http://www.mail.com/subjects/3930-coaching.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3930-coaching.html http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762688-texas-tech-hires-33-year-old-kingsbury-coach.html LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — New Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury has wanted to be back in Lubbock since he left a decade ago. Late last week the former Red Raiders quarterback was watching film to prepare for Texas A&M's game against Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl and getting ready to accompany Aggies quarterback Johnny Manziel to New York, where he became the fir... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762688-texas-tech-hires-33-year-old-kingsbury-coach.html 2012-12-13T02:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1759826-tyler-summitt-takes-family-legacy-to-marquette.html MILWAUKEE (AP) — When Marquette coach Terri Mitchell picked up the phone to talk with Tyler Summitt about the opening on her staff, it figured to be little more than a courtesy call. Mitchell knew his pedigree — who didn't? The son of Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt, who won eight national titles and more games than anyone else in NCAA college basketball i... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1759826-tyler-summitt-takes-family-legacy-to-marquette.html 2012-12-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1756436-western-kentucky-hires-petrino-football-coach.html BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Now that Bobby Petrino is back in the coaching ranks, he wants to make the most of his second chance. Petrino was introduced Monday as Western Kentucky's new head football coach. The 51-year-old was fired by Arkansas in April for a "pattern of misleading" behavior following an accident in which the coach was injured while riding ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1756436-western-kentucky-hires-petrino-football-coach.html 2012-12-10T23:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1753216-cincinnati-hires-tuberville-football-coach.html CINCINNATI (AP) — Tommy Tuberville wasn't expecting a call from an old acquaintance. A few hours later, he was headed north for a new job. Tuberville left Texas Tech to become Cincinnati's football coach Saturday, moving away from a Big 12 school to one that has an uncertain future with conference realignment. He left the Red Raiders after three years to ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1753216-cincinnati-hires-tuberville-football-coach.html 2012-12-09T00:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1752812-taggart-leaves-western-kentucky-south-florida.html TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Willie Taggart entered the room to applause, shook hands with his father, hugged his mother and waved to family and friends who turned his introductory news conference into a mini-pep rally. South Florida's new football coach made a name for himself as player and coach at Western Kentucky, but an opportunity to return home to the Tampa ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1752812-taggart-leaves-western-kentucky-south-florida.html 2012-12-08T22:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1753230-sudanese-teens-center-recruiting-controversy.html BATAVIA, Ill. (AP) — Four young men from war-ravaged Sudan tower above their teachers and fellow students on the pastoral grounds of a century-old school in suburban Chicago. Eighteen months after arriving — and just as they are beginning to feel at home — these athletes find themselves at center court in a controversy over high school sports recruiting a... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1753230-sudanese-teens-center-recruiting-controversy.html 2012-12-08T20:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1750610-vols-hire-cincinnatis-jones-football-coach.html KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Butch Jones was pondering whether to leave Cincinnati this week to coach Colorado when he received a text message that inadvertently foreshadowed his eventual destination. It was from Denver Broncos quarterback and Tennessee great Peyton Manning. "He was selling me on Colorado," Jones said. "He said it was hard for a person from th... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1750610-vols-hire-cincinnatis-jones-football-coach.html 2012-12-08T00:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1749776-notre-dames-teo-eyes-heisman-maxwell-win.html LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Manti Te'o is one of the most important leaders for undefeated Notre Dame, having played in a ton of big games for the Fighting Irish. Even so, he had a tough time processing this victory. The senior linebacker was "at a loss for words" after capturing the Maxwell Award as the nation's most outstanding player, one of three ho... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1749776-notre-dames-teo-eyes-heisman-maxwell-win.html 2012-12-07T08:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1748076-strong-staying-louisville-football-coach.html LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Charlie Strong's decision to stay at Louisville is the second major coup for the Cardinals in eight days. After reports linking Strong to several openings in the Southeastern Conference, he said Thursday that he wasn't going anywhere. Keeping the coach had become a priority for Louisville after announcing last week it will join the ... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1748076-strong-staying-louisville-football-coach.html 2012-12-06T17:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1744956-purdues-coach-sets-sights-rose-bowl.html WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Morgan Burke wants Purdue back in the Rose Bowl, and he's willing to put his money on Darrell Hazell to get there. After a whirlwind week of speculation, Burke ended the chatter by introducing the 48-year-old New Jersey native as the Boilermakers' head coach Wednesday. The contract is for six years and comes with a succinct mes... