Category: Old Dominion Monarchs
First BCS Transfer To Join Football Monarchs
NORFOLK, Va. -- Virginia transfer Jason Fuller has been added to the Old Dominion football roster, it was announced on Friday by Monarch head coach Bobby Wilder.
"I am excited with the signing of Jason Fuller," said Wilder. "Jason is our first B.C.S.… more »
ODU's AD for 40 Years - Jim Jarrett to Retire
Norfolk - Old Dominion University athletic director Dr. James Jarrett announced today that he will retire from Old Dominion University in June of 2010. Jarrett has been the Athletic Director at Old Dominion University for the past 40 years.
Jarrett c… more »
Opinion: Additonal FB Expansion Could be Coming Soon to CAA
The Colonial Athletic Association will swell to 14 football schools in 2012, when Georgia State joins.
Too many? Too few? Or just right?
Rather than fret about growing too big too fast, maybe the league will say what the heck and just super-size i… more »
Old Dominion Keeping Alexander as Broadcaster
June 12, 2009) Ted Alexander, the play-by-play voice of the ODU men's basketball team the past two seasons, will call the action for the ODU football broadcasts this fall and will continue in the same capacity for men's basketball games, as announced to… more »
ODU looks at temporary expansion of Foreman Field
With season tickets sales for football apparently through the roof, Old Dominion is exploring the idea of temporarily expanding Foreman Field for the upcoming season.
Architect Don Loudermilk, who helped with the design of the Arthur Ashe Stadium at… more »
ODU Parting with RB Tron Martinez
Along Hampton Boulevard, the Tron Martinez Saga will forever be known for the manner in which ODU coach Bobby Wilder handled it: swiftly and decisively.
No need to let the matter stew, it would have just worsened.
Had Wilder let this play out in t… more »
Spiders’ home football attendance likely to jump in 2009
The University of Richmond finished No. 1 in the Football Championship Subdivision last season but No. 56 among 118 FCS schools in average home attendance, according to the NCAA. The Spiders averaged 7,337 at UR Stadium in five regular-season games and… more »
CAA Eyes Odd Slate
HARRISONBURG - Currently, not every football team in the Colonial Athletic Association plays every other member. In 2011 - for one season only - a school might not even face everyone in its own division.
Old Dominion will become the seventh team in t… more »
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.
HU… more »
ODU Monarch Offense Wins Blue-White Scrimmage, 27-21
The Old Dominion University football team wrapped up its spring practice session on Saturday with the Blue-White scrimmage at Powhatan Field in Norfolk. The offense used a 6-yard touchdown run by Desmond Williams on the final play of the game to escape… more »
ODU Home field gets facelift
NORFOLK - Bobby Wilder stood surrounded by chaos. He had sand on his woven brown loafers, a hard hat in place of the cap usually atop his head and a huge smile on his face.
Old Dominion's football coach gazed out at heaps of gravel and clusters of he… more »
ODU Closing In on Seating Plan Details for Football
Old Dominion athletic officials have the hottest ticket in town and they know it.
With nearly 12,500 season tickets already ordered, about 4,000 seats set aside for students, another 1,000 going to the visiting team and 1,000 more reserved by the sch… more »
Four competing for QB job at Old Dominion
The Daily Press finishes its look at a few spring questions facing local and state football programs. Today, Old Dominion:
1Can the Monarchs post a winning record in their first season of FCS football?
ODU opens the season Sept. 5 against Chowan,… more »
Pitts Helps ODU Offense Close Scrimmage On A High Note
The Old Dominion University football team held its first scrimmage of the spring on Saturday and while it appeared to be a stalemate between the offensive and defensive units, a lasting impression was left by walk-on quarterback Dan Pitts.
Pitts, a f… more »
Defensive lineman ruled ineligible for Monarchs
Carlos Guglielmi, a nose guard who transferred to Old Dominion in January, has been ruled ineligible to play football for the Monarchs.
The 6-foot, 295-pound Guglielmi learned that his participation with a semi-pro team in Canada counted against his… more »