Football
- Title:
- Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers
- Email:
- cjbateman@bsu.edu
- Phone:
- 765-285-1197
Left Ball State after the 2013 season to take a position as the defensive coordinator at Army.....
First Season at Ball State (2011)
17th Year as a Football Coach in 2013
Alma Mater: Randolph-Macon '95
Recruiting Areas:
South Central Indiana
North Carolina (Area Codes 828, 704, 980, 910)
Georgia
Coaching Experience:
Hampden-Sydney, assistant coach, 1997-98
Siena, assistant coach, 1999
Siena, head coach, 2000-03
Richmond, assistant coach, 2004
Lehigh, assistant coach, 2005
Elon, assistant coach, 2006-10
Ball State, assistant coach, 2011-13
NOTES: Led Ball State's defense to a ranking of fourth in the Mid-American Conference in scoring defense, while the Cardinals also ranked seventh in the nation in turnovers gained (30) and ninth nationally in turnover margin (+1.0) in 2013 . . . coached Ben Ingle to All-Mid-American Conference Second-Team honors in 2013 . . . coached linebackers Travis Freeman and defensive end Jonathan Newsome to All-Mid-American Conference Second-Team honors in 2012 plus had Nathan Ollie (defensive tackle) and Eric Patterson (defensive back) named to the third team . . . served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Ball State head coach Pete Lembo at Elon from 2006-10, and added the title of assistant head coach for the 2010 season . . . also served on Coach Lembo's staff at Lehigh in 2005 . . . At Elon, tutored All-American linebacker Chad Nkang, who was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars, marking the first Elon football player drafted by the National Football League since 1992 . . . Nkang also earned Southern Conference Player of the Year honors as a senior . . . tutored at least one all-conference linebacker every year at Elon . . . helped Elon to 35 victories in five years after arriving at a program that posted a 14-42 mark in the five years prior . . . coordinated a defense that allowed just 248.33 yards per game to lead the Southern Conference and rank fourth nationally in 2009 . . . At Lehigh, Bateman's run defense ranked sixth in the country in 2005 . . . spent four seasons as head coach at Siena from 1999-2003.
Personal Information:
Marital Status: Married to the former Heather Dawson . . . one daughter, Bea and one son, C.J.
High School: Hermitage H.S. (Class of '91) in Richmond, Va.
College: Randolph-Macon '95
