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Falcon Facts With Assistant Coach Mike Mickens
July 28, 2014 | Football
Falcon Facts with Mike Mickens
Mike Mickens joins the Bowling Green State University football staff in 2014. He will coach cornerbacks for head coach Dino Babers .
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Mickens comes to Bowling Green from Idaho, where he coached under Paul Petrino last season.
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Mickens has previously coached at Indiana State and Cincinnati, in addition to Idaho.
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He was drafted by Dallas in the 2009 NFL draft. He wound up playing for both Tampa Bay and Cincinnati as well as the Calgary Stampeders before retiring because of injury.
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As a collegian, he is Cincinnati's career leader in interceptions (14) as well as interception return yards (296). He was named an All-American in 2007 and 2008 and was a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. Additionally Mickens was named All-Big East three times during his career, once on the first team and twice on the second team.
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A native of Dayton, Ohio, Mickens is a graduate of Wayne High School where he was a two-time All-Greater Western Ohio Conference cornerback and helped the Warriors to a 24-9 record as well as two league titles during his three seasons. He recorded 205 tackles, 10 interceptions and returned a kickoff for a touchdown and won the Ohio State 300-meter hurdles championship as a junior.
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 He earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Cincinnati in 2011.
Mike Mickens joins the Bowling Green State University football staff in 2014. He will coach cornerbacks for head coach Dino Babers .
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Mickens comes to Bowling Green from Idaho, where he coached under Paul Petrino last season.
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Mickens has previously coached at Indiana State and Cincinnati, in addition to Idaho.
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He was drafted by Dallas in the 2009 NFL draft. He wound up playing for both Tampa Bay and Cincinnati as well as the Calgary Stampeders before retiring because of injury.
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As a collegian, he is Cincinnati's career leader in interceptions (14) as well as interception return yards (296). He was named an All-American in 2007 and 2008 and was a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. Additionally Mickens was named All-Big East three times during his career, once on the first team and twice on the second team.
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A native of Dayton, Ohio, Mickens is a graduate of Wayne High School where he was a two-time All-Greater Western Ohio Conference cornerback and helped the Warriors to a 24-9 record as well as two league titles during his three seasons. He recorded 205 tackles, 10 interceptions and returned a kickoff for a touchdown and won the Ohio State 300-meter hurdles championship as a junior.
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 He earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Cincinnati in 2011.
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