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LIU Sharks Football
The LIU Sharks football program represents Long Island University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) level. The Sharks are members of the Northeast Conference and play their home games in the 6,000 seat Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. History Long Island University Blackbirds College football was first played at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus for six seasons from the late 1920s to 1940 when the program was suspended "until the world situation stabilized." Under head coach Herbert Raubenheimer, who also coached the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball, the team won their opening game on September 29, 1928 against Rider. Clair Bee took over head coaching duties in the 1931 season before the program was suspended during the heart of the Great Depression. Bee remained at the university, coaching basketball and returned to the gridiron to coach the team from 1939 to 1940. After playing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Cooper (American Football)
Ronald Louis Cooper (born February 11, 1962) is an American football coach and former player. Currently, Cooper is the head coach at Long Island University following a year as a Senior Analyst at Alabama. Cooper served as the head football coach at Eastern Michigan University (1993β1994), the University of Louisville (1995β1997), Alabama A&M (1998β2001), and the interim head coach at FIU (2016). He was the defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012. A native of Huntsville, Alabama, he played high school football at Lee High School and college football at Jacksonville State University. Coaching career Eastern Michigan Cooper was the head football coach at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan, from 1993 to 1994. At Eastern Michigan, his teams produced a record of 9β13. Louisville From 1995 to 1997 Cooper was the head football coach at the University of Louisville, replacing Howard Schnellenberger. In his final season, the Cardinals posted a 1β ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division II Football Championship
The NCAA Division II Football Championship is an American college football tournament played annually to determine a champion at the NCAA Division II level. It was first held in 1973, as a single-elimination tournament with eight teams. The tournament field has subsequently been expanded three times; in 1988 it became 16 teams, in 2004 it became 24 teams, and in 2016 it became 28 teams. The National Championship game has been held in seven different cities; Sacramento, California (1973β1975), Wichita Falls, Texas (1976β1977), Longview, Texas (1978), Albuquerque, New Mexico (1979β1980), McAllen, Texas (1981β1985), Florence, Alabama (1986β2013), and Kansas City, Kansas (2014β2017). The 2018 and 2019 games were played at the McKinney ISD Stadium and Community Event Center in McKinney, Texas. Since 1994, the games have been broadcast on ESPN. Prior to 1973, for what was then called the "NCAA College Division," champions were selected by polls conducted at the end of eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 NCAA Division II Football Season
The 1973 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level. The season began in September and concluded with the Division II Championship on December 15 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. This was the first season for Division II (and Division III) football, which were formerly in the College Division in 1972 and prior. Louisiana Tech won their first Division II championship, defeating Western Kentucky 34β0 in the Camellia Bowl championship game. Conference realignment Membership changes Conference standings Conference summaries Postseason The 1973 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the first single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The inaugural edition had only eight teams; of the four quarterfinal games, three were played on campus and a fourth was in At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dom Anile
Dominick Anile Sr. (December 19, 1937 β February 23, 2018) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at C. W. Post Collegeβnow known as LIU Postβin Brookville, New York from 1968 to 1979. After stepping away from coaching, he was a scout and administrator for the Cleveland Browns, Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the majo ... (NFL). Head coaching record Football References {{DEFAULTSORT:Anile, Dom 1937 births 2018 deaths Carolina Panthers executives Cleveland Browns scouts Columbia Lions football coaches Indianapolis Colts executives LIU Post Pioneers baseball coaches LIU Post Pioneers football coaches LIU Post Pioneer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 NCAA College Division Football Season
The 1972 NCAA College Division football season was the 17th and final season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level. Conference realignment Membership changes Conference standings Rankings College Division teams (also referred to as "small college") were ranked in polls by the AP (a panel of writers) and by UPI (coaches). The national champion(s) for each season were determined by the final poll rankings, published at or near the end of the regular season, before any bowl games were played. College Division final polls Both the UPI and AP panels ranked Delaware (10β0) first, followed by Louisiana Tech (11β0), and Cal Poly (8β0β1). Louisiana Tech later defeated in the Grantland Rice Bowl, while Cal Poly lost to North Dakota in the Camellia Bowl. Delaware declined an invitation to face UMass (7β2) in the Boardwalk Bowl, and did not play in the postseason. United Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The conference was originally formed in 1951 as the State Teachers Conference, and was temporarily named the Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference in 1956 before being named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in 1964. The conference is currently composed of 17 full-time members within Pennsylvania and 1 in West Virginia. The conference headquarters are located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and staffed by a commissioner, two assistant commissioners, and a director of media relations. History The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education organized the conference in 1951 to promote competition in men's sports amongst the system's 14 universities. In 1977, following growing interest, the conference was expanded to offer competition in women's sports. From its inception, each conference memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast-10 Conference
The Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. It is the only Division II collegiate hockey conference in the United States. History The original 1980 conference was called the "Northeast 7" as the colleges were American International College, Assumption College, Bentley College, Bryant College, the University of Hartford, Springfield College, and Stonehill College. In 1981, Saint Anselm College was the eighth team to join and the resulting "NE-8" stayed this way until 1984 when the University of Hartford left and Merrimack College joined. The βNortheast-10β name came about in 1987 when Saint Michael's College and Quinnipiac College joined the league. The conference remained stable until 1995 when S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Football Conference (1997β2000)
The Eastern Football Conference (EFC) was an NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletic football conference that existed from 1997 to 2000 and was composed of member schools from the Northeastern United States. During its entire existence, its membership was geographically divided into two separate divisions: the Atlantic Division and the Bay State/Central Division (its name was changed after the 1998 season). A conference championship game between the winners of the two divisions was held annually.Eastern Football Conference (1997-2000) , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 23, 2015. Former members are currently scattered between the |
Liberty Football Conference
The Liberty Football Conference was an NCAA Division III football-only conference that existed from 1985 to 1992. The league a total of nine members, all located in the state of New York. Members Champions *1985 β Merchant Marine *1986 β Merchant Marine *1987 β Fordham *1988 β Fordham and C.W. Post *1989 β St. John's (NY) *1990 β C.W. Post *1991 β St. John's (NY) *1992 β Wagner Liberty Football Conference , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 23, 2015. Standings See also *List of defunct college football conferences
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Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference
The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference was an American intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1972 to 1984. The league had members in the state of New York.Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 26, 2015. Members *The following is an incomplete list of the membership of the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference.Football champions * 1972 β * 1973 β * 1974 β * 1975 β * 1976 β * 1977 β * 1978 β * 1979 β * 1980 β * 1981 β * 1982 β * 1983 β * 1984 βFootball standings See also * |
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 stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment offered in Division III. Before 1973, the NCAA's smaller schools were grouped together in the College Division. In 1973, the College Division split in two when the NCAA began using numeric designations for its competitions. The College Division members who wanted to offer athletic scholarships or compete against those who did became Division II, while those who chose not to offer athletic scholarships became Division III. Nationally, ESPN televises the championship game in football, CBS televises the men's basketball championship, and ESPN2 televises the women's basketball championship. Stadium broadcasts six football games on Thursdays during the regular season, and one men's basketball game per week on Saturdays during that sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
