Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football

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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 and is coached by Bobby Wilder.

Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
2025 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
First season	1922; 103 years ago (1922)
Head coach	Bobby Wilder 1st season, 7–5 (.583)
Stadium	Tucker Stadium (capacity: 16,500)
Location	Cookeville, Tennessee
NCAA division	Division I FCS
Conference	OVC–Big South
All-time record	436–542–31 (.447)
Bowl record	0–3 (.000)
Conference titles	10
Colors	Purple and gold[1]
Mascot	Awesome Eagle
Marching band	Golden Eagle Marching Band
Website	ttusports.com

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			7–4	5–0
1955	Wilburn Tucker		7–3	5–0
1958†			7–3	5–1
1959†			6–2–2	5–0–1
1960			8–3	6–0
1961			7–3	6–0
1972	Don Wade		10–2	7–0
1975†			8–3	6–1
2011†	Watson Brown		7–4	6–2
2024†	Bobby Wilder		7–5	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
2024–present	Bobby Wilder	7-5

Notable former players

Main article: List of Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in the NFL draft

• Barry Wilmore
• Larry Schreiber
• Elois Grooms
• Mike Hennigan
• Lonnie Warwick
• Jim Youngblood
• Da'Rick Rogers
• Howard Stidham
• Frank Omiyale
• Wade Plemons

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of July 18, 2025.^[3]

2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
vs Cumberland	at Chattanooga	vs Chattanooga	vs Samford	at Samford
vs Chattanooga	vs Samford	vs Morehead State	at Chattanooga
vs Davidson	at Mississippi State	at Samford
at Kentucky