Category: Delaware Blue Hens
Delaware, Villanova Teams to Host Event to Promote Bone Marrow Donorship
Head coach K.C. Keeler and the University of Delaware football program has joined with Villanova University and the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) in an effort to recruit 5,000 new members to the bone marrow registry.
Team members and coaches f… more »
Towson Tigers To Open First Spring Practice
For Rob Ambrose, the new football coach at Towson University, the anticipation and planning are almost over. After months of preparation and hiring a new coaching staff, he will hold his first spring practice session on Friday, March 27. The Tigers are… more »
Johnson Retiring as UD Athletic Director
NEWARK – Edgar Johnson informed his University of Delaware athletic department colleagues at a morning meeting today that he is retiring as UD athletic director effective June 30.
Johnson, 64, is in his 25th year as athletic director and 40th year as… more »
Blue Hens Start Search for New A.D.
UD President Announces Search Committee and Appointment of Firm to Assist in Nationwide Search for New Director of Intercollegiate Athletics & Recreation Services
University of Delaware President Patrick Harker announced today the appointment of… more »
Delaware A.D. Announces Retirement After 25 Years
University of Delaware Director of Athletics Edgar N. Johnson, who led the Blue Hen athletics program to unprecedented success and through sweeping change during his 25-year tenure, has announced his retirement.
Johnson, 64, only the third person to… more »
Delaware Opens Spring Practice
The University of Delaware football team, trying to rebound from a tough 4-8 finish during the 2008 campaign, will open spring practice today, March 20, with over 80 players taking part in drills on the two UD field turf practice fields adjacent to Dela… more »
Tight end ready to rebound with Hens
NEWARK -- The first decision Josh Baker made about his forced University of Delaware exile last spring demonstrated he was determined to learn and benefit from his mistake.
Suspended from the university last March for a year after an alcohol-related… more »
Former Delaware Standout Mike Adams Signs Deal with Browns; Attends Stanford Business School
The Cleveland Browns announced Friday that they have re-signed former University of Delaware standout defensive back Mike “Pops” Adams to a three-year contract.
Adams, a five-year National League Football veteran, played the last two seasons with the… 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 »
Tresolini: Believe it or not, UD went out of its way to schedule DSU
The University of Delaware's stubborn reluctance to play Delaware State in football has been chronicled on these pages for many years, often in less-than-flattering terms.
But in the wake of Tuesday's historic announcement that Delaware would, at las… more »
Delaware Assistant Coach Resigns to Take Position at Massachusetts
Dyran Peake, who served the past four seasons as a defensive assistant and special teams coach for the University of Delaware football team, has announced his resignation from the Blue Hen staff to accept the position of defensive backs coach at the Uni… more »
Delaware-Delaware State Agree On Historic Four-Game Series
Teams Will Meet this Sept. 19 at Delaware Stadium
Delaware State University and the University of Delaware announced today that they have reached a formal agreement that will result in the scheduling of four future football contests.
In a historic… more »
Delaware Moves Season Opener vs. West Chester
The 2009 season opener for the University of Delaware football team will come sooner than expected.
University of Delaware Director of Athletics Edgar N. Johnson announced today that the Blue Hens have moved their football season opener against West… more »
UD Has Sudden Vacancy On '09 Slate
Furman decides to play at Missouri instead of Delaware Sept. 19
The University of Delaware must fill a late opening on its 2009 football schedule because Furman, which was supposed to visit Delaware Stadium Sept. 19, has opted instead to play at Miss… 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 »