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(570)662-4451 RELEASE DATE: 4/30/08 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Kent Phillips Elementary School reads with Mansfield University Sprint Football
“The players did a great job,” said reading specialist Marion Vaughn who coordinated the event with Mansfield Director of Athletic Operations and Information Steve McCloskey. “They learned a little about the history of football, some geography about two players from Alaska who are coming to Mansfield and most importantly that reading is import to everyone.” Seven of the more than 40 members of the sprint football program, along with head coach Dan Davis, dawned game jerseys and autographed schedule cards before reading a story to each class grades kindergarten through six. “It was actually a fun time,” said Tyler Rae of Athens about his afternoon with a kindergarten class. “I hope we get the chance to do it again.” The players also autographed a special collector’s edition sprint football that will be used as an end of the year prize for students who have read 25 books during the course of the school year. Mansfield was without a football program in 2007 for the first time since 1891 after ending the program following the 2006 season. Football will return to campus in 2008 as a member of the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL). Sprint football is varsity collegiate football that is the same in all aspects of regular football with the exception of a weight restriction of 172 pounds or less. Mansfield will be the only public institution in the nation to offer the program and ends a five day spring practice schedule today. The other members of the CSFL are Cornell University, The University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, the United States Military Academy at West Point (Army) and the United States Naval Academy (Navy) at Annapolis . Mansfield will host Princeton in a scrimmage on Sept. 20, 2008 before hosting Cornell University on Sept. 27.
RELEASE DATE: 3/04/08 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mansfield Names Dan Davis Head Sprint Football Coach
“When we decided that sprint football fit the mission of Mansfield University it was also decided that the qualities we were looking for in a head coach should also fit that mission,” said Mansfield University President Dr. Maravene Loeschke as she introduced Davis. “With 19 years of collegiate football experience, Dan Davis knows football, “Loeschke added. “But by all accounts, Coach Davis’s greatest strength lies in a history of enhancing the quality of the student-athlete experience for his players. We are very pleased to have sprint football and Coach Davis at Mansfield.” Davis leaves his position as the defensive coordinator at NCAA Division III MacMurray College (IL) to take the head coaching position at Mansfield. This marks Davis’ second stint as a collegiate head coach. He served as the head coach at McPherson College (KS) from 2000-2002. During his career he has served as offensive coordinator (Langston University (OK), Vermilion Community College (MN), defensive coordinator (SUNY-Canton (NY), Huron University (SD), Mount Allison University (NB), MacMurray College) and also as offensive line coach. Davis graduated with a BA in history from Olivet College (MI) in 1990 and received his MA in education in sports and recreation management from Chadron State College (NE) in 1993. He was a member of the Olivet College football program from 1986-88 earning a starting spot at offensive tackle. “I’m honored to become the head coach of this truly unique program,” said Davis. “The sprint football program at Mansfield is unlike any other football program at a public institution in the nation. It provides great opportunity to players, who just because of size, never though they would be able to play collegiate football. There are a lot of great kids looking for somewhere like Mansfield and we’re going to find them.” Among the large crowd that attend the press conference were two dozen Mansfield students interested in playing sprint football next fall. “A dream come true for me,” said Andrew Licwinko . “I love football and can’t wait to starting playing again. It’s exciting to be part of something as historical as this.” Mansfield dropped its 115-year old NCAA Division II football program at the conclusion of the 2006 season because of budgetary reasons. Following one season without football (2007), Mansfield has been accepted into the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) where it will compete with the five other league members: Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, the United States Military Academy at West Point (Army) and the United States Military Naval Academy at Annapolis (Navy). Mansfield is the only public university in the nation to offer a sprint football program. Sprint football has been in existence for more than 70-years and is a varsity collegiate sport that plays by the same rules as NCAA programs with the exception of a 172 pound weight limit. Mansfield will open the 2008 season by hosting Princeton University in a scrimmage on Sept. 20, 2008 before hosting Cornell University on Sept. 27, 2008 and the University of Pennsylvania on Oct. 4, 2008. To contact Dan Davis:
(570)662-4451
RELEASE DATE: 2/06/08 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Danny Moss commits to play sprint football at Mansfield – former Alaska High School quarterback
Moss, who was a freshman this season on the football team at the University of Saint Mary in Kansas, will enroll at Mansfield for the fall semester of 2008. “I’ve made my decision and I’m going to be a Mountie for the remainder of the college football career,” Moss said. “I’m very excited about the opportunity to play quarterback at Mansfield. I am very familiar with Sprint football. I looked into Cornell and its program when I was in my senior year of high school.” Sprint football is a varsity collegiate football program that’s played under the same rules as regular football with the exception that players must weight 172 pounds or less. It provides a unique opportunity for the average size student to play collegiate football. While a number of high school student-athletes have visited campus, provided information, and have already applied and been accepted at Mansfield, Moss is the first player to contact the university and officially announce he was coming to Mansfield to play sprint football. More than 25 current Mansfield University students have expressed an interest in joining the sprint football program while more than 50 on-line applications have been received from the sprint football site on GoMounties.com. Mansfield is currently in the final stages of hiring a head coach, but the University has been actively contacting high school head football coaches, administrators and guidance counselors about the unique opportunity to play sprint football at Mansfield. Steve McCloskey, Mansfield’s Director of Athletic Operations and Information along with Mountaineer football alums have done presentations to more than 500 coaches at the National Wing-T Football Clinic and the Pennsylvania State Football Coaches Association Clinic. A billboard for Mansfield Sprint Football has been erected on the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Mansfield, which dropped its NCAA Division II football program after the 2006 season, will compete in the Collegiate Sprint Football League in 2008. Mansfield will be the only public university in the nation to sponsor a sprint football program. The other members of the CSFL are Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and the United States Military Academy at West Point. Mansfield will play five games in 2008 including a scrimmage with Princeton on Sept. 20. The Mountaineers play their first official game when they host Cornell on Sept. 27, 2008. For more information or to fill out information form to play sprint football at Mansfield goes to the Mansfield athletic website at www.GoMounties.com and click on sprint football.
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CORNING,
NY – The student body at Kent Phillips Elementary School in Corning learned a
little about history, geography and reading from members of the Mansfield
University sprint football program Wednesday afternoon.
MANSFIELD
-- Dan Davis, a 19-year coaching veteran at the collegiate level, was
introduced as the head coach of the Mansfield University sprint football program
at a press conference at the university Tuesday afternoon.
MANSFIELD
– Although the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) does not have an
official first day signing, Mansfield University’s new sprint football
program received confirmation of its first officially committed recruit
from Danny Moss (Anchorage, Alaska/Diamond HS).
Welcome
to the online home for Mansfield University Sprint Football.
“I’m very pleased to announce that
football will return to our campus in 2008,” said President Loeschke at a press
conference held at Corey Creek Golf Club before alums and students.
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