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Sports head soccer championship 20169/1/2023 ![]() Additionally, The Citadel ranked in the top-10 in the FCS in 12 different team categories. The Bulldogs also led the FCS with a nation-low 3.3 tackles-for-loss allowed per game. It was the third time, and first since 1994, that The Citadel led the country in rushing. The Bulldogs led the FCS in rushing yards per game at 348.2 yards per game, the second-highest single-season total in school history. In addition, The Citadel claimed eight SoCon player of the week accolades, one SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week and one conference player of the month. He produced three All-Americans, two Academic All-Americans, the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year, the Southern Conference Jacobs Blocking Award winner and 11 All-Southern Conference Performers in 2016. In his first season as head coach, Thompson guided The Citadel to 10-2 record, a conference championship and was named the SoCon Coach of the Year. Thompson took over as the Bulldogs' head coach prior to the 2016 after serving as the offensive coordinator the previous two seasons. The lone loss during that stretch was on the road at Alabama when the Bulldogs shocked the college football world by being tied, 10-10, with the Crimson Tide at the half. The Citadel outscored its three FCS opponents 123-65, including 69-3 in the second half of those games. In 2018, The Bulldogs closed out one of the most impressive four-game stretches in program history. The catalyst of the attack was quarterback Brandon Rainey who became just the second quarterback in school history to rush and throw for at least 10 touchdowns in the same season. The Bulldog offense was not one dimensional as it also threw for 1,195 yards and 14 touchdowns, the most in both categories since the 2009 season. ![]() It was the Bulldogs' first win over an ACC opponent and the only victory by an FCS team over a Power 5 team that year. The Citadel went on the road in late September and knocked off Georgia Tech, 27-24, in overtime. The 2019 season saw the Bulldogs overcome some early adversity to pull off the biggest win in the FCS. The Citadel ranked sixth nationally in 2019 at 268.2 yards per game, ninth in 2018 at 283.6 yards per game, second in 2017 at 294.6 yards per game and led the nation in 2016 at 348.2 rushing yards per game. Under Thompson's guidance, the Bulldogs have ranked in the top 10 in rushing offense in four of the last six seasons. "With 25 years of coaching experience including time as a head coach, offensive coordinator and as a recruiting coordinator, Brent brings a wealth of knowledge that will continue to move our program in the right direction." "We are extremely excited to welcome Brent to our staff here at East Carolina," Houston said. A veteran with over 25 years of coaching experience, Thompson guided The Citadel to a 36-44 overall record and won the program's second ever Southern Conference Championship in his first season (2016) with a perfect 8-0 league record. Thompson, who will assume his role immediately, comes to ECU after spending the last nine years at The Citadel with the final seven serving as the Bulldogs' head coach (2016-22). – Brent Thompson has been named recruiting operations coordinator at East Carolina University according to an announcement from head football coach Mike Houston on Tuesday.
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