Connecticut Huskies (0-2, 0-0 American) vs. No. 14/15 Michigan Wolverines (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten) Game 3 • Saturday, September 21 • 8:00 PM East Hartford, Conn. - Rentschler Field (40,000) ABC • UConn IMG Sports Radio Network
The Coaches UCONN HEAD COACH PAUL PASQUALONI UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni is in his third season in charge of the UConn program and the Cheshire, Conn. native was named the 28th head football coach in UConn history on January 14, 2011. Pasqualoni was the final all-time winningest coach in BIG EAST Conference league wins with 67 and overall wins with 115. He was just one of two league coaches in history to win four BIG EAST Championships. His overall college coaching record stands at 151-92-1 (34-17 at WCSU, 107-59-1 at Syracuse and 10-16 at UConn). Pasqualoni has had a highly-successful career on all levels of football -- professional, college and high school. He was the head coach at Western Connecticut from 1982-86 and led the team to the NCAA Division II playoffs in 1985. He had an extremely successful tenure as the head coach at Syracuse from 19912004. Pasqualoni led the Orange to 107 wins, four BIG EAST titles and a 6-3 postseason record. Among his bowl appearances at Syracuse were two Fiesta Bowls (1992 and ‘97) and an Orange Bowl (‘98). For the previous five seasons, Pasqualoni has served on NFL staffs -- with Dallas in 2006-07 and ‘10 and with Miami in 2008-09. His first coaching job was an assistant coach at Cheshire HS from 1972-75. He is a 1972 Penn State graduate.
UConn Schedule/Results Date 8/29 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/8 11/16 11/23 11/30 12/7
Opponent (TV) TOWSON (ESPN3) MARYLAND (ESPN3) MICHIGAN (ABC) at Buffalo (ESPN3) USF* at Cincinnati* at UCF* LOUISVILLE* (ESPN2) at SMU* at Temple* RUTGERS* MEMPHIS*
Score/Time L, 18-33 L, 21-32 8 p.m. 3:30 p.m. TBA TBA TBA 8:30 p.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA
*Denotes American Athletic Conference Game
Michigan Schedule/Results
Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time 8/31 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (BTN) W, 59-9 MICHIGAN HEAD COACH BRADY HOKE 9/7 notre Dame (ABC) W, 41-30 Brady Hoke is in his third year as the head coach at Michigan and has a record of 9/14 AKRON (BTN) W, 28-24 22-7 at the school and an overall head coaching record of 69-57 in 11 seasons. He 9/21 at UConn (ABC) 8 p.m. led Michigan to a win in the Sugar Bowl after the 2011 season and the team played 10/5 MINNESOTA* 3:30 p.m. in the Outback Bowl last year. Hoke was the head coach at Ball State with a 34-38 10/12 at Penn State* (ESPN) 5 p.m. record from 2003-08 and the team played in bowl games in his final two years there. 10/19 at Indiana* (BTN) 3:30 p.m. He was the head coach at San Diego State from 2009-10 with a 13-12 record. 11/2 at Michigan State* TBA Hoke has had assistant coaching stops at Grand Valley State (1983), Western 11/9 NEBRASKA* TBA Michigan (1984-86), Toledo (1987-89), Oregon State (1989-94) and Michigan 11/16 at Northwestern* TBA (1995-2002). 11/23 at Iowa* TBA Hoke is a 1981 graduate of Ball State, where he played linebacker. 11/30 OHIO STATE* TBA *Denotes Big Ten Conference Game
Radio & TV Coverage TELEVISION COVERAGE Saturday’s game will be televised by ABC as one of two split national telecasts along with Texas vs. Kansas State. Sean McDonough is on play-by-play, Chris Spielman is on color and Shannon Spake will be on the sidelines. Bo Garrett is the producer while Mike Schwab directs. 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 2013-14 year marks the 22nd consecutive season that WTIC is the flagship for UConn sports. The 2013-14 football and men’s and women’s basketball season also marks the second 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. For Saturday’s game vs. Michigan, radio coverage on WTIC will kickoff at 4 p.m. with “Ray at The Rent” featuring morning show host Ray Dunaway. The UConn Tailgate show with Nathan and Bob Joyce is at 5:30 p.m, and network coverage
Quick Hits • UConn plays Michigan for the second time in school history and plays against a Big Ten opponent for the fourth time in school history • With temporary seating added for the game, the largest attendance in the ten-year history of Rentschler Field is anticipated. • The game is a reunion of sorts for UConn Director of Athletics Warde Manuel who played at Michigan and later worked in the athletic department there. • The Huskies meet a ranked team for the 21st time in school history and defeated No. 19 Louisville in triple overtime last year. • UConn travels to Buffalo next week for its first road game of the year and the final non-conference game.