#10: UNC Pembroke FB HC Richardson will depart after nine seasons in the role. AC Lindquist will serve as interim HC. (link) |
#9: More on 1-seed Alaska Anchorage WVB not being able to host the West Region this weekend, as their home facility was already scheduled to welcome the Women’s Great Alaska Shootout. AD Swartwood, on discussions that began over a month ago about hosting both events concurrently: “We asked for a deviation on match times for the second round (Friday), to start the second round earlier in the day. No flexibility there, I mean the NCAA has their prescribed match times, and they let me know that they were set in terms of their prescribed match times, and uniformity in match times. ... We talked about moving the Shootout times back, later on in the day to be able to accommodate a different schedule. Ultimately, we have so many tickets out in the community for the Shootout — as well as all of the different resources we have invested into marketing the Shootout — moving the times earlier in the day was not feasible.” Swartwood acknowledges that hosting the regional does not bring in revenue for the department: “There is no doubt from our perspective that we’re really focused, from a revenue-generation perspective, in terms of making sure that we continue to bring in private revenue and to make our program as sustainable as we can going forward.” (link)
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#8: Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Hogue reports The Texas State University System will vote tomorrow on whether or not to allow Sul Ross State (DIII) to apply for DII and LSC membership. (link) |
#7: Missouri Western State parted ways with FB HC WIlliamson after six seasons. (link); Collegiate Consulting will assist the Griffons with their FB HC search. (link)
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#6: Barry will grow its department from 13 to 18 sports in 2023-24 with the addition of Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving, Beach Volleyball and Men’s and Women’s Cross Country. President Allen: “Winning starts here at Barry University in the fields of competition and in the classroom. These five expansion sports will allow us to recruit more scholar athletes, who will excel in their studies and in the community, while continuing the Barry tradition of competing for national championships.” (link)
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#5: The WVB bracket is out, with Gannon, Wayne State (NE), American International, Quincy, Tampa, Wingate and MSU Denver earning 1-seed and host duties, while Alaska Anchorage is the top seed at host Western Washington. (link)
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#4: The WSOC quarterfinals are set (link), while the MSOC quarters will be finalized tonight. (link) |
#3: Indiana (PA), Benedict, Grand Valley State and Angelo State earned a bye in the FB championship bracket released yesterday. (link) |
#2: The Wichita Falls (TX) Chamber of Commerce is proposing a plan to “take the community to the next level of success” that would include “moonshot” goals of an on-campus football stadium for Midwestern State and a transition to DI FCS to reunite with former LSC rivals that have made the leap. The objective would be to develop a “college town feel” that stakeholders say is lacking. Despite the anticipated costs, participants in the survey “expressed a strong desire” to engage with MSU on the possibilities. (link, link)
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#1: Cameron, East Central, Northeastern State, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Southeastern Oklahoma State, Southwestern Oklahoma State and Central Oklahoma are all named in a civil rights complaint by Michigan (DI) Professor Emeritus Perry alleging the Oklahoma Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program discriminated based on race and national origin. (link)
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