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Gary Goff, the newly appointed head coach of the University of Arkansas at Monticello football program, arrives with a track record of revitalizing Division II teams. With quarterback Drew Forkner leading a blend of transfers and returning lettermen, the Boll Weevils hope to break a long‑standing conference title drought and secure their first winning season in the Great American Conference.
The Valdosta Wildcats will open the 2026 season against Jones County on Aug. 21, marking the first regular‑season meeting between two programs with contrasting recent histories.
Prairie View A&M's championship‑winning coach Tremaine Jackson criticizes the Texas High School Coaches Association for omitting his staff from its annual convention, framing the snub as part of a broader pattern of disrespect toward HBCU programs.
Valdosta (Ga.) leads the nation with 977 all‑time victories, while programs from Ohio, Kentucky, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Louisiana are poised to join the exclusive 1,000‑win club. Upcoming schedules reveal early‑season matchups that could accelerate their chase.
Alden Wright, a senior at Sherwood Christian Academy in Georgia, ranks sixth in his class with a 4.0 GPA, excels in soccer, football, basketball, cross‑country, track and mock trial, and coaches youth soccer while looking ahead to a double major in business and mechanical engineering at Mercer University.
Beauregard High School announced the hiring of Seneric McCurdy, a 2009 graduate and former linebacker, as its new head football coach, tasking him with restoring the program’s storied standards.