Category: William & Mary Tribe
Hampton Undergoes Three Major Coaching Changes, Raising Issues
HAMPTON — Hampton University will enter the 2009-10 school year with new leadership in its three most visible sports, unusual flux in what is traditionally one of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's most stable and successful athletic programs.
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FCS Playoffs Netted Profit for JMU
HARRISONBURG - It's not BCS money, but James Madison turned a small profit by hosting three rounds of the NCAA Division I-AA football playoffs this past season, according to the university.
Figured finalized last month show that JMU took in $37,301 o… more »
Five questions on William and Mary
This week, the Daily Press takes a look at a few spring questions facing local football programs. Today, William and Mary:
1. Can the Tribe follow up last year's winning season with another — and make the playoffs this time?
William and Mary lost… 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 »
W&M Tribe to Induct Eight Member Hall of Fame Class
The College of William and Mary's Athletics Department will induct a eight-member class to its Hall of Fame in a ceremony-taking place on March 28th, 2009 at the Williamsburg Hospitality House. The event is schedule to start with a cocktail hour at 6 pm… more »
Tribe Athletics Director Heads College’s Search for Mascot
William and Mary President Taylor Reveley informed the campus community on Friday morning about the creation of a 13-member Mascot Committee that is charged to encourage and review potential mascot ideas submitted by the broader William & Mary commu… more »
William and Mary's Grimes Honored at ECAC Awards Banquet
William and Mary freshman running back/kickoff returner Jonathan Grimes received the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Association Rookie of the Year Award at the conference¹s annual awards banquet at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, N.J., o… more »
W&M Athletics Creates "Tribe 4 Tomlin" Facebook Group
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The College of William and Mary’s fundraising arm, the Tribe Club, has created a site on the social networking group, Facebook, called “Tribe 4 Tomli… 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 »
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 »
Secret to (William & Mary Grad) Tomlin's Success: Take Notes
TAMPA, Fla. — Sometimes in the off-season, he creeps down to the basement in the middle of the night and pulls an old Franklin Planner from the stacks. Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin — reluctant intellectual — goes back to school then, flipping t… more »
W&M Quarterback Club Honors 2008 Award Winners
The William and Mary Quarterback Club announced its 2008 award winners at the year-end banquet on Sunday evening.
Ten Tribe players were honored at the event: senior wide receiver Elliott Mack (President¹s Award); senior linebacker Josh Rutter (Seni… more »
CAA Football Growth Raises Money Issues
The Colonial Athletic Association football conference is getting too big, but league administrators still aren't sure how to handle the growth.
That seemed to be the consensus after a meeting among athletic directors from the 12 current members and t… more »
CAA Will Remain One Conference
There are still logistics to be worked out as the Colonial Athletic Association football conference prepares to expand to 14 teams, but Commissioner Tom Yeager said the league will stay together.
Splitting into two separate conferences was one option… more »
CAA Athletic Directors to Study 14-team Puzzle
Colonial Athletic Association athletic directors will convene in Washington next week and discuss the league's coming football expansion.
In general, the agenda is this question: Can a 14-team football conference work?
The ADs will be together for… more »