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Mayper brings 17 years of coaching experience and has extensive recruiting ties throughout Texas with particular strengths in the Greater Houston area - including Sugar Land, Katy Alief and Fort Bend. "I'm excited about having Brian Mayper come on board," Woodard said. "He was invaluable to our success at Navarro College last season and I know he will be an instrumental asset for us at Lamar." "This is a wonderful opportunity and a chance for me to get back into the Southland Conference," Mayper said. "We have a great opportunity to get things started here at Lamar and compete in one of the best conferences in the country." Mayper, 37, was also the special teams coach at Navarro where the Bulldogs went 9-3 and claimed a 24-21 win over Georgia Military in the Pilgrim's Pride Bowl to finish the year ranked fourth in the NJCAA national poll. Navarro ranked third nationally in total offense (444.6 ypg), fourth in rushing offense (250.5 ypg) and 16th in passing offense (194.2 ypg), while scoring a school-record 428 points (35.7 ppg) in 2007. Offensive lineman JaMarcus Webb and linebacker Donald Booker were each named first team All-America by the NJCAA. Booker led the nation in both solo tackles (107) and total tackles (161). Running back Tyrone Ross ranked 13th in the nation in rushing with 1,079 yards and eighth in touchdowns with 12. Quarterback Jeremy Sanders passed for more than 1,500 yards and rushed for 480. Another standout for the Bulldogs was defensive back Ryan Clark, who tied for fifth in the nation with seven interceptions. He spent two seasons as the offensive coordinator and special teams coach at Frisco (Texas) High School when he helped lead the Raccoons to the district and bi-district championships in 2006. From 1996-2005 Mayper was the co-offensive coordinator and special teams coach at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas. During his nine seasons he recruited six all-America selections and coached five of them personally, while turning out an average of seven all-conference selections. Mayper coached some of the top offensive players in HPU history, including the school all-time leading passer (Adam King), top running back (Richard Green), place kicker (Drew McMaster) and return specialist (Tyrone Brown), in addition to the No. 2 all-time receiver Walter Hays, who has spent time playing arena football. The Yellow Jackets ranked first in the nation among Division III teams in punt returns in 1997 and fifth nationally in kickoff returns in 2002. Adam King led the nation in total offense in 2002 and 2004 as HPU was rated fifth and third in the country, respectively. Prior to his stint at HPU, Mayper coached wide receivers and specialists at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Ark., from 1994-96. Mayper received his bachelor's degree in kinesiology and mathematics from Sam Houston State University in 1994 and his master's of education in kinesiology from Southern Arkansas in 1995. He was a wide receiver and punter at Sam Houston before a knee injury cut short his career, leading to a position as a graduate assistant under retired Bearkat coach Ron Randleman. Mayper was a three-sport letterwinner in football, soccer and track at Elsik High School in Houston, where he graduated from in 1989. He and his wife Theresa have been married for 13 years and have two daughters, Myka and Mia. |
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