The Citadel football coach Kevin Higgins has signed a five-year contract extension that will keep him at the military school through the 2013 season. The extension was in the works and signed before new Citadel athletic director Larry Leckonby report… more »

Larry Leckonby's diploma from Duke University sits propped against a wall in his new office on the second floor of The Citadel's McAlister Field House. On his desk and bookshelf are mementos from various stops in his career — a stuffed Cougar from Houst… more »

It's easy to see how prevalent it is for major-college football programs to buy off their smaller brethren in order to get them to come in for what is typically an easy victory (though Michigan and mighty Appalachian State would surely tell you otherwis… more »

STATESBORO - It didn't take long before commissioner John Iamarino learned the main issue on everyone's mind in the Southern Conference. Expansion. "We addressed expansion at every (league) meeting when I first got here (in 2006)," Iamarino said.… more »

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Samford University officially became a member of the Southern Conference on Tuesday. “We are delighted that Samford University is now the 12th member of the SoCon,” said Southern Conference commissioner John Iamarino. “Samford’s i… more »

Southern Conference commissioner John Iamarino sat next to Davidson athletic direction Jim Murphy at Detroit's Ford Field last March, stunned as the league's Wildcats blitzed Big Ten champion Wisconsin in the NCAA's Sweet 16. "Do you believe this?" I… more »

Georgia Southern’s Southern Conference family is about to get a little bigger. On July 1, Samford University will officially enter the SoCon ranks as the league’s 12th member. Athletically, academically and geographically, conference officials consid… more »

Larry Leckonby was named athletic director of The Citadel last week, something that would make his father very proud, even though he wasn't much for moving around. "The first time I called my father and told him I was moving from Boston University to… more »

As new Citadel athletic director Larry Leckonby posed for pictures at Johnson Hagood Stadium on Friday afternoon, scaffolding on the nearly completed renovation on the home side loomed behind him. "I should have brought my hard hat," Leckonby joked.… more »

CHARLESTON — In its particular neck of the woods, the Lehigh-Lafayette football rivalry has few peers. Kevin Higgins knows this because he rolled up a 6-1 record against Lafayette during his time as Lehigh’s coach. Post-game festivities were emceed b… more »

The Lehigh connection continues at The Citadel: first with ex-Mountain Hawk head football coach Kevin Higgins, and now with the hiring of the son of one of Lehigh's greatest football players of all time as Athletic Director. For five years at the Uni… more »

Stan Hurteau, who guided The Citadel Brigadier Foundation as its executive director for the past 17 years and who led the college's athletic fundraising organization to unprecedented heights, announced his retirement, effective June 30. "Stan Hurteau… more »

The folks that brought us the Texas Vs. The Nation postseason all-star game are looking to bring one to The Citadel's home stadium. A college football all-star game pitting players from the Southeast against those from across the nation is in the wor… more »

MYRTLE BEACH -- Clemson football coach Tommy Bowden visited the northern South Carolina coast Tuesday, where the Tigers have become increasingly involved in recent months. Former Myrtle Beach kicker Spencer Benton has already enrolled as a Tiger, for… more »

While the BCS has said no — again — to the idea of a playoff for the big boys of college football, the playoff field for Football Championship Subdivision teams is growing. And that will boost the playoff odds for state FCS schools such as The Citade… more »