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The Mercer college football team represents Mercer University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Bears competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 21 head coaches, since it began play during the 1891 season. From 2019 to 2023, Drew Cronic was the head coach at Mercer. [1]
The Mercer Bears are the athletic teams of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States.Mercer is the only private university in Georgia with an NCAA Division I athletic program and fields teams in eight men's and nine women's sports.
Wally Butts – head football coach, University of Georgia (1939–1960), athletic director (1939–1963); member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame [67] Jimmy Carnes – head track & field coach, Furman University (1962–1964), University of Florida (1965–1976), U.S. Olympic team (1980); founding ...
The Florida Gators football program is a college football team that represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football. The Florida Gators compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Famous University of Georgia football coach Wally Butts, who led UGA to four Southeastern Conference titles and two National Championships, played end for Mercer from 1925 to 1928. Les Olsson , known around Mercer as "Swede," was the only Mercer player from the pre-World War II era to go pro, playing for the Washington Redskins from 1934 to 1938.
The 2024 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were coached by first-year head coach Mike Jacobs and played at Five Star Stadium in Macon, Georgia .
Michael R. Jacobs (born May 9, 1979) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Mercer University, a position he has held since 2024. [1] [2] He was the head football coach for Lenoir–Rhyne University from 2020 to 2023. [3] [4] [5] He was the head coach for the Notre Dame Falcons football team from 2016 to 2019.
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