Willie Totten

Willie Totten

Current position
Title	Quarterbacks coach
Team	Mississippi Valley State
Conference	SWAC
Biographical details
Born	(1962-07-04) July 4, 1962 Leflore County, Mississippi
Playing career
1981–1985	Mississippi Valley State
1986	BC Lions
1987	Toronto Argonauts
1987	Buffalo Bills
1988	Chicago Bruisers
1989	Pittsburgh Gladiators
1991	New Orleans Night
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988	Grambling State (GA)
1990–1997	Mississippi Valley State (assistant)
1998–1999	Eastside HS (MS)
2000–2001	Mississippi Valley State (OC)
2002–2009	Mississippi Valley State
2013	Albany State (QB)
2014–present	Alabama A&M (QB)
Head coaching record
Overall	31–57 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
MVSU Athletics Hall of Fame (2006) First Team All-Arena (1989)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2005 (profile)

Willie "Satellite" Totten (born July 4, 1962) is a former professional football player and current college football coach. Totten played his high school football at J.Z. George High School in North Carrollton, MS. Totten was the starting quarterback at Mississippi Valley State University all four years from 1981 to 1985, along with Jerry Rice as his target at wide receiver. Totten set more than 50 Division I-AA passing records, and Rice setting many Division I-AA receiving records. The Delta Devils averaged 59 points a game during the 1984 season, with Totten throwing for a record 58 touchdowns and leading the Delta Devils to the Division I-AA playoffs in 1984. Archie Cooley, who was the head coach at MVSU from 1980 to 1986, was the architect of the pass-oriented offense that utilized the skills of Totten.

Professional career

Totten played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the BC Lions and Toronto Argonauts before moving on to the National Football League (NFL), as a replacement player for the Buffalo Bills during the strike-shortened 1987 NFL season. Totten played in the Arena Football League for the Chicago Bruisers, Pittsburgh Gladiators and the New Orleans Night.

Coaching career

Totten earned his master's degree at Grambling State University, and was a graduate assistant on the coaching staff for head football coach Eddie Robinson. Totten returned to his alma mater and served as quarterbacks coach and running back coach during the 1990s before moving on to coach at the high school level for two years. He returned to the MVSU coaching staff in 2000, and was elevated to head coach in 2001. Totten brought pride back to Mississippi Valley State, as he led the Delta Devils to back-to-back winning seasons in 2005 and 2006. Totten resigned after the 2009 season, and took an administrative position at MVSU in 2010. In 2013, Totten became quarterbacks coach at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia for one season before accepting the quarterback coaching position at Alabama A&M University under new head football coach James Spady.

Honors and memberships

Totten is one of a few college football coaches ever to coach in a stadium named after him. The Delta Devils football team plays in Rice-Totten Field, named for Totten and wide receiver Jerry Rice. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Totten is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2002–2009)
2002	Mississippi Valley State	5–6	3–4	T–3rd (East)
2003	Mississippi Valley State	2–9	1–6	5th (East)
2004	Mississippi Valley State	3–8	1–5	5th (East)
2005	Mississippi Valley State	6–5	5–4	T–3rd (East)
2006	Mississippi Valley State	6–5	5–4	T–2nd (East)
2007	Mississippi Valley State	3–8	2–7	T–4th (East)
2008	Mississippi Valley State	3–8	1–6	T–4th (East)
2009	Mississippi Valley State	3–8	1–6	T–4th (East)
Mississippi Valley State:		31–57	19–42
Total:		31–57

See also

• List of college football coaches who coached games in stadiums named after themselves

External links

• Willie Totten at the College Football Hall of Fame