Carnegie Mellon has received a $1.25 million commitment to establish an endowed fund supporting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives within the athletics department. The gift, which is from an anonymous donor, was made in honor of former head football coach Rich Lackner.
As Andrew Whitaker puts on his football pads or lines up in the starting blocks on the track, he's an intimidating competitor even before knowing his long athletic resume: 2022 national indoor track champion in the 60-meter hurdles, CoSIDA Academic All-American, leading the Football team in interceptions, and NFF Campbell Trophy Semifinalist.
University of Rochester alumnus Brian Daboll '97 reached the pinnacle of his coaching career when he was named the head football coach of the New York Giants in the National Football League on Friday, January 28, 2022.
Eastern Illinois University announced on Wednesday that Chris Wilkerson has been hired as the new Head Football Coach for the Panthers. Wilkerson guided the University of Chicago football program from 2013-21.
Carnegie Mellon University head football coach Rich Lackner has been named American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) 2021 Regional Coach of the Year for Region 2.
Case Western Reserve University senior running back Donald Day III was selected as one of 176 semifinalists for the 2021 William V. Campbell Trophy, college football's premier scholar-athlete award.
Selected as the best and brightest from the college gridiron, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced the 176 semifinalists for the 2021 William V. Campbell Trophy, presented by Fidelity Investments.
The University of Chicago football team will be participating for the seventh-straight year in the Go4theGoal's Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer campaign during their home game against Illinois College on Saturday, Sept. 11.
Carnegie Mellon University 2017 graduate Brian Khoury became the first Tartan under the direction of 36-year head coach Rich Lackner to appear in a NFL game.
You wouldn’t know after first meeting him that Cooper Tulloch played football. While media often depict players as aggressive or loud, Cooper—who played safety on Case Western Reserve University’s football team—was quite the opposite.
Ian Gaines is the media manager at Erickson Immigration Group, where he is the also the creator and executive producer of the Immigration Nerds weekly podcast covering the latest immigration news in the cross-section of academia, culture, and policy. He is a 2014 graduate of University of Chicago, where he was a football student-athlete.
Andrew Whitaker is a senior captain for both the football and track & field programs at Washington University. He is a pre-med student pursuing a biomedical engineering degree and serves as co-Community Outreach Coordinator for WashU’s Black Letterwinning Athlete Coalition (BLAC). Whitaker earned the 2021 Fritz Pollard Trophy, which honors a college football player who has exemplified courage, community values, and exceptional performance on the field.
Washington University in St. Louis student-athlete Andrew Whitaker will be honored with the inaugural Fritz Pollard Trophy at the virtual 16th annual Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Salute to Excellence Awards on Tuesday.
Patrick Crossey, a former member of the Case Western Reserve University football team, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, presented to student-athletes who have excelled both on the field and in the classroom during their collegiate careers, while also contributing to the community and showing exemplary leadership.
Demetrious (DJ) Johnson, Jr. is a junior wide receiver/defensive back at University of Chicago, where he studies economics. He is the founder of BLAC, the Black Letterwinning Athlete Coalition, which started at UChicago in June.
Jason Henshaw is in his second season as an assistant coach for the University of Rochester football program. An All-America defensive lineman at NCAA Division II Kutztown University, he served as captain in his senior season and helped lead the team to back-to-back NCAA appearances in 2010 and 2011.
In December of 1968 it was announced that we were going to have a new Head Football Coach. The word spread fast that this individual, Pat Stark, had a long list of impressive credentials.
The only non-FBS recipient of the Campbell Trophy® Presented by Mazda and a top student-athlete in NCAA Division III, Brandon Roberts established himself as one of the most ferocious tacklers in Washington University in St. Louis annals while carrying a 3.6 GPA in biomedical engineering.
Washington University in St. Louis senior defensive back Andrew Whitaker was named a semifinalist for the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy®, as announced by The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF).
Case Western Reserve University senior football player Travis Johnston was named one of 199 semifinalists for the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy® Presented by Mazda.
Washington University in St. Louis student-athlete Andrew Whitaker has been selected to the 2020 Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team, as announced by the Association.
Football players are sometimes honored for their performance in a given contest with presentation of a 'Game Ball'. In the case of Steven Spirakis at the University of Rochester, he is being honored for a longtime commitment to people away from the gridiron.