The Western Carolina football team looks to build on their 2021 success with the addition of their newest recruiting class. However, this pair of athletes bring striking similarities to the football field. Javell and Javon Brown, sophomore jumpers on the WCU Track Team, will turn in their track uniforms for shoulder pads and helmets this […]
New football players sign with WCU for next season
February 9, 2022 by
Western Carolina University football team is getting 30 new players hoping for a even better season then the 2021 season. The WCU Catamount Club and the Western Carolina Football coaching staff hosted a national signing day event via Zoom on Feb.3 and presented the new members of the team. Not all of the signees are […]
Gary Impressed by Catamounts’ First-Year Success under Kerwin Bell
January 12, 2022 by
Co-written and produced with Samuel Dietrich. “He uses words like ‘championship,’ because that is the goal here at Western Carolina. He’s doing all of the right things, saying all of the right things, and he has created a lot of belief in our community.” Those are the words of Director of Athletics, Alex Gary, who […]
WCU alum returns to head important athletics position
November 16, 2021 by
In November 2020, Tyler Pope was self-employed and producing a sports podcast with two of his friends from his undergraduate and graduate years. A year removed, he holds one of the most important positions in the Western Carolina University Athletic Department. Pope, a native of Burlington, N.C., was hired in September 2021. A WCU graduate […]
WCU opens football season
September 4, 2021 by
The Western Carolina Catamounts are preparing for a home-opener unlike any other on Saturday, Sept. 4, against Eastern Kentucky. The game kickoff is at 6 p.m. The audience at E.J. Whitmire Stadium will witness a new era of Catamount football, under head coach Kerwin Bell, who was hired this spring. New players will take the […]
WCU names Kerwin Bell the new football coach
April 30, 2021 by
The Western Carolina University Director of Athletics, Alex Gary announced on the morning of April 27 that former NCAA Division II championship winning coach, Kerwin Bell will be the new head coach of the football program. “While we considered candidates that didn’t have head coaching experience, I did feel like it was an important characteristic […]
