...Western Carolina hired former Catamounts quarterback Kent Briggs as its head coach Friday, two weeks after firing Bill Bleil in the wake of criminal charges against some players. Briggs, also a former assistant coach at Western Carolina, returned...

...you gain is a guaranteed paycheck. I think that's why every I-AA team plays ACC schools," Western Carolina coach Bill Bleil said last week before his Catamounts played Maryland. Oregon State first-year coach Dennis Erickson likes the challenge...

...include Virginia Military's Ted Cain, an Aiken native, East Tennessee State's Paul Hamilton and Western Carolina's Bill Bleil. Wofford, coached by 10-year vet Mike Ayers, begins its first year in the conference. The Terriers took the place...