UConn Huskies (1-0, 0-0 American) vs. Army Black Knights (0-1)
12 p.m. | CBS Sports Network | UConn IMG Radio Network Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field East Hartford, Conn.
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UCONN HEAD COACH BOB DIACO Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time UConn head coach Bob Diaco is in his his second year as the head coach at W, 20-15 UConn and his second overall as a collegiate head coach in the season-opener vs. 9/3 VILLANOVA (SNY) Villanova. Diaco served on the Notre Dame coaching staff as the defensive coor9/12 ARMY (CBSSN) 12 p.m. dinator from 2000-13 and was the assistant head coach in 2012 and ‘13. He was 9/19 at Missouri (ESPN/ESPN2 or ESPNU) 12 p.m. the 2012 winner of the Frank Broyles Award, given to the top assistant college 9/26 NAVY * TBA football coach in the country and was the first Irish assistant to receive the pres10:15 p.m. tigious award. He was a semifinalist for the award in 2011. Diaco joined the Notre 10/2 at BYU (ESPN/ESPN2) 10/10 at UCF * TBA Dame staff in 2010 as defensive coordinator and inside linebacker coach, took responsibility for the entire linebacker position in 2011 and added responsibilities 10/17 USF * TBA as associate head coach in 2012. His 2012 Irish defense ranked among the top 10 10/24 at Cincinnati * TBA in the Football Bowl Subdivision in 12 different categories as the school played in 10/30 EAST CAROLINA * (ESPNU) 7 p.m. the BCS National Championship Game and posted an overall record of 12-1. Diaco 11/7 at Tulane * TBA has an impressive coaching resume as he served at Virginia (2006-08) as the 11/21 HOUSTON * TBA linebackers and special teams coordinator and Cincinnati (2009) as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach before joining the Notre Dame staff. A 11/28 at Temple * TBA native of Cedar Grove, N.J., and a 1995 Iowa graduate, Diaco began his coaching *Denotes American Athletic Conference Game career in 1996-97 as a graduate assistant at his alma mater. He then served on the staffs of Western Illinois (1999-2000) as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach, Eastern Michigan (2001-2003) working with the same posiArmy Schedule/Results tions and Central Michigan (2005) as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. He was a two-time All-Big Ten selection at Iowa as a linebacker under Hall Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time of Fame coach Hayden Fry and was named the team’s co-MVP in 1995, starting in 9/4 FORDHAM (CBSSN) L, 37-35 all 23 games over his junior and senior seasons. 9/12 at UConn (CBSSN) 12 p.m. 9/19 WAKE FOREST (CBSSN) 12 p.m. ARMY HEAD COACH JEFF MONKEN 9/26 at Eastern Michigan TBA Jeff Monken is in his second season as the head football coach at Army. He 10/3 at Penn State TBA served as the head coach at Georgia Southern from 2010-13 and led the Eagles 12 p.m. to three-straight appearances in the FCS playoff semifinals from 2010-12. He was 10/10 DUKE (CBSSN) 12 p.m. the running backs and special teams coach at Georgia Southern from 2010-13 and 10/17 BUCKNELL (CBSSN) 10/24 at Rice (FSN) 12 p.m. the running backs coach from 1997-2001. He also coached at Hawaii (1989-90), 11/7 at Air Force (ESPN) TBA Arizona State (1991), Buffalo (1992-94), Concordia (Ill.) (1996), Navy (2002-07) and Georgia Tech (2008-09). He graduated from Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.) 11/14 TULANE (CBSSN) 12 p.m. in 1989 and played wide receiver in college. 11/21 RUTGERS (CBSSN) 12 p.m. 12/12 vs. Navy (CBS) 3 p.m.
Radio & TV Coverage TELEVISION COVERAGE Saturday’s game will be televised live nationally on the CBS Sports Network. Dave Ryan is on play-by-play, Corey Chavous does color and Lauren Gardner is the sideline reporter. Carlo Gennarini is the producer. RADIO COVERAGE The UConn IMG Sports Network is the home of Husky football on the radio. WTIC Newstalk 1080 in Hartford serves as the flagship station and is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada. The 2015-16 year marks the 24th consecutive season that WTIC is the flagship for UConn sports. The 2015-16 football and men’s and women’s basketball season also marks the third year that the radio rights are held by IMG College, which is UConn’s multi-media rights partner. Veteran UConn announcers Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) and Wayne Norman (color commentary) return to call the action with Kevin Nathan on the sidelines and Anthony “Rex” McCalla on production. Norman, who is in his 35th season of being part of the UConn radio team, is ranked 14th in country in terms of consecutive years broadcasting college football for a single school – playby-play or color. Bob Robertson of Washington State leads the way with 49. The survey was done by the Louisiana Tech Athletic Communications Office.
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UConn redshirt sophomore QB Bryant Shirreffs made his UConn debut last week in a win against Villanova and was 12 of 20 in the air for 202 yards and two TDS. UConn won its opening game for the first time since 2012 and are looking for their first 2-0 start since 2008. UConn used 51 players in the Villanova game and only 11 of them are in their final season of eligibility. Only one senior started for UConn on offense. UConn opens the season playing teams in five of their first six games that advanced to post-season play in 2014, including Villanova, which advanced to the quarterfinals of the FCS playoff last year. UConn’s schedule was ranked the 22nd most difficult in the country by ESPN.com