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AP Sports WriterHurricanes shake up defensive coaching staff for 2021By TIM REYNOLDSManny Diaz decided someone else needed to call Miami's defensive plays. He chose himself.The Hurricanes' head coach - and former defensive coordinator - will call the plays on that side of the football in 2021, he said Thursday,...

Alcorn State, Southern picked to win SWAC divisionsBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Alcorn State and Southern are the favorites to repeat as division champions in the Southwestern Athletic Conference in a season that was moved to spring because of the pandemic.The league announced its preseason picks during the virtual media...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Southland commissioner: Time to regroup, move forward againBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The gap between emotions seemed more considerable Thursday than the distance between the Western Athletic Conference's announcement in Houston of a football rebirth and where the Southland Conference is headquartered about a four-hour's...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=No avoiding Sanders will overshadow SWAC seasonBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - If Alabama A&M coach Connell Maynor had looked up to his TV, he might have seen the SWAC's newest coach commanding the spotlight.Actually, it happens everywhere with Deion Sanders."Of course, Jackson (State) is getting...

UCLA promotes Jerry Neuheisel to wide receivers coachLOS ANGELES (AP) UCLA has promoted Jerry Neuheisel to wide receivers coach.Neuheisel played for the Bruins from 2012 to 2015 and has been a graduate assistant with the program during Chip Kelly's three years as head coach.Neuheisel has worked primarily with...

Michigan hires Mike Hart as running back mentorANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan has hired former running back Mike Hart to be the program's running back mentor.The Wolverines announced the move Wednesday. Hart is Michigan's career rushing leader, and he was the running backs coach at Indiana for the...

Associated PressProsecutors ask judge to order Graham Spanier report to jailBy MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania prosecutors want a judge to order former Penn State president Graham Spanier to begin serving a county jail sentence for endangering children by the way he responded to a complaint that Jerry...

Associated PressProsecutors ask judge to order Graham Spanier report to jailBy MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania prosecutors want a judge to order former Penn State president Graham Spanier to begin serving a county jail sentence for endangering children by the way he responded to a complaint that Jerry...

AP Sports WriterAlabama's Nick Saban already working on chasing title No. 8By JOHN ZENORNick Saban wasn't ready to contemplate his legacy moments after capturing a record seventh national championship ''because you're always looking forward.''It was time to start chasing No. 8, after all. The Crimson Tide capped off a...

Tennessee hires Kevin Steele as defensive assistant coachKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt has hired Kevin Steele as a defensive assistant coach, bringing him back to the program where the former Auburn defensive coordinator started his coaching career.Pruitt announced the hiring Tuesday.Steele was coordinator at Auburn the...

RB Markese Stepp lands at Nebraska after transfer from USCLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Running back Markese Stepp has transferred from Southern California to Nebraska, strengthening an area of need for the Cornhuskers following the departure of Wan'Dale Robinson.Stepp made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday. The 6-foot, 235-pounder appeared...

Tyson Summers out as defensive coordinator at ColoradoBOULDER, Colo. (AP) Tyson Summers is out as defensive coordinator at Colorado after two seasons.Summers was hired under former Buffaloes coach Mel Tucker in December 2018, and was one of the staff members retained by current Colorado coach Karl Dorrell.Summers is...