HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Matt Frost, an assistant tennis coach last season at Lenoir-Rhyne University, will serve as interim head coach for both Bears teams after the resignation of head coach Tom Rees. LRU athletic officials announced Rees’ departure in a press release on Thursday. Kansas State University announced later Thursday it has hired Rees as an assistant (coachhttps://www.kstatesports.com/index.aspx?path=wten) Frost is …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne picked as favorite to repeat as league champ
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University, coming off a 12-win season and South Atlantic Conference (SAC) title, is the favorite to repeat as the league’s football champion in 2019. In a vote of conference head coaches released by the SAC via a press release, LRU gained five first-place votes and 68 points to sit atop the predictions. Wingate got …
LENOIR-RHYNE ANNUAL DINNER: Bears to celebrate 100 years of football on Thursday night
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s kickoff celebration for the 100th season of Bears football is scheduled Thursday at the school’s Annual Dinner. The Bears Club’s event is at Moretz Mills with cocktails served at 6 p.m. and dinner – courtesy of Texas Roadhouse – starting at 6:45 p.m. A tour of LRU’s new Neill McGeachy Sports Performance Center is available …
LENOIR-RHYNE HALL OF FAME: Class of 2019 will have 6 new inductees
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s next Sports Hall of Fame class will include six new members. The Bears’ athletic department announced in a press release that the school has selected Crystal Clary, Bill Davis, Audrey Kreske, Vernon Long, Tom Lumsden and Lauren (McLelland) Mauldin as the Class of 2019. Due to a scheduling conflict, Clary will be inducted with …
COLLEGE: Lenoir-Rhyne makes 2 administrative hires for athletic department
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has added two athletic department positions and announced changes for other personnel. The Bears have hired Justin Hay as Assistant Athletic Director for Corporate Relations and selected Jenna Beauregard as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance. Hay has spent the last five years as an assistant baseball coach at Southwest Mississippi Community College, where he was …