Month: December 2021

Hue Jackson, veteran NFL coach, selected to run Grambling Tigers Football Program

12/10/2021 Jackson becomes 14th head coach GRAMBLING, La. | Grambling State University President Richard J. Gallot, Jr. and Vice President of Intercollegiate of Athletics Dr. Trayvean Scott introduced on Friday morning Hue Jackson as the 14th head football coach in Tiger history. Jackson comes to Grambling State after spending the […]

Sooners’ Venables names coordinators, will retain four coaches from Lincoln Riley staff

December 10, 2021 NORMAN — Oklahoma head football coach Brent Venables announced his first two assistant coaching hires Friday, naming Jeff Lebby as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and Ted Roof as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Venables also announced that he is retaining Cale Gundy, Bill Bedenbaugh, DeMarco […]

Duke Blue Devils hire Mike Elko as new head football coach; was DC/safeties coach at Texas A&M

12/10/2021 DURHAM – Duke Vice President and Director of Athletics Nina King announced Friday that Mike Elko has been named Duke University’s 22nd head football coach. Details regarding Elko’s introductory press conference will be forthcoming. The defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Texas A&M University for the past four seasons, […]

Southern Jaguars Eric Dooley named 2021 AFCA FCS Regional Coach of the Year; for work at Prairie View A&M

12/10/2021 BATON ROUGE, LA—Newly named Head Football Coach, Eric Dooley named 2021 AFCA FCS Regional Coach of the Year for his efforts in leading the Prairie View A&M Football program during the 2021 season.  Coach Dooley most recently led Prairie View to the 2021 SWAC Championship game and […]

Eric Dooley not out of job long; hired to lead Southern Jaguars Football Program

12/7/2021 BATON ROUGE, LA—Southern University Athletics formally announces Eric Dooley as the 20th Head Coach of the Jaguar Football program on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at a press conference held inside A.W. Mumford Fieldhouse.  Coach Dooley is no stranger to Southern as he was on legendary Coach Pete Richardson […]

Nevada Wolf Pack picks a coach they know well to head football program, Oregon Co-DC/LB coach Ken Wilson

December 10, 2021 RENO, Nev. – Ken Wilson, with over two decades experience on the Nevada coaching staff and in administration, has been named Nevada Football’s 27th head coach, Nevada Director of Athletics Doug Knuth announced Friday. Nevada Athletics will hold a press conference for members of the media […]

Daily Almanac for Friday, December 10, 2021; Day 344 of the Year

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ralph Johnson Bunche (/bʌntʃ/; August 7, 1903 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. Among black Nobel laureates he is the first African […]

Blue Jackets back home to take on Anaheim tonight at 7 p.m.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS VS. ANAHEIM DUCKS TV:  Bally Sports Ohio           Jeff Rimer (play-by-play), Jody Shelley (color analyst), Dave Maetzold (reporter)              Radio:  97.1 The Fan              Bob McElligott (play-by-play), Dylan Tyrer (host) THE MATCHUP COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 2021-22 Record: 13-11-0, 26 pts. (5th, Metropolitan Division) Goals:  3.25 Goals-For/3.33 Goals-Against… Shots:  29.7 Shots-For/34.6 Shots-Against Power […]

Columbus Blue Jackets News: McCONNELL EDUCATION FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO 37 CENTRAL OHIO HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY TEAMS TONIGHT AT NATIONWIDE ARENA

DECEMBER 9, 2021 COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced the McConnell Education Foundation will award grants tonight to 37 Columbus-area high school hockey programs for the 24th consecutive year.  The Foundation has a mission to support the cultivation and growth of youth and high […]