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Other programs tampering with UConn's players, Mora says - ESPN

In social media posts Monday, two days after winning a bowl game, UConn football coach Jim Mora said he plans to "pursue all avenues" against programs that tamper with Huskies players, warning such teams to "think hard before you tamper with our players." We are excited that we've built a program where coaches have to cheat to beat us and we will protect that program. Think hard before you tamper with our players." Mora later wrote in response to a post that he doesn't know how to fix the tampering issue in college football, but that "we will expose any program and coach that violates" NCAA rules.College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008.

2024 HBCU Football Coaching Tracker

Tracking the latest firing, hirings, and rumors in the head football searches in HBCU football for 2024. Finding the "right candidate" to develop their student-athletes and football programs is a challenging process. Hence, some institutions are turning to executive search firms for assistance and forgoing establishing an internal search committee for the hiring process. For example, Prairie View A&M's director of athletics, Anton Goff, confirmed with HBCU Legends the Panthers have retained Collegiate Sports Associates to locate their new head football coach.Radio/Media Appearances: WWL AM/FM Radio in New Orleans (Mike Detillier/Bobby Hebert), KCOH AM 1230 in Houston (Ralph Cooper), WBOK AM in New Orleans (Reggie Flood/Ro Brown), and 103.7FM "The Game" (Jordy Hultberg/Clint Domingue), College Kickoff Unlimited (Emory Hunt), Jeff Lightsly Show, and Offscript TV on YouTube.HOUSTON - As the curtain falls on the 2024 college football season, several HBCUs search for new head coaches. Last season brought about significant changes with a flurry of new hires.Television Appearance: Fox26 in Houston on The Isiah Carey Factor, College Kickoff Unlimited (Emory Hunt).

Bill Belichick Described How He Would Run a College Football Program If Hired

The former Patriots head coach joined the Pat McAfee Show on Monday after recently interviewing with the North Carolina Tar Heels. During his weekly hit—while tiptoeing around the contents of his interview with the university's chancellor—the 72-year-old was asked how he would run a college football program should he take over, and gave a fascinating answer:"Let me put this in capital letters: IF I was in a college program, the college program would be a pipeline to the NFL for the players that had the ability to play in the NFL," Belichick explained. "It would be a professional program. Training, nutrition, scheme, coaching, techniques that would transfer to the NFL.It would be an NFL program at a college level and an education that would get the players ready for their career after football."Bill Belichick emphasized "IF" he was coaching in a college program, it would be "a professional program." 👀 @PatMcAfeeShow "The college program would be a pipeline to the NFL for the players that have the ability to play in the NFL." pic.twitter.com/p2raPzm2DN— ESPN (@espn) December 9, 2024

Nebraska named one of the most valuable college athletic programs in the country - Yahoo Sports

How much is a college sports program worth? CNBC ranked the 75 mos CNBC ranked the 75 most valuable college athletic programs, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers made the top ten.This article originally appeared on Cornhuskers Wire: Nebraska named one of the most valuable college athletic programs in the country

College sports valuations: Top 75 athletic programs

The top of the list is dominated by SEC and Big Ten schools, due largely to each conference's massive media rights deals. Below, CNBC ranks the 75 most valuable college athletic programs.With major college sports programs collectively generating billions in revenue each year, private investors are looking to get a piece of the action.The information used to compile the valuations comes courtesy of Jason Belzer, publisher of AthleticDirectorU, who has advised universities on name, image and likeness deals and is now doing the same for athletic departments seeking private equity. AthleticDirectorU has an expansive database of college athletic program financials and information.CNBC and Belzer also incorporated the expertise of several people knowledgeable about athletic program valuations to determine the rankings, who requested anonymity in order to discuss details of the programs.

