School athletics

NC State AD Corrigan gets 2-year extension into April 2026

May. 14, 2021 04:38 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State athletics director Boo Corrigan has received a two-year contract extension through April 2026. ...

Pac-12 picks MGM executive Kliavkoff as next commissioner

By Ralph D. Russo May. 13, 2021 01:46 PM EDT

University of Kansas new NCAA college football head coach Lance Leipold is introduced to the media during a news conference in Lawrence, Kansas, Monday, May 3, 2021. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

Leipold's Kansas staff mix of Jayhawks, Buffalo assistants

May. 12, 2021 04:32 PM EDT

Presbyterian hires no-punt coach Kelley for FCS team

May. 07, 2021 02:59 PM EDT
CLINTON, S.C. (AP) — Presbyterian has named successful Arkansas high school coach Kevin Kelley to coach its FCS program. The school...

Alabama head coach Nick Saban watches during Alabama's spring NCAA college football game at Bryant-Denny Stadium, Saturday, April 17, 2021, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Gary Cosby/The Tuscaloosa News via AP)

Saban tapes message encouraging Alabamians to get vaccinated

May. 07, 2021 02:23 PM EDT

Florida Rep. Chip LaMarca talks on his phone during a break in a legislative session, Thursday, April 29, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

College athletes decry possible delay in compensation law

By Bobby Caina Calvan Apr. 29, 2021 06:17 PM EDT

Chattanooga NCAA college football assistant coach Chris Malone looks on during a team practice in Chattanooga, Tenn., in this Tuesday, March 19, 2019, photo. The Chattanooga football assistant coach fired over a social media post disparaging the state of Georgia and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams is suing to get his job back along with back pay and damages. He contends his First Amendment rights were violated. Malone says he was forced to resign Jan. 7 in the lawsuit filed Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in the Eastern District of U.S. District Court. (Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Chattanooga assistant fired over tweet sues to get job back

By Teresa M. Walker Apr. 29, 2021 12:14 PM EDT

Both parties back bill for image rights for college athletes

Apr. 26, 2021 05:41 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, a former Ohio State football player, reintroduced on Monday a bipartisan bill that would give college athletes...

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, file photo, Texas players, including Sam Ehlinger (11), sing "The Eyes Of Texas" after an NCAA college football game against Baylor in Austin, Texas. The University of Texas marching band and pep band will be required to play “The Eyes of Texas” school song when they return to performing, but the school will also create a new band that doesn't include it in its play list, the school has announced. The song has been mired in controversy since summer 2020 when a group of athletes and students called on the school to ditch the tune amid national racial injustice protests after the killing of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Longhorn Band will be required to play 'The Eyes of Texas'

By Jim Vertuno Apr. 22, 2021 03:33 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2017, file photo, LSU head coach Ed Orgeron, left, celebrates with running back Derrius Guice (5) following a win over Mississippi in an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss. A 74-year-old woman told state lawmakers she spoke directly to Orgeron about sexual harassment she endured in 2017 from one of his star players. But the woman, a grandmother, said Orgeron did nothing to reprimand then-LSU running back Guice when the player allegedly harassed her while she working at her Superdome security job in 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

LSU reeling from ongoing reviews of sexual misconduct cases

By Brett Martel Apr. 16, 2021 12:24 PM EDT

Coalition launches program to lift minority football coaches

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 15, 2021 05:03 PM EDT
An organization started by Maryland’s Mike Locksley is trying to help advance the careers of minority football coaches by connecting them with the people who...

FILE - Then-LSU head coach Les Miles watches his team warm up before an NCAA college football game against Florida in Baton Rouge, La., in this Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, file photo. In a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit, an associate athletic director at LSU accuses university officials of retaliating against her for reporting racist remarks and inappropriate sexual behavior by former head football coach Les Miles. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

$50M suit alleges retaliation over allegations against coach

By Kevin Mcgill And Melinda Deslatte Apr. 08, 2021 04:48 PM EDT

University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez speaks during a press conference following an event marking his retirement announcement at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Wisconsin hopes to hire new AD 'within a few months'

Apr. 07, 2021 04:39 PM EDT

Kansas hires Northwestern administrator Goff as next AD

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 05, 2021 05:12 PM EDT
Kansas has hired Northwestern administrator Travis Goff, a Sunflower State native who graduated from the school, to be its next athletic director during a...

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard speaks during an NCAA college football news conference, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State has extended the contract of Athletics Director Jamie Pollard to 2026. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard gets extension through 2026

Apr. 05, 2021 11:04 AM EDT

SEC changes format of annual spring meetings amid pandemic

Mar. 31, 2021 03:56 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference is changing the format of its annual spring meetings normally held in Destin, Florida, because of the...