Coach Lew Johnston (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) How are you handling diplomacy? by Lew Johnston (a special contribution to the Coaches Corner) A retired teacher/friend of mine stirred up a hornet’s nest last week! She is a member of the same fitness center that I belong to. A very nice lady, but don’t push her. She…
T.C. Williams Head Coach James Longerbeam (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruitNoVA) T.C. Williams head coach Jimmy Longerbeam takes the head coaching job at Riverside High School by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA In a surprise move, T.C. Williams head coach James Longerbeam will be pulling his stakes out of the Alexandria turf and moving out to Loudoun County to…
ODU Football (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit757) 12 sign with ODU Football, including two in-state athletes by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Coach Ricky Rahne and the ODU Football coaching staff added 12 more scholarship athletes to the fold on signing day. The Monarchs signed six in the early signing period, giving the program 18 signees in the 2020…
Corey Wilson on National Signing Day at Phoebus (Photo: Brandon Mitchell/recruit757) 13 student athletes sign with Hampton, including six from Virginia by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Coach Robert Prunty rounded out Hampton’s 2020 recruiting class with a solid haul of 13 additional athletes for the Pirates’ football team. Six of the student-athletes are in-state, and four…
Malachi Imoh (Graphic courtesy of William and Mary Athletics) William and Mary nets five more signees, including four from Virginia by Andy Hilton, recruit757 On top of their early signing period haul of eleven student-athletes, William and Mary pulled in five more signees on Wednesday. William and Mary head coach Mike London expressed his contentment…
Apprentice School Football (Photo courtesy of Apprentice School athletics) The Apprentice School add 16 players on National Signing Day 2020 by Andy Hilton, recruit757 (with some content from the Newport News Apprentice School athletics department) The Apprentice School has been giving athletes a great opportunity for years. This year’s National Signing Day haul had the…
Chase Soper (Photo courtesy of JMU Athletics) NoVA athletes have been busy on National Signing Day, and there’s more to come by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA ‘Tis the season. Commit season, that is, and recruitNoVA.com is working hard to keep up with the commits and signings of football players throughout the Northern Virginia region. A least…
North Carolina A&T would give Hampton University some HBCU company in the Big South Conference by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The Greensboro News and Record reports that North Carolina A&T, a historically black university, will announce on Friday that they are leaving the MEAC for the Big South Conference. Jeff Mills reports: “The move is pending…
Ronnie Walker (R) and Ricky Slade (Photos: Kim McCaffrey and Andy Hilton/recruit757) Ricky Slade and Ronnie Walker have entered the NCAA Transfer Portal by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Virginia and Virginia Tech missed them the first time. Could we see Ricky Slade and/or Ronnie Walker come home to finish their college careers? In the recruiting class…
South County Head Coach Gerry Pannoni (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruitNoVA) Gerry Pannoni steps down at South County, will head to New Mexico by Jim McGrath Gerry Pannoni, the head football coach of 2019 Class 6 state champion South County, stunned the Northern Virginia football community on Monday as he announced that he will be leaving the…