The 2009 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...

 during the 2009–10 college football season

2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...

. The team's head coach was Bobby Johnson

Bobby Johnson

Robert Alan Johnson is a retired American football coach and former player. He was most recently the head football coach at Vanderbilt University, a position he held from the 2002 season until his retirement in 2010....

, who served his eighth season as the Commodores' head coach. Vanderbilt has been a member of the Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

 (SEC) since the league's inception in 1932, and has participated in that conference's Eastern Division since its formation in 1992

1992 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Coalition, and ended with Alabama's first national championship in thirteen years—their first since the departure of Bear Bryant...

. The Commodores played their six home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field

Vanderbilt Stadium

Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field is a football stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee. Completed in 1922 as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vanderbilt University football team...

 in Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

, which has been Vanderbilt football's home stadium since 1922. The Commodores finished the season 2–10 and 0–8 in SEC

2009 Southeastern Conference football season

The 2009 Southeastern Conference football season started on Thursday, September 3 as conference member South Carolina visited North Carolina State. The conference’s other 11 teams began their respective 2009 season of NCAA Division I FBS competition on Saturday, September 5...

 play.

Coaching staff

• Bobby Johnson
  Bobby Johnson
  Robert Alan Johnson is a retired American football coach and former player. He was most recently the head football coach at Vanderbilt University, a position he held from the 2002 season until his retirement in 2010....
  
   - Head Coach
• Ted Cain - Offensive Coordinator and Tight Ends Coach
• Bruce Fowler - Defensive Coordinator
• Robbie Caldwell
  Robbie Caldwell
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   - 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
• Des Kitchings - Running Backs Coach
• Michael Hazel - Asstant 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
  Bossong
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   - Head Athletic Trainer
• Brian Reese - Associate Director of Student Athletics
• John Sisk - Director of Speed, Strength and Conditioning
• Luke Wyatt - Head Equipment Manager

Schedule

Western Carolina

LSU

Mississippi State

Rice

Ole Miss

Army

Georgia

South Carolina

Georgia Tech

Florida

Kentucky

Tennessee