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College Briefs: Northeastern will drop football program
By The Associated Press
Monday, November 23, 2009 | No comments posted.
BOSTON — Northeastern University is dropping its football program after 74 years, saying it’s too expensive to maintain.
President Joseph Aoun and the board of trustees endorsed the move Friday after a two-year review of the Boston school’s sports programs by athletic director Peter Roby.
The program’s 87 players and 10 coaches learned of the program’s demise Sunday night at a meeting on campus with Roby, a day after the Football Championship Subdivision team won its final game 33-27 at Rhode Island. The Huskies won their final two games to finish 3-8, their sixth consecutive losing season.
The school made the announcement on its Web site today.
The school will honor team members’ athletic scholarships.
Northeastern, which began playing football in 1933, had an all-time record of 289-364-17.
Princeton fires coach
PRINCETON, N.J. — Roger Hughes has been fired as the football coach at Princeton after 10 seasons.
Gary Walters, the school’s athletic director, announced the decision Sunday.
Hughes went 47-52 at Princeton’s head coach, winning the 2006 Ivy League title and posting three winning seasons overall. His dismissal came one day after the Tigers beat Dartmouth 23-11 to conclude their season with a 4-6 record. Hughes was Dartmouth’s offensive coordinator before taking the top job at Princeton in 2000.
Oregon cheerleader injured
TUCSON, Ariz. — An Oregon cheerleader was carted off the field and taken to a hospital after being hit in the head by a water bottle at the end of Oregon’s 44-41 double-overtime over Arizona on Saturday night.
Oregon officials identified the cheerleader as Katelynn Johnson, a senior. She suffered a concussion and was released from the hospital later Saturday and was home resting Sunday.
Oregon athletic director Mike Bellotti said Johnson had been hit with a full water bottle.
Witnesses said Johnson was hit near the entrance to the Oregon locker room.
President Joseph Aoun and the board of trustees endorsed the move Friday after a two-year review of the Boston school’s sports programs by athletic director Peter Roby.
The program’s 87 players and 10 coaches learned of the program’s demise Sunday night at a meeting on campus with Roby, a day after the Football Championship Subdivision team won its final game 33-27 at Rhode Island. The Huskies won their final two games to finish 3-8, their sixth consecutive losing season.
The school made the announcement on its Web site today.
The school will honor team members’ athletic scholarships.
Northeastern, which began playing football in 1933, had an all-time record of 289-364-17.
Princeton fires coach
PRINCETON, N.J. — Roger Hughes has been fired as the football coach at Princeton after 10 seasons.
Gary Walters, the school’s athletic director, announced the decision Sunday.
Hughes went 47-52 at Princeton’s head coach, winning the 2006 Ivy League title and posting three winning seasons overall. His dismissal came one day after the Tigers beat Dartmouth 23-11 to conclude their season with a 4-6 record. Hughes was Dartmouth’s offensive coordinator before taking the top job at Princeton in 2000.
Oregon cheerleader injured
TUCSON, Ariz. — An Oregon cheerleader was carted off the field and taken to a hospital after being hit in the head by a water bottle at the end of Oregon’s 44-41 double-overtime over Arizona on Saturday night.
Oregon officials identified the cheerleader as Katelynn Johnson, a senior. She suffered a concussion and was released from the hospital later Saturday and was home resting Sunday.
Oregon athletic director Mike Bellotti said Johnson had been hit with a full water bottle.
Witnesses said Johnson was hit near the entrance to the Oregon locker room.
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