COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Maiden’s Wilson taking over as head coach at Tulsa

Published Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Kevin Wilson, whose love of football began on football fields in Maiden, is again a head coach in college football. Wilson, 61, was announced Tuesday at the head coach at Tulsa University. He will leave a role as offensive coordinator at Ohio State to fill that position. He previously was a head coach at Indiana and …

COLLEGE FOOTBALLL: Harper moving from Towson to Old Dominion

Published Wednesday, January 26th, 2022

Former Bandys star who reached NFL to coach tight ends in his new job   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NORFOLK, Va.—Catawba County native Justin Harper, who played his way to the NFL, is making another move to bolster his career as a college football coach. Harper — a star at Bandys High and Virginia Tech, who then played for the …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: League coaches pick Lenoir-Rhyne as favorite to win title

Published Monday, August 23rd, 2021

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The football head coaches in the South Atlantic Conference on Monday selected Lenoir-Rhyne University as the favorite to win a title. The Bears gained 69 points in the voting by coaches — five of whom picked them to win a title — with Wingate (63, one first-place vote), Newberry, S.C. (58, one first-place vote) and Tusculum …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne wins opening game over Newberry in 2 OTs

Published Wednesday, April 21st, 2021

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWBERRY, S.C. — Lenoir-Rhyne University returned to playing football on Friday night, defeating Newberry (S.C.) 27-20 in double overtime. It was the first game for the Bears (1-0) since Dec. 7, 2019 when they were beaten 43-38 by West Florida in an NCAA Regional final at Moretz Stadium. LRU finished that season at 13-1. LRU has …