Former Tennessee Tech football players are invited to gather on Saturday, July 10, for the team's annual Alumni Golf Classic at the Cookeville Golf Club. Prior to the golf outing, the public is invited to join the festivities with a Friday night BBQ dinner.
The Tech football team returns to prime time this fall with a couple of Thursday night home games, hosts five in Tucker Stadium, opens on the road against two FBS opponents, and faces a challenging eight-game Ohio Valley Conference slate.
Former Tech wide receiver Larry Shipp is continuing to catch passes and score touchdowns. Now with the Alabama VIpers, Shipp was recently named the Player of the Week for the Arena Football League.
The entire Golden Eagle football squad will pitch in Tuesday to help keep the Tennessee Tech campus clean. As a community service project, the Golden Eagles will blanket the campus Tuesday afternoon beginning around 3 p.m. to pick up litter.
A brief but solid outing Saturday wrapped up Spring drills for the Tennessee Tech football team. Sophomore quarterback Tre Lamb led the team to scores on all three of his drives and sophomore cornerback Dominick Baker had a couple of big plays on defense.
The Tennessee Tech football team will finish off its 2010 spring workouts Saturday afternoon with the Purple & Gold Spring Game in Tucker Stadium. More of a controlled scrimmage than an actual game, the event is open to the public and will begin at 1 p.m.
In search of answers to a few lingering questions, Tennessee Tech football coach Watson Brown put the Golden Eagles through a 64-play, 90-minute controlled scrimmage Saturday morning as the team heads into its final week of spring drills.
Coach Watson Brown and the Golden Eagle seniors accepting the 2009 Sgt. York Trophy will be featured when CSS airs a 30-minute highlight program of the recent O'Charley's Dinner of Champions. The show will air April 1, 9 and 11.
Already scheduled to open the 2010 football season at the University of Arkansas, Tennessee Tech will play a second game against a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponent when it faces TCU the following week.
Former Tech runningback Larry Schreiber is one of 36 names on the FCS ballot for the National Football Foundation (NFF) College Hall of Fame. Golden Eagle fans can become members and vote vote. The deadline for voting is March 31.
Registration is underway for the 24th annual Jim Ragland Golden Eagle Bass Classic, presented by Budweiser and hosted by the Tennessee Tech football program. The event will be Saturday, May 1, on Center Hill Lake.
The Golden Eagle football team will et its 2010 spring work started Friday afternoon in Tucker Stadium. The team will work four times per week, leading up to a Spring Game on Saturday, April 17.
Recently, three Tennessee Tech football players – Slade Adams, Hunter Beedle and Andrew Higgins – along with assistant coach Thomas Cox went to Cane Creek Elementary School to read and interact with the students.
Tennessee Tech ranked as the third-most improved FCS football team in the nation in 2009 and the 46th most improved team in all divisions, according to research done by a sports website and announced this week.
Senior Taylor Askew, head coach Watson Brown and former Golden Eagle linebacker Barry Wilmore were among the award recipients Monday night at the National Football Foundation Middle Tennessee Chapter's annual awards dinner in Nashville.
Arrangements have been announced for the visitation and funeral on Wednesday for Katherine Brown, the mother of Tennessee Tech head football coach Watson Brown. Mrs. Brown passed away Sunday.
