1961	Wilburn Tucker	Ohio Valley Conference	7–3	6–0
1972	Don Wade	Ohio Valley Conference	10–2	7–0
1975†	Don Wade	Ohio Valley Conference	8–3	6–1
2011†	Watson Brown	Ohio Valley Conference	7–4	6–2

† Co-championship

FCS Playoffs results

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

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2011	First Round	Central Arkansas	L 14–34

Bowl games

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

Season	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result
1952	Preston Vaughn Overall	Tangerine Bowl	East Texas State	L 0–33
1960	Wilburn Tucker	Tangerine Bowl	The Citadel	L 0–27
1972	Don Wade	Grantland Rice Bowl	Louisiana Tech	L 0–35

Head coaches

Seasons Coach Record

1922 Loyal Duyck 2-1-4

1923-1946, 1952-1953 Preston Vaughn Overall 97-96-18

1947-1949 Hooper Eblen 12-19

1950-1951 Star Wood 9-12-1

1954-1967 Wilburn Tucker 70-65-5

1968-1982 Don Wade 81-78-3

1983-1985 Gary Darnell 3-29

1986-1995 Jim Ragland 42-66

1996-2006 Mike Hennigan 52-57

2007-2015 Watson Brown 42-60

2016-2017 Marcus Satterfield 6-16

2018-2023

Dewayne Alexander

20-43

Notable former players

Year-by-year results

1999: 5-5
2000: 8-3
2001: 7-3 (Did not play Samford due to 9/11)
2002: 5-7
2003:
2004:
2005:
2006:
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
2017: 1–10
2018: 1–10
2019: 6–6
2020: 2-5
2021: 5-6
2022: 4-7
2023: 4-7

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of November 11, 2023.^[3]

2024	2025	2026	2027
at Middle Tennessee State	at James Madison	at Chattanooga	vs Chattanooga
at Georgia	vs Chattanooga	vs Samford	at Samford
vs South Carolina State	at Texas A&M-Commerce	at Mississippi State
	at Kentucky Wildcats

References

^ "Communications and Marketing - University Color Palette". Retrieved December 30, 2022.
^ https://ovcsports.com/sports/2023/2/28/GEN_0228232859.aspx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "Communications and Marketing - University Color Palette". Retrieved December 30, 2022.

[sfmg-2] ttps://ovcsports.com/sports/2023/2/28/GEN_0228232859.aspx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[nonconfopp-3] "Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.

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 ==Head coaches==
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-* [[Loyall Duyck]] (1922)
+{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Seasons|Coach|Record}}
-* [[Preston Vaughn Overall]] (1923–1946, 1952–1953)
+|-
-* [[Hooper Eblen]] (1947–1949)
+| 1922||[[Loyal Duyck]] ||2-1-4||
-* [[Star Wood]] (1950–1951)
+|-
-* [[Wilburn Tucker]] (1954–1967)
+| 1923-1946, 1952-1953 || [[Preston Vaughn Overall]] ||97-96-18||
-* [[Don Wade]] (1968–1982)
+|-
-* [[Gary Darnell]] (1983–1985)
+| 1947-1949|| [[Hooper Eblen]] ||12-19||
-* [[Jim Ragland]] (1986–1995)
+|-
-* [[Mike Hennigan (American football)|Mike Hennigan]] (1996–2006)
+| 1950-1951||[[Star Wood]]||9-12-1||
-* [[Watson Brown (American football)|Watson Brown]] (2007–2015)
+|-
-* [[Marcus Satterfield]] (2016–2017)
+| 1954-1967||[[Wilburn Tucker]]||70-65-5||
-* [[Dewayne Alexander]] (2018–2023)
+|-
+| 1968-1982||[[Don Wade]]||81-78-3||
+|-
+| 1983-1985||[[Gary Darnell]]||3-29||
+|-
+| 1986-1995||[[Jim Ragland]]||42-66||
+|-
+| 1996-2006||[[Mike Hennigan (American football)|Mike Hennigan]]||52-57||
+|-
+| 2007-2015||[[Watson Brown (American football)|Watson Brown]]||42-60||
+|-
+| 2016-2017||[[Marcus Satterfield]]||6-16||
+|-
+| 2018-2023||[[Dewayne Alexander]]||20-43||
 ==Notable former players==