#10: Whittier names Northern Illinois (DI) Football AC Cory White as the HC for its restarted program, per FootballScoop. (link)
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#9: Endicott hires Rochester AC Lauren Pien as its new Women’s Soccer HC. (link) |
#8: The Hartford Courant’s Dom Amore chats with leaders at Hartford as they are establishing their way as a DIII program, following a tumultuous transition from DI. AD Alicia Queally: “When I arrived, I knew what I was walking into in a sense. I knew the emotions that went through that process. I’m one for a challenge, I’m one for opportunity, and trying to be a transformational leader. I knew going through the interview process, each time I spoke with someone new about the change they were seeking here, I knew I was up for that challenge. There was a sense of needing direction, needing someone to remind them we could be great. There are feelings that are hurt, and that’s OK, but it’s not for us to fix, it’s for us to move forward.” President Lawrence Ward on his vision for athletics: “I see our athletic program principally as a form of engagement. A way to engage our student body, and we’re frankly suffering from that at the University of Hartford, not at the same level of engagement that I think is possible. As a community building tool, a chance to come together, as we saw during the run in women’s soccer, a chance to celebrate capital U, capital H, that’s an important part of our management model, building to stretch our footprint. I see athletics as a form of engaging with the greater Hartford community. […] I look at enrollment as the recruitment of students and the retention of students. So I think we’re through that recovery phase and going up. So enrollment is good, but you’ve still got to have two hands on the wheel. That’s where I think athletics are important. In Division I we had, at a height, 340 athletes, we have about 420. So we have quality student athletes, student athletes who want to be here and can afford to share more of the costs, which is not a bad thing.” More. (link)
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#7: The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics is recommending all divisions sponsor legislation to add Women’s Flag Football as an emerging sport, as “At least 65 NCAA schools are sponsoring women's flag football at either the club or varsity levels this year, with more slated to join in 2026.” Charlotte (DI) Executive Assoc. AD/Committee on Women’s Athletics Ragean Hill: “The growth of flag football will be exciting to watch in the NCAA as women's sports continue to generate more visibility and opportunities for female student-athletes to excel academically and athletically. The Committee on Women's Athletics wants to thank RCX Sports Foundation and USA Football for submitting the application. CWA looks forward to flag football being added to the Emerging Sports for Women program and watching the sport's exciting journey to NCAA championship status in the future.” (link)
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#6: Cornell College Football HC Dan Pifer will not return for the Rams after five seasons at the helm. (link) |
#5: Ferrum has been officially accepted into the two-year DII expedited membership process. (link) |
#4: Marietta hires high school HC Tom Kaufman as its Football HC. AD Larry Hiser: “Being a head coach of a successful football program requires skills in many different areas and Tom proved to us that he could handle them all. First and foremost, he connected easily with our student-athletes and our culture. We share many of the same values. Beyond that, he has a great sense for the role of football in American higher education and at Marietta College. He builds great relationships that allow for mentoring and growth.” (link)
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#3: Check out the latest NPI rankings for Men’s Basketball (link), Women’s Basketball (link) and Women’s Ice Hockey (link).
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#2: Greensboro Men’s Basketball HC Jim Boone is no longer leading the Pride. AC Michael McDuffie will serve as Interim HC. (link) (link)
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#1: Trinity (CT) selects Assoc. AD for Compliance & Student-Athlete Welfare/SWA Kristen Noone as Interim AD. (link)
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