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Colorado State–Greeley Bears Football
The Northern Colorado Bears football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Northern Colorado located in Greeley, Colorado. The team competes in the Big Sky Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The university's first football team was fielded in 1893. The team plays home games at the 8,533 seat Nottingham Field on campus. The Bears announced the hiring of Ed Lamb on December 6, 2022, replacing Ed McCaffrey, who went 6–16 in two seasons. Conference affiliations Below is the list of conferences in which Northern Colorado has been a member. * Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1923–1971) * Great Plains Athletic Conference (1972–1975) * NCAA Division II independent (1976–1979) * North Central Conference (1980–2002) * Great West Football Conference (2004–2005) * Big Sky Conference (2006–present) Championships National championships Northern Colorado made two appearances in the NCAA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Lamb
Claude Edward Lamb III (born March 4, 1974) is an American college football coach and former player. In December 2022, he was named as the head football coach at the University of Northern Colorado. Lamb served as the head football coach at Southern Utah University (SUU) from 2007 to 2015. From 2015 to 2022, he was the assistant head football coach at Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU) is a Private education, private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship university of the Church Educational System sponsore ... (BYU). Lamb is an alumnus of BYU. Head coaching record References External links BYU profile 1974 births Living people American football defensive ends American football linebackers BYU Cougars football coaches BYU Cougars football players Idaho Vandals football coaches Northern Colorado Bears football coaches Redlands Bulld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Plains Athletic Conference (1972–1976)
The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) was a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), operated in the western United States. It was aligned with the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC). The two allied conferences worked under the name of the Mountain and Plains Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MPIAA). It was announced on May 15, 1972. The founding schools were Fort Hays State College (now Fort Hays State University); Kansas State College of Emporia (now Emporia State University); Kansas State College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University); Southern Colorado State College (now Colorado State University–Pueblo); the University of Nebraska at Omaha, the University of Northern Colorado and Washburn University. The conference only lasted four years, as Nebraska–Omaha and Northern Colorado left for the North Central Conference (NCC), Southern Colorado went back to the RMAC, and the rest of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Colorado Teachers Bears Football Team
The 1934 Colorado Teachers Bears football team was an American football team that represented Colorado State Teachers College—now known as the University of Northern Colorado—as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1934 college football season. Led by third-year head coach John W. Hancock, the Bears compiled an overall record of 6–1 with an identical mark in conference play, sharing the RMC title with Colorado and Colorado Agricultural. The team outscored its opponents by a total of 148 to 31. For the first time in program history, the Bears defeated the Colorado Buffaloes, prevailing by a 12–0 score in a Friday night game at the Bears' home field in Greeley, Colorado. The Bears' Roy Hardin was selected as the first-team quarterback on the All-Rocky Mountain teams selected by the Associated Press (AP), United Press United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 NCAA Division II Football Season
The 1997 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA Division II, Division II level, began on September 6, 1997, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 13, 1997, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. Northern Colorado Bears football, Northern Colorado defeated New Haven Chargers football, New Haven in the championship game, 51–0, to win their second Division II national title. The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Irvin Sigler, running back from Bloomsburg Huskies football, Bloomsburg. Conference changes and new programs Conference standings Conference summaries Postseason The 1997 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 24th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in, and the county seat of, Lauderdale County, Alabama, Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner, and had a population of 40,184 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Florence is located along the Tennessee River and is home to the University of North Alabama, the oldest public college in the state. Florence is located about 70 miles west of Huntsville, Alabama, via U.S. Route 72, US-72, and about 115 miles northwest of Birmingham, Alabama. Florence is the largest and principal city of the "Quad Cities," more commonly known as "Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area, The Shoals," which also includes the cities of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Alabama, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia, Alabama, Tuscumbia in Colbert County, Alabama, Colbert County and had a population of 148,779 as of the 2020 census. Florence is considered northwestern Alabama's primary economic hub. Annual tourism events include the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Glenn (American Football)
Joseph Cassidy Glenn (born March 7, 1949) is an American former college football player and coach. He was the head football coach at the University of South Dakota, his alma mater, from 2012 to 2015. He was named head coach on December 5, 2011, after the school's athletic director, David Sayler, fired Ed Meierkort. Glenn served as the head football coach at Doane College (1976–1979), the University of Northern Colorado (1989–1999), the University of Montana (2000–2002), and the University of Wyoming (2003–2008). He won two NCAA Division II Football Championships at Northern Colorado, in 1996 and 1997, and an NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship at Montana in 2001. Coaching career Early coaching career Glenn served as backfield coach at the University of South Dakota in 1974. He was also a backfield coach at Northern Arizona University in 1975. Glenn's first head coaching job was at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. There he was the youngest head college football co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is the 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, ESPN2 and ESPN+ televises the championship game in football, CBS and Paramount+ televises the men's basketball championship, and ESPN+ televises both the women's basketball and women's volleyball championships. The official slogan of NCAA Division II, implemented in 2015, is "Make It Yours." The N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 NCAA Division II Football Season
The 1996 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA Division II, Division II level, began on September 7, 1996, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 14, 1996, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Northern Colorado Bears football, Northern Colorado Bears defeated the Carson-Newman Eagles football, Carson–Newman, 23–14, to win their first Division II national title. The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Jarrett Anderson, running back from Truman Bulldogs football, Truman. Conference and program changes Conference changes Program changes *After East Texas State University joined the Texas A&M University System in 1996 and changed its name to Texas A&M University–Commerce, the East Texas State Lions became the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions. *After Northeast Missouri State Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Haven Chargers Football
The New Haven Chargers football program represents the intercollegiate football team for the University of New Haven. The Chargers currently compete in NCAA Division II as members of the Northeast-10 Conference but will upgrade to the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) on July 1, 2025 when they join the Northeast Conference. The Chargers are coached by Mark Powell, whose first season will be in 2025. UNH home games are played on campus at the Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium, which opened in 2009 and seats 5,000 spectators. History Classifications *1973–1981: NCAA Division III *1982–2003, 2009–2025: NCAA Division II *2025–present: NCAA Division I FCS Conference memberships *1973–1981: D-III Independent *1981–2003: D-II independent *2004–2008: ''No team'' *2009–2025: Northeast-10 Conference *2025–: Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson–Newman Eagles Football
The Carson–Newman Eagles football team represents Carson–Newman University, located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, in NCAA Division II college football. The Eagles, who began playing football in 1895, currently compete as members of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC). Carson–Newman's home games are played at Burke–Tarr Stadium. Carson–Newman has won five national championships, all as members of the NAIA (1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1989). Conference history * South Atlantic Conference 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 ... (1975–present) Championships National championships References External links * {{Carson-Newman Eagles football navbox American football teams established in 1895 1895 establishments in Tennessee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
