LRU falls on the road in debut of new head coach Drew Cronic HobbsDailyReport.com LIVINGSTON, Ala. – West Alabama University scored in the final 12 seconds on Thursday night to nip visiting Lenoir-Rhyne University 36-32, spoiling the debut of Drew Cronic as the Bears’ head coach. LRU took a 32-29 lead with one minute, 56 seconds to play after rallying …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Cronic debuts as Lenoir-Rhyne head coach on Thursday night
HobbsDailyReport.com LIVINGSTONE, Ala. – Drew Cronic’s first game as head football coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University is just around the corner. The Bears open their season on Thursday night at 7 p.m., playing at 12th-ranked West Alabama in a repeat of last year’s first game of the season (West Alabama 46, LRU 7 in Hickory). Cronic left an offensive coordinator’s position …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Phillips, Huss to return as Lenoir-Rhyne broadcast team
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Two former Lenoir-Rhyne University football players will return as the broadcast team for Bears football in 2018 on WSIC (1400 AM and 100.7 FM) and the campus radio station (99.3 WRLZ). JuJu Phillips, a former wide receiver at LRU, and Jack Huss, a former Bears quarterback who was also LRU’s head coach (1974-79) during his career, will …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Dugger again among captains for Lenoir-Rhyne
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Returning star Kyle Dugger is back as a captain for Lenoir-Rhyne University’s football team, which opens the season Aug. 31 at West Alabama. In an announcement via press release on Tuesday, new Bears head coach Drew Cronic said Dugger, senior T.J. Smith and juniors Jonathan Nolan and Landon Scott are the captains for his first LRU team. …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears’ Cronic says they must rebuild championship culture
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University head coach Drew Cronic, who is headed into his first season with the Bears, answered questions and gave his thoughts on the Bears on Friday during the South Atlantic Conference’s Football Digital Media Day. LRU, coming off a 3-7 record, was picked by conference coaches to finish sixth this season in the SAC. …