by Matt Kupec March 25, 2019 Southern Illinois University Director of Athletics Jerry Kill recently made a great hire by bringing former SIU basketball standout Bryan Mullen back to Carbondale as the Salukis new head basketball coach. Coach Mullen has been a top...
by Matt Kupec March 10, 2019 I attended the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament for the first time this past weekend. I was there to watch the Southern Illinois Saluki’s compete for the MVC Championship in hopes of coming away with three...
by Matt Kupec January 21, 2019 As I marveled watching Clemson’s convincing win over Alabama recently to capture the NCAA College Football national title, I began to think about Clemson’s remarkable success in Head Coach Dabo Swinney’s tenure. In ten years, Coach...
by Matt Kupec December 31, 2018 Being inducted into the Hall of Fame as a college coach is the ultimate honor one can achieve. The designation as a “Hall of Fame” coach means that you have achieved great success as a coach in running and leading a very successful...
by Matt Kupec December 24, 2018 For all of us aging quicker than we would like to acknowledge, one of my new favorite expressions is that “in today’s society 65 years old is the new 45!” No matter how gray our hair has become or how many aches we feel on a daily...