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Director, Intercollegiate Athletics

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) is one of eleven state-supported universities in Florida. The University is governed by a 13-member Board of Trustees and is a member of the State University System governed by the Florida Board of Governors. FAMU is an 1890 land-grant Comprehensive/Doctoral University, which was established by the Legislature in 1887 in the capital city of Tallahassee. The University currently has an enrollment of approximately 12,000 high achieving students and over 700 faculty members who provide instruction, research, and service through six colleges, seven schools, and an Environmental Science Institute. In addition to 62 outstanding baccalaureate programs, FAMU offers 42 master's level programs, several professional programs, including a College of Law, and 11 Ph.D. programs. The University has been an historic leader in recruiting National Achievement Scholars and has been number one in the production of African American baccalaureate graduates.

The University is seeking applications of individuals with a strong academic, and/or administrative background for the position of Director, Intercollegiate Athletics.

QUALIFICATIONS: A master's degree or professional degree from an accredited university in an appropriate area of specialization and six (6) years of appropriate experience; or a bachelor's degree from an accredited university in an appropriate area of specialization and eight (8) years of appropriate experience. Preference will be given to applicants with evidence of significant senior leadership in athletic administration and/or coaching, preferably at the NCAA Division I collegiate level, a comprehensive understanding and extensive knowledge of NCAA bylaws, rules and regulations, successful fund-raising efforts and absolute commitment to the philosophy of the student athlete including academic excellence and sportsmanship.

The deadline to apply is May 31, 2010. Applicants should submit a completed FAMU employment application to:

Office of Human Resources
Florida A&M University
211 Foote-Hilyer Administration Center
Tallahassee, Florida 32307-3200
Telephone: (850) 599-3611
Fax: (850) 561-2080

Salary: Salary is based on educational requirements, experience and knowledge, skills, and abilities.

NOTE: Successful completion of a background investigation is a condition of employment.

Star jumper making leap from Norfolk State to Florida State

Nothing against Norfolk State, Marlon Woods said, but the six-time MEAC high jump champion feels he's topped out there. So Woods, a Booker T. Washington graduate, is making another jump - transferring to Florida State. "I feel there wasn't a lot more for me to accomplish in the conference or at the school, other than to graduate," he said. Woods, who has a year of eligibility remaining, plans to graduate from Florida State, where he'll enroll in January and compete in the indoor and outdoor seasons. He's taking classes at NSU through this semester and should complete his degree in sociology next December, he said.

The move, he admits, is more about athletics. Woods was disappointed in his 2009 outdoor season. Though he was named Most Outstanding Performer at the MEAC championships, he failed to qualify for the NCAA championships in the high jump, clearing just 6-10-1/4 at the East Regional. He has jumped as high as 7-2-3/4, and qualified for the NCAAs as a sophomore. Woods also failed to qualify in the long jump, after earning All-American honors during the indoor season.

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Vinston's NCAA-best long jump of year sparks Norfolk State to lead at MEAC indoor track meet

LANDOVER, Md. - Norfolk State junior Corey Vinston, a Phoebus High graduate, broke his own meet record in the long jump, leaping a national-best 25 feet, 9 ½ inches to win his second straight title in that event at the 2009 MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championship at the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex on Friday. The Spartans, who are seeking their fourth consecutive conference indoor championship, are in first place through six events, with 55 points. Morgan State is second with 33.

Vinston, who was ranked ninth in the nation coming into the day with a season-best leap of 25-1 ¼, tied the meet record last year by leaping 24-7 ¼. He easily topped that mark Friday, and also bettered LSU's Will Coppage (25-7), who had the nation's top long jump heading into this weekend. Vinston's mark automatically qualifies him for next month's NCAA Indoor Championship. Teammate Marlon Woods (Norfolk, Va.), who was ranked second in the nation in the long jump heading into the weekend, placed second behind Vinston, at 25-1 ¾.

