Ball State will be without its offensive coordinator of three seasons for the GoDaddy Bowl. Elon University introduced Rich Skrosky as its football head coach Thursday afternoon.
For the moment, the football coaching carousel that begins spinning the first week of December has slowed down earlier than usual.
Another potential landing spot for Ball State head coach Pete Lembo was filled Wednesday night. Multiple reports confirmed Notre Dame defensive coordinator Bob Diaco will be the new head coach at Connecticut on a five-year contract.
Ball State football with be without one assistant coach for its bowl game. It was reported Wednesday afternoon that offensive coordinator Rich Skrosky will become the head coach at Elon. Skrosky, who has spent the last three seasons at Ball State under head coach Pete Lembo, will be introduced Thursday at noon as the new head coach, according to The Pendulum.
Head coach Pete Lembo is currently spending the week recruiting in the southeastern part of the country, but before he returns to campus, he has one stop to make. Mobile, Ala., for the GoDaddy Bowl news conference. On Sunday, it was announced that Ball State will play in the Jan.
Ball State football head coach Pete Lembo is on the road recruiting, but some are speculating he is interviewing for a coaching vacancy. Pete Roussel of coachingsearch.com reported Lembo was set to interview with Connecticut athletics director Warde Manuel in Atlanta today about the job. The Daily News confirmed Lembo isn’t in Muncie, but could not confirm where exactly he is.
Ron Wellman, athletic director at Wake Forest, is in Muncie today, fueling speculation that Ball State head coach Pete Lembo is a candidate for the school’s coaching vacancy.
After Ball State’s thumping of Miami on Friday, most questions directed at Keith Wenning were about the records he had just broken and his future.
Jamill Smith has been known as the local player at Ball State throughout his career. He also happens to be the smallest on the team, but that didn’t stop him from coming up big in the 55-14 win over Miami on Friday.
Keith Wenning remembers the first game he played at Scheumann Stadium. It was Ball State’s season opener against Southeast Missouri his freshman year, but his name didn’t appear in the final box score. “I went in with a couple minutes left and handed the ball off about three or four times,” Wenning said following Ball State’s 55-14 thumping over Miami.
