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Mr. Rickey Bustle
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Home Phone: 337-406-1257 Coach Bustle Newsletter November 29, 2010 A press conference is scheduled for noon today (Monday) at the Athletic Complex. Speculation over the retention of Coach Bustle has grown to a level where media outlets are reporting on several sequence of events surrounding the possibility of him not returning next season. Coach Bustle arrived at UL on December 13, 2001 – at the exact time the Athletic Network was being designed. On May 2, 2002, when Dr. Authement gave the green light for the Athletic Network to move toward implementation, Coach Bustle was the first UL coach to endorse the concept and has been its staunchest supporter since that time. For the record, football always had 100% of the teams submit their athletic network profiles. This is due to the efforts of Coach Bustle and his belief in practices which produce long-term results. One of the new traditions started by Coach Bustle was the “Cajun Walk”. Click here to view Coach Bustle leading the first “Cajun Walk” against Minnesota in 2002 http://athleticnetwork.net/picpopup.php?piclibID=1537 Click the Tailgating 2002 photo gallery http://athleticnetwork.net/site313.php# posted during Coach Bustle’s first year as UL Head Football Coach. Note the large crowd enduring the rain for the first home game vs. Minnesota. To view the “Cajun Walk” over the years, click www.athleticnetwork.net , photo gallery, Tailgating, the year you wish to view and in recent years, the game you wish to view. It is obvious that many aspects of Ragin’ Cajuns Athletics improved and grew during the Bustle Era. To view the teams of the Bustle era, click on www.athleticnetwork.net , photo gallery, football, the year you wish to view. The promotion of his teams, coaches, support groups, and fans were brought to a new level by Coach Bustle. The Athletic Network appreciates Coach Bustle and his leadership in many ways and wishes him the best in his future endeavors. We thank him for moving the football program forward – numerous giant steps – ahead of where it was when he became our coach. Peace, Ed Dugas Dr. Ed Dugas, Coordinator * * * * * * * * * Football: Bustle gets chance to coach son August 22, 2006 – By BOB ARDOIN LAFAYETTE � Unlike the sons of some college head football coaches, Brad Bustle wasn’t initially sure if he wanted to play under the scrutiny of a father’s watchful eye. However it soon became evident that Bustle knew exactly where he wanted to be, even if it meant spending a season as a walk-on at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Bustle, the son of ULL football coach Rickey Bustle, is starting 2006 as a backup offensive lineman and no longer indecisive about playing for his father, who starts his fifth year at the school. Both son and father were at ULL’s athletic complex on Sunday as 105 players � 82 on scholarship � underwent team meetings and physicals before starting preseason practices today at 8:45 a.m. Initially, Brad Bustle enrolled at Southeastern Louisiana University in 2005 and planned to play college football there. �I didn’t sign a scholarship (at SLU) early on, but I felt that I could get one as the season went on,” Brad said, who played along the defensive line at Lafayette High. After several practices at SLU, Bustle knew where he wanted to be and it wasn’t in an SLU uniform. �I knew then where I wanted to play football,” he said. �I think all along Dad knew that this was going to happen, that I was going to come back (to ULL). When I got out of high school, I didn’t know how it was going to be, playing for him. �(SLU) had recruited me to play there and I felt like they wanted me down there. I have nothing bad to say about their program or their coaches. Everyone there was wonderful to me.” Rickey Bustle said he’s happy to have his son playing at ULL, but it wasn’t an issue that he tried to influence either way. �I think it’s a case where Brad really didn’t know if he wanted to be playing here for me, so he decided to got to another school and then he decided that he wanted to be here,” Rickey said. �In Brad’s case he’s always looked upon me as a father, rather than a coach and maybe that was a situation that he felt might be different for him. Football: Lynn Bustle Sketches Her Own Path July 10, 2006 – Answer: I didn’t meet him until we were both at Clemson (She’s from Charleston, S.C.; he’s from Summerville, S.C.). I played on a girls intramural football and he was the GA. I was a linebacker and he was my coach. AHe has such a humor