Tommy Spangler
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1961)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Tommy Spangler
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| current_title = Special teams coordinator
safeties coach
| current_team = Furman
| current_conference = SoCon
| current_record =
| contract =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|8|10}}
| birth_place =
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1979–1982
| player_team1 = Georgia
| player_positions = Defensive back
| coach_years1 = 1985–1986
| coach_years2 = 1987–1989
| coach_team2 = Georgia Southern (DB)
| coach_years3 = 1990–1991
| coach_team3 = Georgia Southern (co-DC)
| coach_years4 = 1992–1996
| coach_team4 = Georgia Southern (DC)
| coach_years5 = 1997–2000
| coach_team5 = Presbyterian (AHC/DC)
| coach_years6 = 2001–2006
| coach_team6 = Presbyterian
| coach_years7 = 2007–2012
| coach_team7 = Louisiana Tech (DC)
| coach_years8 = 2013–2016
| coach_team8 = Presbyterian (DC)
| coach_years9 = 2017–2020
| coach_team9 = Presbyterian
| coach_years10 = 2022–2023
| coach_team10 = Furman (ST/CB)
| coach_years11 = 2024–present
| coach_team11 = Furman (ST/S)
| overall_record = 50–49
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
| championships = 1 SAC (2005)
| awards = SoCon Defensive Coach of the Year (1993)
SAC Coach of the Year (2005)
AFCA Region 2 Coach of the Year (2005)
| coaching_records =
}}
Tommy Spangler (born August 10, 1961) is an American college football coach. He is currently the special teams coordinator and safeties coach at Furman.{{cite news |last1=Brice |first1=John |title=Furman making big-time hire, adds former Presbyterian head coach to staff |url=https://footballscoop.com/news/furman-adding-former-georgia-bulldog-presbyterian-coach-to-staff |access-date=3 February 2022 |work=FootballScoop.com |publisher=Football Scoop |date=1 February 2022}} He was the head coach of the Presbyterian Blue Hose football team at Presbyterian College, a position he held from 2001 to 2006 and reprised from 2017 to 2020.{{cite web |title=Tommy Spangler - Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator - Football Coaches |url=https://gobluehose.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/tommy-spangler/587 |website=Presbyterian College |accessdate=May 26, 2020 |language=en}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Presbyterian Blue Hose
| conf = South Atlantic Conference
| startyear = 2001
| endyear = 2006
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2001
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2002
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2003
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = T–5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2004
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2005
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 10–2
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Second Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2006
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Presbyterian Blue Hose
| conf = Big South Conference
| startyear = 2017
| endyear = 2019
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2017
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2018
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2019
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 2–10
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Presbyterian Blue Hose
| conf = Pioneer Football League
| startyear = 2020
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2020–21
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 4–3
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Presbyterian
| overall = 54–52
| confrecord = 34–30
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 54–52
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- [https://gobluehose.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/tommy-spangler/587 Presbyterian profile]
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{{1989 Georgia Southern Eagles football navbox}}
{{1990 Georgia Southern Eagles football navbox}}
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