Articles tagged: Derrick Gragg
Eastern Michigan women's basketball coaching job a 'dream come true' for Tory Verdi
Posted: Apr 26, 2012Each time Tory Verdi has taken another step in his basketball coaching career, he's received a phone call from his father. When he left a job with the WNBA's Connecticut Sun to be an assistant ... Read more »
With lengthy football losing streak over, Eastern Michigan keeps focus on future improvement
Posted: Oct 21, 2010Eastern Michigan sophomore defensive lineman Andy Mulumba leads his team's post-game celebration after the Eagles snapped an 18-game losing streak with a 41-38 overtime win at Ball State. (Photo courtesy of Eastern Michigan University) Susan ... Read more »
EMU AD: MAC could issue invitations to new members in near future
Posted: Sep 21, 2010Eastern Michigan University athletic director Derrick Gragg wouldn’t be surprised if the Mid-American Conference issues invitations to one or two institutions to join the MAC in the near future. “I think the MAC is going ... Read more »
With video: Eastern Michigan breaks ground on $3.9 million indoor practice facility
Posted: Oct 20, 2009As an Eastern Michigan University search committee interviewed football coaching candidates last winter, all eight asked for the same thing: An indoor practice facility. An indoor facility, they said, would aid in year-long training and ... Read more »
Mid-season review: Even at 0-5, Eastern Michigan football coach Ron English doesn't sweat
Posted: Oct 14, 2009Even without a victory so far this season, Ron English isn't acting frustrated. The first-year Eastern Michigan coach remains locked in on small things, largely ignoring the Eagles' 0-5 start in exchange for ground-level improvements ... Read more »
Eastern Michigan University to host Michigan State in football and basketball
Posted: Aug 20, 2009Rynearson Stadium has never hosted a Big Ten opponent.Thanks to an agreement between Michigan State and the state's three Mid-American Conference schools, that will soon change. Read more »
Eastern Michigan University teams with Ypsilanti Chamber for 5K run prior to football opener against Army
Posted: Aug 17, 2009Derrick Gragg has long believed that game day at Eastern Michigan University has to about more than football. Gragg, the university's athletic director, has fought to change a long-standing tradition of poor attendance at a ... Read more »
Eastern Michigan University women's football clinic teaches skills, camaraderie
Posted: Jul 25, 2009Georgia Hauk is certainly no stranger to football. As a high school cheerleader who grew up in football-crazy small town, the 67-year-old retired Ann Arbor elementary school teacher spent her Friday nights on the sidelines, ... Read more »
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