Related Research Articles
The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the southeastern United States. The SAC was founded in 1975 as a football-only conference and became an all-sports conference beginning with the 1989–90 season.
Lenoir–Rhyne University is a private Lutheran university in Hickory, North Carolina. It was founded in 1891 and is affiliated with the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
Clarence Stasavich was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lenoir–Rhyne College—now known as Lenoir–Rhyne University—in Hickory, North Carolina from 1946 to 1961 and at East Carolina College—renamed East Carolina University in 1967—from 1963 to 1969, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 171–64–7. He led Lenoir–Rhyne to the NAIA Football National Championship in 1960. Stasavich was also the athletic director at Lenoir–Rhyne from 1946 to 1961 and East Carolina from 1963 to 1975.
Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) or the Carolinas Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) primarily at the Division II level. It is also considered as one of the seven Division I conferences for men's volleyball. Originally formed in 1930, the league reached its modern incarnation in 1994. Member institutions are located in the southeastern United States in the states of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Conference Carolinas membership currently consists of 15 small colleges or universities, 13 private and two public.
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is an association of coaches of women's basketball teams at all levels.
The Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference. The Wildcats have four Elite Eight appearances and seventeen appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. They have won the SEC tournament twice and SEC regular season championship once.
Michael L. Pope is an American former coach in the National Football League (NFL). He is best known as the tight ends coach for the New York Giants, serving on all four of their Super Bowl championship teams.
Michael Glenn Houston is an American football coach who was most recently the head coach at East Carolina University. He previously won the 2016 FCS championship during his time as the head coach of James Madison. Houston has also served as the head coach of Lenoir–Rhyne and The Citadel.
Robert Ryan Odom is an American men's college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the VCU Rams men's basketball team. He was previously the head coach of the Lenoir–Rhyne Bears, the UMBC Retrievers, and the Utah State Aggies.
The Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represents Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, United States. The Golden Flashes compete in the Mid-American Conference and last played in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament in 2024. Founded in 1973 as a club team, the Kent State women's basketball team received varsity status in 1975 and played their first official game in January 1976. Through the 2023–24 season, the Flashes have six total appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament along with four Mid-American Conference tournament championships, five MAC overall titles, and nine MAC East division titles. Home games are held at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, which has been the team's home venue since 1977. The head coach is Todd Starkey, who was hired April 19, 2016.
The 2016–17 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by first year head coach Todd Starkey, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. After finishing the 2015–16 season with an overall record of 6–23 and 3–15 in MAC play, the Flashes finished the 2016–17 regular season with a 19–11 overall record and 13–5 in MAC play. They won their first East division title since 2005, clinching a share on March 1 and winning it outright on March 4.
The 2017–18 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by second-year head coach Todd Starkey, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They finished the season 13–19, 5–13 in MAC play, to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC women's tournament where they lost to Buffalo.
The 2018–19 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by third year head coach Todd Starkey, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 11–7 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC women's tournament, where they lost to Buffalo. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they defeated Green Bay in the first round before losing to Butler in the second round.
Richard Nestus Gurley was an American football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Lenoir–Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina from 1924 to 1931. He served as the school's head basketball and baseball coach.
Andrew Danny Cronic is an American college football coach. He is the offensive coordinator for the United States Naval Academy, a position he has held since 2024. He was the head football coach for Reinhardt University from 2015 to 2016, Lenoir–Rhyne University from 2018 to 2019, and Mercer University from 2020 to 2023. He also coached for West Georgia, James Madison, and Furman. He played college football for Georgia as a wide receiver.
Rhyne Howard is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. She graduated from Bradley Central High School in Cleveland, Tennessee, in 2018. She was drafted first overall by the Dream in the 2022 WNBA draft.
The 1960 Lenoir Rhyne Bears football team was an American football team represented Lenoir Rhyne College as a member of the North State Conference (NSC) during the 1960 NAIA football season. In their 15th season under head coach Clarence Stasavich, the team compiled an 11–0–1 record and won the NSC championship. The Bears were ranked No. 2 in the final Associated Press small college poll and No. 3 in the final UPI small college coaches poll. The small college polls included both NCAA and NAIA programs. Both polls were issued before the team's post-season victories.
Doug Socha is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Lenoir–Rhyne University, a position he has held since 2024. Socha led the Keiser Seahawks to back-to-back NAIA Football National Championship title games in 2022 and 2023: winning in 2023.
Michael R. Jacobs is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Mercer University, a position he has held since 2024. He was the head football coach for Lenoir–Rhyne University from 2020 to 2023. He was the head coach for the Notre Dame Falcons football team from 2016 to 2019. He also coached for Eastern Michigan, Wilmington, Purdue, and California (PA). He played college football for Ohio State as an offensive lineman and long snapper.
The 2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season will be the season for Mid-American Conference women's basketball teams. It will begin with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play will begin in January 2024 and conclude in March 2024. The 2025 MAC tournament will be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio for the 25th consecutive season. This will be the conference's last season with 12 members as it will see its first change in membership since 2005 with the addition of UMass
References
- ↑ Kent State Women's Basketball [@KentStWBB] (June 5, 2021). "Wishing a Happy Birthday to our leader, @ToddStarkey33 ! We hope you have the best day ever! P.S. You don't look a day over 25" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Todd Starkey Named Kent State Women's Basketball Head Coach". Kent State University. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Lenoir-Rhyne's Starkey Named Region 3 Women's Basketball Coach Of The Year". South Atlantic Conference. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ↑ Thomas, Carly (November 29, 2024). "Drew Starkey Says He Has a "Little Bit of Troy Bolton in Me" With Love for Acting and Basketball". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
