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Anderson University is expected to name Bobby Lamb, former head football coach at Furman University to pilot the new football program set to lauch in the fall of 2024 at a 3 p.m. press conference Tuesday afternoon.
Lamb, 58, has a record of 108-79 as a head coach.
Lamb began coaching as an assistant for the Paladins in 1986 and was the defensive ends coach on the 1988 team that won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. He became the quarterbacks coach in 1989, a position he filled until taking over head coaching duties in 2002. In November 2010, he announced his resignation from Furman after the team had missed the playoffs four straight years.
In 2011, Lamb was announced be the first modern head football coach for Mercer, which began playing football in 2013 after the sport's 70-year absence from campus.
Anderson University's plans to kick off their new football team got a boost recently with a $1 million deal with Spero Financial for naming rights of atheletic fields.
In 2019 AU announced its plans for a NCAA Division II football program, after Upstate South Carolina philanthropist and friend of the niversity Dr. Melvin Younts donated $3 million as a challenge gift in support of the initiative. Spero Financial is among the partners helping realize the goal of securing a total of $6 million needed to launch the program.