Longtime football coach Mike Welch ’73 carries on a proud tradition of IC coaching. by Michael Warwick with Mbeti Hyess

“Ithaca College [athletics] is a family; once you are in it, you are in it forever,” says Mike Welch ’73, who joined the Bombers family in 1969 as a freshman football and lacrosse player. “There’s a unique bond that...

It’s impossible to compile a complete list of all the alumni who work with IC athletics as part-time coaches, volunteer assistant coaches, and student assistant coaches. To give an idea of just how involved alumni remain with their alma mater’s athletic programs, here’s a list of the 11 full-time coaches and some of the other alumni coaching...

For the Bombers men’s lacrosse team, it’s about more than just the sport.  
by Khrista Trerotola ’07

Wes Patterson, a gray-haired, tall, and confident member of the Tuscarora Nation — part of New York State’s Iroquois...

Division III head football coach Glenn Caruso ’96 is scoring with his version of the “play action run.”  by Greg Ryan ’08

Ask Glenn Caruso ’96 how he learned the nuances of complementary play calling, and the new head football coach of the University of St. Thomas credits...

It’s one for all in the exhausting, educational, exhilarating, and uniquely cooperative sport.
by Doug McInnis

In any team sport there are players who labor in anonymity. In the sport of crew, anonymity is the rule. No one stands out because every rower does the same thing at the same time as every other rower. ...