| By Jim Jump, www.insidehighered.com | The college football season ends tonight when conference rivals Alabama and Georgia face off in Atlanta in the College Football Playoff championship game. By the end of the evening we will have answered the question of which university will be crowned national champion of college football’s highest division, the Football Bowl […]
Football, Expectations, Academics and Finances
| By Glynn A. Hill, www.houstonchronicle.com | It’s a humble display, but a monument to Rice’s modern success. Atop a folding table draped in a blue tablecloth sits Trevor Cobb’s 1991 Doak Walker Award, David Bailiff’s 2013 Conference USA Coach of the Year Award, and trophies for the the Owls’ division and conference titles that same year. […]
College Football’s New Secret Weapon: Coaches Who Don’t Coach
By Marc Tracy, New York Times When Nick Saban, Alabama’s football coach, decided to replace his offensive coordinator, Lane Kiffin, in the run-up to last season’s national championship game, he had an experienced former head coach ready to step in. Actually, he had several. Not including Saban, there were five former top-tier head coaches on the […]
PoA080 | Rick Willis, Wartburg College
In this episode, Rick talks about his dual role as head football coach and director of athletics, the importance of athletics recruiting in enrollment management and the impact of Wartburg’s facilities upgrades. Willis is director of athletics and head football coach. He came to Wartburg in 1997 as head football coach and left that position […]
PoA072 | Matt Sayre, Southern Oregon University
In this episode Matt discusses his transition into the Athletic Director’s role and SOU’s football program, which staved off discussions to eliminate the program and engineered a resurgence that culminated with the NAIA national title in 2015. He also shares insights related to brown M&M’s! Check it out. Matt Sayre enters his sixth year as Athletic […]