Murray State University Athletics
Football
Buster Faulkner
- Title:
- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
- Email:
- efaulkner1@murraystate.edu
- Phone:
- (270) 809-6870
Buster Faulkner begins his first season as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Murray State.
Faulkner joins Hatcher’s staff after spending the 2009 season as the quarterbacks coach at Central Arkansas.
In his one season with the Bears, UCA averaged 26.2 points a game and 215.8 yards a game through the air.
Senior quarterback Robbie Park finished the year going 217-for-358 for 2,434 yards and 12 touchdowns. The yardage total ranks seventh on the school’s all-time single-season list.
Faulkner’s coaching career began at Valdosta State, where he served as a student assistant helping with the quarterbacks in 2005.
After one season with the Blazers, he served as an offensive graduate assistant at Georgia, working with the offensive line and quarterbacks.
Faulkner returned to Valdosta State in 2007 and served as the quarterbacks coach for two seasons.
In his first season, the Blazers went 13-1 and captured the Division II National Championship. Quarterback Willie Copeland passed for 2,903 yards and 27 touchdowns.
Faulkner took over as the offensive coordinator for the Blazers in 2008. VSU averaged 380.8 yards a game in advancing to the quarterfinals.
Faulkner began his collegiate career at Valdosta State under Hatcher. In three years with the Blazers, he passed for 4.213 yards and 44 touchdowns, ranking seventh on the career list for yards and completions (381), and sixth in touchdowns.
As a sophomore, Faulkner earned first-team all-Gulf South Conference honors after going 327-for-503 for 3,826 yards and 41 touchdowns in leading the Blazers to a 14-1 record and a spot in the National Championship game. He ranks fourth in touchdowns, fifth in yards and sixth in completions.
He played his senior season at Texas A&M-Commerce, where he passed for 2,861 and 16 touchdowns, while setting 10 school records.
During his prep career, Faulkner started at quarterback as a sophomore and led Parkview High School to the Georgia state championship.
A native of Lilburn, Ga., Faulkner earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Valdosta State in 2005.
Faulkner, and his wife, Tia, have one son, Harrison, and one daughter, Hadley.
Faulkner joins Hatcher’s staff after spending the 2009 season as the quarterbacks coach at Central Arkansas.
In his one season with the Bears, UCA averaged 26.2 points a game and 215.8 yards a game through the air.
Senior quarterback Robbie Park finished the year going 217-for-358 for 2,434 yards and 12 touchdowns. The yardage total ranks seventh on the school’s all-time single-season list.
Faulkner’s coaching career began at Valdosta State, where he served as a student assistant helping with the quarterbacks in 2005.
After one season with the Blazers, he served as an offensive graduate assistant at Georgia, working with the offensive line and quarterbacks.
Faulkner returned to Valdosta State in 2007 and served as the quarterbacks coach for two seasons.
In his first season, the Blazers went 13-1 and captured the Division II National Championship. Quarterback Willie Copeland passed for 2,903 yards and 27 touchdowns.
Faulkner took over as the offensive coordinator for the Blazers in 2008. VSU averaged 380.8 yards a game in advancing to the quarterfinals.
Faulkner began his collegiate career at Valdosta State under Hatcher. In three years with the Blazers, he passed for 4.213 yards and 44 touchdowns, ranking seventh on the career list for yards and completions (381), and sixth in touchdowns.
As a sophomore, Faulkner earned first-team all-Gulf South Conference honors after going 327-for-503 for 3,826 yards and 41 touchdowns in leading the Blazers to a 14-1 record and a spot in the National Championship game. He ranks fourth in touchdowns, fifth in yards and sixth in completions.
He played his senior season at Texas A&M-Commerce, where he passed for 2,861 and 16 touchdowns, while setting 10 school records.
During his prep career, Faulkner started at quarterback as a sophomore and led Parkview High School to the Georgia state championship.
A native of Lilburn, Ga., Faulkner earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Valdosta State in 2005.
Faulkner, and his wife, Tia, have one son, Harrison, and one daughter, Hadley.
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