The University of Rhode Island on Friday hired former defensive coordinator Joe Trainer as its next football coach. The 39-year-old Trainer will replace Darren Rizzi, who stepped down last week to take an assistant coaching position with the Miami Dolphins. Trainer had joined Bowling Green’s coaching staff in December after serving as Rhode Island’s associate [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2009 by admin
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Arthur Hemingway, a former Southern California fullback who became paralyzed when he was hit by a car during football camp of his 1978 freshman season, has died. He was 49. Hemingway died Thursday at his home in Oceanside, according to a university press release. The cause of his death had not been determined. Hemingway was [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2009 by admin
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Rutgers named one of its former football players on Thursday to head an athletic department that has been the subject of recent investigations into its financial oversight, particularly in the football program. The university’s board of governors unanimously approved the hiring of Tim Pernetti, who played tight end for the Scarlet Knights in the early [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2009 by admin
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West Virginia and LSU have agreed to a home-and-home football series starting in 2010. West Virginia athletic director Ed Pastilong said Thursday that the Mountaineers will travel to Baton Rouge, La., in 2010, and the Tigers will come to Morgantown in 2011. LSU went 8-5 last season, beating Georgia Tech 38-3 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2009 by admin
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It’ll cost South Carolina nearly $2 million for Steve Spurrier’s rebuilt football staff. The school released salaries of Spurrier’s nine assistants and new strength and conditioning coach Craig Fitzgerald on Thursday after a request by The Associated Press and other media outlets. Defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward will earn the most of Spurrier’s six new hires [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2009 by admin
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Rutgers coach Greg Schiano is giving up his defensive coordinator duties. Schiano announced Tuesday that he is promoting two assistants to share the defensive coordinator role. He also made two other assistants co-offensive coordinators. Bob Fraser, who has been linebackers coach, and Ed Pinkham, who handled the secondary, will be co-defensive coordinators. Kirk Ciarrocca, who [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2009 by admin
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Washington State quarterback Marshall Lobbestael has been suspended from team activities after a weekend arrest in Pullman. Pullman police Cmdr. Chris Tennant said Tuesday that officers found the 19-year-old passed out, apparently from alcohol, in the passenger seat of a pickup truck at 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the police department parking lot. Washington State sports [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2009 by admin
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Former Miami coach Larry Coker is among three finalists to become the first head coach of the new Texas-San Antonio football program. UTSA athletics director Lynn Hickey said Monday that Coker and the other candidates will be interviewed within the next 10 days. The school has said it wants to make a decision by March. [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2009 by admin
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Illinois defensive tackle Josh Brent has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license. Brent’s appearance in court Monday came after his Saturday arrest prompted Illinois coach Ron Zook to suspend the 21-year-old from the team indefinitely. Brent played in 10 games last fall as a [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2009 by admin
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Nebraska quarterback Patrick Witt, who was expected to compete for a starting job next season, has decided to transfer to another school. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini confirmed Witt’s decision on Sunday. Pelini said Witt, who will be a sophomore next season, decided it was in his best interest to continue his college career at another [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by admin
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