2009 Vanderbilt Commodores football team explained

The 2009 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2009–10 college football season. The team's head coach was Bobby Johnson, who served his eighth season as the Commodores' head coach. Vanderbilt has been a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) since the league's inception in 1932, and has participated in that conference's Eastern Division since its formation in 1992. The Commodores played their six home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee, which has been Vanderbilt football's home stadium since 1922. The Commodores finished the season 2–10 and 0–8 in SEC play.

Coaching staff

• Bobby Johnson – Head coach
• Ted Cain – Offensive coordinator and tight ends coach
• Bruce Fowler – Defensive coordinator
• Robbie Caldwell – Assistant head coach/offensive line coach
• Rick Logo – Defensive line coach
• Warren Belin – Linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator
• Jamie Bryant – Defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator
• Charlie Fisher – Co-passing game coordinator & wide receivers
• Jimmy Kiser – Co-passing game coordinator & quarterbacks
• Desmond Kitchings – Running backs coach
• Michael Hazel – Assistant director of football operations
• Joey Orck – Offensive quality control
• Andy Frank – Defensive quality control
• Norval McKenzie – Offensive graduate assistant
• Mark Moehring – Defensive graduate assistant
• Tom Bossung – Head athletic trainer
• Brian Reese – Associate director of student athletics
• John Sisk – Director of speed, strength and conditioning
• Luke Wyatt – Head equipment manager
• Gary Veach – Assistant equipment manager

Game summaries

Western Carolina

LSU

Mississippi State

Rice

Ole Miss

Army

Georgia

South Carolina

Georgia Tech

Florida

Kentucky

Tennessee