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It's official - McElwain is new CSU football coach
December 14, 2011 2:58 AM
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado State introduced Jim McElwain as its new head coach Tuesday. McElwain, Alabama's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach since Jan. 30, 2008, becomes Colorado State's 20th head coach. Athletic director Jack Graham says McElwain's five-year contract includes an annual base salary of $1.35 million. He... more » -
Colorado State fires coach Steve Fairchild
December 4, 2011 11:38 PM
Colorado State football coach Steve Fairchild has been fired after three straight 3-9 seasons. New athletic director Jack Graham announced his decision Sunday, a day after the Rams lost their eighth straight game, 22-19 to Wyoming. He said a national search for a replacement would begin immediately. Secondary coach Tim... more » -
CSU plays hard for head coach but falls to Wyoming in Border War
December 4, 2011 2:37 AM
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Wyoming had been knocked back on its heels and had been outplayed in the third quarter by a team motivated to play for its coach. But when the game was on the line, the Cowboys delivered. "You'd like to play four quarters of great... more » -
Fairchild makes his case with new boss to keep job
December 2, 2011 7:50 PM
Embattled Colorado State football coach Steve Fairchild met with his new boss Friday and began making his case to stay on the job beyond Saturday's season finale against Wyoming. Fairchild drove up to the Wyoming-Colorado border with new athletic director Jack Graham for the annual Bronze Boot run and exchange... more » -
Fairchild's future will be determined at the end of the season
November 1, 2011 3:01 AM
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado State athletic director Paul Kowalczyk says he'll wait until football season ends before deciding the future of coach Steve Fairchild. Fairchild is in the fourth year of his five-year contract, which pays him an annual salary of $700,000. The Rams are 3-5 this season... more » -
Texans make up large part of CSU recruiting class
February 3, 2011 1:17 AM
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Steve Fairchild made Texas a priority as a recruiting area for Colorado State. The fourth-year coach was rewarded when he announced Wednesday that 10 Texans had were part of the Rams' 27-member recruiting class of 2011. Texas was represented from Del Rio along the border... more » -
CSU will start a true freshman at quarterback
August 18, 2010 1:03 AM
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado State coach Steve Fairchild says freshman Pete Thomas will start for the Rams in their opener against Colorado on Sept. 4. Thomas skipped his last semester of high school in California to enroll early at Colorado State. A highly touted recruit, Thomas beat out... more » -
Football in June?
June 29, 2010 10:45 PM
It seems rather strange to talk about football in June but some 500 fans were certainly ready to talk college football at Tuesday's College Football Kickoff Luncheon sponsored by the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation. A sell-out crowed showed up at the Colorado Springs Marriott to hear from four of... more »
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