#10: New Mexico State Baseball HC Kirby has been let go. Kirby was in his fourth season. (link) |
#9: Alabama MBB is back in the headlines as stand-out student-athlete Miller was “patted down” as part of the Crimson Tide’s starting lineups against Arkansas. Bama HC Oats commented after the game: “I don't watch our introductions, I'm not involved with them, I'm drawing up plays during that time. Regardless, it's not appropriate. It's been addressed and I can assure you it definitely will not happen again for the remainder of this year.” (link)
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#8: NC State parts ways with Softball HC Patrick-Swift, effective immediately. (link) |
#7: Collegiate Sports Connect has an interesting data set on desired compensation for Development officers around the industry broken out by years of experience & competitive division. For example, a fundraiser with seven to nine years in the business has average expected compensation of $93K with a standard deviation of $27K. Lots more interesting data here. (link)
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#6: Surely this is a first…. Parrotts, yes parrotts, crashed the Bradley vs. Gardner-Webb softball game last week, which was being played at UCF as part of the 2023 Knights Classic tournament.. One landed on the shoulder of home plate ump Stears, who was remarkably unphased. UCF grounds crew eventually removed the birds and play continued. (link)
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#5: Longtime ESPN announcer Jones got to call a San Jose State WBB game with his daughter, Sophia, Saturday. Pretty neat. (link) |
#4: Odd move this early in the season: Northwestern Baseball ACs Strauss and Napoleon and Director of Ops Beacom have stepped away from the program, per D1Baseball’s Rogers, who notes the Wildcats have started the year 0-6. (link)
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#3: Check out Fanatics’ new NYC office. (link) |
#2: Jackson State has placed President Hudson on paid administrative leave, effective immediately. Department of Journalism and Media Studies Chair Hayes-Anthony has been appointed as acting president. (link) |
#1: The UCF baseball team celebrated its sweep of Clemson by running down the hill at Death Valley, per On3’s Connolly, who also wonders how the team got in. (link) |
