University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Football
Lovings, Marquase
Marquase Lovings
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Phone:
- (337) 482-6318
- Sport Administration:
- @MarquaseLovings
After working with some of the top running backs in Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns history for the past six years, Marquase Lovings moves to the defensive side of the ball in 2017 as he will coach the Ragin’ Cajuns defensive ends.
Under Lovings’ tutelage, former Ragin’ Cajuns running backs Elijah McGuire and Alonzo Harris combined to rush for over 3,800 yards and 48 touchdowns during a two-year span (2013-14) that saw each earn All-Sun Belt Conference honors. In 2014, the tandem combined to rush for 2,071 yards and 26 touchdowns with McGuire earning Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year honors by the Sun Belt Conference. The sophomore rushed for a team-high 1,264 yards on the season, becoming the fourth player and second running back overall, to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
During the 2013 season, the duo each combined for over 1,800 yards and 22 rushing touchdowns on the season and each earned first-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in 2013. Harris finished third in the league with 942 yards and 14 touchdowns while McGuire recorded 863 yards, averaging 8.3 yards per carry, while scoring eight TDs and earning Freshman All-America honors.
Behind a solid running attack that also featured Torrey Pierce and Effrem Reed, the 2013 Cajuns finished second in the Sun Belt Conference in rushing offense (204.5) and 26th nationally.
In 2011, Lovings’ helped Harris, then a freshman, emerge early in the season, finishing the year with 700 yards and eight touchdowns to earn Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors.
In 2012, Harris was joined by freshmen Reed and Pierce, allowing the Cajuns to improve their rushing from 125.2 to 193.5 yards per game, ranking them 34th nationally and second in the Sun Belt.
Prior to joining the Cajuns, Lovings spent four seasons at Mississippi State (2007-10), first as a defensive quality control coach before taking over as defensive graduate assistant for his final two seasons.
While in Starkville, Lovings served on a Bulldog staff that included Mark Hudspeth, then the Pass Game Coordinator and Receivers coach, along with Reed Stringer, the Bulldogs’ Coordinator of Recruiting Operations.
The Bulldogs had several standout defensive linemen during Lovings’ four years, including Titus Brown and Fletcher Cox. Brown went on to play with the Cleveland Browns from 2008-12, and Cox went on to become the 12th pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2012 NFL Draft.
A graduate of and former walk-on tight end with Howard University, Lovings also has high school coaching on his resume with stints at Dunbar High in Washington, D.C. and at his alma mater, P.K. Yonge High in Gainesville.
He earned his masters in Sports Administration from Mississippi State in 2008 and pursued a doctorate in education at MSU.
Under Lovings’ tutelage, former Ragin’ Cajuns running backs Elijah McGuire and Alonzo Harris combined to rush for over 3,800 yards and 48 touchdowns during a two-year span (2013-14) that saw each earn All-Sun Belt Conference honors. In 2014, the tandem combined to rush for 2,071 yards and 26 touchdowns with McGuire earning Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year honors by the Sun Belt Conference. The sophomore rushed for a team-high 1,264 yards on the season, becoming the fourth player and second running back overall, to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
During the 2013 season, the duo each combined for over 1,800 yards and 22 rushing touchdowns on the season and each earned first-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in 2013. Harris finished third in the league with 942 yards and 14 touchdowns while McGuire recorded 863 yards, averaging 8.3 yards per carry, while scoring eight TDs and earning Freshman All-America honors.
Behind a solid running attack that also featured Torrey Pierce and Effrem Reed, the 2013 Cajuns finished second in the Sun Belt Conference in rushing offense (204.5) and 26th nationally.
In 2011, Lovings’ helped Harris, then a freshman, emerge early in the season, finishing the year with 700 yards and eight touchdowns to earn Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors.
In 2012, Harris was joined by freshmen Reed and Pierce, allowing the Cajuns to improve their rushing from 125.2 to 193.5 yards per game, ranking them 34th nationally and second in the Sun Belt.
Prior to joining the Cajuns, Lovings spent four seasons at Mississippi State (2007-10), first as a defensive quality control coach before taking over as defensive graduate assistant for his final two seasons.
While in Starkville, Lovings served on a Bulldog staff that included Mark Hudspeth, then the Pass Game Coordinator and Receivers coach, along with Reed Stringer, the Bulldogs’ Coordinator of Recruiting Operations.
The Bulldogs had several standout defensive linemen during Lovings’ four years, including Titus Brown and Fletcher Cox. Brown went on to play with the Cleveland Browns from 2008-12, and Cox went on to become the 12th pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2012 NFL Draft.
A graduate of and former walk-on tight end with Howard University, Lovings also has high school coaching on his resume with stints at Dunbar High in Washington, D.C. and at his alma mater, P.K. Yonge High in Gainesville.
He earned his masters in Sports Administration from Mississippi State in 2008 and pursued a doctorate in education at MSU.
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