Former University of Richmond defensive end Lawrence Sidbury Jr. has signed his first professional football contract with the Atlanta Falcons. Sidbury's deal, announced on Friday, is for four years, but financial terms were not disclosed.
The University of Richmond athletic department has granted football coach Mike London a contract extension through the 2014 season, an agreement athletics director Jim Miller said recognized London's success with athletes on the field and in the classroom. The extension tacks another two years onto London's original five-year deal.
The honors for the University of Richmond football team continue as the Black Coaches & Administrators have named Mike London Male Coach of the Year. London, whose team won the 2008 Football Championship Subdivision title, said he had been pleasantly surprised when Floyd Keith, the executive director of BCA, notified him.
One of the most important phone calls in Lawrence Sidbury's life took longer than expected, but it finally came during the late afternoon on April 26. Sidbury, a former University of Richmond defensive end, got a call from Thomas Dimitroff, the Atlanta Falcons general manager, saying that they had selected him in the fourth round of the NFL Draft with pick No.
For the second consecutive year, the University of Richmond is sending a running back to the National Football League. Josh Vaughan signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and will attend their mini-camp next weekend in Florida. "I'm getting a chance to play in the NFL," Vaughan said.
The Atlanta Falcons have selected defensive end Lawrence Sidbury Jr. in the fourth round of Sunday's NFL Draft. Sidbury -- the No.
The offense beat the defense 45-38. The controlled scrimmage format of the game awarded the offense points for touchdowns and the defense points for forcing turnovers and making defensive stops. Fifth-year seniors Eric Ward, Matt McCracken, Seth Williams and Collin McConaghy were named captains for the 2009 team. Students and fans signed up to donate their bone marrow before the game through the National Bone Marrow Donor Program. Contact staff writer Barrett Neale at barrett.neale@richmond.edu
NFL Pro Day at UR from URCollegian on Vimeo Contact videographer Jordan Trippeer at jordan.trippeer@richmond.edu
Several University of Richmond football players participated in field drills and worked out before of NFL scouts and position coaches Thursday at First Market Stadium.
Last February, Arizona Cardinals' rookie running back Tim Hightower was finishing his degree at the University of Richmond. This February, he was catching passes from Kurt Warner on the world's largest sports stage. Readers probably already know that the 2008 Richmond graduate caught the touchdown pass that put the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII.
The national champion Richmond Spiders football team will take to the field next season with five alumni coaches following the recent appointments of Vic Shealy as defensive coordinator and Stacy Tutt as assistant coach. Shealy, a 1984 graduate, and Tutt, a 2006 graduate, join head coach Mike London, assistant head coach Jeff Hanson and assistant coach Scott Burton as former Spiders on the staff.
Video of the on-campus celebration for the Football team in the Dining Hall on Jan. 17. Contact reporter Jordan Trippeer at jordan.trippeer@richmond.edu
The University of Richmond's football coaching staff has added two new members to its ranks. Stacy Tutt, a former Spiders quarterback who spent two years in the NFL as a fullback for the New York Jets, will join the staff as an assistant coach, and Chris Stewart, who has worked at the University of Tennessee for the past 11 years, will serve as director of strength and conditioning, according to an athletics department statement released Tuesday. Tutt, who garnered 3,047 yards of total offense during his senior season in 2005, joins three other Richmond alumni on the football coaching staff -- head coach Mike London, class of 1983; assistant head coach Jeff Hanson, class of 1972; and assistant coach Scott Burton, class of 1995. London said Tutt's playing experience and close ties to Richmond would be vital to the program, especially because Tutt played with some of the team's current members. "He's talking about it from experience as opposed to somebody talking about it when they learned it from somebody else," London said, "but it's also the off-the-field contributions he'll be able to make.
The national championship wasn't the only first for the 2008 University of Richmond football team. In addition to the football team winning its first NCAA Football Championship Subdivision National Championship in 2008, two members of the team achieved firsts for the school. Head Coach Mike London was voted the American Football Coaches Association's FCS Coach of the Year, and senior defensive end Lawrence Sidbury Jr.
You know you've done something right when someone names a day after you. That's just one of the ways the city and University of Richmond are honoring the 2008 Football Championship Subdivision National Champions now that they're back on campus.
Former senior football captain Will Healy will be named Friday as either the tight end or running back coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, he confirmed in an e-mail to The Collegian. He is following former University of Richmond defensive coordinator Russ Huesman, who accepted the head coaching position at Chattanooga -- his alma mater -- just days after Richmond won its first NCAA national championship there by beating the University of Montana 24-7 on Dec.
University of Richmond defensive coordinator Russ Huesman has accepted the head coaching position for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, just three days after his defense held Montana to 39 yards rushing in the team's 24-7 national championship win. Huesman, a 1983 graduate of Chattanooga, was announced as coach during a Monday press conference at the same stadium where 48 hours earlier, he had helped Richmond win its first NCAA national championship in any sport in school history. "This is my dream job," Huesman said.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- After it became clear the University of Richmond would win its first national championship over the Montana Grizzlies 24-7, players doused coach Mike London in water, then charged the field to congratulate Montana and begin celebrating. Students, parents, alumni and other fans dropped from the stands at Finley Stadium, rushing the field to celebrate with the championship Spiders.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- University of Richmond fans traveled from near and far to witness their team win its first National Championship, while others watched from places as diverse as New York City, Washington, D.C., Ecuador and Singapore.
