After tutoring the Southland Conference’s “Offensive Player of the
Year” in running back D. D. Terry in 2006, Tommy Mainord returns to
coaching wide receivers this fall. Mainord also coached the wide outs
in his first season at Sam Houston in 2005.
Terry’s season in 2006 was the best in Bearkat history. The senior, who
entered fall camp as a backup linebacker, rushed for a school record
1,328 yards to rank seventh nationally in NCAA Division I championship
subdivision football and lead the Southland Conference with 132.8 yards
per contest. Terry was a first team All-Southland selection and was one
of 16 finalists for the Walter Payton Award as NCAA Division I FCS
offensive “Player of the Year.”
Mainord came to Sam Houston after working the six years as an assistant
coach at his alma mater, Tarleton State. He served as a student
assistant and graduate assistant before taking over as quarterbacks and
running backs coach for the Texans in 2002.
In 2004, he tutored Derrick Ross of Huntsville who earned NCAA Division
II honorable mention All-America honors and was an NCAA All-Region and
All-Lone Star conference first team selection as well. Ross gained
1,560 yards in 10 games. His yardage was the best rushing total by an
LSC back in 14 seasons. Mainord produced two All-Lone Star Conference
running backs in 2003 (Joe Morrison and Carl Steward) as the Texans
went 8-4 to claim a second consecutive Lone Star Conference North
Division title. Morrison was a first team selection while Steward
earned second team honors.
Tarleton State rolled up 1,773 yards and scored 24 touchdowns on the
ground in 2001 as the Texans went 10-3 to earn a No. 10 national
ranking and advance to the NCAA Division II quarterfinals. In 2000,
Mainord’s running backs gained more than 1,675 yards.
Mainord’s father, Carlos, coached in the National Football League for
Chicago, New Orleans, Carolina, and Saint Louis, and now is safeties
coach at Texas Tech. Mainord played baseball for Tarleton. He joined
the Texan football program as a student assistant coach in 1999.
Mainord holds both Bachelor and Master’s degrees from Tarleton State.
He and his wife, Tiffany, have a daughter, Maecee, and expect a baby boy in September.