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1744956-purdues-coach-sets-sights-rose-bowl.html 2012-12-06T01:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1743176-auburn-hires-ex-assistant-malzahn-head-coach.html AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Gus Malzahn stepped off the plane in Auburn and rushed over to a waiting throng of fans, exchanging high-fives and smiles. He trumpeted "a new day" for the Tigers an hour or so later at his introductory news conference as head coach Tuesday night, but really he's hoping to return them to days only recently gone by. Malzahn brings his f... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1743176-auburn-hires-ex-assistant-malzahn-head-coach.html 2012-12-05T07:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1742562-k-states-snyder-voted-ap-big-12-coach-year.html Kansas State coach Bill Snyder has been voted the AP Big 12 coach of the year after leading the Wildcats to the third conference championship in school history and a berth in the Fiesta Bowl. The Wildcats' only loss came at Baylor late in the season, when they had climbed to No. 1 in the BCS standings. They rebounded to beat Texas last Saturday to wrap up... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1742562-k-states-snyder-voted-ap-big-12-coach-year.html 2012-12-04T17:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1741200-column-you-ready-bowls-we-arent.html This college football bowl season is like a brand of Chex Mix that comes with a bunch of nuts you don't really care to eat. Sure, there's a handful of enticing matchups that are worthy of your time for three or so hours. But by the time you're done picking through to the good ones, you realize there's not much left. Well, there are other things to do this... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1741200-column-you-ready-bowls-we-arent.html 2012-12-04T00:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738814-busted-northern-illinois-meets-fsu-orange-bowl.html MIAMI (AP) — What a weekend for Northern Illinois: Win a conference championship, lose a coach and bust the BCS. The Huskies are headed to the Orange Bowl, set to make their Bowl Championship Series debut against Florida State. Northern Illinois won the Mid-American Conference title on Friday, lost coach Dave Doeren to North Carolina State on Saturday, an... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738814-busted-northern-illinois-meets-fsu-orange-bowl.html 2012-12-03T02:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738390-south-florida-fires-skip-holtz-3-seasons.html TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Skip Holtz was fired as South Florida's football coach after two straight losing seasons in which the program fell back instead of progressed. Athletic director Doug Woolard made the announcement Sunday after meeting with Holtz individually and then accompanying the former coach to a gathering with players. A search for a replacement wi... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738390-south-florida-fires-skip-holtz-3-seasons.html 2012-12-02T21:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1737524-rick-majerus-college-basketball-coach-dies.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — At Rick Majerus' final stop, the lone concession to the coach's health woes were the footstools stationed at each corner of the practice court. Close by anytime he needed a breather. Close enough, too, to jump up for some hands-on assistance with the proper stance or to lead a quick walkthrough. The jovial, basketball-obsessed coach who l... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1737524-rick-majerus-college-basketball-coach-dies.html 2012-12-02T05:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1737272-minn-turns-coaching-mess-perfect-year.html MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — It's been a season of heartbreak and hope, adversity and achievement, stunning in both the worst and best of ways. And it's not over yet for Minnesota State, Mankato. The team, which saw its season begin with the head coach being arrested on child pornography charges, advanced to the NCAA Division II semifinals with a 17-10 victory o... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1737272-minn-turns-coaching-mess-perfect-year.html 2012-12-01T23:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1736126-stanford-tops-ucla-pac-12-crown-rose-bowl-bid.html STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — After the final whistle blew, Stanford coach David Shaw lifted his arms in triumph. His players paraded around the field, and students came down from the stands to surround them from all sides. So much for a transition year. The post-Andrew Luck Era sure seems awfully rosy. Kevin Hogan threw for 155 yards and a touchdown and ran fo... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1736126-stanford-tops-ucla-pac-12-crown-rose-bowl-bid.html 2012-12-01T08:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1736096-future-cleared-mankato-football-coach-uncertain.html MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota college football coach said he wants to return to work now that a judge has dismissed prosecutors' claims that video he took of his children playing after a bath amounted to pornography. A judge sided with Todd Hoffner, head coach at Minnesota State-Mankato, by throwing out the child porn charges against him on Friday. Th... