Georgia State Panthers football
| Georgia State Panthers football | |||
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| First season | 2010 | ||
| Athletic director | Charlie Cobb | ||
| Head coach |
Shawn Elliott 1st year, 0–0 (–) |
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| Stadium | Georgia State Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 23,000 | ||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Conference | Sun Belt Conference | ||
| All-time record | 17–53 (.243) | ||
| Bowl record | 0–1 (.000) | ||
| Colors | Blue and White |
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| Fight song | Fight Panthers, Panther Pride | ||
| Mascot | Pounce | ||
| Rivals |
Georgia Southern Eagles South Alabama Jaguars |
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| Website | GeorgiaStateSports.com | ||
The Georgia State Panthers football team is the college football program for Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. The Panthers football team was founded in 2010 and currently competes at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team is a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
In November 2006, a study commissioned by Georgia State was completed and submitted back to the school. It found Georgia State to be in a good position to begin a competitive football team, and based its remarks on the location and resources of the university. It estimated that total annual expenses by 2012 would be $3.1 million.
On April 15, 2007, former Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Reeves was hired by Georgia State as a consultant.
On November 1, 2007, the university began discussing the possibility of adding football. It found that total costs would cost between $6.2 million and $33.8 million depending on several different factors, including whether a stadium would be built or a preexisting stadium would be used.
On April 17, 2008, Georgia State launched its football program. On June 12, 2008, former Georgia Tech, Alabama, and Kentucky head coach Bill Curry was named as the Georgia State head coach, working on a 5-year contract. This was followed by the hiring of John Bond as offensive coordinator, John Thompson as defensive coordinator, and George Pugh as assistant head coach, as well as Chris Ward and Anthony Midget.
On November 20, 2008, ground was broken for a downtown practice facility at 188 Martin Luther King Drive. The facility would eventually be expanded to include a 100-yard artificial turf field and a 50-yard natural turf field. The existing buildings were converted into facilities and offices for the football team.
On January 4, 2009, Mark Hogan, son of former Georgia Tech player Mark Hogan, Sr., enrolled to play as wide receiver on scholarship, making him the first football player to receive a scholarship from Georgia State. The following month, the program signed its first recruiting class of 27 players, including the three-star running back Parris Lee.
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