Mac Lambert returns for his 23rd overall season with the Eagles football program. In his recent stint at Carson-Newman Lambert has helped coach one of the best running games in the nation.

Lambert is a member of the 2011 Carson-Newman Hall of Fame. While playing at Carson-Newman, Lambert earned three football letters and was captain of the 1954 team.

In his first stint on the Carson-Newman staff, Lambert was an assistant coach on Dal Shealy’s 1970s C-N staff, helping guide the team to the 1972 NAIA national championship game. Lambert was also an assistant coach on the 1986 Carson-Newman NAIA national championship squad.

In his more than 40 years on the sidelines, Lambert has coached at Cocke County High School in Newport, Tenn., Maryville High School in Maryville, Tenn., Jefferson County High School in Dandridge, Tenn. and Morristown East High School in Morristown, Tenn.

Lambert earned his master’s degree at Middle Tennessee State. He is married to the former Melba Brannon.