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Doc Holliday named C-USA Coach of the Year

DALLAS, TX – Marshall Head Coach Doc Holliday, Quarterback Grant Wells and Linebacker Tavante Beckett grabbed more league honors on Tuesday as Conference USA announced individual awards for the 2020 season.

Holliday, in his 11th year as the Herd’s head coach, was named C-USA’s Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. Holliday previously won the award in 2014. Holliday has recorded 85 wins at Marshall, including three straight seasons with 10 or more victories from 2013 to 2015. The Thundering Herd went 13-1 in 2014 with a Conference USA title and victory in the Boca Raton Bowl. Holliday has also led Marshall to eight bowl games, winning six of the first seven.

Grant Well’s earned the Freshman of the Year award. He was named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week three times this season and was the Manning Award National QB of the week following his 363-yard, 5 TD performance vs. Middle Tennessee. Wells completed 61% of his passes for league-bests of 1,877 passing yards and 18 passing touchdowns. His 18 TD passes rank third among the FBS freshmen and he places second in the conference in total offense at 239.1 yards per game.

Beckett captured the leagues Defensive Player of the Year honor. He averaged 9.6 tackles per game, had 7.5 TFLs, one forced fumble, a nation-leading four fumble recoveries and one touchdown. Beckett was a two-time C-USA Defensive Player of the Week and was named the Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Thundering Herd’s win over then-No. 23 Appalachian State.