• Deland McCullough is in his second season as Indiana's running backs coach. • Sophomore Stephen Houston rushed for 802 yards (5.3 average) and eight touchdowns overall and 711 yards (5.5 average) and seven scores in Big Ten play in 2011. • Houston's 711 yards were the most for a Hoosier in conference action since 2003 (BenJarvus Green-Ellis - 784) and his seven TDs were the most since 2001 (Levron Williams - 16). • IU rushed for 1,374 yards in league play, the program's highest total since 2001. Indiana's running backs lost just one fumble in 272 attempts. • The Hoosiers posted five overall games with 200-plus rushing yards, including a 319-yard effort against Northwestern, the most for Indiana in a conference game since 2003. • IU also collected three straight 200-plus yard rushing games - at No. 4 Wisconsin (223), at Iowa (217) and against Northwestern - for the first time in league action since 2001. • Served as an offensive and special teams intern at Miami (Ohio) University in 2010. The RedHawks captured the Mid-American Conference championship and earned a victory in the 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl, after which McCullough was promoted to running backs coach. • Starred at Miami from 1992-95 when Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson served as the team's offensive coordinator. He was a three-time All-MAC selection (first team in 1992 and 1995, second team in 1994). • Ended his career as the MAC and Miami recordholder for career rushing yards (4,368) and career rushing attempts (949). McCullough was the first RedHawk to lead the team in rushing four years, topping the 1,000-yard mark on three occasions. • Became the first Miami player to earn MAC Freshman of the Year honors (1992) and was later a finalist for the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top running back. • From 1996-01, he played professionally for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles, the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the XFL's Chicago Enforcers. • An inductee into the Miami Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. • Following his playing career, McCullough worked in education at the high school level in the Cincinnati area initially as a teacher, then head football coach, athletic director and principal. • As a coach and athletic director, he was responsible for the placement of over 100 student-athletes into college on scholarships. • Deland and his wife, Darnell, have three sons, Deland Jr. (12), Dasan (8) and Daeh (7). |
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