...added. "We lack nothing. We have no built-in excuses. If we're not successful, it's my fault."Many mid-major coaches are feeling the same way.___AP National Writer Nancy Armour contributed to this report.

...girls that I get to raise. ..."But," he said, "we've got to change."Kelsey is one of dozens of mid-major coaches hoping for a job at a big school like Ohio State someday, but he's a parent first. When he played basketball at...

...the Gamecocks to a pair of bowl wins in 2000 and 2001, but resigned before the NCAA doled out 10 violations - five major. "Coach Spurrier has enough of an ego to think he can do what Paul Dietzel, Jim Carlen and Lou Holtz couldn't do in front...

...flag from sports in South Carolina the past six months as the NAACP's tourism boycott gained momentum. Almost every major coach, including South Carolina's Lou Holtz, has weighed in about it. Some competitors at the women's Olympic marathon...

...to travel far from home to attend college. "I didn't want to go that far away," Walker said. "But a lot of major coaches say that it's my best choice. It's a struggle not getting that class and having to have everything in doubt...

...to travel far from home to attend college. "I didn't want to go that far away," Walker said. "But a lot of major coaches say that it's my best choice. It's a struggle not getting that class and having to have everything in doubt...

...the minor leagues in home runs. At age 56, he goes to Indianapolis representing all the good low-major and mid-major coaches who never got a chance to live basketball's biggest stage.