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Elon Phoenix Football
The Elon Phoenix football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Elon University located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The school first fielded a football team in 1909 and currently competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). After 11 seasons in the Southern Conference, Elon joined the Coastal Athletic Association for all sports, including football, in 2014. The Phoenix play their home games at the 13,100 seat Rhodes Stadium. History Classifications *1991–1998: NCAA Division II *1999–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS Conference affiliations * Independent (1909–31) * Conference Carolinas (1932–74) * South Atlantic Conference (1975–96) * NCAA Division II Independent (1997–98) * NCAA Division I-AA Independent (1999–2001) * Big South Conference (2002) * Southern Conference (2003–13) * Colonial Athletic Association (2014–present) Postseason history NCAA Division I-AA/FCS The Phoenix have appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Trisciani
Tony Trisciani (born April 24, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina a position he has held since the 2019 season. Before becoming head coach, Trisciani was the defensive coordinator for the Elon Phoenix under head coach Curt Cignetti. Trisciani also served as the defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator at Elon in 2006. He was named the head coach of Elon on December 17, 2018 after Curt Cignetti resigned to become the head coach at James Madison. Trisciani was the head football coach at Whitehall High School in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Whitehall Township is a township with home rule status in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The township's population was 26,738 as of the 2010 census. Whitehall Township is a suburb of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan region, which h ... from 2007 to 2011. Head coaching record College References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Most of its members are State university system, public universities, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Richmond. The CAA was historically a Southern conference until the addition of four schools in the Northeast (of five that joined from rival conference America East Conference, America East) after the turn of the 21st century, which added geographic balance to the conference. The CAA was founded in 1979 as the Eastern College Athletic Conference, ECAC South basketball league. It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 when it added championships in other sports (although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports). As of 2006, it organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 NAIA Division I Football Season
The 1974 NAIA Division I football season was the 19th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA and the fifth season of the league's two-division structure. The season was played from August to November 1974 and culminated in the 1974 NAIA Division I Champion Bowl, played on December 14, 1974, on the campus of Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas. Texas A&I defeated in the Champion Bowl, 34–23, to win their third NAIA national title. Conference realignment Conferences changes * This was the first season for the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference. The second conference to bear this name, it was formed by six former members of the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference, which disbanded after the prior season. All six initial members were public colleges from Oklahoma. * This was the final season of football for the Carolinas Conference. Before the start of the following season, the league's five members would subsequently join the new, football-only South Atlantic Conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Abilene Christian Wildcats Football Team
The 1973 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Abilene Christian College (ACC) during the 1973 NAIA Division I football season. In their sixth season under head coach Wally Bullington, and their first season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC), the Wildcats compiled an 11–1 record (9–0 against conference opponents), won the LSC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 466 to 206. They advanced to the NAIA playoff, defeating (34–6) in the seminfinals and (42–14) in the Champion Bowl to win the 1973 NAIA Division I football national championship. Freshman tailback Wilbert Montgomery set a new college football scoring record with 37 touchdowns and 222 points scored in 11 games, including two post-season games. Junior quarterback Clint Longley also set multiple school records, including 2,719 regular-season passing yards (3,167 including two post-season games) and 23 touchdown passes. Both receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles Football
The Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse located in the La Crosse, Wisconsin. Wisconsin–La Crosse competes at the NCAA Division III level and is a member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). The Eagles play their home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Wisconsin–La Crosse has won three national titles: the NAIA Division II Football National Championship in 1985 and NCAA Division III Football Championship in 1992 and 1995, all during the tenure of Roger Harring, who served as head coach from 1969 to 1999 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. Wisconsin–La Crosse's teams were known as the Indians from 1937 to 1989. The name was changed because of concerns of racial insensitivity regarding Native Americans; see Native American mascot controversy. Head coaching history Wisconsin–La Crosse has had 14 head coaches in their hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 NAIA Football Season