The Spartans capped the day on the track with a first-place finish in the distance medley relay. The team of Keenan Harris (Norfolk, Va.), Darryl Brickhouse (Suffolk, Va.), Carlton Phipps (Lynchburg, Va.) and Dominic Luka (Marietta, N.Y.) finished in 10:15.37, just more than one second ahead of runner-up Hampton. NSU's other top finish Friday came via Brett Dodd (San Antonio, Texas) in the pole vault. Dodd, who won the conference indoor title last season, cleared a school-record 14-11 on Friday to take second place.

MEAC Track and Field Indoor Championships-Day Two Results

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Tired of losing to Valley, JSU gets early lead, rides it out

Jackson State was getting tired of Mississippi Valley State. The Tigers have been picked to win the SWAC the last two seasons, and did advance to the NCAA Tournament in 2007. But, in 2008, expecting to repeat, JSU stubbed its toe on Valley. As talented as JSU was last year, Valley won both of the regular-season matchups and then rallied late to win the final one that mattered most - for the SWAC Championship and NCAA berth.

Though the Delta Devils are built around new players and a first-year coach, that didn't dim the Tiger smiles after a 64-58 victory inside the Athletics and Assembly Center on Saturday. "It's just a little bit of relief," JSU guard Darrion Griffin said. "It was a little bit too close for comfort. "(That last game was) eating at us. We think about it all the time. To get the victory against them makes us feel like we can beat any team in the conference."

Jackson State stuck to its recent blueprint for success by busting out to a 12-point lead less than 10 minutes into the game. Valley would never lead for a single second of the 40 minutes, but it also refused to get blown out. The Delta Devils chipped away at the lead and trailed 31-27 at halftime. A dribble-drive layup by Julius Cheeks cut the lead to 35-34 at the 16:05 mark, but Valley never got any closer.

Photo Gallery: Jackson State-Mississippi Valley

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TSU Tigers' 2009 Tentative Football Schedule Released

Courtesy: Tennessee State Sports Information

Tennessee State University will play an eleven-game football schedule for the 2009 season that features four home games and three “Classic” match-ups. The Tigers’ non-conference opponents consist of four traditional rivals, three from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (Alabama A&M, Jackson State, Southern) and one from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (Florida A&M). TSU’s seven-game Ohio Valley Conference schedule will consist of all OVC teams except Jacksonville State.

The 2009 season opens at home on Labor Day Week-end, September 5th, against Alabama A&M in the John Merritt Classic. The following week, TSU battles Jackson State at the Southern Heritage Classic in Memphis, TN (9/12). Closing out September, the Tigers travel on succeeding week-ends to face Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA (9/19) and Florida A&M in Atlanta, GA (9/26) at the Atlanta Football Classic.

TSU opens Ohio Valley Conference play on October 3rd at home against Southeast Missouri, then travels to Richmond, Kentucky to battle 2008 OVC Champion Eastern Kentucky. The month of October sees TSU host Murray State (10/17) followed by an open date before traveling to Cookeville, TN facing Tennessee Tech (10/31). Three games in November begin with Homecoming (11/03) against Tennessee Martin followed by road games at Austin Peay State (11/14) and Eastern Illinois (11/21).

2009 Tiger Football Schedule - 01/08/09

HU faces versatile QB

HU head football coach Jerry Holmes.

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Pirates prepare for important road trip

Hampton kicks off a tough three-game stretch Saturday with a trip to defending Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion Delaware State. That's followed by an Oct. 18 home game against rival Norfolk State and an Oct. 25 trip to South Carolina State, but it's first things first for Pirates coach Jerry Holmes.

"To get an opportunity to play the supposedly best team in the conference — it shouldn't take too much motivation this week to get the guys ready," said Holmes, whose team beat North Carolina A&T on Sept. 20 to improve to 3-1 and 2-0 in the MEAC before last week's open date.

