Mike Ayers

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Mike Ayers
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Wofford
Record	171–115–1
Biographical details
Born	(1948-05-26) May 26, 1948 Georgetown, Kentucky
Playing career
??	Georgetown College
Position(s)	Linebacker Offensive tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974 1975 1976–1978 1979 1980–1982 1983–1984 1985–1987 1988–present	Georgetown College (Asst.) Georgetown College (DC) Newberry (Asst.) Richmond (Asst.) Wofford (Asst.) East Tennessee State (DC) East Tennessee State Wofford
Head coaching record
Overall	182–136–2
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Southern Conference (2003, 2007, 2010, 2012)
Awards Eddie Robinson Award (2003) Southern Conference Coach of the Year (2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010)

Mike Ayers (born May 26, 1948^[1]) is the current head football coach of the Wofford Terriers located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He has filled the position since 1988. Wofford College, with an enrollment of 1,550 students, is one of the smaller National Collegiate Athletic Association college football schools in Division I.^[2] The Terriers compete in the Football Championship Subdivision as members of the Southern Conference.

Playing career

Ayers played linebacker and offensive tackle for the Tigers of Georgetown College. He also played for the baseball team and competed in gymnastics and wrestling.^[1]

Coaching career

Ayers began his coaching career as a graduate assistant and defensive coordinator for Georgetown College in 1974 and 1975. He again performed the role of assistant during stops at Newberry and Richmond. In 1980 Ayers arrived at Wofford as defensive coordinator for the Terriers under head coach George F. "Buddy" Sasser. Ayers followed Sasser to East Tennessee State where he resumed his role as defensive coordinator before taking over the head coaching position in 1985. Ayers was hired as the head coach of the Terriers in 1988. Wofford moved up to Division I-AA in 1995 and joined the Southern Conference in 1997. Under Ayers, the Terriers have claimed four Southern Conference football championships, in 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2012, and participated in the playoffs six times.^[1] Ayers won the Eddie Robinson Award, given to the most outstanding FCS head coach, in 2003 after guiding the Terriers to a 12–2 record.^[3]He holds the black belt in karate, and is an accomplished artist and fly fisherman.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	TSN^[4]^#
East Tennessee State Buccaneers (Southern Conference) (1985–1987)
1985	East Tennessee State	0–10–1
1986	East Tennessee State	6–5
1987	East Tennessee State	5–6
East Tennessee State:		11–21–1
Wofford Terriers (Division II Independent) (1988–1994)
1988	Wofford	5–5
1989	Wofford	6–5
1990	Wofford	9–3			L 70–19 vs. Mississippi College Division II First Round
1991	Wofford	9–3			L 28–15 vs. Mississippi College Division II First Round
1992	Wofford	6–5
1993	Wofford	7–3–1
1994	Wofford	5–6
Wofford Terriers (I-AA Independent) (1995–1996)
1995	Wofford	4–7
1996	Wofford	6–5
Wofford Terriers (Southern Conference) (1997–present)
1997	Wofford	3–7	2–6	6th
1998	Wofford	4–7	3–5	T–5th
1999	Wofford	6–5	5–3	2nd
2000	Wofford	7–4	5–3	3rd		23
2001	Wofford	4–7	3–5	5th
2002	Wofford	9–3	6–2	T–2nd		14
2003	Wofford	12–2	8–0	1st	L 24–9 vs. Delaware I-AA Semifinals	3
2004	Wofford	8–3	4–3	T–2nd		18
2005	Wofford	6–5	3–4	T–4th
2006	Wofford	7–4	5–2	3rd		23
2007	Wofford	9–4	5–2	1st	L 21–10 vs. Richmond FCS Quarterfinals	10
2008	Wofford	9–3	7–1	2nd	L 38–35 vs. James Madison FCS First Round
2009	Wofford	3–8	2–6	T–7th
2010	Wofford	10–3	7–1	T–1st	L 23–20 vs. Georgia Southern FCS Quarterfinals	6
2011	Wofford	8–4	6–2	T–2nd	L 28–21 vs. Northern Iowa FCS Second Round	12
2012	Wofford	9–4	6–2	T–1st	L 14–7 vs. North Dakota State FCS Quarterfinals	9
Wofford:		171–115–1	77–47
Total:		182–136–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mike Ayers: Head Coach". Wofford Athletics. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
↑ Joe Drape (2002-09-25). "Sports of The Times; At Little Wofford, Big Challenges". The New York Times.
↑ "Mike Ayers wins 2003 Eddie Robinson Award". The Sports Network. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
↑ Final poll standings are from The Sports Network.

External links

Wofford profile

East Tennessee State Buccaneers head football coaches

W. R. Windes (1920–1921)
J. K. Luck (1922–1924)
John Robinson (1925–1929)
J. S. Batey (1930–1931)
J. Gene McMurray (1932–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
J. Gene McMurray (1946)
Lloyd T. Roberts (1947–1951)
Star Wood (1952–1953)
Hal Littleford (1954)
Star Wood (1955–1965)
John Robert Bell (1966–1972)
Roy Frazier (1973–1977)
Jack Carlisle (1978–1982)
George F. "Buddy" Sasser (1983–1984)
Mike Ayers (1985–1987)
Don Riley (1988–1991)
Mike Cavan (1992–1996)
Paul Hamilton (1997–2003)
No team (2004–2014)
Carl Torbush (2015– )

Wofford Terriers head football coaches

Edwin Kerrison (1889)
No coach (1890)
No team (1891–1892)
No coach (1893–1894)
Bill Wertenbaker (1895)
No coach (1896)
No team (1897–1899)
No coach (1900)
J. Norman Walker (1901)
No team (1902–1913)
Curtis McCoy (1914)
Harvey Hester (1915)
Lesley Moses (1916–1917)
Bernard Peters (1918)
Rip Major (1919)
John F. Gorsuch (1920)
Johnny Gilroy (1921)
Rip Major (1922–1926)
Tommy Scaffe (1927–1933)
Jules Carson (1934–1941)
Ted Petoskey (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Ted Petoskey (1946)
Phil Dickens (1947–1952)
Conley Snidow (1953–1966)
Jim Brakefield (1967–1970)
Jack Peterson (1971–1973)
Steve Satterfield (1974–1976)
George F. "Buddy" Sasser (1977–1982)
Bill Parker (1983–1984)
Rick Gilstrap (1985–1987)
Mike Ayers (1988–)

v t e Current head football coaches of the Southern Conference

Scott Satterfield (Appalachian State) Russ Huesman (Chattanooga) Mike Houston (The Citadel) Vacant (Elon) Bruce Fowler (Furman) Vacant (Georgia Southern) Pat Sullivan (Samford) Mark Speir (Western Carolina) Mike Ayers (Wofford)

v t e Eddie Robinson Award winners

1987: Duffner 1988: Russo 1989: Russell 1990: McDowell 1991: Ault 1992: Taaffe 1993: Allen 1994: Tressel 1995: Nutt 1996: Barbier 1997: Talley 1998: Johnson 1999: Matthews 2000: Glenn 2001: Lembo 2002: Tate 2003: Ayers 2004: Kill 2005: McDonnell 2006: Moore 2007: Farley 2008: Matthews 2009: Frazier 2010: Samuel 2011: Ambrose 2012: Bohl 2013: Bohl

Persondata
Name	Ayers, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	May 26, 1948
Place of birth	Georgetown, Kentucky
Date of death
Place of death

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