Indiana football head coach Tom Allen met with the media on Wednesday to provide a spring practice update. The Hoosiers began their 15 spring practice series on March 9 and will continue through April 10. Indiana concludes spring practice this weekend. The program is not holding a spring game available to the public. The Hoosiers will open the 2021 season on Sept. 4 at Iowa. See also: Deland McCullough pleased with what he has in Indiana running back room https://youtu.be/RXcahYVgeO8 Video credit – IU Athletics Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana…
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The newest member of the IU coaching staff joined fellow former IU player and Indianapolis radio voice Dan Dakich on Tuesday afternoon on 107.5 The Fan. Dane Fife and Dakich discussed his decision to leave a ten year career at Michigan State and join Mike Woodson’s staff in Bloomington. Fife also discusses his coaching career to this point and what it will take to turn around the IU program. For more interviews with current and former IU players and coaches, GO HERE. Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when…
Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson joined Sports Rush with Brett Rush on 1380 The Fan in Fort Wayne on Monday afternoon. Dolson discussed the hiring process and deciding on Mike Woodson as the next men’s basketball coach, Dane Fife returning as an assistant coach, the IU women making a deep tournament run, and plans for fans in the stands at football games this fall. For a complete library of interviews with current and former IU players, coaches and administrators, GO HERE. Want us to share your interview with a current or former IU athlete,…
Tom Izzo isn’t known for handling losses well. Few college basketball coaches are. But he was all class on Monday when the news broke that he lost his ten year assistant coach Dane Fife to Indiana. The Hall of Fame Michigan State head coach released a statement via the program’s Twitter account on Monday evening. “I’m thrilled for Dane to get this opportunity at Indiana,” Izzo wrote in the post. “He is getting the chance to go back to his alma mater and it’s an opportunity to return to a place that he and his wife have considered a second…
New Indiana head coach Mike Woodson is on a roll. Freshman forward Jordan Geronimo is the third IU player to announce he is pulling his name out of the transfer portal to remain with the Hoosiers. Geronimo, who many expected to leave the program when he put his name in the portal two weeks ago, announced the news on his Twitter page on Monday afternoon. “I believe in Coach Woodson. Let’s get to work,” Geronimo said in a graphic attached to his Twitter post. The Newark, N.J. product played in 21 gamed and averaged 2.2 points and 1.8 rebounds while…
Indiana freshman point guard Khristian Lander is staying with Indiana, he announced on Monday afternoon. The 6-foot-2 point guard put his name in the transfer portal in March after Archie Miller was fired, and indicated that he wanted to meet with new head coach Mike Woodson prior to deciding whether to stay in Bloomington. “After much thought with Coach Woodson and my family, I feel it is in my best interest to continue my basketball and academic career with Indiana,” Lander said in a statement on his Twitter page. “I want to be one of the reasons Indiana basketball gets…
Former IU player Dane Fife will become an assistant coach at Indiana under Mike Woodson. The Daily Hoosier is able to confirm a report by CBS 4’s JoJo Gentry that the former IU guard will become a member of Woodson’s first staff. Fife has been assistant coach at Michigan State under Tom Izzo since 2011. The 41 year old has been to five Sweet 16s, three Elite Eights and two Final Fours with Izzo at Michigan State. “Dane is someone who I have always had the utmost respect for,” said Woodson in a release from IU. “His knowledge of the…
Former IU basketball star Christian Watford joined Alex Roux on the Take Ten podcast to share his reaction to new Indiana head coach Mike Woodson. The 6-foot-9 Alabama product finished his career ranked ninth on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,730 points Watford was also in Bloomington recently to watch his brother Trendon play an NCAA Tournament game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for LSU and discusses what it was like to return. Best known for his famous game-winning shot against Kentucky in 2011, Watford also shares some perspectives on that moment. https://youtu.be/78CHUd0UJ8A Video credit – Big Ten Network…
Indiana head football coach Tom Allen takes a walk down memory lane with former colleague Tyler Siskey on the Home Visit podcast. Allen and Siskey were on staffs together at Arkansas State and Ole Miss. The pair talk about some of their more memorable moments on the recruiting trail. The interview with Allen starts at the 27:20 mark. Want us to share your interview with a current or former IU athlete, coach or recruit on our platform? Message us. Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly”…
This is profile No. 5 in our 2021 transfer portal names to know series. The retention of assistant coach Kenya Hunter gives Indiana a strong recruiting presence in the Washington D.C. / Baltimore metropolitan area, and that has no doubt played a role in IU reaching out to one of the best shooters in the transfer portal. ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported that IU contacted Baltimore, Md (McDonogh H.S.). based Florida junior Noah Locke Locke is ranked No. 9 in Florida program history with 217 3-pointers. He started all but one game this season for the Gators and averaged 10.6 points…