Mike DuBose
Head Coach
Third Season
Alabama, 1974

After guiding the Majors to back-to-back league titles for the first time in school history and leading the team to its best record, 8-2, in 11 years, the only thing that’s keeping third-year head coach Mike DuBose and a hungry Millsaps bunch from a perfect regular season are themselves.

DuBose, runner-up in the Liberty Mutual D3 Coach of the Year fan voting last year after leading the voting for five weeks, will work with 15 of 22 returning starters and a handful of new, young coaches in 2008 with hopes of returning to the playoffs after a 1-year hiatus.

In his first year at the helm back in 2006, the college football veteran helped a struggling program regain its composure by instilling confidence in his players that they could compete for a conference championship. A defensive guru, DuBose led Millsaps to its first winning season in six years, first SCAC outright title in 15 years and a berth into the NCAA Division III Playoffs for the first time in 31 years.

Before his arrival, the Majors had won just 16 games from 2001-05 against 31 losses. In just two, short years DuBose has led Millsaps to a 15-6 record, including a 12-1 mark in SCAC play. He has yet to lose a conference road game (7-0) since taking over the team with the average margin of victory away from Jackson a lopsidded 27.3 points.

“We’ve had some success here lately that has shed new light on the program,” DuBose said. “The question is how our team will handle that success. We must stay disciplined and continue to prepare and respect every opponent in the same way.”

After a three-year stint at Northview High School and Luverne High School in Alabama, DuBose was hired as Millsaps’ defensive coordinator in 2005 and succeeded the man who hired him, David Saunders, in 2006.

Coaching his first collegiate team since leaving the University of Alabama in 2000, DuBose guided the Majors to a 7-4 overall mark, a perfect 6-0 league mark and the 2006 SCAC Football title. Since joining the league in 1989, Millsaps had never run the table unscathed in conference play and had won seven or more games just twice.

While playing for Paul “Bear” Bryant at Alabama, DuBose was a star defender for a Crimson Tide team that posted an overall record of 32-4, including three SEC Championships and one national title. He had the game of his career in 1972 against Tennessee, where he recorded 20 tackles (2.0 tackles-for-loss) and caused one fumble. For his efforts, DuBose received “SEC Lineman of the Week” accolades. DuBose ended his career with 129 total tackles (26 tackles-for-loss), 71 assists, eight forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries and three pass breakups.

His name still stands in the Tide record books as first all-time in forced fumbles in a season/career (four, 1972; eight career), second in career fumbles recovered (six) and tied for fifth with most career tackles-for-loss in a season (11, 1973).

His coaching career began in 1975 as a graduate assistant for the Crimson Tide. After a season with Alabama, DuBose spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Fairhope High School and two seasons as the head coach/athletic director at Prattville High School.

DuBose began his collegiate coaching career as a defensive line coach at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga in 1980. After two seasons with UTC, DuBose was offered the defensive line job at Southern Miss, which he accepted. In his only season with the Golden Eagles, DuBose was on the opposite sideline of the game that ended Alabama’s then 57-game home unbeaten streak in Nov. 1982.

DuBose returned to Alabama as defensive line coach from 1990-96 under head coach, Gene Stallings. With DuBose’s defensive scheme, the Tide ranked eighth or better in rushing defense four times, including the nation’s best in 1992 during a National Championship season.

After Stallings announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 1996 season, DuBose took the reins of his first collegiate team. During his four year tenure as head coach at Alabama (1997-2000), DuBose led the Tide to a 24-23 record, including a berth in the inaugural Music City Bowl in 1998 and an SEC Championship and Orange Bowl berth in 1999.

DuBose is married to the former Polly Ann Martin. They have two children, Juli Keller and Michael. They have a son-in-law, GW Keller, a grandson, Will (13) and are expecting another grandchild in the near future. In his spare time, DuBose is an avid golfer.

Year	School	Record	Other
1997	Alabama	4-7 (2-6 SEC)	Outback Bowl
1998	Alabama	7-5 (4-4 SEC)	Music City Bowl
1999	Alabama	10-3 (7-1 SEC)	SEC Champions, Orange Bowl
2000	Alabama	3-8 (3-5 SEC)	N/A
2006	Millsaps	7-4 (6-0 SCAC)	SCAC Champions, NCAA Playoffs (31-year hiatus)
2007	Millsaps	8-2 (6-1 SCAC)	SCAC Co-Champions (Best finish since 1996)
Career	'Bama/Millsaps	39-29 (.574)	3 Conference Championships, 3 Bowl Berths