By Travis Johnson The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Kanye Clary scored 27 points, Ace Baldwin Jr. added 20 and Penn State beat No. 11 Wisconsin 87-83 on Tuesday night for its first win over an AP Top 25 team under coach Mike Rhoades. The Nittany Lions (9-9, 3-4 Big Ten) had to ...
Iowa football cleaning house IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa receivers coach Kelton Copeland has been fired, defensive coordinator Phil Parker received a significant raise, and Seth Wallace was named assistant head coach. Coach Kirk Ferentz, who announced the moves Tuesday, also said his search for an offensive coordinator is continuing. Copeland coached the receivers for seven years. The Hawkeyes have had one of the least productive offenses for three straight seasons, and no receiver ranked among the top 30 in the Big Ten in 2023. Parker, winner of the Frank Broyles Award as the ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State football is hiring Vanderbilt tight ends coach and special teams coordinator Justin Lustig as special teams coordinator, according to a report from 247Sports. Lustig, who is originally from Erie and had a collegiate career at Bucknell, has also been the Commodores’ assistant head coach for the past three seasons. Lustig is a Broyles Award nominee, which is given to the nation’s top assistant coach. Prior to Vanderbilt, Lustig was also the special teams coordinator at Syracuse for four seasons. He’s also served in that role at Ball State, Louisiana ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State is losing its special teams coordinator. Multiple media outlets are reporting that Stacy Collins is leaving to join Boise State’s staff. Collins, who spent two years at PSU, is expected to coach special teams and linebackers at Boise, where he coached prior to joining the Nittany Lions’ staff. Collins’ departure means James Franklin will be replacing its third coordinator in the past two months. Offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich was fired in November and replaced by Andy Kotelnicki, and defensive coordinator Manny Diaz left to become ...
Wrestling: Indiana at PSU Start: 1 p.m., Rec Hall, University Park Records: Indiana (3-1 overall, 0-1 Big Ten); Penn State (3-0 overall, 0-0 Big Ten). TV: Big Ten-Plus Internet: www.gopsusports.com Notable: PSU will open its Big Ten slate against Indiana. The Hoosiers are off to a 3-1 start, and recently got a third-place finish at the prestigious Southern Scuffle. … Indiana has three ranked wrestlers in 141-pounder Dan Fongaro (23rd), 149-pounder Graham Rooks (14th), and 165-pounder Tyler Lillard (23rd). … PSU is coming off a cross-country trip at Oregon State where the ...
From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Brooks Barnhizer scored a career-high 23 points, Boo Buie had 17 points and eight assists and Northwestern beat Penn State, 76-72, on Wednesday night for its first win in the series since the 2019-20 season. Northwestern (12-3, 3-1 Big Ten), which snapped a five-game losing streak in the series, won at Penn State for the first time since Dec. 27, 2016. Barnhizer made a reverse layup to give Northwestern a 72-65 lead with 1:50 remaining, but Kanye Clary answered with a 3-pointer at the other end. The Wildcats were called for an offensive ...
