By MONTE DUTTON Click here. On Monday, Presbyterian College honored Steve Englehart for being the national football coach of the year. On Tuesday, Englehart reportedly accepted the job at West Georgia University in Carrollton, Ga. This, of course, is no surprise. This is what happens at PC after winning seasons. Dustin Kerns had a winning …
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Paladins went a long way
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. The last time I cultivated a passion for soccer was in an Ann Arbor bar during the World Cup while I was writing about NASCAR in Michigan. My job was writing about cars going ‘round and ‘round during the time Doug Allison was raising the roof on Furman …
Bill Anderson … in my dreams
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Bill Anderson is one of the great songwriters in country-music history. I dreamed I had a conversation with “Whispering Bill” last night. Back in the NASCAR days, I bumped into well-known figures – Michael Jordan, John Prine, Dick Riley, Dick Vitale, Jay Bilas, Barney Frank – at airports. This is …
Proximity but not prestige
By MONTE DUTTON 'New' Timmons Arena (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Furman University and Bob Jones University have little in common as basketball rivals, other than both being in Greenville. They may be rival institutions but not athletics rivals. Last season, the Paladins played a couple games at BJU’s Davis Fieldhouse while Timmons Arena was …
The shot heard from the West Coast
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Doug Allison is not retiring without a fight. In his 31st and final season as men’s soccer coach at Furman, he has taken the Paladins where they have never been before. And they are taking him. It’s not often that a men’s soccer team gets higher billing than …
Harvard to bring antiquity to Timmons Arena
By MONTE DUTTON Tom House (Furman photo) Click here. For as long as I can remember, fans of private schools have referred, mostly tongue in cheek, as their schools as “the Harvard of the South.” Furman gets to play Harvard “in the South” when the Paladins host the Crimson at Timmons Arena on Saturday at …
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Devils fall short, but numbers were prolific
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) rushed for a school-record 334 yards against Landrum (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Clinton High School has won nine state football championships. In all-time victories, the Red Devils rank 10th in the state’s history with 715. The leader is Summerville with 856. The only other school above 800 is …
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It’s the best holiday of the year
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Thanksgiving was great, which has not always been the case. It’s my favorite holiday. All good. None of the pettiness that accompanies other celebrations. Everyone gets along. It was great to reacquaint myself with the five kids of my nephew and his wife. A rough year began with a month …
Paladins reach finals of Florida tourney
By MONTE DUTTON Alex Wilkins (Furman photo) A talented group of Paladins showed some potential in Thursday’s 73-72 victory over Richmond in the opening game of the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla. Click here. Furman will be back on ESPN2 on Friday at 3 p.m., taking on Illinois State (5-2) in the …
What’s next for Englehart?
By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The Football Championship Subdivision, the lower tier of NCAA Division I, named Presbyterian College’s Steve Englehart as one of five district winners of the American Football Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year race. Earlier this week, Englehart, 48, was named as one of the 15 …
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