Richmond football's newest members: National Signing Day 2017
(02/03/17 12:44am)
Richmond's new football coach Russ Huesman and his staff locked in 13 new players for the football roster on National Signing Day Wednesday.
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Richmond's new football coach Russ Huesman and his staff locked in 13 new players for the football roster on National Signing Day Wednesday.
David Jones entered his senior season as a top prospect for the NFL draft, and although an injury ended his time on the field early, he has been working hard at a training camp in Texas in the hopes of earning a chance in the league.
Russ Huesman, former head coach at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), will replace Danny Rocco as Richmond's football coach, Assistant Athletic Director Scott Day confirmed Wednesday morning.
University of Richmond football coach accepted the head coaching job at University of Delaware on Tuesday morning nearly two weeks after voicing concern about Richmond administrators' vision for the football program to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond football players didn't wait long to react, taking to Twitter to express their dissatisfaction with the Richmond athletic department's handling of the situation.
Update: ESPN 950 is reporting that the Spiders will pursue Chattanooga head coach and former Richmond assistant Russ Huesman as Danny Rocco's replacement. Huesman served as Richmond's defensive coordinator during the 2008 championship season.
University of Richmond's football team has traveled about 8,000 miles over the past two weeks. The players spent this week studying for and completing final exams. Their coach, Danny Rocco, has been vocal about potentially leaving Richmond after this season.
Depleted by injury and down by 17 points, in the same state of North Dakota where last season ended, the Richmond Spiders' season looked to be over. Quarterback Kevin Johnson seemed to have thrown away a redshirt season for just one playoff win, and coach Danny Rocco looked to be hours away from the beginning of his review of coaching offers from other schools.
Richmond football coach Danny Rocco will weigh coaching options outside of University of Richmond after his team's playoff run ends, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Wednesday.
Richmond was able to overcome a season-ending injury to its starting quarterback and sail past North Carolina A&T in the first round of the FCS playoffs.
The Richmond Spiders will host North Carolina A&T next Saturday, Nov. 26, at Robins Stadium in the first round of the FCS playoffs.
For the first time in at least four seasons, the Richmond Spiders found themselves without a reliable quarterback on Saturday.
Richmond outlasted Delaware to reach win No. 8 for the season, all but assuring a playoff berth for the eighth-ranked Spiders.
A statistically impressive performance from Richmond quarterback Kyle Lauletta and a fourth-quarter explosion from receiver Brian Brown were not enough to help the Spiders beat James Madison on Saturday.
This week's football rivalry between Richmond and James Madison was renewed early when Dukes fans dressed the E. Claiborne Robins statue in the Jepson Quad in a JMU jersey on Monday.
Richmond football coach Danny Rocco said he told his team during halftime of Saturday's game to "break their will to win," referring to the Elon Phoenix who trailed the Spiders by six points.
Earlier this week, Richmond football coach Danny Rocco said he expected his team's Homecoming game against No. 13 Villanova to be close.
Richmond football will be without star players David Jones and Xavier Goodall for the rest of the season after they both suffered injuries in last Saturday's win over Albany, coach Danny Rocco said Monday.
Richmond football leaned on a new weapon Saturday in a top-25 battle that took three overtimes to decide a winner.
University of Richmond is being sued for its alleged failure to disclose the risk of repetitive head injuries and long-term brain damage to university football players in a class-action lawsuit that has the potential to include dozens of former players between the years 1952 and 2010.
Senior wide receiver Brian Brown broke Richmond’s all-time receiving yard record with a 23-yard touchdown reception as Richmond outlasted Colgate on family weekend.