Former FIU Men’s Soccer player Robin Fraser has signed a deal to become the next head coach of the Colorado Rapids in the MLS. Fraser played defense for FIU Soccer from 1984-1988 and won the Division II national championship in 1984. Fraser also took part in FIU Soccer’s first two seasons in Division I soccer. […]
Peter Holland, Jr.//Asst. Sports Director On Nov. 14, FIU confirmed Butch Davis has agreed to a five-year contract to be the University’s new football head coach. This was after rumors from multiple sources speculating that Davis was the frontrunner for the position. Athletic Director Pete Garcia and Davis were both at University of Miami, where […]
Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Director For four years, Taylor Shade would wake up early for her morning classes and then would have to keep that same energy for basketball practice in the afternoon. After practice, she had to do treatment, followed by tutoring that lasted for two hours. By the time Saturday came, Shade […]
Alejandro Solana // Staff Writer In a bizarre turn of events, Interim Head Coach Ron Cooper has somehow managed to salvage the 2016 season and lead the Panthers to three straight wins – the most recent this past weekend against Conference USA opponent Charlotte. With their record now at 3-4 with all three wins coming […]
I’m not sure if anyone has told the offensive players for the Panthers, but they should not strive for being ranked in the 100s when there are only about 120 teams in Division I football. When you look at a team that pulls in ranks of 123 out of 123 possible football programs for total […]
After limping to a 1-6 start to begin the year, the FIU football team looks to salvage what’s left of its season as they welcome Conference USA rival East Carolina. The C-USA leading Pirates come to Miami with a record of 5-2 and a conference record of 3-1 and just having beaten Southern Mississippi by […]
The presence of the biggest name to come out of the football program wasn’t enough to help the Panthers against Louisiana Tech. T.Y. Hilton, arguably the most successful Panther in the NFL to date, was unable to attract fans or even what looked to be some players to FIU Stadium as the Panthers fell to […]
Some think that the only jobs that stay in the family are running a restaurant or keeping a farm. Nowadays, the sidelines of football teams are seeing more and more familiar last names. Family trees have sprouted on-campus as well as in other universities. The patriarch of the “Turner tree” is Head Coach Ron Turner. […]
Wide receiver Rockey Vann had only two catches in the homecoming game against the Blazers of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Those two catches helped him rack up 88 yards for the day. Vann has a total of three receptions for 112 yards, which is an average of just over 37 yards a play. […]
No one, myself included, expected much out of the Panthers football team this season. They have met that expectation, if not exceeded it, with only one win this season. That win, which came at the last second in a game saving play by defensive tackle Isame Faciane, against a team that hasn’t won since I […]
The Panthers returned to campus for their homecoming game in this 2013 season, but that’s all she wrote, as they fell to the Blazers of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A much closer game than earlier games in the season, the Panthers once again hurt themselves and allowed the Blazers to march 70 yards […]
The Panthers drop to 1-5 overall and 1-1 in Conference USA play with a 27-24 loss against the Blazers of the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the homecoming game on the night of Saturday, Oct. 12. “We’re not going to go out there every week and have everything go perfectly,” Head Coach Ron Turner […]
