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AMHERST — New UMass head football coach Joe Harasymiak’s staff is starting to take shape, as Wednesday marked the official one week anniversary of his hiring.Sources told the Daily Hampshire Gazette that Tre’ Bell is to serve as UMass’ next defensive...

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AMHERST — Wednesday marks one week as UMass football head coach for Joe Harasymiak, who replaced Don Brown and stands as the 32nd leader in program history.Harasymiak made quite the splash during his introductory press conference on Friday morning at...

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Hollywood script writers couldn’t have come up with a more perfect story for the Amherst College men’s soccer team on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas.After 110 minutes of soccer wasn’t enough to decide a winner (0-0) between the Mammoths and...

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AMHERST — There couldn’t have been a more stark difference in tone and body language in Frank Martin and Pat Duquette’s post game interviews, and rightfully so.Martin, the UMass men’s basketball head coach, was visibly upset with his team’s lack of...

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The UMass men’s soccer team’s dream season finally came to a close in the NCAA Division 1 Elite Eight, as the Minutemen fell 3-0 on the road to No. 3 Denver on Saturday afternoon.Denver advanced to play Vermont in the College Cup Final Four.The common...

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They have been road warriors nearly all postseason, and the UMass men’s soccer team will have to embrace that narrative one more time if they want to advance to their first College Cup since 2007.The Minutemen (13-3-5) travel to Denver (12-3-4) to...

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AMHERST — Rutgers defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak spent most of Thanksgiving Day watching film and planning an effective scheme to use against Michigan State. When he finally got home that night, he bypassed turkey and gravy and reached for his...

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AMHERST — It may be time to lower expectations for the 2024-25 UMass men’s basketball team.The Minutemen have had a tough start to the year – a five-game skid sandwiched in between their season-opening win over New Hampshire and a pair of sluggish...

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AMHERST — Joe Harasymiak had head coaching in his blood, that much was clear from the early stages in his life. That’s all he ever wanted to be when he grew up. And by time he got to college to play defensive back for head coach Mike DeLong at...

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AMHERST — The wait is over, and the UMass football team has found its next head coach.As first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Wednesday morning and confirmed in a press release by UMass athletics, Rutgers defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak is...

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AMHERST — There may be plenty of reasons for UMass fans to lament the athletic department over the past two weeks – a third-straight disappointing football season and a subpar men’s basketball start (3-5 record) among the results-based reasons outside...

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AMHERST — In the midst of trying to hire a new head football coach, the University of Massachusetts athletic department can’t seem to get out of its own way.While Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford hasn’t addressed the fanbase since firing former head...

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AMHERST — With Saturday’s 47-42 loss to UConn at McGuirk Alumni Stadium concluding the 2024 UMass football season, all eyes – if they weren’t already – now turn to the Minutemen’s head-coaching vacancy.And helping UMass Director of Athletics Ryan...

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AMHERST — Oh, so close.That has certainly been the theme for this year’s UMass football team. And it was again, one final time on Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Alumni Stadium as the Minutemen fell 47-42 to UConn – which played spoiler to UMass’ senior...

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AMHERST — Although the UMass football team didn’t win either of its last two contests, it put together arguably its best eight consecutive quarters all season long. The Minutemen dropped a crushing 35-34 overtime game to Liberty two weeks ago before...

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It may not have been the prettiest of games by the UMass men’s basketball team, which headed into halftime tied with Harvard 24-24 as neither team playing exactly inspired. But the Minutemen woke up in the second half and dominated the glass en route...

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AMHERST — Perhaps the passionate followers of the UMass football team weren’t necessarily surprised when news hit last week that Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford had fired former Minutemen head coach Don Brown after a 6-28 record with the team; it...

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It certainly was a weekend to forget at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. for the UMass men’s basketball team.The Minutemen suffered two losses at the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament – the latter a 92-59 blowout at the hands of Florida State...

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ATHENS, Ga. — Nobody would have blamed the UMass football team if it rolled into Sanford Stadium and played an uninspired brand of football against No. 8 Georgia given its tumultuous week – headlined by the firing of head coach Don Brown.But the...

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AMHERST — In the wake of UMass Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford’s firing of former head football coach Don Brown on Monday, interim head coach Shane Montgomery gave the Minutemen players the day off from practice to give them time to digest the...

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AMHERST — In Monday’s press release issued by UMass athletics regarding the firing of Minutemen head football coach Don Brown, Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford offered some praise for the program’s now former head coach.“Upon [Brown’s] return in...