University of Richmond Athletics
Dave Clawson Named VaSID 2005 Coach Of The Year; Six Spiders Garner All-State Honors
12/21/2005 | Football
Dec. 21, 2005
2005 VaSID Division I All-State Football Teams
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Richmond head coach Dave Clawson earned his third Coach of the Year honor late Tuesday night when he was named Virginia Sports Information Directors Association (VaSID) 2005 Coach of the Year. Clawson, who also was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year and the the Richmond Touchdown Club's Division I-A/I-AA College Coach of the Year, saw his Spiders receive six selections to the All-State teams as voted on by Sports Information Directors across the commonwealth of Virginia.
Clawson, a native of Youngstown, N.Y., finished his second season at Richmond directing one of the biggest turnarounds in 2005 I-AA football. His Spiders finished with a 3-8 mark in 2004, then recorded a 9-4 record and a berth in the NCAA I-AA Playoff Quarterfinals in 2005.
Under Clawson's direction, The Spiders turned in a season which began by losing their first two and three of their first four, but ended the regular season on a seven-game win streak. The streak continued when the team went on the road to face the only undefeated I-AA team in the country, Hampton, and won 38-10 in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs. Richmond's loss to Furman in the I-AA quarterfinals ended an eight-game win streak, and a nine-game win streak over I-AA opponents.
Clawson is a combined 41-41 in his seven-year head coaching career. He is no stranger to program turnarounds, after helping a Fordham squad go from 0-11 in his first season to 10-3 and a 1-1 mark in the I-AA Playoffs in his fourth season with the Rams.
Richmond had two first team honors as sophomore Sherman Logan, a first-year player for the Spiders at defensive lineman, was part of the defensive line, and senior David Freeman received First Team kick return honors.
Logan, who was named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Rookie of the Year and a First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection, led the A-10 with 11 individual pass sacks for 69 yards. His average of 0.88 sacks per game led the Atlantic 10 and ranked eighth in the country. Logan also led the team 13.5 tackles-for-loss and made a total of 54 stops on the season. As a unit the Spiders' defense recorded 41 sacks which lead the league and were the most since Richmond recorded 59 sacks in 1997.
Freeman, who also was a First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection at return specialist, led the league with an average of 26.6 yards per return. The Fayatteville, N.C., native turned in five kick returns of 35-yards or more this season and ranked 11th nationally with his average of 26.6 per return.
Joining Logan and Freeman were four Second Team All-State honorees in senior quarterback Stacy Tutt, sophomore wide receiver Arman Shields, junior offensive lineman Judd Altman and junior linebacker Adam Goloboski.
Tutt, a native of Tappahannock, Va., was a Second Team All-Atlantic 10 selection who began the season at wide receiver for the Spiders, but was re-inserted at the quarterback position (he played all 11 games at QB in 2004) prior the Spiders' game at Maine, Sept. 17. The fifth-year senior, threw for 2,219 yards this season including 16 touchdowns. His single-season passing total ranks fourth all-time at Richmond, while his TD pass count came in at seventh all-time. Tutt finished his career with 5,318 yards through the air which ranks third all-time for the Spiders and his 36 career touchdown passes are fourth-best ever at Richmond.
Tutt, who also was named the Richmond Touchdown Club's Offensive Back of the Year and was a finalist for the Dudley Award, placed his name among the leaders at Richmond in rushing and total offense as well. His 828 yards on the ground led the Spiders in 2005, while his 12 rushing touchdowns rank tied for fourth all-time. Combining his passing and rushing accomplishments place Tutt among the greatest to ever play at Richmond. His 3,047 yards of total offense in 2005 ranked as the best-ever at Richmond, while his 6,872 career total offense numbers rank second all-time for the Spiders. His 160 points scored in a career are the fourth-most ever at Richmond while his 72 points scored this season are the sixth-best ever.
Shields surprised the Spider faithful in 2005 by becoming Richmond's go-to receiver amidst its success. The Washington, D.C., native finished the season with a team-leading 842 yards in receiving on 62 catches and scored four touchdowns. Prior to the game at Vanderbilt, Shields had caught one ball for one yard in three games. Beginning with that game in Nashville, Tenn., he recorded four consecutive games with 100-or-more yards receiving. His streak was snapped at JMU, but the next week against VMI he hauled in six passes for 131 yards, marking his fifth 100-yard day of the year. The last time a Richmond receiver had five single-season 100-yard games was in 1992 when Rod Boothes did it six times.
Altman, a Third Team All-Atlantic 10 selection, helped a Spider offense gain 4,957 yards of total offense which was the most-ever by a Richmond squad, averaging 381.31 yards a game (41st nationally). The Spiders also limited opponents to 21 sacks, fifth-best in the Atlantic 10.
Goloboski, a First Team All-Atlantic 10 Linebacker and Sports Xchange Second Team All-American, led the Spiders with 131 tackles this season which ranked ninth on the Spiders all-time single-season list. His three-year total of 298 stops places him 25 tackles outside of the Spiders' top-10 list for career tackles. The Hereford, Md., native averaged 10.9 tackles per game which ranked second-best in the A-10 behind Villanova's Brian Hulea, and 11th in the country.
