Charlotte 49ers
When Charlotte decided to move from Will Healy last year, it was a necessary change for a program, that had relatively underachieved during his tenure, after his first season on campus. With the Charlotte program set to transition to the American Conference this year, the program had to identify the right coach, to help elevate the program to one that could contend in a tougher conference. They identified, Biff Poggi from Michigan, where he served as the associate head football coach to Jim Harbaugh, and was credited for helping get the Wolverines to back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances. Poggi made his name in the football world at the high school level, coaching for twenty years at the Gilman School, and at Saint Frances Academy, a powerhouse in the high school ranks. His coaching stint followed a successful career on Wall Street, where Poggi made himself a millionaire.Â
Brett Jensen from WBT News joins Jeff Rickard on Charlotte Sports Today to discuss the North Carolina sports betting bill that just passed in the Senate and the House. Governor Cooper already said he will pass the bill when it lands on his desk so we can definitely expect sports betting to be legal in […]
Daron Vaught from ESPN+ and ACCNX joins the Mac & Bone show to recap the wild first weekend of the NCAA Baseball Tournament. An eventful weekend saw six teams from North Carolina get eliminated. The teams that packed their bags and headed home for the season include UNC, NC State, Charlotte, Campbell, UNCW, and ECU. […]
The Charlotte 49ers announced the program's third Hall of Fame class on Wednesday morning and it included one of the most successful members of the basketball program. Bobby Lutz is the winningest coach in the history of Niners basketball, posting a 218-158 record in twelve seasons as the head man. In total, Lutz led the program to eight postseason appearances, including five NCAA Tournaments. He led the 1998-99 team, his first, to their highest NCAAÂ Tournament seed in program history (5) and the second round of the tourney, their deepest run outside of the run to the 1977 Final Four.
The Athletic Director of the Charlotte 49ers was a guest on the Tuesday edition of The Kyle Bailey show as he discussed the hiring of Biff Poggi as their new Head Coach in Football and the process behind it. The conversation started with the hiring process as Mike noted that they looked at many different […]
The College Football Insider for both The Athletic and FOX Sports joined Kyle Bailey on Tuesday’s edition of The Kyle Bailey Show to discuss the Charlotte 49ers New Head Coach, and Drake Maye’s growing chances at a Heisman. Earlier in the day Bruce broke the news that Charlotte has hired Michigan Associate HC and former […]
The Head Coach of the Charlotte 49ers joined Kyle Bailey on Thursday’s edition of The Clubhouse as he looked back on the 34-20 loss to UAB, along with the frustrations of a 1-6 start. Will started the interview by recapping the 34-20 loss last weekend to UAB Will said he liked some of the stops […]
The Head Coach of the Charlotte 49ers Football Team joined Kyle Bailey on Thursday’s edition of The Clubhouse to discuss how he has grown as a coach this offseason, and the challenges of starting the season on the road against FAU. One of the first things that Kyle asked Will about the defensive struggles from […]
The Celtics and Charlotte 49ers Great joined Kyle Bailey in studio on today’s edition of The Clubhouse to discuss the massive legacy that the late Bill Russell left behind. Cedric started by reacting to the passing of Icon Bill Russell yesterday at the age of 88 as he told Kyle that his passing was absolutely […]
The Head Football Coach of the Charlotte 49ers joined Kyle Bailey on a Tuesday edition of The Clubhouse as he discussed his overall outlook for the team entering the season, and how they want to gain momentum this year. Things with Will started by looking at how this is the last year the school will […]