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When Michigan football defensive line coach Lou Esposito left Ann Arbor for the Baltimore Ravens, the expectation was that the Wolverines would simply promote David Denham, who has been an assistant in the room for the past year. However, the longer Denham didn’t get promoted, the more obvious that it appeared that head coach Kyle Whittingham was looking outside of the program.And on Saturday, it appears that he found his man, snagging a defensive line coach from the SEC.Per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the Wolverines are set to hire Vanderbilt defensive coach Larry Black, who has overseen the position group in…
Vanderbilt football is set to lose another member of its staff as defensive line coach and co-defensive coordinator Larry Black is headed to Michigan, per a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.Black had been on staff since 2022 and was one of the Commodores’ top recruiters as well as coaching players like Khordae Sydnor and Glenn Seabrooks.Black played football at Indiana and his brother played at Michigan.The Commodores are set to hire Western Michigan co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach Seth Payne, who was an analyst on Vanderbilt’s staff in 2024, according to Matt Zenitz of 247Sports.Other members of the Vanderbilt…
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Jackson Lampley has been hired by Vanderbilt football as an assistant offensive line coach, he confirmed on social media Feb. 17.Lampley graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, the same alma mater as Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea.He was an offensive lineman at rival Tennessee under Josh Heupel from 2019-24. Lampley played in 52 games and was a four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member.His father, Brad, played offensive tackle for Tennessee and blocked for quarterback Peyton Manning under coach Phillip Fulmer.After graduating from UT, Lampley began his coaching career as an offensive intern at LSU under coach Brian Kelly in 2025.…
Luke Babin, a three-star quarterback in the Class of 2027, has decommitted from Vanderbilt, according to a report from On3.The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Babin committed to the Commodores on Sept. 24, becoming the first commit in coach Clark Lea’s 2027 recruiting class.Babin is from Woodville, Texas, and is the No. 28-ranked quarterback in the nation, according to the 247Sports Composite, with offers from Oklahoma State, Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech and more.During his junior season, Babin completed 179-of-284 passes for 3,063 yards with 40 touchdowns and five interceptions, while also rushing for 562 yards and seven touchdowns.As a sophomore, Babin led Woodville…
Indiana’s football turnaround over the past two seasons is simply remarkable. Unfathomable, if you will. So, is this a trend? In the era of NIL (Name, Image, Likeness), anything is possible for those schools willing to pay.So, who’s next?Here’s our list of those schools (whether perennially dormant, once great but forgotten, or eternally struggling) that could follow in the Hoosiers’ footsteps. Listed in alphabetical order. Just imagine if Francisco Mendoza stayed at Cal? OK, that’s not a fair point. But the Golden Bears seem to be on the rise. They’ve gone to a bowl in three straight campaigns, and at…
In this story:It is go time for No. 19 Vanderbilt as the final pursuit of a SEC regular season title and even just a spot in the top four of the conference continues. The Commodores have six games left in the regular season to best position themselves for a postseason run in the conference tournament and in the NCAA Tournament.Vanderbilt is 21-4 and 8-4 in SEC play, which is two games behind Florida for the top spot in the conference and a game behind Arkansas for second in the conference. But perhaps the real docs Vanderbilt should think about is…
NASHVILLE—A year ago in moments like Vanderbilt saw Saturday, Ryker Waite and Tommy Goodin were often subjected to the dugout rail until things got out of hand enough for them to take the field or get a late-game plate appearance. Wednesday, it was Goodin and Waite who put Vanderbilt’s 15-2 win over Eastern Michigan–which ended in the run rule–out of reach. A season after the pair looked to find any semblance of playing time behind program stalwarts, Goodin was the one being subbed out before the start of the fifth inning so that Chris Maldonado could see the field. Waite was…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Rollercoaster doesn’t even begin to describe it. Missouri men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates speaks with the media on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, at the SEC Basketball Tipoff in Birmingham, Alabama. (Video courtesy Southeastern Conference)Vanderbilt’s Devin McGlockton, bottom, and Missouri’s Jayden Stone, top, battle for a loose ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)Missouri’s Trent Pierce (11) knocks the ball away from Vanderbilt’s Tyler Nickel (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G.…