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Hampton U. win comes easy over A&T

Photo Gallery: Hampton vs. North Carolina A&T

Hampton 44, North Carolina A&T 7

HAMPTON, VA - It was plenty impressive that Jeremy Gilchrist returned three punts for touchdowns in 11 games last season, particularly since that number led the Football Championship Subdivision. Even more spectacular was Gilchrist returning two punts for touchdowns Saturday in a span of 1 minute, 59 seconds. His first, for 56 yards, gave Hampton University the lead in its Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game against North Carolina A&T. His second, for 88 yards, turned the game into a rout before halftime as the Pirates crushed the Aggies 44-7.

The return touchdowns were the fourth for the Pirates within four quarters. Kevin Teel returned kickoffs 87 and 90 yards for touchdowns a week earlier in the Pirates' 38-27 win over Howard.

Hampton's WR/KR Kevin Teel

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Attendance: 5,103 (30%) at Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, VA (Capacity: 17,000)
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A second-half barrage lifts Hampton

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HAMPTON, VA - Hampton's first points came with 6:17 left in the third quarter. That was just the beginning. Carlo Turavani's 19-yard field goal was the first of three Pirate scores in as many minutes as Hampton roared back from a scoreless first half to beat Howard 38-27 on Saturday. The victory was Hampton's 12th straight against the Bison and 12th straight in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener.

Pirates Kevin Teel is tackled by Bison Robert Barker.

Turavani's kick was the first play after a 50-minute delay when a blown fuse suddenly darkened a bank of lights at Armstrong Stadium. The stoppage seemed to spark a Pirates offense that managed just 157 yards in the first half as the Bison led 7-0 from the 5:32 mark of the first quarter. "It all started with Carlo," said sophomore quarterback Herb Bynes, who was 15-of-27 for 253 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. "He gave us that field goal when we were down."

PHOTO GALLERY: HAMPTON vs. HOWARD

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Attendance: 14,906 (88%) at Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, VA (Capacity: 17,000).

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A&M aims to prove '07 was no fluke

Alabama A&M women's soccer coach Frank Davies always tries to find a way to top the previous year. After winning the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship last season and becoming the first team in league history to score in an NCAA tournament game, Davies says he has found a way. "We've got to repeat," Davies said. "In order to prove that last year wasn't a fluke, we've got to win it again."

In the five-year history of the SWAC championships, there has been no repeat winner. Davies says the Bulldogs can do it if he can find a way to retool their midfield. "How we revamp that unit will be a big key," Davies said. Belinda Kanda, one of the nation's top scorers, returns along with six other starters. Brittan Thomas and newcomer Celeste Roberts will also be counted on to help shoulder some of the scoring load.

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Wright resigns as DSU wrestling coach

DOVER, DE -- For the fifth time in six years, Delaware State must find a new coach for its wrestling team following the departure of Reggie Wright, who resigned over the weekend. Wright coached the 2007-2008 season at DSU after being picked by school president Allen Sessoms and then-athletic director Chuck Bell to stabilize the program. Athletic director Rick Costello said Wright left to pursue "other opportunities."

Costello said he will conduct a nationwide search for Wright's replacement and that he expects to make a hire prior to the start of the season. The team is scheduled to begin practices, with or without a coach, in three weeks. Contacted last week by text message, Wright seemed surprised about questions of his departure. On Wednesday, his phone service had been disconnected.

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Gorman’s Loyd commits to Grambling State

Las Vegas, NV - Recent Bishop Gorman graduate Kevin Loyd missed most of his senior year with the Gaels basketball team recovering from knee surgery. Now, he has a chance at becoming Grambling State’s starting point guard. The 5-foot-10 Loyd committed to the Grambling, La., school last week and started classes Aug. 18. “It’s a blessing in disguise the way things happened,” Loyd said. “I would have never thought I would be in this position right out of high school.”

