KSU Ramps Up Football Coaching Search

The Owls are expected to announce their first-ever head football coach this month.

Less than a month after announcing the addition of varsity football, Kennesaw State is working fast to have its first head coach in place. Multiple media reports indicate that KSU athletics director Vaughn Williams could make make the hire by the end of March, enabling him to assemble a staff and begin recruiting players to make up the first team that will take the field in 2015. The Marietta Daily Journal earlier this week quoted Williams as saying that "our short list of candidates is formulating very quickly." The newspaper speculated on a number of possible candidates, including former Marietta High School quarterback Andy McCollum, currently an assistant coach at Georgia Tech; former University of Georgia, Atlanta Falcons and Auburn …

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Kennesaw to Discuss Details of Football Program Today

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on Wednesday approved Kennesaw State’s request for a football program.

Six years after Kennesaw State University began its quest to launch a football program, school leaders this afternoon will formally announce plans to kick off its inaugural season in 2015. Legendary University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley will join university president Daniel S. Papp and athletic director Vaughn Williams at today's briefing, which is scheduled for 4 p.m. today at the KSU Convocation Center, 1000 Chastain Rd. And the first 750 students at today's press conference will receive a free T-shirt, according to the school's Twitter feed. Dooley was the leader of the exploratory committee that worked to bring football to the state's third-largest university. When the team begins play in 2015, they will be part of the NCAA…

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Football Coming to Kennesaw State

The university can begin a search for a head football coach.

Score one for Kennesaw State. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia today approved Kennesaw State’s request for a football program. "Touchdown," Kennesaw athletic director Vaughn Williams said. The decision comes a little more than one month after the board decided to take Kennesaw State’s request for a football program "under further study." At the time, board spokesman John Millsaps said "the number of athletic-related fee requests being submitted by institutions is an indication that a more systematic and coordinated approach to the review of such requests is in order." Kennesaw officials, who were so sure that the board would OK their request that they prematurely scheduled a briefing to formally announce the …

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Regents Defer Decision on Kennesaw State Football

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia will take more time to study Kennesaw State's request.

John Millsaps, spokesman for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, said "it's not uncommon for agenda items to be deferred because of the regents' desire for more information. The chancellor also noted in his report to the board (which is separate from the action item in committee on the KSU fee request) that the number of athletic-related fee requests  being submitted by institutions is an indication that a more systematic and coordinated approach to the review of such requests is in order. Currently we do this for academic programs." Today was supposed to be the final step in Kennesaw State's six-year quest to launch a football program. "January 8th is finally here," KSU athletic director Vaughn Williams wrote on his …

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Joe Bozeman

2:35 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

I love UGA football, but this pipe dream for KSU is just a dream. It would take at least 20 years to develop a decent program. KSU should focus on education and forget football. Take a lesson from Emory University and forget this nonsense. I predict KSU will overtake UGA in enrollment in the future, but as far as football goes, most people don't give a HOOT about the OWLS. KSU might attract top …   more ›

Vaughn Williams Joins The Golden Soldiers Board

Williams is the athletic director at Kennesaw State University.