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1736096-future-cleared-mankato-football-coach-uncertain.html 2012-12-01T07:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1735946-hogan-leads-stanford-ucla-27-24-to-win-pac-12.html STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Hogan has taken Stanford to a place Andrew Luck never could. With the NFL's No. 1 overall draft pick and an elite class of seniors gone, a program that weathered the loss of coach Jim Harbaugh once again faced questions. Stanford coach David Shaw answered every one of them, finding a new clutch quarterback along the way. ... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 05:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1735946-hogan-leads-stanford-ucla-27-24-to-win-pac-12.html 2012-12-01T05:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1731780-bcs-implications-niu-vs-kent-st-mac-title-game.html DETROIT (AP) — The Mid-American Conference championship game this year has a lot more at stake than usual. It's a showcase for two Top 25 teams on long winning streaks — and there may even be BCS implications. When No. 18 Kent State takes on No. 19 Northern Illinois on Friday night at Ford Field, it will be the first time two MAC teams in the Top 25 have ... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1731780-bcs-implications-niu-vs-kent-st-mac-title-game.html 2012-11-29T18:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1729400-les-miles-lsu-agree-to-raise-extension.html Les Miles has a new seven-year contract at LSU that also will result in a pay raise for one of the most successful coaches in the history of the Tigers' football program. "I'm a LSU head coach and will be a LSU head coach for as long as I can be," Miles said Wednesday. "Hopefully, we'll look up seven years from now and I'll be looking for another seven-ye... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1729400-les-miles-lsu-agree-to-raise-extension.html 2012-11-28T23:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1727482-family-nfl-great-jack-pardee-ill-with-cancer.html HOUSTON (AP) — Jack Pardee, one of Bear Bryant's "Junction Boys" who went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and an NFL coach, has been diagnosed with gall bladder cancer and has six to nine months to live, his family said Tuesday. The cancer has spread to other organs and that her 76-year-old father plans to move to a Denver hospice where the College Foo... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1727482-family-nfl-great-jack-pardee-ill-with-cancer.html 2012-11-28T06:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1726344-tulane-ecu-to-join-big-east-14-leaving-c-usa.html The Big East moved quickly to replace Rutgers and braced for more possible departures, getting Tulane and East Carolina to agree to join the re-invented conference in 2014. "I would go as far to say as this is a historic day for Tulane University ... the Big East is coming to the Big Easy," school President Scott Cowen said Tuesday. Tulane, in New Orleans... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1726344-tulane-ecu-to-join-big-east-14-leaving-c-usa.html 2012-11-27T23:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1725478-balancing-wins-losses-with-dollars-cents.html Deciding whether to fire a college football coach often comes down to balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents. Five coaches were fired Sunday, including Gene Chizik at Auburn just two years after he led the Tigers to a national championship. The five schools are on the hook for about $14 million in buyouts to their former employees. Auburn owes C... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1725478-balancing-wins-losses-with-dollars-cents.html 2012-11-27T07:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1724556-big-12-to-send-9-teams-to-postseason.html The health of the Big 12 has been a topic of debate since Nebraska and Colorado kicked off a four-team exodus a few years back. Judging by the results in 2012, the league is stronger than ever. No Big 12 team was able to survive through Thanksgiving with a shot at the national title. But nine of the 10 teams, including newcomers West Virginia and TCU, are... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1724556-big-12-to-send-9-teams-to-postseason.html 2012-11-26T19:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1723402-chizik-5-college-football-coaches-fired.html Gene Chizik, Frank Spaziani and Danny Hope got the pink slips many expected were coming after disappointing seasons. North Carolina State getting rid of Tom O'Brien took more than a few people off guard. So did Colorado letting Jon Embree go after only two seasons. Sunday was a tumultuous one around college football, with five coaches losing their jobs to... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1723402-chizik-5-college-football-coaches-fired.html 2012-11-26T08:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1722948-boston-college-fires-football-coach-spaziani.html BOSTON (AP) — New Boston College athletic director Brad Bates is looking for a football coach who "oozes integrity," someone who cares about the students and someone who wins. Two out of three wasn't good enough for Frank Spaziani. Spaziani was fired Sunday after 16 years at the school, the last four as head coach of a team that lost more games in each su... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1722948-boston-college-fires-football-coach-spaziani.html 2012-11-26T00:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1722690-nc-fires-obrien-6-seasons.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State coach Tom O'Brien entered the season with hopes of contending for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. Instead, his program continued its up-and-down ways of the past six years — which ultimately cost him his job. The school fired O'Brien on Sunday, ending a tenure that was good enough to reach four bowls y... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1722690-nc-fires-obrien-6-seasons.html 2012-11-25T23:40:00Z