Jimmy Ogle begins his eighth season on head coach Jack Crowe’s staff and the 2007 season marks his seventh coaching the Gamecock running backs. He will also coordinate the Gamecock recruiting efforts again this season.
Ogle has helped establish the Gamecock running attack after leading the Ohio Valley Conference in rushing for three seasons with a 215.27 average in 2005 (17th nationall), 260.27 average in 2004 (6th nationally) and a 242.08 average in 2003 (12th nationally).
Four of his players rushed for more than 1,200 yards in a single season, led by All-America Clay Green’s total of 1,352 last season. Rondy Rogers set JSU’s school record with 1,417 yards during the 2001 season, Kory Chapman, who plays with the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, recorded the third best single-season rushing mark with 1,285 yards in 2003 and Oscar Bonds finished with 1,263 rushing yards and a school record 19 rushing touchdowns last year.
His rushing offense set school records for rushing yards per game (260.27) and total offense (444.45) during the 2004 season as the team won their second straight Ohio Valley Conference Championship.
Ogle played at the University of Tennessee from 1991-94 and then served as a student assistant from '94 to 1997. He spent the next two years as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Knoxville Central High School, where the team finished as the Class 4A State Runners-up.
While at Tennessee, he helped the Vols to wins in the Fiesta, Citrus and Hall of Fame bowls as a long-snapper. In 1994, he worked with the UT quarterbacks, including Heisman Trophy candidate Peyton Manning. Tennessee won the 1994 Gator Bowl over Virginia Tech.
The following year, the Vols defeated Ohio State in the Citrus Bowl and then beat Northwestern in the 1996 Citrus Bowl. Tennessee then claimed the 1997 SEC Championship after defeating Auburn and played Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.
Ogle is married to the former Kaci Smith and the couple has one daughter, Abbie, and one son, Jim.
PERSONAL
Full Name: James M. Ogle, Jr.
Family: Wife (former Kaci Smith); Children – daughter Abbie (9); son Jim (2)
Born: August 7, 1973.
EDUCATION
High School: Bearden (Tenn.) High School (1991)
College: University of Tennessee (1999)
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
University of Tennessee (1991-93) - Went to three straight bowl games- Fiesta, Citrus and Hall of Fame.
COACHING EXPERIENCE
1994-97 University of Tennessee (Student Assistant/Quarterbacks/Tight Ends)
1998-99 Knoxville Central High School (Offensive Coordinator)
2000 Jacksonville State University (Tight Ends)
2001-03 Jacksonville State University (Running Backs)
2004-07 Jacksonville State University (Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator)
