Track and Field team wins championship
Daniel McClain, Staff Reporter
March 26, 2020
Led by head coach Corey Mistretta, the university men’s indoor track team clinched a spot at the top of the Southland Conference. The team had not accomplished this goal since 2014. With the team placing second in the conference last year, Mistretta explained how incoming recruits and redshirt runner...
Devin Dixon prepares for final season of eligibility
Daniel McClain, Staff Reporter
December 16, 2019
With each college athletic program, there are usually students who have played the sport for the majority of their lives. Devin Dixon, a graduate student sprinter for the track and field team, started running track and field with his father since he was nine years old. “The next year after that,...
Underdogs and life lessons: Mistretta’s coaching approach
Diamond Hollins, Staff Reporter
March 11, 2019
For Corey Mistretta, head coach of track and field, entering the coaching profession was meant to be. With his dad being a football coach and his love for sports, Mistretta always knew that coaching would be a part of his life. “My dad was my high school football coach, so coaching has been in my...
Wrapping up the fall sports for 2018
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
December 4, 2018
Football, cross country, soccer and volleyball concluded their seasons this semester. The football team wrapped up its season, finishing ninth in the Southland Conference with a 4-7 record. Football Head Coach Frank Scelfo discussed his team’s performance this season. “We did a lot of things ...
Coaching opposite genders
Zachary Araki, A&E Editor
September 19, 2018
Coaches work to connect with their athletes to optimize their training, and gender differences can be one of multiple factors that stand in their way. Although minimal women coach male sporting teams, 58.8 percent of head coaches for women’s teams are men according to the University of Minnesota’s...
