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By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – Last year must have felt like a whirlwind for UMass quarterback Taisun Phommachanh.On his third school in three seasons but in his first starting job, Phommachanh injured his knee against Auburn just six quarters into the campaign on Sept....

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Wednesday marked the fifth practice of the summer for the UMass football team, and also stood as practice No. 5 for new offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery – who stepped in to fill Steve Casula’s role after Casula took a tight...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — Don Brown and his coaching staff are heading into their third season in Amherst, and defensive coordinator Keith Dudzinski said on Monday that the Minutemen have experienced a culture change since he came to Amherst in the winter of 2021.“If...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The UMass football team traveled to Auburn and Penn State in 2023, losing both by a combined score of 122-14, and in 2024, the Minutemen’s schedule features three more big-time opponents in Missouri, Mississippi State and Georgia. Those...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — The UMass football team held its first camp practice ahead of the 2024 season on Friday on a 90-degree day at McGuirk Stadium.The Minutemen open their season with a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday, Aug. 31 at home against future MAC opponent...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — While the high school football season is a little over a month away, local teams are finding ways to improve and get better in the meantime. For the past few years, Greenfield, Mahar, Athol and Franklin Tech have been playing 7-on-7...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Want to step into Don Brown’s shoes and try to rebuild the UMass football program? A new college football video game gives you that chance.EA Sports College Football 25 released to the public Monday afternoon, the highly anticipated revival of the...

By GARRETT COTE AND CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — For a coach who’s been in the business for as long as UMass football head coach Don Brown has, it’s hard to find something he hasn’t already seen.But during the Minutemen’s month of spring practice, they impressed the longtime coach with...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Not many 9-year-old kids are faced with the type of decision Noah Gamache had to make. Gamache — now a senior at Pioneer Valley Regional — was born with clubfoot, a birth defect in which the foot is twisted out of shape or position. As he grew up, two...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Prior to the UMass football team’s first spring practice of the season on Tuesday morning, head coach Don Brown addressed his team regarding the Minutemen’s current standing with the Mid-American Conference.Brown looked at his players and...

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

When UMass joins the Mid-American Conference for the 2025-26 academic year, athletic director Ryan Bamford expects the school will bring in more revenue than it did when competing in the Atlantic 10.“This will allow us to grow our revenues to the...

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – Though UMass only officially announced its transition from the Atlantic 10 to the MAC at Thursday’s press conference, it’s a move that’s been in the works for months, if not years.UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford came into the job in...

By GARRETT COTE

Following the departure of offensive coordinator Steve Casula, the UMass football team had perhaps the most important decision of its offseason when choosing who was going to fill the hole.Casula left to take the tight ends coaching job for the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Mahar School Committee voted this month to name the football field concession stand after longtime varsity girls basketball coach and Booster Club member Larry Fisher.Booster Club President Charles “Joey” Verheyen approached the committee...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Bill Belichick had a vision of building the kind of sustained championship football team that had rarely been seen before in the NFL when he was hired by the New England Patriots.He walks away feeling like it was a job well done.The...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – If the Mahar School Committee votes in affirmative on Jan. 11, spectators at Senators football games next year might buy their hot dogs and candy at the Larry Fisher Snack Shack.Booster Club President Charles “Joey” Verhey approached the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The UMass football team will suit up for its third home game of the season on Saturday afternoon against Arkansas State (2-2), and the Minutemen are still looking for their first victory at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.This will be the second consecutive...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AUBURN, Ala. – For the first six minutes of the UMass football team's game against Auburn on Saturday afternoon, the Minutemen looked like they could pose a genuine challenge to the 35-point favorite Tigers. Though Auburn was able to carve up the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Friday dawned bright and hot without a cloud in the sky, and UMass football coach Don Brown was ecstatic to see the weather forecast. With the first game of the season at New Mexico State, Brown wants his team used to playing in high temps. “It was a...