Private equity looks to buy in to college sports

Schools with the most valuable athletic programs, and the strongest football performance, sit in the best position to capitalize. Football generates roughly 75% of athletic program revenue at typical Power 4 schools, according to people familiar with the economics. Donovan Edwards #7 of the Michigan Wolverines hurdles a tackle attempt by Michael Taaffe #16 of the Texas Longhorns during the first half of a college football game at Michigan Stadium on September 07, 2024 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.Between multibillion-dollar television deals, the institution of the transfer portal and the escalation of NIL —name, image and likeness — deals for athletes, college athletic programs, particularly football, have never looked more lucrative.Now private equity and venture capital enterprises such as College Sports Tomorrow, Smash Capital and Collegiate Athletics Solutions are looking to buy in, and the schools with the most valuable athletic programs sit in the best position to capitalize.According to people familiar with the economics, football generates roughly 75% of athletic program revenue at typical Power 4 schools, which include the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC conferences. This year's expanded, 12-team College Football Playoffs kick off Dec.

Elite 2026 4-star TE Kaiden Prothro is being pursued by top college football programs - On3

Kaiden Prothro is an elite tight end in the 2026 class and he has some of the top programs in the country pursuing him.

Columbia College Chicago to cut programs, lay off up to 25 faculty next fall amid budget troubles

Columbia College Chicago plans to cut 11 undergraduate and graduate programs and eliminate up to 25 faculty positions next academic year to “promote future growth centered around student success” amid ongoing budget trouble and declining enrollment, the school announced Monday evening. The college also announced that it plans to launch a beauty management program in the fall focusing on “diversity and sustainability initiatives” that’s geared toward traditional students and working professionals.The school will decrease its number of undergraduate degrees from 58 to 33 by consolidating some and cutting others, Tarrer said. They plan to entirely discontinue four undergraduate and seven graduate programs, which will impact about 175 students.The undergraduate majors set to be discontinued are environmental and sustainability studies, American Sign Language, cultural studies and art history. The graduate programs are creative writing, user experience and interaction design, cinema and television producing, acting and contemporary performance making, fine arts and photography.In making cuts, he said the school — with input from faculty and deans — considered how the programs aligned with current market demand “as determined by enrollment and what employers are looking for.” He said in a September message to faculty and staff that most programs cost more to run than the school collects in tuition due to enrollment of fewer than 50 students, calling it “not a sustainable educational model.”

Alabama AD Greg Byrne sends defiant message on college football programs abusing NIL | Sporting News

Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne ripped fellow athletic directors who he believes are using NIL in unconventional ways. The Crimson Tide finished their regular season 9-3. Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne is fed up with how some programs use NIL to gain an unfair advantage. His university was caught in a heap of controversy after the Crimson Tide missed the College Football Playoff in favor of SMU.Byrne took to 'X' (formerly Twitter) to advise the fanbase that the Crimson Tide is doing everything the right way, unlike other blue blood programs, none of which the 53-year-old opted to name publicly. "Over the past few years, there have been drastic changes in college athletics," Byrne wrote Wednesday.In fighting back, Alabama, which finished the season 9-3 and is on the doorstep of competing for a national title, Byrne wants to see the highest standard set for the athletic programs. "At Alabama, we’ve not measured ourselves against our competition. We are the standard, and that measurement is against the mirror and against a rich and proud history, but it’s impossible to ignore what is taking place in college athletics.

Bill Belichick confirms that he's talked to UNC, discusses his vision of a college football program - Yahoo Sports

Belichick sure sounds like a man who's thought a lot about coaching in college. Will he be North Carolina's next head coach? But he confirmed on Monday that he's talked to North Carolina about its head football coaching vacancy. And he discussed what his vision of a college football program would look like if he did take a college coaching job — at UNC or elsewhere.Belichick went on to discuss how the modern college landscape of team building mirrors that of the salary-capped NFL structure that he’s quite familiar with. "I think there are a lot of football programs that are being structured similar to NFL programs," Belichick said.That sure sounds like a man who's thought a lot about coaching in college and has prepared his pitch for potential employers and recruits. So does that mean he'll be the next head coach at North Carolina — or, perhaps, another program?"You have players changing teams in college as you have players that can change teams in the NFL with a different set of rules but the same general structure. And you have to value your players in some way because you have a limited amount of money whatever the revenue share is. "I think it's a little different version of the NFL model, much more so than it's ever been before." So what would Belichick's program look like if he were to take a head coaching job?