The USD football team released its schedule for next year, but it’s not exactly finished. The Coyotes are scheduled to play 10 games, five at home and five on the road, but head coach Ed Meierkort has never coached a team that has played less than 11 g… more »

Proximity, history could charge UD-DSU meetings. The University of Delaware and Delaware State University have some catching up to do. Football rivalries don't form overnight. But UD and DSU already have many of the ingredients to make this one sp… more »

The Great West Conference has awarded Academic All-Conference honors since the league began with just football members in 2004, but in this first year as an all-sport league, those individuals who compete in leaguesponsored sports are going to be added… more »

Entering new era, Meierkort's assistants blend D-I experience, USD ties VERMILLION - The University of South Dakota football team moves into an unusual season with its exterior largely intact. Behind the scenes, however, a lot of new people will b… more »

A.J. Schable got his name in the New York papers last week and was on national TV, but not in the manner he might have wished. The former USD Little All-America defensive end, who is trying to earn a spot on the New York Jets roster as a tight end, w… more »

QB Shepard a leader on field for Coyotes during Division I reclassification VERMILLION - In 2006, a veteran University of South Dakota offense surrounded a redshirt freshman quarterback and went to Michigan twice in two weeks for the first playoff ga… more »

VERMILLION — The Division I era has officially begun for the University of South Dakota football program. Even its fall practices are evidence of the transition. Whereas life in Division II meant the Coyotes would bring between 115-120 players to… more »

The NCAA closed the borders on membership reclassification last summer, shortly after the University of South Dakota - as well as North Dakota - officially started the leap to Division I. The timing of the moratorium, which remains in effect until af… more »

The two largest universities in South Dakota have not faced off in football or basketball since 2003-04, when South Dakota State began the NCAA Division I reclassification process and the University of South Dakota reaffirmed its commitment to Division… more »

Division I transition means new world for sideline leaders With the first year outside the North Central Conference in more than 80 years greeting the University of South Dakota, no one will deal with the changes more intensely than the coaches. A… more »

Coyotes focus on football budget, seek out boosters Changes at the University of South Dakota are coming both behind the scenes and right up front during the transition to Division I athletics. Fans will be able to see who the Coyotes recruit and… more »

For the athletic programs at the Universities of North Dakota and South Dakota, there’s no place like home while looking for another. The two Dakota schools, which this fall will begin the second of a five-year transition to Division I, are new membe… more »

Thirty years ago, Utah Technical College was a trade school with an enrollment of 3,000. The only linemen on campus were the ones studying electricity, not blocking schemes. Times have changed. The eighth-fastest growing school in the country is n… more »

The University of South Dakota announced Tuesday that Sioux Falls-based KYBB 102.7 FM is its new flagship radio station for football and men's basketball. One of seven stations owned by Results Radio/Cumulus Media Group, the one-year agreement with K… more »

VERMILLION - The new all-sports Great West Conference will be far-flung, but now it's no longer far-fetched. On Thursday, the University of South Dakota officially announced that its athletic teams will join five other schools in the Great West, prev… more »