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Christopher Newport Captains Football
The Christopher Newport Captains football team represents Christopher Newport University in the NCAA Division III, competing as football-only members of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC). Christopher Newport (CNU) plays its home games at the 4,200 seat TowneBank Stadium, which is located on-campus in Newport News, Virginia. Founded in 2001, the Captains were led by head coach Matt Kelchner until 2016. Coach Art Link, only the second head coach in CNU football history took the helm starting with the 2017 football season. After 11 seasons with the USA South Athletic Conference, the Captains shifted to the NJAC to start the 2015 season. History By the late 1990s, the prospect of bringing football to Christopher Newport was gaining momentum from both students and the administration alike. On December 16, 1999, the CNU Board of Visitors voted in favor of starting a football program to compete at the Division III level by the 2001 season. By Spring 2000, the initial schedule wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle McMullin
Kyle or Kyles may refer to: Places Canada * Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada Ireland * Kyle, County Laois * Kyle, County Wexford Scotland * Kyle, Ayrshire, area of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern-day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire * Kyles of Bute, the channel between Isle of Bute and the Cowal Peninsula * Kyle of Durness, the coastal inlet which divides the Cape Wrath peninsula from the Scottish mainland * Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross and Cromarty ** Kyle of Lochalsh Line, a primarily single track railway line * Kyle of Sutherland, a river estuary United States * Kyle, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Kyle, South Dakota, a census-designated place * Kyle, Texas, a city * Kyles, Missouri, a ghost town * Kyle Canyon, Nevada * Lake Kyle, Texas People and fictional characters * Kyle (given name), a Gaelic masculine given name (sometimes also given to females) *Kyle (musician), a hip hop artist from California * Kyle (surname), a surname of Scottish origin * David Ky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA South Athletic Conference
The USA South Athletic Conference (formerly the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference or the Dixie Conference) is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member schools are located in North Carolina and Virginia. History The Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was founded in 1963 as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) with the philosophy that participation would be strictly amateur, so no athletic financial aid or scholarships would be awarded by its affiliate institutions. The six charter members were Charlotte College, College of Charleston, Methodist College, North Carolina Wesleyan College, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, and Lynchburg College. In 1973, when the National Collegiate Athletic Association divided into a three-division format, the Dixie Conference left the NAIA and moved into the non-scholarship NCAA Division III. On June 30, 2003, the conference changed to its name to the USA South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Newport Captains Football
The Christopher Newport Captains football team represents Christopher Newport University in the NCAA Division III, competing as football-only members of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC). Christopher Newport (CNU) plays its home games at the 4,200 seat TowneBank Stadium, which is located on-campus in Newport News, Virginia. Founded in 2001, the Captains were led by head coach Matt Kelchner until 2016. Coach Art Link, only the second head coach in CNU football history took the helm starting with the 2017 football season. After 11 seasons with the USA South Athletic Conference, the Captains shifted to the NJAC to start the 2015 season. History By the late 1990s, the prospect of bringing football to Christopher Newport was gaining momentum from both students and the administration alike. On December 16, 1999, the CNU Board of Visitors voted in favor of starting a football program to compete at the Division III level by the 2001 season. By Spring 2000, the initial schedule wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Newport Captains
The Christopher Newport Captains (also CNU Captains) are the athletic teams that represent Christopher Newport University, located in Newport News, Virginia, in NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports. The Captains compete as members of the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) for the majority of varsity sports except for football, which plays in the New Jersey Athletic Conference and men's lacrosse, which plays in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference. The football team remains a NJAC associate member because C2C does not sponsor football. Varsity teams List of teams Men's sports * Baseball * Basketball * Cross Country * Football * Golf * Lacrosse * Sailing * Soccer * Tennis * Track & Field Women's sports * Basketball * Cross Country * Field Hockey * Golf * Lacrosse * Sailing * Soccer * Softball * Tennis * Track & Field * Volleyball National championships Team Individual sports Baseball The Captains baseball team made it to the NCAA Division III College World Series and finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Link (American Football)
