BREAKING NEWS: Welsh Resigns From Hofstra After DWI

Hofstra basketball coach Tim Welsh has resigned days after he was charged with drunken driving.

The resignation was announced today. Welsh was hired in March and suspended by Hofstra back on Friday. The school accepted the resignation "in the best interests of the university and of the men's basketball program."

Welsh was arrested Friday morning after Nassau County police found him stopped at a green light at an intersection in the city of Levittown. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment and is due back in district court Tuesday.

Welsh previously coached at Iona and Providence. He spent the past two seasons as a TV commentator with ESPN. His lawyer did not immediately return a telephone message.

Here's the presser that introduced Welsh at Hofstra...
((HT: Hofstra Chronicle))


So much for that idea...
More when we know more...

Hofstra drops Football...Merry Christmas Fans

An interesting story this Christmas season about a reasonably successful 1-AA College Football program who no longer feels that it's financially prudent to field a football team.

Hofstra University, a relatively small school in Hempstead, Long Island (NY), a school that has turned out NFL Players such as Wayne Chrebet and Marques Colston will no longer be turning out any players...of the football variety. School President Stuart Rabinowitz says "This decision is not a budget reduction, but rather a strategic reallocation of resources". What he really means is he doesn't want to spend money on the team.

More on the story from The New York Times RIGHT HERE.
An opinion from NBC New York RIGHT HERE

((Hofstra's former football team//Photo Courtesy: NBC New York))

Hofstra is now the second team from the Colonial Athletic Conference to drop football in the past week, following Northeastern. The Hofstra football team had a 5-6 record on their season which also, by the way, ended last week. Supposedly the school is taking measures to make sure that all 84 players are taken care of, though the stories don't really mention the now unemployed coaching staff.

Here's head coach Dave Cohen with some fairly prophetic comments from CAA Media Day.
Go to question two...
((HT: CAAFootball))