He had a bone removed from his right knee last September and spent two months on crutches. He saw limited action in 10 games at the end of the year, but had done enough as a junior — 10 points and 7.5 assists per game — to impress Grambling’s staff when Gorman coach Grant Rice gave them game film. “He’s a real good basketball player who we feel will move the program forward,” first-year Grambling coach Rick Duckett said. “We needed leadership and a steady hand at the point and felt he’s someone to build the program around.”

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UMES Tyson is academically ineligible

UMES men's starting basketball shooting guard Ed Tyson will not return to the team next season because he is academically ineligible, the school announced yesterday.

Tyson, an All- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference second-team player, averaged a conference-best 20.2 points while starting in all 32 games for the Hawks last season. He also led the team with 54 steals, 1,176 minutes, 219 field goals and 73 three-pointers.

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OU will face Mississippi Valley State in NIT basketball opener

NORMAN -- Oklahoma hosts Mississippi Valley State to open the NIT Season Tip-Off Nov. 17, according to the tournament schedule released Tuesday. The Sooners, who are seeded No. 2 overall in the 16-team field, should be heavy favorites against MVSU, a squad that went 17-16 a year ago and 12-6 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The game tips off at 8 p.m. and will be televised by ESPNU.
























Things could get much more difficult in the second round Nov. 18, when, provided they win the night before, the Sooners face the winner of the Davidson-James Madison game at 8:30 p.m. Davidson returns All-America candidate Stephen Curry from a 29-7 team that nearly upset eventual national champion Kansas in the Elite Eight last March.

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Southern back into school mode

VIDEO: Countdown on for Southern football

Classes started Monday at Southern, and to that end the Jaguars started their school-week schedule Sunday. As they will weekly all season, SU had a brief practice Sunday and did not practice Monday. SU coach Pete Richardson and staff made the change to light Sunday workouts/no Monday practices early in the 2004 season because of heavy class/practice conflicts on Mondays.

The practice schedule allows SU coaches to have Mondays to break down game film and better plan the key weekday practices — Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This week, with Sunday’s hour-long workout in the books, SU will practice two hours Tuesday through Friday afternoons and again Saturday morning. During game weeks, SU will have two-hour workouts Tuesday through Thursday and an hour walkthrough on Friday and then go one-and-a-half hours Sunday to recover from a Saturday game.

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Three transfers join AAMU Bulldogs

Ex-Mississippi St. star received All-SEC honorable mention

Alabama A&M, in desperate need of a left tackle after preseason All-Southwestern Athletic Conference pick Darius Turner was ruled academically ineligible almost two weeks ago, landed a big one Monday when former Mississippi State standout Michael Brown practiced with the Bulldogs for the first time.

Brown, 6-foot-5 and 315 pounds, graduated with a degree in Business Communications and will work on his master's in Family & Consumer Sciences with a concentration in Human Development/Family Studies at A&M. He has one year of eligibility remaining.

"I talked to a lot of people before I made the decision to come here," said Brown, who picked A&M over Georgia Southern, Grambling and Jacksonville State. "(MSU coach) Coach (Sylvester) Croom and (A&M coach) Coach (Anthony) Jones are close. Coach Jones has a lot of experience, runs a good program and the offense they run is similar to what we ran at Mississippi State.

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Cotton Bowl to host Texas Southern vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff

The Cotton Bowl has added a major sporting event Thanksgiving weekend as it hosts the Dallas Lone Star Classic football game between Texas Southern and Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The game is scheduled for Nov. 29 at 2:30 p.m. The Lone Star Classic represents a coup for Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl because it will be held on a day when the stadium is otherwise quiet, said Daniel Huerta, executive general manager of Fair Park.

"This is going to add another mix to that long weekend and provide a new option for people to come out," Huerta said. "For families that may be in town for the Thanksgiving holidays, you now have a football game that you can go to at the Cotton Bowl."

Fair Park and BE Entertainment, the game's promoter, have a one-year contract for the game at the Cotton Bowl.

