Year: | 2022 |
Team: | Incarnate Word Cardinals |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southland Conference |
Short Conf: | Southland |
Statsrank: | 3 |
Fcscoachrank: | 3 |
Record: | 12–2 |
Conf Record: | 5–1 |
Head Coach: | G. J. Kinne |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Off Coach: | Mack Leftwich |
Oc Year: | 1st |
Off Scheme: | Run and gun |
Def Coach: | Jonathan Patke |
Dc Year: | 1st |
Def Scheme: | 4–2–5[1] |
Champion: | Southland co-champion |
Bowl: | FCS Playoffs Semifinal |
Bowl Result: | L 32–35 vs. North Dakota State |
The 2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals played their home games at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium in San Antonio, Texas. They were led by first-year head coach G. J. Kinne.
On June 24, 2022, Incarnate Word announced that they would remain in the Southland Conference days before they were to transition to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).[2] Previously in November 2021, the program announced the move of the athletics to the WAC for the 2022 season.[3]
The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 20, 2022. The Cardinals were picked to finish second in the conference and received seven first-place votes.[4]
1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 90 (7) | |
2 | Incarnate Word | 86 (7) | |
3 | Nicholls | 79 (2) | |
4 | McNeese | 61 | |
5 | Northwestern State | 44 | |
6 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 39 | |
7 | Lamar | 25 | |
8 | Houston Christian | 24 |
The Southland Conference announced the 2022 preseason all-conference football team selections on July 13, 2022. UIW had a total of 16 players selected, the highest number in the Southland Conference.[5]
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‡The game vs. Nicholls was previously scheduled as a non-conference game, and was retained as such, even though both schools are still in the Southland Conference.[6]
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Source: [12]
Name | Position | Alma mater | Joined staff |
Head coach | Tulsa (2011) | 2022 | |
Associate head coach / wide receivers / recruiting coordinator | Incarnate Word (2015) | 2018 | |
Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks | UTEP (2017) | 2018 | |
Jordan Shoemaker | Offensive Line / run game coordinator | Houston (2011) | 2018 |
Jonathan Patke | Defensive coordinator / linebackers | Stephen F. Austin (2008) | 2022 |
Will Bryant | Tight Ends & H-Backs / academic coordinator / High School Relations | Texas Tech (2014) | 2022 |
Kam Martin | Running backs | Auburn (2019) | 2022 |
David Stuckman | Cornerbacks | Grambling (2012) | 2022 |
Safeties / NFL & CFL liaison | Tulsa (2012) | 2022 | |
Matthew Gregg | Special teams coordinator / outside linebackers | Southern Nazarene (2014) | 2019 |
Landon Keopple | Offensive quality control | Tulsa (2006) | 2022 |
Kevon Beckwith | Run game coordinator / defensive line | Louisiana (2015) | 2022 |
Zack Lucas | Director of football operations | Oklahoma State (2010) | 2022 |
Blair Cavanaugh | Special teams analyst / the word coordinator | Portland State (2016) | 2022 |
Reggie Marshall | Defensive quality control | Southeastern Oklahoma (2018) | 2022 |
Bret Huth | Director of strength and conditioning | John Carroll (2010) | 2018 |
Augie Melendez, Jr. | Head football athletic trainer | Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi (2017) | 2017 |
Source: [13]
The following Cardinals received postseason honors for the 2022 season:[14] [15] [16] [17]
Walter Payton Award
QB Lindsey Scott Jr. – Graduate Senior
Associated Press FCS All–America First Team
QB Lindsey Scott Jr. – Graduate Senior
Stats Perform FCS All–America First Team
QB Lindsey Scott Jr. – Graduate Senior
Stats Perform FCS All–America Second Team
WR Taylor Grimes – Senior
LB Kelechi Anyalebechi – Graduate Senior
Associated Press FCS All–America Third Team
WR Taylor Grimes – Senior
WR Darion Chafin – Graduate Senior
OL Caleb Johnson – Graduate Senior
LB Kelechi Anyalebechi – Graduate Senior
Stats Perform FCS All–America Third Team
WR Darion Chafin – Graduate Senior
Stats Perform FCS Freshman All–America Team
PR Kole Wilson – Freshman
Southland Conference Player of the Year
QB Lindsey Scott Jr. – Graduate Senior
Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year
LB Kelechi Anyalebechi – Graduate Senior
All–Southland Conference First–Team
QB Lindsey Scott, Jr. – Graduate Senior
WR Taylor Grimes – Senior
WR Darion Chafin – Graduate Senior
OL Caleb Johnson – Graduate Senior
OL Reid Francis – Senior
DL Chris Whittaker – Graduate Senior
DL Steven Parker – Senior
LB Kelechi Anyalebechi – Graduate Senior
DB Donte Thompson – Junior
All–Southland Conference Second–Team
RB Marcus Cooper – Graduate Senior
OL Jimeto Obigbo – Sophomore
OL Nash Jones – Junior
DB Kaleb Culp – Junior
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