This Saturday the Minnesota Golden Gophers play South Dakota Coyotes for the 2010 home opener. The Coyotes are in the FCS division and play in the Great West Conference. They had a solid season in 2009 going 5-5 overall and 2-2 in conference play. Their… more »

So, where does Southern Utah University go from here? On Tuesday, the Thunderbirds were left without a viable football league when it was announced that UC Davis and Cal Poly will take their programs to the Big Sky Conference. Montana athletic dir… more »

The end is near for the Great West Football Conference, which learned Tuesday that next season will be the last in the league for two of its five members. UC Davis and Cal Poly, charter members of the seven-year-old FCS conference, announced they wer… more »

Area colleges know they have to get to prospective players first; schools 'want to defend turf'. BROOKINGS - Encircled by campers hailing from the areas that he recruited, South Dakota State football assistant Luke Meadows gave a word of caution befo… more »

Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the University of South Dakota athletic department will move from the Great West Conference to the Summit League for all sports. All sports that is except football. For now, the department’s premier progra… more »

Vermillion, S.D. – University of South Dakota President James W. Abbott introduced David Sayler as the school’s 12th athletic director at a press conference Thursday afternoon in the Muenster University Center. Sayler joins the Coyotes after spending th… more »

ELMHURST, Ill. - The Summit League conducted its annual President's Council Meeting on June 21 in Chicago and announced that the league will conduct a feasibility study into having football as a league-sponsored sport. According to a statement releas… more »

Coyote Athletics has enjoyed a long history of success. In its 30 years as the home of the Coyotes, the DakotaDome has produced over 650 All-Americans. While many aspects are involved in athletic success, surely one of the most important is the coaching… more »

The University of South Dakota's second year outside NCAA Division II was as different from the first year as the first was from all those decades as a North Central Conference school. The hectic up-and-down nature of the independent scheduling of 20… more »

Though it came in essentially an expanded scrimmage, Dante Warren’s performance seemed to solidify a job that had been up for grabs. Earning the starting nod after a strong spring, the University of South Dakota junior quarterback passed for 121 yard… more »

Positioned like a safety, South Dakota State assistant Jay Bubak takes two steps forward and leans over. "Third group, third group!" he screams. Then it hits him: There is no third group of defensive backs. Welcome to the skeletal reality of s… more »

The University of South Dakota football team made its way north to Sioux Falls saturday morning for a spring football practice. The 'Yotes are a couple of weeks into spring ball and as they usually do, they brought their show to Bob Young Field. It's… more »

Herbster is interim AD once Nielsen departs The process to bring a new athletic director to the University of South Dakota at a pivotal point in the school's Division I transition will not be rushed, president Jim Abbott said this week. The univ… more »

VERMILLION - The University of South Dakota football team has an opening at quarterback for the first time in four years and a new defensive coordinator who promises significant changes. In other words, it's definitely not a business-as-usual sprin… more »

VERMILLION — South Dakota head coach Ed Meierkort has announced the Coyote football program will begin its spring season on Monday. USD will run through 14 practices, including two in Sioux Falls, over three weeks before concluding with its annual Red-W… more »