Part two of our three-part Q&A series with members of the VMI athletics department features new head football coach Sparky Woods, who comes to Lexington after a year away from the game. That time was well spent. Woods got to watch son Casey play at… more »

CHARLOTTE — While Liberty was the runaway choice as preseason Big South conference champion Friday, it became clear one team was very difficult to pin down. Charleston Southern had a first-place vote and two last-place votes among the 13 ballots cast… more »

Football coach up against tradition. Sparky Woods is older now, but still lean and balding and quick to smile, the spitting image of the guy fired by South Carolina following the 1993 season. He's still a southern boy at 54, the drawl we first heard… more »

West Viriginia's staff has veterans from FCS national champions, and FCS schools around Virginia. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Here in the war room at West Virginia University, the newly assembled football staff is building its offense, but the braintrust has… more »

As college football fans check schedules for the upcoming season, there will be head-scratching among those following programs in the Football Championship Subdivision, formerly Division I-AA. Three of the seven FCS programs in Virginia (Richmond, Li… more »

Sports Illustrated's Peter King talks in his Monday Morning Quaurterback column about current Steeler head football coach Mike Tomlin and his path through I-AA to the NFL. Nice doubleheader for Steelers coach Mike Tomlin last weekend. He made the com… more »

VMI will be veteran Sparky Woods' third head coaching job after stints at Appalachian State and FBS South Carolina. Nobody likes being fired, but Sparky Woods found some good when he and the rest of Mike Shula's coaching staff were sent packing by Al… more »

Lynchburg, VA paper talks about three FCS signees at UMass, VMI, and Winston-Salem State. Heritage running back Korrey Davis will follow in the footsteps of a few NFL-caliber running backs at Massachusetts when he arrives there next fall. He'll ev… more »

Taking Dolphins' post wasn't an easy decision for VMI's head coach. He said he wasn't looking to leave. He didn't sound as if he wanted to leave. But Jim Reid resigned as VMI's football coach Wednesday after two seasons and a 3-19 record because h… more »

More reports out of Georgia about recruits choosing - or considering - FCS schools. Most folks in recruiting circles know about Stockbridge’s Tyler Bass, the run/pass threat at quarterback who’s being recruited by several schools, including Louisvill… more »