Editor's Pick Teel: Football coaching change yet another challenge for Hampton University DAVID TEEL Richmond Times-Dispatch May 8, 2024 May 8, 2024 Updated Feb 1, 2025 0 × Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save HAMPTON — Ambition and ambiguity were the prevailing themes Wednesday as Hampton University introduced Trent Boykin as interim head football coach.kAmq@J<:?[ w&’D CF??:?8 324<D 4@249 D:?46 a_a_[ 2?5 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^C:49>@?5]4@>^DA@CED^4@==686^A@H92E2?\9:89\8C25\2?E9@?J\96?56CD@?\4:C4=6D\324<\E@\C@@ED\2D\92>AE@?\25^2CE:4=60a6fbgg4a\63c4\``65\g3bb\_b4c2ca662``]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmD64@?5\J62C 2E9=6E:4 5:C64E@C p?E9@?J w6?56CD@?k^2m >256 4=62C E96:C 3@=5 2DA:C2E:@?Di (:? E96 r@2DE2= pE9=6E:4 pDD@4:2E:@? 2?5 C6EFC? E96 !:C2E6D E@ E96 u@@E32== r92>A:@?D9:A $F35:G:D:@? 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If Spiders determine CAA Football no longer fits, where could they land? The Patriot League and Southern Conference expressed interest in UR over the years. UR would keep sports other than football in the A-10.
Shane Beamer stops by to talk football, his dad and more | Teel & Barber podcast Mike interviews South Carolina coach Shane Beamer and covers a wide range of topics including football and family.
