college sports
HBCU Tennessee State May Add Men’s & Women’s Hockey
Tennessee State University could become the first historically black institution to have varsity men's and women's ice hockey teams. A feasibility study is exploring the possibility that would also make the university the first in the state to establ...
UConn Basketball Names Gavin Roberts Director of Sports Performance
UConn coach Dan Hurley has announced the hiring of Gavin Roberts as the director of sports performance for men's basketball, pending the completion of the university's employee onboarding process. Roberts, 31, has been the head strength and condit...
7 Tips to Refine Your Communication Skills
Skilled coaches are always looking for ways to improve themselves. This can be done in many ways, including developing better communication skills. Here are seven ways that coaches can use communication in developing team success. Establish ...
Texas Tech Celebrates Opening of Womble Center
Texas Tech hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week to officially open the Dustin R. Womble Basketball Center, a state-of-the-art $32.2 million facility that will be the new home to the university's men's and women's basketball programs. The Wom...
Centre College Announces New $50M Initiative Devoted to Wellness & Athletic Excellence
The largest, most comprehensive construction project to date at Centre College, an NCAA Division III institution, will create a 135,000-square-foot facility devoted to wellness and athletic excellence. It will benefit the entire campus community and ...
Lack of Coaching Diversity Impacts College Student Decisions
According to the NCAA Race and Gender Demographics Database, only 20 percent of head coaches at the Division I level are non-white, compared to 44 percent of student-athletes at the same level who are racial minorities. For some individual sports,...
University of Hartford Athletics Considering Switch from DI to DIII Model
Amid financial hemorrhaging, the University of Hartford is considering leaving its NCAA Division I post for a Division III membership "that would align more closely with the university's mission." According to a report from WTNH News 8, obtained t...
UMaine Study Examines Hazing in NCAA DIII College Athletics
College athletes at NCAA Division III schools experience hazing at higher levels than nonathletes and are more likely than their nonathlete peers to hold attitudes and beliefs that support it, according to new research from the University of Maine. ...