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With 35 seasons in coaching, Mike Schultz served five years as an assistant head coach, co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas State after rejoining Dennis Franchione’s staff in January 2011. Schultz also served on Franchione’s staff from 1990-2000 at Texas State, New Mexico and TCU.
 
During the 2014- and 2015 seasons, Schultz helped install an up-tempo offense that produced a record-setting quarterback and one of the most improved offenses in nation in 2014.

In 2015, the Bobcats were among the NCAA FBS top 43 rushing offenses with an averag of 187.3 yards per game. The Bobcats also ranked 53rd in total offense with an average of 416.7 yards per game.

Tyler Jones was named an Honorable Mention All-Sun Belt Conference quarterback after completing 223 of 382 yards for 2,484 yards and 14 touchdowns. Robert Lowe rushed for 915 yards and seven touchdowns on 175 carries in 11 games, and the Bobcats had three receivers with over 30 receptions.

 The Bobcats ranked among the top four most improved offenses in 2014 and had one of the nation’s top 24 overall offenses and top 18 rushing attacks after averaging 464.3 yards of total offense and 238.4 yards rushing per game.

Jones ranked among the nation’s top 17 most accurate passers and second in Sun Belt Conference while setting a Texas State single season record after completing 65.4 percent (246-378-7) of his passes for 2,670 yards and 22 touchdowns.
 
In addition, Texas State produced its first 1,000-yard rusher since 2009 when Lowe ran for 1,091 yards and 12 touchdowns on 185 carries. The Bobcats also had another one top 10 rusher in the SBC when Terrence Franks ran for 712 yards and eight touchdowns on 107 carries.

Jones broke the previous school record that was set in 2012 by Shaun Rutherford when he had a completion percentage of 64.5 percent after completing 193 of 299 passes. Jones also had the fourth-highest single season percentage with 62.1 after completing 100 of his 161 passes as a true freshman in 2013.
 
Schultz’s first stint under Franchione came at Texas State in 1990-91 when he served as his secondary coach and recruiting coordinator for the Bobcats. He followed coach Fran to New Mexico, where he was the assistant head coach and secondary coach from 1992-95. He moved over to offense as the assistant head coach and running backs coach for the Lobos in 1996 before following Franchione to TCU in 1998, where he was the running game coordinator and running backs coach for the next three seasons.
 
In 2001, he was named TCU’s offensive coordinator and running backs coach under Gary Patterson before serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach with the Horned Frogs in 2007-08.
 
Schultz returned to Texas State after serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Middle Tennessee State in 2010 and the offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at Illinois in 2009. That season, the Illini ranked 17th nationally in rushing.
 
He went to Illinois after spending two seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for two years at TCU. He also coached the running backs during his first nine seasons with the Horned Frogs.
 
The 2008 season saw TCU set single-season school records for points scored (420) and touchdowns (54). The Frogs led the nation in time of possession (35:05) and were 13th nationally in team rushing (215.7 yards per game).  The Frogs were second in the Mountain West Conference in total offense (417.1 yards per game) and third in scoring offense (35.0 points per game). TCU totaled at least 410 yards of offense in eight of 12 games.
 
In 2007, Schultz helped mentor Frog signal caller Andy Dalton to Freshman All-America honors. Dalton set single-season TCU records for pass completions (222) and attempts (371) while placing second in yards (2,459) and fourth in completion percentage (59.8).
 
Four of the six highest-scoring teams in TCU history came under Schultz’s direction. Four of the top-six single-season touchdown totals by TCU came in his last five years. Two of TCU’s top-three games in total offense also were under Schultz. The Frogs had a school-record 782 yards versus Houston in 2003 and a 694-yard effort at San Diego State in 2007 ranked third.
 
TCU’s running attack ranked ninth nationally in 2006 with 194.6 yards per game and the Horned Frogs were 17th in total offense (408.5 ypg). During his tenure as running backs coach, Schultz consistently developed young players.
 
Aaron Brown was named the  2005 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year after Lonta Hobbs and Robert Merrill became the first two freshmen in TCU history to rush for 1,000 yards. The duo accomplished the feat in back-to-back seasons (Hobbs 2002, Merrill 2003).
 
Schultz tutored five 1,000-yard rushers at TCU after the Horned Frogs had just four 1,000-yard rushers in more than 100 years prior to his arrival. The five included Hobbs, Merrill. LaDainian Tomlinson (twice) and Basil Mitchell.
 
Tomlinson was a two-time NCAA rushing champ, leading the country with 1,850 yards in 1999 and a school record 2,158 in 2000.  He earned All- America honors, was a Heisman Trophy finalist and the winner of the Doak Walker National Running Back Award before being selected fifth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft and earning NFL MVP honors in 2006.
 
TCU ranked fourth nationally in rushing offense with 275.6 yards per game in 2000, and was one of just six schools to average over 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing in 2003.
 
In 2004, the Horned Frogs were among the nation’s Top 20 teams in scoring, total and passing offense. The 362 points the Horned Frogs scored that year tied for the second-highest in school history, while the 48 touchdowns were one shy of the school record set in 2005.
 
Schultz began his coaching career at his alma mater, Sam Houston State, in 1979. He also coached at UTEP and Kansas State before joining Fred Akers’ staff at Texas for the 1985 season.
 
He also was an assistant coach at Westwood High School in Round Rock for three years before joining Franchione’s staff at Texas State in 1990. 
 
Schultz and his wife, Cindy, have three daughters, Taylor, Kendall and Jordan.