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Grambling sets high volleyball goals for 2008

By GSU Sports Information

After falling short in the finals of the 2007 SWAC Volleyball Tournament, the Grambling State Lady Tiger volleyball team returned to campus this week hungrier than ever as they began preparing for the 2008 campaign.

Led by head coach Kim Young, the Lady Tigers came within a match of earning a NCAA Tournament bid as they had an emotional SWAC Tournament run that saw them play 25 consecutive games. With an experienced roster returning, expectations are high for the Lady Tigers this season but Young said her team has to get in shape before they move on to anything else.

“The first few days were pretty difficult,” she said. “I sent my players workout manuals that were designed to keep them in shape while on summer break. Half of the players came back in good shape while a few of the younger players thought it would be easy to whip back into shape at the beginning of camp. It took some time for them to get back to where I wanted but mostly everyone is in good condition.”

The Lady Tigers will hold two practices per day until the start of school on August 18. Young said the morning practices will emphasize conditioning while the afternoon session is spent on tactical issues. With a veteran team returning, Young said her goal is to capture the SWAC Championship.

“I’ve worked with this group for several years so we’re on the same page in terms of goals this year,” Young said. While Young has the luxury of experience on her side, she’s also going to spend a lot of time working her freshman group into the mix so they can gain the experience needed down the line.

“After the year is over, I’m going to lose some key seniors so the freshmen will see a lot of action,” said Young. “I have high expectations for them so that this time next year, they’ll be ready to step into the shoes of the seniors and pick up where they left off.”

Grambling opens the year on the road in Tampa Bay, Fla. at the University of South Florida Invitational on the weekend of Aug. 29-30.

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FAMU glad to have ferocious Shipman

Latasha Shipman didn't know it then, but she made a lasting impression on LeDawn Gibson when they first met a few years ago. Shipman journeyed from North Carolina, knowing very well that she'd be competing against some Division I powers in a bid to recruit players from the Winter Haven High School basketball team coached then by Gibson.

Shipman, then an assistant coach at Shaw University, didn't get a single player to commit to playing for the Bears. She made a pretty strong case, though, from what Gibson remembers. "That says a lot about her," said Gibson, who became the women's basketball coach at FAMU earlier this year. "She is aggressive. She just wanted the girls that she thought would have made Shaw successful, and she didn't mind who she was competing against."

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Day 1 of football practice good for Rattlers

Coach Joe Taylor was all about the basics, down to the Rattlers' activity on the sidelines Friday. "We just need to be a little bit more focused," Taylor said following walk-through practice. "You've got to get better every day. We've got to practice our focus; I just heard too much chatter."
























Sophomore running back Philip Sylvester (#30) re-defined his physique during the summer as he added nine pounds of sculpted muscle to his 5-foot-10 frame, putting him at 192, with 4.39 speed in the 40 yard dash (archive photo).

But Taylor gave all three units of his team high marks overall, saying that his first-line players were ahead of schedule. It was the second day of activity without pads for the Rattlers since they began preparation for the season-opener on Aug. 30 against Alabama State at Bragg Stadium. The humid afternoon was mostly about fundamental and knocking off the rust of being away from the field since spring practice.

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For South Carolina State, erosion of fan base and support is a serious issue

It was just like old times for John Alford. The former South Carolina State defensive tackle, popularly known as “Scrap Iron,” was back in familiar surroundings at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. Lined up on the field with some of his former teammates. Alford was among the former Bulldog greats being honored during the Morgan State game last November as part of the school’s Centennial Celebration.

From the pre-game ceremony to the dramatic ending on Terrence Smith’s one-handed end zone catch in an overtime victory, the day brought back memories of great Bulldog days in the past for Alford. As he looked around the stadium and noticed the mostly empty seats, however, Alford was snapped back into reality.

“Where are the fans?” he remembered. “Where’s the community support?”

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