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Utah's Jonah Elliss becomes latest in family to join NFL, selected No. 76 overall to Broncos
Josh Furlong, KSL.com | Posted April 26 - 8:11 p.m. | Save Story
The former Utes defensive end had a year left of eligibility at Utah but decided to try his hand at being the latest member of the Elliss family to play in the NFL.
BYU's Kingsley Suamataia selected in 2nd round of 2024 NFL draft by Kansas City Chiefs
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted April 26 - 7:25 p.m. | Save Story
The former five-star offensive tackle who moved back home to play football at BYU after initially signing with Oregon has found a new home in the NFL.
Former Utes safety Cole Bishop selected No. 60 overall by Buffalo Bills in NFL draft
Josh Furlong, KSL.com | Posted April 26 - 7:16 p.m. | Save Story
Three years and several accolades later as a three-year starter at safety, Bishop became the latest defensive player from Utah drafted to the NFL.
Corner Canyon's Jackson Powers-Johnson selected in 2nd round of NFL draft by Las Vegas
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted April 26 - 6:15 p.m. | Save Story
Jackson Powers-Johnson made the most of his only year as the starting center at Oregon. Now it's his time to make the most of his shot at the NFL.
Hailey Van Lith is headed to TCU for a final season after a one-year run with LSU
The Associated Press | Updated April 26 - 5:57 p.m. | Save Story
Hailey Van Lith, who joined LSU this past season and reached the Elite Eight with the defending national champion before a loss to Caitlin Clark and Iowa, is transferring to TCU for her fifth and final season. Van Lith spent her first three seasons with Louisville. She reached a Final Four and another Elite Eight with the Cardinals before deciding to join four-time champion coach Kim Mulkey's team at LSU. The guard averaged 14.5 points, four rebounds and 2.8 assists per game with the Cardinals and Tigers.
Coastal Carolina athletic director Hogue, ex-football coach Moglia changing roles
The Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 5:34 p.m. | Save Story
Coastal Carolina athletic director Matt Hogue and former football coach Joe Moglia are changing roles as the school searches for a new person in charge of the department. Hogue had led athletics since 2014. He will move to another role on July 15 in helping the school develop a center to help train sports broadcasters. Moglia has served as chairman of athletics and executive director of football since retiring as coach after the 2018 season. Moglia will give up those roles when Hogue's replacement is hired.
Hunter Dickinson announces his return to KU; UCLA signs Tyler Bilodeau from portal
The Associated Press | Updated April 26 - 2:49 p.m. | Save Story
Kansas star center Hunter Dickinson has announced he will return for a final season with the Jayhawks. Coach Bill Self also announced he has signed a fourth player from the transfer portal in Rylan Griffen, a starter on the Alabama team that reached the NCAA Final Four. Meanwhile, UCLA picked up its fourth player from the portal, adding forward Tyler Bilodeau from Oregon State. He averaged 10.7 points and 4.8 rebounds in his first two seasons with the Beavers. Bilodeau joins Skyy Clark from Louisville, Eric Dailey Jr. from Oklahoma State and Kobe Johnson from USC in Westwood.
Ex-Iowa offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz lands at Maryland as a senior offensive assistant
The Associated Press | Updated April 26 - 2:43 p.m. | Save Story
Former Iowa offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz has joined the Maryland football staff. Ferentz, the son of Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, is a senior offensive assistant and does not count as one of the Terrapins' 10 on-field coaches. Brian Ferentz will be working with an offense entering a season of change with the departure of Big Ten leading passer Taulia Tagovailoa. Brian Ferentz had been Iowa's offensive coordinator from 2017 until then-interim athletic director Beth Goetz fired him last October, effective at the end of the season.
Pac-12 players to watch as the conference gets ready to splinter across the country
The Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 2:17 p.m. | Save Story
The Pac-12 will splinter apart before fall camp starts, with all but two teams heading to new conferences. The conference, as it stands now, still has plenty of talented players, even if they'll be playing in new leagues next season. The departing teams will be loaded with talented players like Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter, Arizona receiver Tetairoa McMillan and California running back Jaydn Ott. Utah quarterback Cameron Rising also returns after missing last season with a knee injury and a handful of transfers should have huge impacts on their new teams.
Pac-12 football programs go through one last spring before heading in different directions
John Marshall, Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 2:09 p.m. | Save Story
Football programs across the Pac-12 are laying the groundwork for the 2024 season before they all go different directions. Southern California, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are headed to the Big Ten. Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado will be in the Big 12. Stanford and California are going to the Atlantic Coast Conference. That leaves a Pac-2 of Washington State and Oregon State, which have a scheduling agreement with the Mountain West Conference for at least next season.
USC gives Lindsay Gottlieb a contract extension following deepest NCAA Tournament run in 30 years
The Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 2:03 p.m. | Save Story
Southern California coach Lindsay Gottlieb has signed a contract extension through the 2029-30 season after the Trojans reached the NCAA Elite Eight in her third season. Gottlieb and star JuJu Watkins led the Trojans to a 29-6 record, and they achieved their first top-10 ranking and made their deepest NCAA Tournament run in 30 years. They were a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1986. Terms of Gottlieb's contract were not disclosed. Gottlieb said her staff set out to restore USC to the highest echelon of women's basketball and their work is not finished. Athletic director Jen Cohen announced the extension on Friday.
Starting QBs return for SEC's top 4 from last season as other teams turn to backups, transfers
John Zenor, Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 1:56 p.m. | Save Story
either via the transfer portal or backups moving into the top job. At least seven SEC teams figure to have new starting quarterbacks going into next season. It just so happens that none of them include the team ranked between fourth and ninth to end last season: Carson Beck returns at Georgia, Jalen Milroe at Alabama. Ole Miss has Jaxson Dart and Missouri has Brady Cook.
Florida center Micah Handlogten to sit out next season while recovering from a broken left leg
Mark Long, Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 1:45 p.m. | Save Story
Florida center Micah Handlogten will take a year off to fully recover from a broken left leg suffered in the Southeastern Conference championship game last month. Coach Todd Golden says Handlogten will return to the court by the fall of 2025 and "be an absolute monster." Handlogten had a rod and two screws inserted into his leg after landing awkwardly against Auburn. He still managed to rejoin the team in Indianapolis for the NCAA Tournament a few days later. Golden says making the decision now allows Handlogten to "just pour all his efforts into his rehab and not feel the pressure" of trying to get back by November.
Oregon State and Washington State face player exodus amid realignment
Anne M. Peterson, Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 1:34 p.m. | Save Story
As Oregon State and Washington State prepare to face the dissolution of the Pac-12, athletes have left in droves, including some of the schools' biggest names. Eight players from the Oregon State women's team that went to the Elite Eight this month have entered the transfer portal. Twelve players from Washington State's men's basketball team have entered the portal. The departures were not unexpected but they have nonetheless stung the fanbases. On Monday, the NCAA formally moved the what was left of the conference out of the Power Five.
Who's coming, going in Utah college basketball through the transfer portal?
KSL.com Sports | Updated April 26 - 12:07 p.m. | Save Story
Jon Rothstein sleeps in May, but the NCAA transfer portal is just getting started.
New coach Kevin Young racking up wins as Dallin Hall re-commits to BYU hoops
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted April 26 - 11:33 a.m. | Save Story
Less than two weeks in, Young — who is still with the Phoenix Suns as associate head coach through the remainder of the team's time in the playoffs — has retained most of the players from Mark Pope's roster that finished fifth in the Cougars' first season in the Big 12.
Locals in the NFL: Best available prospects from Utah ahead of Day 2 of 2024 NFL draft
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted April 25 - 11:59 p.m. | Save Story
Here's a look at the best available local prospects to be selected Friday and Saturday.
After flirting with Kentucky, Richie Saunders announces return to BYU
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted April 25 - 8:48 p.m. | Save Story
The Headband is coming back to BYU and new coach Kevin Young.
New Orleans hires Stacy Hollowell as basketball coach
The Associated Press | Updated April 25 - 7:29 p.m. | Save Story
The University of New Orleans has hired Texas Southern assistant and former Loyola-New Orleans coach Stacy Hollowell as the Privateers' basketball coach. Hollowell coached Loyola to an NAIA championship in 2022. Following that season he joined the staff of then-Mississippi coach Kermit Davis. Hollowell left Ole Miss in 2023 after Davis was fired. Hollowell coached Loyola to 166 victories in eight seasons. He was named NAIA and NABC coach of the year after the Wolf Pack's 37-1 national title campaign, which overlapped with the team's temporary displacement because of Hurricane Ida. UNO went 10-23 last season. Hollowell replaces Mark Slessinger, who left UNO to become an assistant at Indiana State.
