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Football Head Coach Mario Cristobal has been named Miami’s Coach of the Year by Miami New Times as a part of its Best of 2011 feature. Cristobal, the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year, is coming off his fourth season at the helm of the Panthers. A season [...]
The FIU Athletic Department’s continued dedication to academic excellence became apparent with the release of the seventh-annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) report, announced May 24 by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In the report, the university’s athletic programs registered their highest multi-year scores across the board in the seven-year [...]
Four nationally televised games will highlight the 2011 FIU football schedule as the Panthers set out to defend their Sun Belt Conference Championship. “This year’s schedule will be a good test for FIU,” Athletic Director Pete Garcia said. “The team is coming off its most successful season and this schedule [...]
More than two thousand fans joined the 2010 football team to celebrate FIU’s Sun Belt and Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Championship at the Hot-n-Ready Panther Party Jan. 28. Students, faculty, staff and alumni cheered as the team took the stage in the Graham Center Ballrooms. Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz presented the [...]
WHAT: Little Caesars Pizza Bowl celebration WHEN: Friday, Jan. 28, 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. WHERE: GC Ballrooms WHO: Everyone’s invited. Sponsored by SGA. Special guests: 2010 FIU Champion Football Team Students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to celebrate FIU Football’s historic bowl victory on Friday, Jan. 28 at [...]
The football team boarded buses for Detroit Thursday morning (Dec. 23) on their way to FIU’s first bowl game. The Panthers will take on the Toledo Rockets in the 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Dec. 26 at 8:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN. Don’t want to watch [...]
With preparations under way for FIU’s first-ever Bowl game, Head Coach Mario Cristobal, quarterback Wes Carroll and safety Jonathan Cyprien took time out to address the local and national media about the opportunity to play the Toledo Rockets in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. The game will be played on [...]
