Mike Minter

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Mike Minter
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Minter in October 2006
Biographical details
Born (1974-01-15) January 15, 1974 (age 50)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1994–1996 Nebraska
1997–2006 Carolina Panthers
Position(s) Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2010 First Assembly Christian
2011 Johnson C. Smith (AHC/ST)
2012 Liberty (ST)
2013–2023 Campbell
Head coaching record
Overall49–66
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
Second-team All-Big 12 (1996)

Michael Christopher Minter (born January 15, 1974) is an American football coach and former player. He is the former head football coach at Campbell University, a position he held for eleven seasons. [1] Minter played professionally as a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, from 1997 to 2006, with the Carolina Panthers. He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and was selected by the Panthers in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft.

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High school and college

Minter attended Lawton High School in Lawton, Oklahoma where he started as running back and free safety. As a running back, he led the state with 1,589 yards rushing and 21 touchdowns on 187 carries as a senior. Minter also averaged 21 points per game in basketball. Minter then attended the University of Nebraska, where he was a member of both national championship teams of 1994 and 1995. He redshirted as a true freshman, and played backup safety his freshman year despite recording 21 tackles, two forced fumbles, and one sack. Sophomore year, Minter started the first two games of the season at free safety before tearing his left ACL, which took him out for the rest of the season. He played a key role as the starting strong safety for the 1995 national championship winning team, the first to win consensus back-to-back national championships in 40 years. He recorded 53 tackles, two interceptions, and deflected six passes. This earned him All-Big Eight second-team recognition. In his senior season, Minter started and played the first ten games at safety before moving to linebacker for the final two. He amassed 51 tackles, five interceptions, six deflected passes, and five quarterback rushes, which earned him All-Big 12 first-team honors.

NFL career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 10+1⁄8 in
(1.78 m)		188 lb
(85 kg)		31+3⁄8 in
(0.80 m)		9 in
(0.23 m)		4.50 s1.63 s2.66 s4.00 s7.23 s36.0 in
(0.91 m)		10 ft 2 in
(3.10 m)		11 reps

Minter was selected 56th overall by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft. [2] He became the starter in the team's sixth game of his rookie season, and remained there until his retirement. In his rookie year he posted 11 starts and finished second among defensive backs with 83 tackles, and also recorded 3.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles, 10 passes defensed and four quarterback hurries. In 1998, Minter missed ten games because of a staph infection that developed as a complication of surgery on his left knee. Following that season, Minter started every game of each year, except in 2001, when he missed the first two games because of an injury. In Carolina's appearance in the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots in 2003, Minter ranked second on defense and equaled a career-high of 18 tackles. Despite breaking his left foot in the third quarter, he stayed in the rest of the game.

In his 10 years in the NFL, all with the Panthers, Minter made 790 tackles, 9.5 sacks, 15 forced fumbles, 8 fumble recoveries, 15 interceptions, a franchise-record 421 return yards, and 4 defensive touchdowns, including a franchise-record-tying 2 in 2003.

On March 27, 2007, the NFL Network reported that the 2007 season would be Minter's last. ESPN.com reported that Minter retired after 10 seasons.

On August 7, 2007 Minter announced his retirement, effective immediately (as reported in The Charlotte Observer ). His decision to retire early was attributed to continuing problems with his knees. Minter retired with team records for game starts (141) and consecutive starts (94), as well as for fumble recoveries and interceptions resulting in touchdowns.

Regular season

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSCmbSoloAstSckPDIntYdsAvgLngTDFFFRYdsTD
1997 CAR 16116953163.50000.0001200
1998 CAR 64261970.00177.0700000
1999 CAR 16169574211.01136923.044022300
2000 CAR 161612591342.0723819.03013100
2001 CAR 14147965140.01023216.03001200
2002 CAR 16168566191.09412531.36210100
2003 CAR 16169777200.08310033.33520000
2004 CAR 16168363202.010000.0003200
2005 CAR 16166341221.5914747.04701000
2006 CAR 16168359240.05133.0300100
Career 14814180560819711.0691742124.766241111300

After the NFL

Minter declared in 2009 that he was considering a run for the United States House of Representatives in 2010 as a Republican against incumbent Larry Kissell; [3] however, he decided against running. [4]

Minter had shown interest in being the first head coach of the Charlotte 49ers football team, which began play in 2013. The position, however, went to Brad Lambert, who previously served as an assistant coach at Oklahoma, Marshall, and Georgia. After spending one season as an assistant coach at Johnson C. Smith University in 2011, Minter was hired to serve as the special teams coach at Liberty University in January 2012. [5] On November 26, 2012, Minter became the head football coach at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. [6]

Minter also coached three seasons at First Assembly Christian School in Concord, North Carolina, where he won two state championships.

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Campbell Fighting Camels (Pioneer Football League)(2013–2017)
2013 Campbell 3–92–68th
2014 Campbell 5–74–4T–5th
2015 Campbell 5–63–57th
2016 Campbell 5–53–46th
2017 Campbell 6–55–3T–3rd
Campbell Fighting Camels (Big South Conference)(2018–2019)
2018 Campbell 6–51–45th
2019 Campbell 6–53–34th
Campbell Fighting Camels (NCAA Division I FCS independent)(2020)
2020 Campbell 0–4 [lower-alpha 1]
Campbell Fighting Camels (Big South Conference)(2021–2022)
2021 Campbell 3–82–5T–8th
2022 Campbell 5–62–3T–3rd
Campbell Fighting Camels (Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference)(2023)
2023 Campbell 5–64–4T–6th
Campbell:49–6629–41
Total:49–66
  1. ↑ Campbell opted to play non-conference games in the fall as an independent, and declined to play in the spring season as a part of the Big South conference season.

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References

  1. ↑ "Campbell Head Coach Mike Minter Resigns After 11 Seasons" Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  2. ↑ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ News & Observer: Ex-Panther Minter considering run for Congress Archived May 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ News & Observer: Former Panther won't run after all Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Lang, Chris (January 6, 2012). "Gill announces new coaching staff at LU". Nelson County Times. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Minter to be named new Campbell football coach". November 26, 2012.
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