Tommy Bowden out, Dabo Swinney in at Clemson
Former University of Alabama walk-on player, graduate assistant and coach as well as wide receivers/assistant coach at Clemson, Dabo Swinney, has been named interim head coach at Clemson after it was announced that Tommy Bowden had been ousted as head coach six games into the 2008 football season.
Swinney was one of the candidates for the USA Head Coach position before Joey Jones was chosen to be the Jags first head coach.
Jags picked second in SBC
While seniors Brandon Davis and Domonic Tilford have been chosen for preseason honors, the Jags team have been chosen to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference eastern division.
Davis and Tilford, two of five seniors on the 2008-2009 Jags squad, have been selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt Conference team.
Jags received 60 points and two first place votes while Middle Tennessee received 76 points and 11 first place votes when the 13 conference coaches voted. Arkansas Little-Rock and North Texas received 76 points each for a first place tied in the SBC western division with UL Lafayette finishing with 75 points.
The All-SBC team first team honors go to South Alabama’s Brandon Davis, Desmond Yates (MTSU), Russell Hicks (Florida International), Carlos Monroe (Florida Atlantic) and Josh White (North Texas).
Second team All-SBC include South Alabama’s Domonic Tilford, Collin Dennis (North Texas), Jeremy Evans (Western Kentucky), Tony Hooper (Louisiana-Monroe) and Kevin Kanaskie (Middle Tennessee). Third team All-SBC honors go to Kyndall Dykes (New Orleans), Chris Gradnigo (Louisiana-Lafayette), Paul Graham III (FAU), Steven Moore (UALR) and A.J. Slaughter (WKU).
South Alabama will host West Florida in an exhibition game on November 10th at the Mitchell Center with the tip scheduled for 7:05pm.
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Jags Football Announces First Schedule Contract
At the unveiling of the new Jaguar sports logo, which was the inspiration for this site, Coach Jones announced something pretty exciting. The Jaguar football program had signed a contract with the Naval Academy for a 4 game series. Two games will be played at Ladd-Peebles Stadium and two games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.
In other news about Jaguar Football, University of South Alabama ‘Campaign USA’ Chairman and Vice Chairman of the USA Board of Trustees Jim Yance and wife Frances, have given $500,000 gift to the new football fieldhouse. The Main foyer entrance, the head coach’s office and conference room, reception and administrative offices will be collectively known as the “Jim and Frances Yance Coaches Suite”. This marks the first fund-raising gift and naming opportunity for the field house. It also marks the largest gift to the new football program to date.
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New Ticket Packages for USA Basketball Available
The USA Ticket Office announced today that two new ticket packages for Jags Basketball will go on sale Monday, October 13th.
The package named ‘The Three-point Play’ will include tickets for the season opener with Alcorn State on Nov. 14th, Arkansas in the Coors Classic on Nov. 26th (Against former USA Baskeball Coach John Pelphrey) and the Dec. 7th game against Houston Baptist. This ticket package is listed for $39, which is a savings of $10. Also, upper level seating is just $25.
The second new package is the Holiday Tournament Package, which against costs $39 or lower level seating and $25 for upper level seating. The package is for five games which includes Arkansas , both days of the USA Basketball Classic on Friday and Saturday, November 28th and 29th.
For more information about South Alabama athletics visit their official website at www.usajaguars.com
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Coach Jones’ Radio Show on the Air
It may not be ‘Hey Coach’ but it does have a familiar location. Coach Joey Jones started his weekly radio show on August 27th with Lee Shiravain and 105.5FM WNSP. The show takes place live at Bob Baumhauer’s Wings Restaurant on Airport Boulevard.
For those Alabama fans out there, that should seem familiar to you. I have listened to several episodes on the radio with Coaches DuBose, Stallints, Franchione, Shula and now with Coach Saban (Not all of them at Wing’s thought). Unfortunately it aires at Noon each week so it doesn’t sound like its going to foster a whole lot of fandom until the Jags actually hit the field in 2009. But Jaguar fans can be a tenacious bunch so I will have to attend an airing to take it in for myself to see.
But besides Coach Jones, it will have members of the Jaguar coaching staff and other assorted guests and numerous giveaways throughout the season. If you cannot make the show live, you can listen to the broadcast on 105.5 and call in with questions or comments.
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USA Basketball Single-game tickets on sale Friday
Single game tickets for USA’s 08-09 Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams will go on sale Friday, October 10th.
Lower level prices are $12 and upper level prices are $7 except for the Coors Classic when USA will take on Arkansas and former USA coach Pelphrey. This game on Wednesday, November 26th are $25 lower level and $15 upper level tickets.
Women’s tickets are $5 each with general admission seating.
You can pick them up online at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone or by visiting the Mitchell Center ticket office. Jaguars fans can call about season tickets 251.461.1USA.
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