Category: Richmond Spiders
Bowling Green Finalizes FCS-Heavy Coaching Staff
Bowling Green State University head football coach Dave Clawson (Richmond) has announced the hiring of Mark Carney (Fordham, Richmond), Mike Elko (Hofstra, Richmond, Fordham, Penn, Stony Brook) and Adam Scheier (Lehigh, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth) t… more »
2008 National Champion Richmond 2009 Spring Info
2009 information on the reigning NCAA Division I national champion.
University Information
Location............................................................University of Richmond, Va. 23173
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Players work to impress NFL scouts at UR’s pro day
Another opportunity Pro day at UR affords 9 players one more shot at impressing NFL scouts Sid!" the man yelled. "Where's Sid?"
Lawrence Sidbury reported to the NFL talent evaluator standing in a Robins Center hallway yesterday.
"Put your left mid… more »
UT Chattanooga Loses Coordinator Elko to FBS Bowling Green
Less than two weeks before the start of spring practice, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coach Russ Huesman is looking for a new defensive coordinator.
After a little more than two months on the job, Mike Elko resigned from UTC last w… more »
UR's London Speaks at Phoebus Football Banquet
HAMPTON - Mike London spent part of Thursday shoveling snow from the practice field at the University of Richmond. So much for the glamor and status bestowed upon a national championship football coach.
After spending four years as an assistant at Bo… more »
Kevin Lewis Added To Richmond Staff
Richmond head coach Mike London has announced the final addition to his 2009 football staff, hiring Kevin Lewis as the assistant defensive line coach. The local product played for Varina High School and Virginia Tech and comes to the Spiders after a th… more »
At Last, a Big Game to Rile Delaware
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 »
Maine’s Canary Earns CAA Football Student-Athlete Of The Year; Academic All-Conference Team Announced
Maine senior offensive lineman Ryan Canary, the 2008 CAA Football Student-Athlete of the Year, headlines a list of 107 CAA Football Academic All-Conference honorees for the 2008 season.
Canary, who maintains a 3.70 grade point average as a Secondary… more »
Vic Shealy Joins Richmond Staff As Defensive Coordinator
Shealy boasts more than two decades of college coaching experience as is the son of former Spider head coach Dal Shealy.
University of Richmond head coach Mike London has put the final piece of his football staff in place by hiring Vic Shealy as the… more »
Richmond DE Lawrence Sidbury Drills for Skills
Lawrence Sidbury attracted attention at two postseason events just by being measured.
The former University of Richmond defensive end has 35-inch arms and 10½-inch hands, some of the longest/biggest among all NFL prospects, and highly valuable tools… more »
Coastal Ramps Up Schedule for Coming Years
Coastal Carolina will meet two Southern Conference powerhouses and the defending national champion over the course of the next three seasons.
Georgia Southern returns to Coastal's football schedule for a two-game series that begins in 2010, when the… more »
Richmond Adds Tutt, Stewart To Staff
Stacy Tutt joins the staff as an assistant coach; Chris Stewart to director of strength and conditioning.
University of Richmond head football coach Mike London has announced the addition of two new members of his staff – assistant coach Stacy Tutt a… more »
Just As Mom Said, Hightower Is Here
TAMPA - As time passed during the 2008 NFL draft, Tim Hightower's heart felt all the more heavy.
He looked into his parents' eyes with sorrow.
"I felt like I let them down," he recalled. "I felt like a failure."
He had made a promise.
"I tol… more »
London, Sidbury Making Richmond Football History
The national championship wasn’t the only first for the 2008 University of Richmond football team.
In addition to the football team winning its first NCAA Football Championship Subdivision National Championship in 2008, two members of the team achiev… more »
Former FCS in the 2009 Super Bowl
UNI's Kurt Warner, TSU's Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, and Hofstra's Willie Colon expected to start.
Former FCS players on the NFL's Super Bowl teams this Sunday:
Pittsburgh Steelers
Head Coach Mike Tomlin, William & Mary
Assistant Coach Am… more »