Roster/Staff Updates

[EastTNMountaineer]

Would be nice to get Santana Hopper back.

Would it? lol

[Appstate88]

Fu@k you Tony!

[Appstate88]

Would be nice to get Santana Hopper back.

Would it? lol

Fu&k you Tony.

[ASUFan4863]

Maybe we’ll get some dudes to transfer from
Samford and Tulane

They (Samford) got a talented LB we have our eyes on.

[Saint3333]

This all feels dirty.

[T-Dog]

I can still hear the thwump of the extra point hitting the hand of the Redbirds player and the pall that fell over KBS in our last playoff game.

Illinois State lost tonight because of a blocked PAT in overtime. It came back around.

[biggie]

[ASUFan4863]

Nothing official at the moment so I would be very glad to be wrong on this, but Keith Jones (DL coach) is expected to move to a new opportunity. A disappointing loss during a critical time.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

Nothing official at the moment so I would be very glad to be wrong on this, but Keith Jones (DL coach) is expected to move to a new opportunity. A disappointing loss during a critical time.

Waiting until after Jan 16 would have been nice

[Saint3333]

Remember a one year coaching deal can mean you get more than a coach in the transaction.

[ASUFan4863]

Nothing official at the moment so I would be very glad to be wrong on this, but Keith Jones (DL coach) is expected to move to a new opportunity. A disappointing loss during a critical time.

Waiting until after Jan 16 would have been nice

Unfortunately for us, it is likely a situation of being offered significantly more money to be there ASAP.

[biggie]

[t4pizza]

How can this possibly be, little ole App State being able to hire a coach away from all mighty super well-funded JMU? I again reiterate that I am highly skeptical of their supposed resource advantage over us, in fact I doubt it actually exists in any meaningful way.

[BambooRdApp]

New head coach. Ole Miracle On The Mountain Billy making his own choices with coaching hires. Guy not retained.

[Oldlknapp]

I think Justin Harper is a “good ole Catawba County boy” that played at Bandys.

[Bootsy]

New head coach. Ole Miracle On The Mountain Billy making his own choices with coaching hires. Guy not retained.

Billy’s became proficient at making mistakes in recent years. Let’s hope this is another one.

[AppStFan1]

How can this possibly be, little ole App State being able to hire a coach away from all mighty super well-funded JMU? I again reiterate that I am highly skeptical of their supposed resource advantage over us, in fact I doubt it actually exists in any meaningful way.

As someone else said, he was not going to be retained. If Billy wanted to keep him he could have.

[BallantyneApp]

How can this possibly be, little ole App State being able to hire a coach away from all mighty super well-funded JMU? I again reiterate that I am highly skeptical of their supposed resource advantage over us, in fact I doubt it actually exists in any meaningful way.

It doesn’t in any way I’ve seen. Virginias reporting laws are different than NCs.

Bob Chesney was making less than Clark and Loggains. Napier is making less than loggains (without fl buyout)

We had a bigger coaching pool. Their bball coach makes about 25k more than kerns.

I suspect that at least up until this year we had more nil funds. Who knows how the cfp run has affected them. Can you imagine how much the coffers would be getting filled if we made it to the cfp?

[Boonedoc]

JMU has the highest student fees in VA, and one of highest in nation.


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https://cardinalnews.org/2025/12/18/jam ... he-nation/

[BambooRdApp]

I thought that the student fees have to decrease over time as part of their joining the SBC. I may be incorrect on that item. However, that is what I had heard.