Friday, August 01, 2008

'Bash RB Cover Story in NCAA Mag

This is pretty cool.

Rising senior running back Brock Graham is featured on the cover of the NCAA's quarterly Champions magazine. Here's the online story and a photo gallery. (Read about Brock's trip to Botswana, the photo shoot, and how this happened.)

I'm constantly amazed when our little college gets national recognition and exposure.

Pretty cool indeed.

Posted by Hugh Vandivier at 13:13:42 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Creighton to Coach at Drake U.

So much for no news happening between semesters...

Check out the official story, Coach Creighton's words, Drake's announcement, Wabash reaction, the discussion on D3football.com, and Tom Runge's thoughts. Wabash AD Vernon Mummert has offered the job to assistant coach Neal Neathery. Press conference video available here. (Subscription required.)

Drake is a school of about 3,000 Des Moines, Iowa. Their football team competes in the in the Pioneer League of Division 1-AA.

In coaching circles, you always want to take a program to "the next level." That's a daunting challenge when you're talking about Wabash football, but Chris Creighton did just that from the moment he stepped on campus. Just check out some of his contributions:

  • 2001 Wabash 8-2
  • 2002 Wabash 12-1, NCAA Division III playoffs
  • 2003 Wabash 7-3
  • 2004 Wabash 6-4
  • 2005 Wabash 11-1, NCAA Division III playoffs
  • 2006 Wabash 8-2
  • 2007 Wabash 11-2, NCAA Division III playoffs
Career Record: 95-24 (.798 winning percentage)

Wabash Record: 63-15 (.807 winning percentage)

Best of luck on your new post, Coach. You leave a program better than you found that found it--and that's saying a lot.

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