At any Cobber men’s basketball game it is clear that head coach Rich Glas is the person in charge. He is the one pacing the sideline and instructing the players that are on the court. At times he may even be badgering the refs for a call to go in Concordia’s favor. On the court…
Author: Justin Marquette
Women’s hockey team becomes closer through ‘busaroke’
Wayne Gretzky once said that you miss every shot that you do not take. And if you find yourself shooting against Andrea Klug, you miss almost every shot you do take. The Cobber goalie stopped 102 straight shots over the course of 273 minutes in a shutout streak that spanned four games and the first…
Multi-sport athletes stay busy throughout year
Shortly after Ohio State University won the inaugural College Football Playoff championship game in January, the Twitter account @ohiovarsity posted a graphic showing that of the 47 student-athletes head coach Urban Meyer recruited, 42 of them had been multi-sport athletes in high school. Current Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carrol used to be head coach…
To beard or to mustache: An analysis of ‘No Shave November’
Every November men are posed with the same question: To beard, or not to beard? Sometimes a brave soul might even take it one step further and trim the beard back to a mustache. Either way, facial hair is given a spotlight during the month of November. Participants who choose to flaunt a mustache…
Rule changes affect men’s, women’s basketball strategy
The men’s and women’s Cobber basketball teams are both looking to build off their MIAC playoff appearances in 2015 as they prepare for the upcoming season. The men’s team will feature eight seniors and plenty of experience. Head coach Rich Glas expects senior Jordan Bolger to be a leader on the team this season. “He’s…
Title IX complicates the creation of a men’s swim team
Forty-three years ago, Richard Nixon signed Title IX as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 and created gender equality between the men’s and women’s athletic teams at Concordia and nationwide. According to Title IX, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the…
Student athletes stay on campus over fall break
After a majority of Concordia students finish their midterm tests and projects and prepare to leave campus for a four-day recess, what they might not be realizing is that student-athletes will be hanging around campus. Though student-athletes might not get a break from games or practice, the break from school work can come as relief….
Female athletic coaches are rare around the country, Concordia included
When students walk past the coaches’ offices in Memorial Auditorium they find that twenty teams with 27 coaches inhabit those offices. Statistically speaking, Memorial Auditorium falls into the norm of who occupies those offices. According to Acosta and Carpenter’s Women in Intercollegiate Sport 2012 study, women coach 43 percent of women’s teams, 20 percent of…
Coach Horan reaches 100th win in St. Olaf Game
The 37-7 win over the St. Olaf Oles not only marked the third win of the season for the Cobber football team, but also win number 100 for the career of Head Coach Terry Horan. When Horan took over head coaching duties of the football team in 2001 from Jim Christopherson who retired after…
Men’s, women’s tennis teams prepare for upcoming season
Although NCAA sanctioned play doesn’t start until the spring, the men’s and women’s Cobber tennis teams are preparing for competition happening in the fall. The Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Division III Regional Championships held at Gustavus Adolphus will provide both Cobber tennis teams a chance to play against some of the Midwest’s best. Schools from throughout…