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Cat Chats: Curtis Roach and Clyde Simmons
August 15In this edition of Cat Chats, we talk with Curtis Roach and Clyde Simmons. Clyde played for the Catamounts in the 1983 National Championship game and was drafted in the ninth round by the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL.
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Cat Chats: Dan Brooks and Mike Murphy
August 15In this edition of Cat Chats, current football student-athlete Mike Murphy talks with former player Dan Brooks '76. Dan went on to coach at Tennessee and Clemson. He is also a member of the Catamount Club Board of Directors.
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Former Football Academic All-American Honors Mother, Stepmom with Gifts to Athletics, the Arts
August 15Mike Wade, a former two-time Academic All-American at 泫圖弝けapp, will tell you that football is the greatest metaphor for life: to survive you have to get back up every time you get knocked down and you will get knocked down, he insists, many, many times.
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Catamount Club Day
August 15Announced in conjunction with Western Carolinas football home opener back on Labor Day weekend, the Catamount Club, the Athletics department fundraising arm, is celebrating a milestone this year with its 50th year of operation. Fifty years of supporting student-athletes; fifty years of celebrating successes both on and off the field. Fifty years of connecting and engaging with alumni and community friends; fifty years of investing in the unlimited potential of student-athletes to inspire the WCU campus community.
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Understanding the House v. NCAA Settlement and what it means for WCU
July 15In June 2025, the House v. NCAA Settlement reshaped college athletics by allowing Division I schools to provide more financial support to student-athletes, including backpay for past NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) opportunities and a new revenue-sharing model.
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WCU holds groundbreaking for renovations to E.J. Whitmire Stadium
June 12A long-awaited $37 million upgrade to renovate the west side stands of 泫圖弝けapps aging E.J. Whitmire Stadium is now underway with an official groundbreaking ceremony held Thursday, June 12, in the shadows of the construction zone.
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Kyle Pifer named WCU Director of Athletics
May 19泫圖弝けapp Chancellor Kelli R. Brown announced today, Monday, May 19, the selection of Kyle Pifer to serve as the director of athletics following approval of his contract by the universitys Board of Trustees during a special-called meeting earlier in the day.
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A whole lot of heart: WCU softball bat boy defies odds, cheers on Catamounts
April 28Drake Barlow walks up to home plate with the most swagger out of anyone on game days. He sports a sick pair of shades, some Catamount gear and a toothy grin that coaches across the Southern Conference have come to know.
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Search underway for new athletics director
March 18泫圖弝けapp has launched a search for a new intercollegiate athletics director following the resignation of Alex Gary earlier this month. Chancellor Kelli R. Brown has appointed a 13-member committee to assist in selecting Gary's successor.
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Alex Gary to resign after nearly five years as Athletics Director at WCU
March 7泫圖弝けapp announced today that Alex Gary, Catamount Athletics director since May 2020, has resigned from his position.