College – New England Football Journal®

Dexter Southfield has impressive run going producing Division 1 offensive linemen

February 24, 2025

Whether public or private, high schools around here have been able to produce top tier offensive linemen for a long, long time. As far back as the 80’s if you want to get technical. More recently, the Lindstroms, Zak Zinter, Drew Kendall and Ozzy Trapilo have all raised the bar when it comes to representing New England and that big boy fraternity up front. The private schools will always have……

College Football Journal for 2/23/25

February 23, 2025

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Here is this week’s edition of the college football journal. From Boston College, to Holy Cross to UMass, there is plenty to talk about. Harasymiak and staff make favorable impression with alumni: Joe Harasymiak introduced his coaching staff at the State of the Program event at the UMass Club. By all accounts, Harasymiak and his staff made quite an impression. It was a good start to what should be an interesting……

Curran adds & promotes some staff ahead of Year 2 with Holy Cross

February 23, 2025

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Coming off a share of a sixth straight Patriot League title – the first league title of his career – Dan Curran has made a few adjustments to his coaching staff for 2025. The Crusaders announced a handful of promotions and one addition on Saturday. Bo Alexander is the new defensive line coach. Westin Elliott is now the running backs coach. Matt Schell is the new passing game coordinator on…

Spring football games are quickly becoming a thing of the past

February 22, 2025

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Image courtesy of Boston College Athletics Spring football games could become a thing of the past thanks to the changing climate in college football. Once a staple of the spring sports calendar, spring football games are now being cancelled across the country. Nebraska, Texas and USC are among the programs that have announced they are not doing a spring game this year. Several other programs, including Boston College are debating……

Bill Belichick lands top 2026 recruit in Massachusetts with commitment from Anthony Hall

February 21, 2025

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BROOKLINE – For those that doubted Bill Belichick’s recruiting ability, you may want to reconsider your stance. Dexter Southfield offensive lineman Anthony ‘U-Haul’ Hall – the top recruit in Massachusetts for the class of 2026 – announced his commitment to the Tar Heels in front of a packed gymnasium at the school around 1:00 on Friday afternoon. Hall gave an emotional speech where he was brought to tears thanking his…

Harasymiak makes a few more staff moves official with UMass

February 19, 2025

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As Joe Harasymiak continues to get comfortable in Amherst, he’s making sure he surrounds himself with quality people and coaches. On Tuesday, Harasymiak and the Minutemen announced three more moves with his staff ahead of spring ball starting in a few weeks. Josh Heinrich was named Chief of Staff, Jared Osumah is now the General Manager and Kevin Juszynski is the Director of Football Operations. Heinrich spent the last six…

Santos makes a few tweaks to UNH staff ahead of 2025 season

February 18, 2025

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The quest for a 17th playoff appearance in the last 21 seasons doesn’t begin for a few weeks with the start of spring practice, but UNH head coach Ricky Santos is continuing to tweak his staff in the offseason. On Tuesday, the Wildcats announced four different moves within the program as it pertains to the staff. Jaysen Thompson is now the Wildcats’ defensive line coach. Isaiah Gilmore is now the…

Jim Mora announces some reshuffling of UConn coaching staff

February 18, 2025

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As we reported a few weeks back, Pryce Tracy is on board as UConn’s newest passing game coordinator, which the school made official with a release on Tuesday. Also in that release were a few other coaching moves made by Mora, further expanding the depth of the staff and allowing his kids to have all sorts of knowledge and experience at their disposal, while still keeping things together for the…

Defending NEC champs Central Connecticut State release 2025 schedule

February 18, 2025

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The defending NEC champs are back at it soon for spring ball, but fans got their chance to look ahead to the regular season for the first time on Tuesday. Adam Lechtenberg’s Blue Devils now have their full schedule set and released it on social media right around noon. CCSU immediately open with in-state rival UConn – a team they nearly upset a year ago – to get things rolling…