Football
Mines, Fontel
Fontel Mines
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Tight Ends/Inside Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- minesf18@ecu.edu
- Phone:
- (252) 737-4570
- Officially named to ECU’s staff as a tight ends and inside receivers coach (and recruiting coordinator) on Dec. 7, 2018 …
- Off the field, earned a No. 6 (2020) and No. 5 (2021) ranking among all American Athletic Conference recruiters per 247Sports.com ...Â
- From a coaching standpoint, top inside receiver pupil Tyler Snead has led the Pirates in receptions in back-to-back seasons with a combined 119 catches for 1,283 yards and 10 touchdowns, which was capped with an All-AAC Second-Team selection in 2020Â (53 for 524 yards, 5 TDs) ...Â
- Directed a tight end unit that played a key role in ECU's 173.8 rushing yards per game average, the Pirates' highest ground clip since 2007 ...
- Helped East Carolina to a No. 22 national rank in pass offense (288.8 ypg) during his initial season with East Carolina in 2019...
- In addition to leading the squad in catches with a school freshman-record 66, Snead also established a 2019 NCAA FBS single-game high with 19 receptions vs. SMU on Nov. 9 ...
- Guided ECU tight end corps to a combined five TD grabs in '19, most since 2013 ...
- As recruiting coordinator, directed a 2020 signing class that stood 4th (of 12) in the American Athletic Conference ...
- Was also James Madison’s tight ends and inside receivÂers coach in 2017 before adding recruiting coordinator duties to his slate in 2018 …
- Mentored a group that combined to catch 102 passÂes for 1,272 yards and seven TDs in 2018, while also helping the Dukes’ offense rank nationally (Top 20) in four statistical categories - completion percentage (2nd/67.4 pct.), first down offense (8th/279 yards), third down percentage (13th/45.6 pct.) and scoring offense (18th/33.9 ppg) …
- The Dukes’ inside receivers, which included CAA PlayÂer-of-the-Year John Miller, made a combined 73 catchÂes for 795 yards and 9 TDs in 2017 …
- Additionally, JMU stood third nationally in first downs (325), ninth in completion percentage (64.9 pct.), 15th in scoring offense (34.4), 22nd in pass efÂficiency (142.46) and 30th in total offense (419.0) in 2017 …
- Coached receivers at Richmond from 2012 to 2016 (along with tight ends in 2014) and helped guide the Spiders to three-straight FCS playoff appearances and one semifinal showing (2015) …
- Top UR pupil Brian Brown was a three-time All-CAA and All-America selection who set single-seaÂson school records in receiving yards (1,485) and TD catches (11), while also establishing a career program standard in reception yards (4,195) …
- In all, coached five All-CAA (WR) honorees and three different pass-catchers who signed NFL contracts - Brown (Cowboys), Reggie Diggs (Redskins) and Ben Edwards (Giants)Â - while with the Spiders ...Â
- Participated in the prestigious NFL Bill Walsh MinoriÂty Internship with the Redskins (2014) and coached in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (2015) …
- Began collegiate full-time coaching career at Chowan (N.C.) where he tutored Robert Holland (set NCAA II career receptions record with 325) …
- Earned first coaching position at alma mater HermitÂage (Va.) High School …
- Earned four letters as a WR at Virginia (2003-06) beÂfore a four-year NFL career with the Bears (TE) …
- Graduated from UVA in 2007 with a degree in anthropology ...
- He and wife Joyner are the parents of a son - Lexan (born May 6, 2020) ...
- Age 36Â (February 26).
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