and he’s very genuine. He loves people. QArt teacher and a football coach? AWe’re both about teaching young people. We ask each other for help. QAre you more nervous watching your son play in high school or your husband coach college football? AThere are different kinds of nervousness, different levels of anxiety. QWhat are those? AFor Rickey, it’s just seeing how much work and how hard and how vested and how much you want them to succeed. It’s the tension of wanting them to do well. For Brad, it’s that he’s happy, enjoying it and not wanting him to get hurt. Mostly it’s just wanting him to be happy. QIs there more pressure when your husband is the head coach instead of an assistant? AHe was a coordinator his last years at Tech. There were three names they would yell out – the two coordinators and the head coach. I don’t know if I feel so much more pressure. Either way I was going to be supportive. He’s never burdened me. He’s been really good at always respecting me and respecting what I do. It probably is a little more because you realize it all falls on him (as a head coach). What’s it like to be a coach’s wife? Probably like any spouse that’s married to someone who has a demanding job. People handle it different ways. Some are heavily involved. That was not my thing because I wanted to keep my identity intact. … People ask how long we’ve been married and I say it’s been 26 years but 12 years in coaching years because you don’t have a fall. While the spring is heavy, at least there is some time where you can carve out a weekend. What do you teach? Art in education and art in secondary schools as then advanced studies. What led you to the collegiate level? I taught in public schools all the way along and then once I decided I wanted to go back to school and get my masters and thought why not get my doctorate so that kind of led me to work at the university level Why have you decided to do community art? Because one of my jobs is to prepare students. I feel strongly that in order to do that, what we talk about, what we lecture about, what we read has to be relevant to the community. I’m really big on let’s leave the classroom let’s take what we’re learning here and take it out into the community. or else it’s no use to them. I just feel like they’re going to be working with children of all backgrounds. (This will prepare them ) What do you think of Lafayette? How have y’all adapted? They are two different towns. One is at the foot of the Blue Ridge Parkway where you see mountains and cool weather. Coming from Charleston, Charleston’s real hot. It’s a lot like home with the large oaks. … When we moved here, it was comfortable. It’s such a wonderful, rich cultural area. I am fascinated with the texture of culture with the music and the food. Have you always liked sports? I always liked football. I’m glad of that. Do you feel pressure when he’s (Rickey) on the field, maybe not so much for yourself but for him? A: You feel for them. In the stands, if I need to, I walk out. If I need to. He can’t do that. Most of my anxiety is tied to him, not whether we win or lose. It would be like when you get up in the morning and go to your job. You do your job in front of 30,000 people watching and they write about it. That is what makes it different. It’s real different. And everybody knows how to do it. That’s the greatest distinction. What’s coach Bustle like after a game? He’s pretty even. He’s not the type to go home ranting and raving. If it’s a bad game, he’s quiet. How do you deal with his ups and downs? We talk a lot. Are you close to the team? Now that Brad’s playing, I see them a lot. I’m so busy with my job. … I’m relatively quiet. It’s not my personality. I hear about them. I’m concerned about them. Do you teach football players? I never have. What’s it like to be so close and involved with the team spirit on campus? I feel real connected to the university. My colleagues, they accepted me as a professor and not as the coach’s wife. I stay more focused on my job than let that filter in. Students have called me coach Bustle occasionally. What do you do when he goes through a rough part of the season like the middle of last season? I just put it in perspective. Originally published July 10, 2006 Head Coach December 22, 2005 – Bruce Brown Rickey Bustle and his University of Louisiana coaching staff are in a dead period for football recruiting entering Christmas weekend, but there was some lively news coming from UL on Wednesday that should help secure more talent for the Ragin’ Cajun program. University policy prohibits disclosure of the contract’s financial