The 1973 NAIA Division I football season was the 18th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA and the fourth season of the league's two-division structure. The season was played from August to November 1973 and culminated in the 1973 NAIA Champion Bowl, played on December 8, 1973 at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. Abilene Christian defeated in the Champion Bowl, 42–14, to win their first NAIA national title. Conference realignment Conference changes * This was the final season for the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference. After sixty-five season of football dating back to 1929, the OCC disbanded after the end of play, with six of its members subsequently departing to form the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference for the 1974 season. Conference standings Postseason See also * 1973 NAIA Division II football season * 1973 NCAA Division I football season * 1973 NCAA Division II football season * 1973 NCAA Division III football season The 1973 NCAA Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Association Of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its student athletes. For the 2021–22 season, it has 252 member institutions, of which two are in British Columbia, one in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the rest in the conterminous United States, with over 77,000 student-athletes participating. The NAIA, whose headquarters is in Kansas City, Missouri, sponsors 27 national championships. The CBS Sports Network, formerly called CSTV, serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA. In 2014, ESPNU began carrying the NAIA Football National Championship. History In 1937, James Naismith and local leaders, including George Goldman and Emil Liston, staged the first National College Basketball Tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, of which Goldman was director, one year befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 NCAA Division I FCS Football Season
The 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The regular season is scheduled to begin on August 27 and end on November 19. The postseason will begin on November 26, and, aside from any all-star games that are scheduled, end on January 7, 2023, with the 2023 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Conference changes and new programs Membership changes for 2022 In addition to the listed membership changes, one current FCS member will change its institutional identity before the 2022 season. Dixie State University will change its name to Utah Tech University on July 1, 2022. The athletic nickname will remain Trailblazers. Future membership changes Rule changes The following rule changes, recommended by the NCAA Football Rules Committee for the 2022 season o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wofford Terriers Football
: ''For information on all Wofford College sports, see Wofford Terriers'' The Wofford Terriers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Wofford College located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). Wofford's first football team was fielded in 1889. The team plays its home games at the 13,000 seat Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Josh Conklin is the current head coach for the Terriers. History Wofford moved from Division II to join the Division I-AA Southern Conference in the 96-97 season. Since then, Wofford has won 7 Southern Conference Championships, and received bids to the FCS Playoffs 10 times with the most recent bid coming in 2019. Wofford is typically one of the strongest teams in the Southern Conference every year. Wofford's best finish since moving from Division II was a trip to the National Semi-final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 NCAA Division I FCS Football Season
The 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The FCS Championship Game was played on January 5, 2019, in Frisco, Texas. North Dakota State claimed its second consecutive FCS title, and seventh in eight years. Conference changes and new programs Membership changes In addition to the schools changing conferences, the 2018 season was the last for Savannah State in D-I with its decision to reclassify all of its sports to D-II. *Source: Other headlines Offseason * June 13 – Major changes to redshirt rules in Division I football (both FBS and FCS) took effect from this season forward after having been approved by the NCAA Division I Council. Players can now participate in as many as four games in a given season while still retaining redshirt status. The only exception to this new rule is that p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furman Paladins Football
The Furman Paladins football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Furman University located in the state of South Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The school's first football team was fielded in 1889. The team plays its home games at the 16,000 seat Paladin Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina. The 1988 Furman Paladins football team, coached by Jimmy Satterfield won the NCAA Division I Football Championship. Clay Hendrix has served as the team's head coach since 2017. History Classifications * 1937–1942: NCAA College Division * 1946–1957: NCAA University Division * 1958–1972: NCAA College Division * 1973–1977: NCAA Division I * 1978–1981: NCAA Division I–A * 1982–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS Conference memberships * 1889–1896: Independent * 1897–1899: No football team * 1900–1901: Independent * 1902: Southern Intercol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 NCAA Division I FCS Football Season
The 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The FCS Championship Game was played on January 6, 2018, in Frisco, Texas. The North Dakota State Bison beat the James Madison Dukes, 17–13, to capture their sixth title in seven years. Conference changes and new programs Membership changes In addition, this was the final year for Campbell in the Pioneer Football League. In November 2016, the school announced that it would transition to scholarship football, and would add the sport to its existing membership in the Big South Conference in 2018. This was the final season for Idaho as a football member of the Sun Belt Conference, and was also Idaho's final FBS season. Following the 2016 decision of the Sun Belt not to extend its football membership agreements with Idaho after their 2017 expiration, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |