Incarnate Word to Start Football Program

[BigApp]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA041707.01D.FBC.uiw.football.35bc845.html


University of the Incarnate Word president Louis Agnese will announce today the school is starting a football program, sources told the San Antonio Express-News on Monday.

Sources said (New Orleans Saints owner Tom) Benson, whose business empire is headquartered in San Antonio, is donating money to get the program started. The plans, sources said, call for the school to kick off its first season as early as 2009.

Tentative plans also call for a facility with approximately 3,000 seats to be built on campus on the site of the soccer field, adjacent to the McDermott Center, sources said. Benson's name likely would be attached to the facility.

UIW is a member of the non-football playing, Division II Heartland Conference.

[BigApp]

so........Tom Benson is the big moolah behind a school in SAN ANTONIO starting up a D2 college football program...doesn't quite quell those rumours about the Saints moving, does it?

[Fresno St. Alum]

yup, bigapp i posted it on the UTSA starting football thead. I hope UIW gets into the LSC in D-II. It seems weird that benson backs the D-II school and not D-I UTSA

[BigApp]

are you the Fresno St Alum that posts on D2football.com?

[Fresno St. Alum]

yes sir that would be me, I kept the name so it would be easy to find me. I started the thread about the russsians taking over in D-II on the lounge board

[Coastal89]

Coastal's strength coach for baseball is a graduate of UIW. I'd never heard of it before I read his bio.
http://goccusports.com/chantspics/gabriel-brian.jpg
Brian Gabriel
First Yeat at Coastal
Incarnate Word
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach

[Tod]

yup, bigapp i posted it on the UTSA starting football thead. I hope UIW gets into the LSC in D-II. It seems weird that benson backs the D-II school and not D-I UTSA

Religious reasons, maybe? xconfusedx

[Fresno St. Alum]

I guess, I wonder if he'll become delusional and try and get them into D-I

[TexasTerror]

Already got this covered on the UTSA thread...

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17323&page=9

Regardless, I'm not sure Incarnate Word is in position to go into the LSC. They'll stick to the Heartland Conference. It is good to see scholarship football in San Antonio. Perhaps UTSA will take notice!

[dungeonjoe]

what will Incarnate Word's mascot be?

[proasu89]

what will Incarnate Word's mascot be?
xlolx My wife, who is a local pastor in the UMC, said the exact same thing when I told her about it.xeyebrowx She said no Demon Deacons or Blue Devils please

[dungeonjoe]

xlolx My wife, who is a local pastor in the UMC, said the exact same thing when I told her about it.xeyebrowx She said no Demon Deacons or Blue Devils pleaseHow about the Fighting Presence?

[TexasTerror]

My first job out of college was at an institution with religious ties that had the mascot of the Blue Devil. There had been several attempts to get rid of it. The only thing they succeeded in was not having a school image with the Blue Devil, but instead heavily pushed just the initials of the school in each image promoting the school...

The existing, non-existent mascot...

[LeopardFan04]

what will Incarnate Word's mascot be?


Curiosity got the better of me...they are the Cardinals...


http://www.uiw.edu/athletics/images/football-bird%203.jpg


not a bad logo either...

[slycat]

Curiosity got the better of me...they are the Cardinals...


http://www.uiw.edu/athletics/images/football-bird%203.jpg


not a bad logo either...

ive always wondered about this school since we played them in womens basketball before. then i drove by it a couple weeks ago and finally figured out what it was.

im sure utsa fans are upset that IW got to it first.

[bulldog10jw]

soon to have a campus in my town:

http://az-goodyear.civicplus.com/Archive.asp?ADID=1211

(GOODYEAR) – The City of Goodyear has taken a major step toward becoming the home of a private institute of higher learning by agreeing to lease 20 acres of City-owned land to the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) at a cost of $1/year for 30 years. The site is within a 100-acre park site adjacent to Goodyear’s future City Center.

[dbackjon]

soon to have a campus in my town:

http://az-goodyear.civicplus.com/Archive.asp?ADID=1211

(GOODYEAR) – The City of Goodyear has taken a major step toward becoming the home of a private institute of higher learning by agreeing to lease 20 acres of City-owned land to the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) at a cost of $1/year for 30 years. The site is within a 100-acre park site adjacent to Goodyear’s future City Center.


Arizona is strangely absent of private, four-year traditional colleges - Grand Canyon U is about the only one in the state.

[Fresno St. Alum]

I wish I was online to answer the Cardinals question, ask me any college nickname even NCCAA and USCAA and I can tell you. I e-mailed that smargon college nickname website guy and showed him the 20 or so updates he need to put in. He didn't e-mail me back. Only way I wouldn't know is if the school just changed their nickname and I didn't hear about it

[TexasTerror]

A familiar face to those in the SLC is looking at Incarnate Word...
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Incarnate Word football: Looking for a second chance, former Texas State coach Manny Matsakis said he has applied for the UIW job.

Matsakis might be considered a long shot considering he was fired following an investigation that uncovered 12 secondary NCAA violations after one season at Texas State in 2003, when the Bobcats finished 4-8.

Matsakis, 45, lives in Columbus, Ohio, and runs a college football magazine publications firm known as Big Season Sports.

He recruited former Texas State standouts Barrick Nealy and Fred Evans to San Marcos.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA051707.06C.LOCarea.report.350d2f0.html

[slycat]

A familiar face to those in the SLC is looking at Incarnate Word...
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Incarnate Word football: Looking for a second chance, former Texas State coach Manny Matsakis said he has applied for the UIW job.

Matsakis might be considered a long shot considering he was fired following an investigation that uncovered 12 secondary NCAA violations after one season at Texas State in 2003, when the Bobcats finished 4-8.

Matsakis, 45, lives in Columbus, Ohio, and runs a college football magazine publications firm known as Big Season Sports.

He recruited former Texas State standouts Barrick Nealy and Fred Evans to San Marcos.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA051707.06C.LOCarea.report.350d2f0.html

xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

they can have him.

[BigApp]

A familiar face to those in the SLC is looking at Incarnate Word...
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Incarnate Word football: Looking for a second chance, former Texas State coach Manny Matsakis said he has applied for the UIW job.

Matsakis might be considered a long shot considering he was fired following an investigation that uncovered 12 secondary NCAA violations after one season at Texas State in 2003, when the Bobcats finished 4-8.

Matsakis, 45, lives in Columbus, Ohio, and runs a college football magazine publications firm known as Big Season Sports.

He recruited former Texas State standouts Barrick Nealy and Fred Evans to San Marcos.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA051707.06C.LOCarea.report.350d2f0.html

might be considered a long shot? xlolx

[TexasTerror]

The finalists for the Incarnate Word head coaching job...a familiar face included for some of you, SLC fans...

Finalists due for interviews: The three finalists for the coaching job at Incarnate Word's new Division II football program are due in San Antonio next week for on-campus interviews.

Former Air Force defensive backs coach Dean Campbell, 57, is scheduled for Monday. On Tuesday, it's Richard Cundiff, 56, the former head coach at Texas A&M-Kingsville. Mike Santiago, 51, a former head coach at Stephen F. Austin, will be in town Wednesday.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA060707.04C.LOCarea.report.350ce77.html

[BigApp]

I'll bet Cundiff

[NoCoDanny]

Isn't Benson from San Antonio? So no conspiracy in the works I don't think.

[NoCoDanny]

I wish I was online to answer the Cardinals question, ask me any college nickname even NCCAA and USCAA and I can tell you. I e-mailed that smargon college nickname website guy and showed him the 20 or so updates he need to put in. He didn't e-mail me back. Only way I wouldn't know is if the school just changed their nickname and I didn't hear about it


OK, I got one for you, Fresno State?

[Fresno St. Alum]

seriously? Bulldogs

[TexasTerror]

UIW interviews former McN asst, SFA head coach...Mike Santiago...

Football: Incarnate Word interviews third finalist

Web Posted: 06/13/2007 10:03 PM CDT

Jerry Briggs
Express-News

Bobby Keasler hired Mike Santiago to be the offensive coordinator at McNeese State University in 1990.

He never regretted the decision.

"When we got there, McNeese had been down for a number of years," Keasler said. "We wanted to turn that around, and Mike was one of the keys. He was a good recruiter, and he was excellent with kids on the field, a good teacher"

As head coach at McNeese for nine seasons, Keasler — with Santiago by his side — led the Cowboys to four Southland Conference titles and seven trips to the Division I-AA playoffs.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA061407.01D.FBCuiw.coach.330b7e9.html

[Fresno St. Alum]

TT, there is talk of C.Oklahoma eventually getting in the the MIAA as a 12th member. This could open a spot for Incarnate Word in the LSC. They could get in anyway since there are 13 FB members in the LSC right now. However it would leave an odd number of 15 for B-Ball if UIW got in. What do you think?

[TexasTerror]

TT, there is talk of C.Oklahoma eventually getting in the the MIAA as a 12th member. This could open a spot for Incarnate Word in the LSC. They could get in anyway since there are 13 FB members in the LSC right now. However it would leave an odd number of 15 for B-Ball if UIW got in. What do you think?

What's wrong with the Heartland Conference? Doesn't have football, but UIW could survive as an independent as they got started up. Enough FB schools in the region.

[TexasTerror]

UIW has their man...former SFA head coach and McNeese assistant, Mike Santiago...

Santiago to coach UIW football team
Web Posted: 06/18/2007 05:06 PM CDT

Jerry Briggs
Express-News Staff Writer

Mike Santiago, who guided Stephen F. Austin to a Southland Conference football co-championship in 1999, is expected to be named head coach of the inaugural football team at the University of the Incarnate Word.

A news conference to introduce the coach is scheduled for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at UIW's International Conference Center.

"I would love to talk about it right now," Santiago said. "I'm really in a quandary. All I can say is that I can't confirm it or deny it."

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA061807.WEBuiwcoach.en.175e45fa.html

[slycat]

UIW has their man...former SFA head coach and McNeese assistant, Mike Santiago...

Santiago to coach UIW football team
Web Posted: 06/18/2007 05:06 PM CDT

Jerry Briggs
Express-News Staff Writer

Mike Santiago, who guided Stephen F. Austin to a Southland Conference football co-championship in 1999, is expected to be named head coach of the inaugural football team at the University of the Incarnate Word.

A news conference to introduce the coach is scheduled for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at UIW's International Conference Center.

"I would love to talk about it right now," Santiago said. "I'm really in a quandary. All I can say is that I can't confirm it or deny it."

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA061807.WEBuiwcoach.en.175e45fa.html

sounds like a good hire to me. he'll have recruitung set up in this region already.

[TexasTerror]

Hired...

Santiago takes reins as UIW's first football coach

Web Posted: 06/19/2007 10:52 PM CDT

Jerry Briggs
Express-News

Barely two months after announcing the birth of a college football program, officials at the University of the Incarnate Word have given one man a chance to continue living a coach's dream.

For Mike Santiago, it's not just any dream.

"I've always wanted to coach at a Catholic institution," Santiago said Tuesday at a news conference on the UIW campus. "I've always wanted to start a program from scratch — I think a lot of coaches have."

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA062007.01C.FBCuiw.santiago.3288179.html

[chrisattsu]

I hope Tarleton schedules a road game against them the year they get a team. I would rather drive 20 minutes to SA to see a game than 3.5 hours to Stephenville.