Category: Dartmouth Big Green
Balancing top academics with top athletics
Universities with exceptional academic reputations can also be a force in the world of sports
What do Condoleezza Rice, John Elway, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Jim Plunkett all share in common? All four showed up for Stanford’s Orange Bowl to support th… more »
Football team remains optimistic despite preseason ranking
With the recent release of the 2010 Ivy League football preseason media poll — in which Dartmouth was ranked seventh of eight teams — the Big Green has something to prove as it looks toward the fall season.
Harvard took first in the poll — announced… more »
Football recruits train for season
Although the preseason for fall sports has yet to get underway, for Cole Marcoux ’14, Clay Robbins ’14 and Andy Gay ’14 and a few other selected football players are preparing for the fall season to kick into high gear.
Football’s preseason doesn’t o… more »
Defenses shine as neither side scores TD in scrimmage
As an annual tradition and an integral part of Spring football practices, the Dartmouth Green and White Football Scrimmage, held on Saturday morning, gave coaches and fans a preview of the upcoming Fall season. Both teams struggled offensively, as kicke… more »
Football prepares for upcoming season with Spring practices
Rising temperatures and students coming out of hibernation signal another Spring in Hanover. For the Big Green football team, that means the start of Spring training.
As the team looks toward the Fall, Dartmouth’s players and coaches are working hard… more »
Ivy League looks to expand TV coverage
Ivy League sporting events may be coming soon to a television set near you.
In an effort to reach out to a wider fan base, Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris said the league is in talks with multiple national cable and satellite television ne… more »
New coordinators will lead Dartmouth’s offense, defense
Following the Big Green’s 2-8 Fall season, the Dartmouth football team hired two new coordinators to guide the offensive and defensive side of the ball next season.
Jim Pry, who previously coached receivers at the University of Illinois, and Don Dobe… more »
Dartmouth Hires Offensive and Defensive Coordinators
Dartmouth head football coach Buddy Teevens announced the hiring of his coordinators today, each of whom have at least 25 years of collegiate coaching experience. Jim Pry, recently of the University of Illinois, and Don Dobes, who spent the past 16 seas… more »
Financial Aid: Private Colleges To Rein In Aid Package Offers, Increase Tuition
In the last year, the nation's private colleges have laid off staff, shelved construction projects, slashed sports teams and turned down thermostats to cut costs. But student financial aid has kept flowing.
Now the weak economy is forcing some instit… more »
Dartmouth's Abuhoff Selected for All-New England FCS Team
Dartmouth sophomore Shawn Abuhoff (Hialeah, Fla.) was named as the return specialist for the FCS All-New England Team as chosen by the New England Football Writers. The team is selected from the 13 FCS schools in the New England region, and of the 30 me… more »
Dartmouth Awards Announced
The 2009 Dartmouth football team awards were given out today at the Big Green's season-ending banquet. A total of 15 players earned recognition from the coaching staff for what they brought to the team on and off the field.
Senior free safety Pete Pi… more »
Dartmouth QB Jenny Named a Campbell (Draddy) Semifinalist
Dartmouth senior quarterback Alex Jenny (Wayland, Mass.) was selected by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame as one of 154 semifinalists for the 2009 William V. Campbell Trophy (formerly known as the Draddy Trophy). The group of… more »
Former Dartmouth QB Hired as Director of Football Operations
Dartmouth football head coach Buddy Teevens today announced the hiring of former Big Green quarterback Brian Mann '02 to his staff as the Director of Football Operations. In this role Mann will oversee all administrative functions of the football office… more »
Patriot Games: Scholarships Pose Threat to the Ivy Way
Imagine, for a second, that instead of traveling to Holy Cross tomorrow to watch Harvard take on the Crusaders, you were one of over 30,000 fans packing into a maximum-capacity Harvard Stadium as the Crimson kicked off its season against a major-confere… more »