2014 Millsaps Majors Football Media Guide | Seite 9

s Millsaps Majors Football Defensive Line Coach- 1st Season Alec Kerr Alec Kerr rejoins the Millsaps’ coaching staff for the 2014 season as the assistant defensive line coach. Kerr returns to the Majors after being an assistant for the 2010 and 2013 seasons. In between his stops with the Majors, he spent 2011 as the defensive line coach at Bailey Magnet High School in Jackson, and the 2012 season at Mississippi College helping primarily with the outside linebackers. He was a backup defensive end at Millsaps from 2006 to 2009. He has been a member of five outright or shared conference championship football teams in his six years with the Millsaps football program.He graduated from Millsaps in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in history and a minor in Spanish. Kerr is currently pursuing a Master of Education in Teaching Arts degree from Mississippi College. He is the son of Robert and Holly Kerr. He has a brother, Andy, a fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. Running Backs Coach- 1st Season Wade Henderson Wade Henderson joined the Millsaps coaching staff as the running backs coach for the 2014 season. Henderson comes to the Majors after recent coaching stops at Holmes Community College where he served as linebacker coach and recruiting coordinator and Terry High School in nearby Terry, Mississippi where he was head coach. He had previously led Brookhaven High School to a #7 state ranking and #1 in 5A en route to a spot in the 2011 state playoffs. Henderson inherits a stable of running backs that rushed for over 2700 yards and 27 touchdowns in 2013. Henderson played for the Majors from 1987-1989 and holds a Masters in sports administration from Mississippi State University. He later went on to play for the Alabama Raiders of the Minor League Professional Football Alliance where he was a part of back-to-back league championship teams. Defensive Backs Coach- 1st Season Jimmy Sampson Jimmy Sampson joined the Millsaps football program in 2014 as the defensive backs coach. Sampson comes to Jackson from Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas. There Sampson coached the Broncbusters’ runningbacks and defensive backs. Sampson is quite familiar with the Majors after playing and coaching at rival Mississippi College. Sampson was a four-year defensive back and earned All-Conference honors for the Choctaws and spent two seasons as a graduate assistant. He helped lead the Choctaws to their lone D-III playoff birth his senior season when he finished third on the team with 67 tackles.