Art Link is an American football coach. He is currently the special teams coordinator at Delaware. He previously served as the head football coach at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia from 2017 to 2021, compiling a record of 19–22. Prior to coming to Christopher Newport, Link was a defensive coordinator at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania from 2014 to 2016. As a college player at the University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ..., Link was a linebacker on Florida's 1996 national championship team. Head coaching record References External links Lafayette profileChristopher Newport profileDelaware profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Link, Art Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American football linebac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixie Conference
The Dixie Conference was the name of two List of college athletic conferences, collegiate athletic leagues in the United States The first operated from 1930 until the United States' entry into World War II in 1942. The second conference to use the name existed from 1948 to 1954. Dixie Conference (1930) Formation and relationship with the SIAA At the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) annual convention in 1930, nine of the association's members announced the formation of the Dixie Conference to facilitate scheduling of games among the group.. The charter members were Birmingham-Southern College, Samford University, Howard College (now Samford University), Rhodes College, Southwestern of Memphis (now Rhodes College), Centre College, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Chattanooga (now the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), Spring Hill College and Mercer University; Loyola University New Orleans joined the Dixie two years later. At the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division III (NCAA)
NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their student-athletes. The NCAA's first split was into two divisions, the University and College Divisions, in 1956, the College Division was formed for smaller schools that did not have the resources of the major athletic programs across the country. The College Division split again in 1973 when the NCAA went to its current naming convention: Division I, Division II, and Division III. Division III schools are not allowed to offer athletic scholarships, while D-II schools can. Division III is the NCAA's largest division with around 450 member institutions, which are 80% private and 20% public. The median undergraduate enrollment of D-III schools is about 2,750, although the range is from 418 to over 38,000. Approximately 40% of all NCAA studen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Kelchner
Matt Kelchner (born March 5, 1959) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia from 2001 to 2016. Kelchner was hired as Christopher Newport's first head coach on May 9, 2000. In 16 seasons at Christopher Newport, Kelchner compiled an overall record of 109-61. He won nearly 80% of his conference games, 78 of those wins coming in the Dixie Conference, later termed the USA South Athletic Conference, and 32% of non-conference games. He guided the Captains to the NCAA Division III playoffs ten times, posting a 3-10 record. He was named Dixie Conference/USA South Conference Coach of the Year seven times. Under Kelcher's direction, CNU was nationally ranked four times in his 16 seasons. After missing the NCAA playoffs three times in four seasons and not matching his earlier success in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, Kelchner relinquished his role in 2016 as the longest-reigning head coach of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Crowley(American Football)
Paul Crowley may refer to: * Paul Crowley (footballer) (born 1980), Irish footballer * Paul Crowley (ice hockey) Paul Crowley (born December 26, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA). Career Drafted in the tenth round of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, Crowley was ... (born 1955), Canadian ice hockey player * Paul F. Crowley (born 1934), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives * Paul Crowley (American football), American college football coach {{human name disambiguation, Crowley, Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most-populous city, and Fairfax County is the most-populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's population was over 8.65million, with 36% of them living in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607, the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent English colony in the New World. Virginia's state nickname, the Old Dominion, is a reference to this status. Slave labor and land acquired from displaced native tribes fueled the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their student-athletes. The NCAA's first split was into two divisions, the University and College Divisions, in 1956, the College Division was formed for smaller schools that did not have the resources of the major athletic programs across the country. The College Division split again in 1973 when the NCAA went to its current naming convention: Division I, Division II, and Division III. Division III schools are not allowed to offer athletic scholarships, while D-II schools can. Division III is the NCAA's largest division with around 450 member institutions, which are 80% private and 20% public. The median undergraduate enrollment of D-III schools is about 2,750, although the range is from 418 to over 38,000. Approximately 40% of all NCAA studen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
