Daily Archives: January 25, 2025

Over 80 apply for vacant Jacksonville athletic director/head football coach job

A committee of Jacksonville Independent Board of Trustees members, along with various administrative personnel from schools throughout the district, began their task of reviewing applications for athletic director/head football coach at Jacksonville High School this week. According to Grace Traylor, Public Information Officer for the JISD, more than 80 applications were received. The committee will now put their heads together …

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Illinois football coach visits Dunlap to watch Mack Sutter play basketball

Bret Bielema is the latest college football coach to take in a Dunlap boys basketball game. The Illinois head coach was in attendance Saturday afternoon to see four-star prospect Mack Sutter and his team play Mid-Illini Conference opponent Pekin. Sutter, a 6-foot-6, 225-pound junior, also had a home visit this past Sunday from Illinois special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Robby …

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Lindsay lands on OCA All-State East Team

Jan. 25—After a season when he piled up nearly 1,000 receiving yards and was one of the top defensive backs in Class 4A, Ada senior Deante Lindsay was selected as a part of the 2025 Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State football teams. Lindsay is listed as one of five wide receivers on the OCA All-State East team. He became the 107th …

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Gators hire Vinnie Sunseri as co-defensive coordinator: report

Former University of Alabama and NFL safety Vinnie Sunseri, whose mentors include Nick Saban and Bill Belichick, reportedly is set to join Florida as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach. Matt Zenitz of CBSSports.com and 247Sports first reported late Saturday morning that Sunseri, recently hired as Jacksonville State’s new defensive coordinator, instead will join Billy Napier’s staff. He replaces Austin Armstrong, …

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PFF: Wisconsin transfer among top 10 offensive linemen in college football

Former Wisconsin offensive lineman Trey Wedig finished the 2024 season among ProFootballFocus’ highest-graded players at his position. Wedig, who is slated to play in the coveted East-West Shrine Bowl on Jan. 30, received an 85.7 PFF grade. Only Utah’s Spencer Fano (92.8), Missouri’s Wyatt Milum (91.7), Missouri’s Armand Membou (90.4), Iowa’s Gennings Dunker (90.2), Texas’ Kelvin Banks Jr. (88.0) and …

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Shrine Bowl: Standouts from the first day of practices

Nov 11, 2023; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels defensive back Alijah Huzzie (28) attempts to intercept a pass intended for Duke Blue Devils wide receiver Jalon Calhoun (5) in the fourth quarter at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports The 100th annual East-West Shrine Bowl kicked off today at the indoor facility at …

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Vinnie Sunseri named new co-DC, safeties coach for Florida football, per reports

According to multiple reports, Florida football is set to hire Vinnie Sunseri as its new co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach. The 33-year-old Sunseri had just taken the defensive coordinator job at Jacksonville (Alabama) State after spending last year as the safeties coach at Washington under Jedd Fisch. With Sunseri’s help, Washington’s defense ranked first in the Big Ten in passing …

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Who is Vinnie Sunseri? What to know of new Florida football co-defensive coordinator

Florida football coach Billy Napier has found his next co-defensive coordinator in a familiar face. Reports on Saturday indicated that Napier hired Jacksonville State defensive coordinator Vinnie Sunseri as the team’s co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach. Sunseri will replace Austin Armstrong, who took the defensive coordinator position at Houston earlier in the offseason. REQUIRED READING: Donning ‘Spurrier leotards,’ Florida gymnastics …

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3 years of football made Mayo’s Jack Regan into a college prospect

Jan. 25—ROCHESTER — When Jack Regan started high school he had never played a snap of football. Now he’ll play in college at the Division II level for Southwest Minnesota State University. Heading into the fall of his sophomore year, Regan, who’s now a senior at Mayo High School, was looking for a sport to fill his time after he …

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‘The perfect candidate,’ Urbana’s Speikes heads to Mount as county’s first Division I flag football recruit

For much of her young life, Urbana High senior Keira Speikes has been at the forefront of the area’s burgeoning girls flag football scene. She was, for a time, the only girl participating in Frederick County’s youth recreational flag football league, even before now-Hawks coach Nick Damoulakis gathered an all-girls squad in 2020. Speikes helped push the Urbana administration to …

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