terms. “I think it says volumes about our program,” said Bustle, whose Cajuns won their last five contests after struggling to a 1-5 start. “It’s a statement for us. It’s big to the recruits. Nothing is guaranteed, but it’s big to know you’ll be here while they’re playing.” Lafayette High wide receiver Richie Falgout is the latest prospect to cast his lot with the Cajun program. The sure-handed flanker gave his verbal commitment to UL last week, bringing the number to four this fall. Earlier, Catholic-New Iberia fullback-linebacker Matt Desormeaux (younger brother of UL quarterback Michael), St. Thomas More punter-kicker Tyler Albrecht and Denham Springs center Ian Brooks committed to the Cajuns. A tiebreaker with Arkansas State prevented the Cajuns from hosting Tuesday night’s relocated New Orleans Bowl at Cajun Field, but Bustle said the attention gained for the Sun Belt during the broadcast of the game could still be a benefit. “The Sun Belt was mentioned a whole lot of times, and Lafayette was mentioned a whole lot of times,” Bustle said. “It was a good crowd. I wish it could have been a little bigger. Players saw the game. “I thought Arkansas State had a heck of a chance. They were playing nose-to-nose with them. But Southern Miss’s two turnovers didn’t result in any points, and Arkansas State’s two turnovers turned into 14 points (in a 31-19 USM win). “Of course, I would prefer that we’d been there, but that’s something you work for.” With an extended contract, Bustle has the backing of the university to continue that quest. Originally published December 22, 2005 First Season at UL Lafayette On December 13, 2001, Rickey Bustle became the 20th head coach in Ragin Cajuns’ history. The Summerville, S.C., native brings one of the top offensive minds in college football to Louisiana-Lafayette. For eight of the past nine seasons, he has served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Virginia Tech. While in Blacksburg, Bustle developed some of the finest quarterbacks the college football world has seen in recent years. Included in the list is NFL players Jim Druckenmiller and Michael Vick. Vick was the first pick in the 2001 NFL Draft. In fact, Bustle has coached the top three quarterbacks on Tech’s career list for touchdown passes and guided players who have accounted for eight of the Hokies’ Top 10 all-time, single-season offensive totals and seven of Tech’s Top 10 all-time, single-season passing totals. Bustle’s offenses, meanwhile, put up some of the most exciting numbers around. The 1999 Hokies averaged a national-best 41.4 points per game, as Virginia Tech advanced to the national championship game. In Bustle’s first seven seasons as offensive coordinator, the Hokies fielded seven of the eight highest-scoring teams in school history. Most importantly, the team posted a 67-17 record and won three Big East Conference championships. The Hokies went to a bowl game every year he served as offensive coordinator, winning the 1993 Independence Bowl, 1995 Sugar Bowl, 1998 Music City Bowl and 2001 Gator Bowl. Bustle spent all but one season at Virginia Tech since 1987, leaving the Hokies in 1994 for a one-year stint as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at South Carolina. While with USC, Buslte helped the Gamecocks go from a 4-7 record in 1993 to a 7-5 record and a Carquest Bowl Championship. From ’87-92, he was the quarterbacks and receivers coach at Virginia Tech before moving to the offensive coordinator-quarterback coaching slot in ’93. His ties to Louisiana include a three-year stint at Northeast Louisiana (now Louisiana-Monroe) from 1984-86, where he started as the running backs coach for two seasons before becoming the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He has also had coaching stints with East Carolina as a wide receivers and secondary coach (1980-82) and the USFL’s Arizona Wranglers as a running backs coach (1983). He broke into the full-time coaching ranks as the defensive coordinator at Garnder-Webb in 1979. Bustle is a 1976 graduate of Clemson University, where he received a degree in parks and recreation administration. He was a three-year letterwinner as a wide receiver for the Tigers from 1974-76. As a graduate assistant coach, Bustle earned 30 hours toward a masters degree in Special Education. Bustle’s wife Lynn, of Charleston, S.C., received her PhD. in curriculum and instruction from Virginia Tech in December 1997. She currently is a professor at UL Lafayette in the Visual Arts Department in the College of the Arts. They have a son, Brad.
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