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Buckeyes playing waiting game for elite transfer portal target Darrion Williams

April was a good month for the Ohio State men’s basketball program. After missing the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season, Jake Diebler and his staff set out to make sure they were able to bring back the most productive players from last season’s team and then reinforce it with experienced transfer players that […]

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Buckeyes playing waiting game for elite transfer portal target Darrion Williams

April was a good month for the Ohio State men’s basketball program. After missing the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season, Jake Diebler and his staff set out to make sure they were able to bring back the most productive players from last season’s team and then reinforce it with experienced transfer players that addressed weaknesses from last season.

In about a two-week span, they were able to check both of those boxes.

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From March 27 to April 15, Ohio State was able to make public the returns of Bruce Thornton, Devin Royal, and John Mobley Jr. – a trio of starters who combined to score 44.4 points per game last season. In addition, former Wright State forward Brandon Noel and former Santa Clara center Christoph Tilly both announced that they would transfer to Ohio State. That pair of frontcourt transfers combined to score 31.5 points per game last season at their respective schools.

Since then, it’s been pretty much radio silence from the men’s basketball program. Sean Stewart hit the transfer portal hours before the deadline, but the soon-to-be junior forward was not projected to retain his starting spot he had last season. His departure isn’t nothing, but it does seem negligible if Noel and Tilly prove to be as good as expected.

Ohio State’s inactivity in the transfer market over the past three weeks could be the result of an inability to “land the big one.” The Buckeyes are rumored to be on the lookout for a starting-caliber guard as well a backup center, and had been involved with multiple big-time backcourt pieces, including former Southern Illinois guard Kennard Davis Jr. and former Howard guard Blake Harper.

Davis Jr. announced last week that he would be transferring to BYU, while Harper announced that he would transfer to Creighton for the upcoming season.

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While Ohio State may have just whiffed on each of those recruits, it’s starting to look more likely that Diebler and his staff are actually waiting out another player – former Texas Tech forward Darrion Williams.

At 6-foot-6 and 225 pounds, Williams was listed as a forward on Texas Tech’s official roster but has racked up nearly 300 assists in his collegiate career and was second on TTU last season with 3.6 assists per game. He’s also a 37.9% three-point shooter and averaged 15.1 points per game as a junior. He is allegedly considering Ohio State, Kansas, and North Carolina State for next season, as well as possible other suitors that have yet to be publicly linked.

The only issue – well, the biggest issue – is that Williams is hoping that he’ll be playing in the NBA next season, not college.

Williams entered the NBA Draft on April 6, and put his name into the NCAA Transfer portal the same day. On Friday afternoon, Williams, along with 74 other players, was invited to participate in the NBA Draft Combine from May 11-18 in Chicago.

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A combine invite is promising for a player’s draft stock, and will give the two-time All-Big 12 honoree ample opportunity to improve his draft stock. At the moment, Williams is looking like a mid-to-late second round pick – Tankathon has him going 47th overall, The Athletic has him at 39, and Yahoo Sports has him pegged as the 41st overall pick.

If Williams doesn’t get a first-round guarantee from a team at the NBA Combine next week, there’s a good chance he decides to play one more year of college. He would almost be guaranteed to earn more in NIL compensation at the college level (anywhere from $2-$4 Million) than he would as a middle of the second round selection.

Last season, the 39th pick in the draft – Jaylen Wells – signed a 4-year, $7.9-million dollar deal with the Grizzlies, with an average salary of $1.9-million.

The 47th pick in last year’s draft – Antonio Reeves – signed a 3-year, $5.4-million dollar contract with the Pelicans.

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In 2023, the 47th overall pick – Mojave King – was drafted by the Lakers and traded to the Indiana Pacers, where he played a partial season for the G-League Indiana Mad Ants. The average salary for a G-League player is $40,000 If they aren’t on a two-way deal.

Ohio State has not been publicly linked with any other guards/small forwards over the last few weeks, making it seem like the program may be waiting out Williams as he goes through the draft process. On April 25, Diebler told Adam Jardy of the Columbus Dispatch that fans may need to be “prepared to wait a bit” before any more players are added to the roster.

Is this the smart move? The NBA Draft Combine ends May 18, but Williams will have until June 15 to make a decision if he wants to stay in the draft or not. The Buckeyes could come up completely empty-handed if they wait, but is Diebler flipping the old idiom and deciding that two birds in the bush is worth more than the one in his hand?

In other words – is it worth the risk of not recruiting any other starting-caliber players and selling out for someone who (statistically speaking) is more likely to end up on some other team—whether that’s an NBA or college team — come June?

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It seems like the answer to that – at least as of now – is yes. They can afford to gamble because Ohio State is returning more production from last year’s team than basically any other Big Ten program.

With Thornton, Royal, and Mobley back, Ohio State is one of just two Big Ten teams – along with Purdue – that will return at least three double-digit scorers. It’s also one of just three Big Ten teams – Purdue and UCLA being the other two – to return three of its top four scorers from a season ago.

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If the Buckeyes wait out Williams and don’t get a commitment, they seem fairly comfortable with what they’ve assembled to this point. But adding an All-American caliber player like Williams would be a huge boost to the team and should make them a consensus top-25 squad next season, as well as a serious contender in the Big Ten.

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At this moment, it looks like if Ohio State is going to add another starter to the team via the transfer portal, it will be Darrion Williams. If that doesn’t shake out the way Diebler and his staff hope it does, many of the other available options will likely be off the board by the time he makes a decision. It looks like the coaching staff is fine with that.

And so we wait.

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San Diego State Aztecs football’s first general manager, Caleb Davis

San Diego State hired its first-ever football general manager in March, a position becoming more common with NIL and revenue sharing continue to expand. SAN DIEGO — As the landscape of college football is ever-changing, San Diego State is trying to navigate, keep up and trailblaze. As a result, the school has hired Caleb Davis […]

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San Diego State hired its first-ever football general manager in March, a position becoming more common with NIL and revenue sharing continue to expand.

SAN DIEGO — As the landscape of college football is ever-changing, San Diego State is trying to navigate, keep up and trailblaze.

As a result, the school has hired Caleb Davis in March as its first-ever general manager, a position becoming more common as NIL and revenue sharing continue to be major topics of discussion.

His responsibilities include evaluating the roster and incoming players, recruitment, financial allocations, being the primary liaison for Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) partnerships and negotiating NIL contracts with players and their representatives.

As the landscape of college football keeps changing, SDSU Athletic Director JD Wicker said that is why it was important to make this hire now.

“We are entering this new realm of college athletics where we are revenue sharing with our student-athletes,” Wicked said. “It made sense with our team and a squad that is that big, that you have to deal with a revenue sharing standpoint, with an NIL sharing standpoint. Most student-athletes have representation, whether that’s a mom, dad or uncle that required a lot of time from our full-time coaches, so having a GM to help manage that for Coach Lewis made sense.”

Davis is one of the youngest football general managers in college football at the age of 26 years old.

“It’s a blessing,” Davis said. “It’s a blessing every day. For me it’s about how if I told middle school Caleb, ‘Hey you’re going to be a general manager in college football before GMs were even a thing in college football and it’s going to be a place like San Diego State that has the history, has the tradition and everything you would want in a program’ I would have pinching myself because I wouldn’t believe it.”

He may be young, but he is proven.

Before coming to SDSU, he was the Director of Recruiting at Notre Dame, which was the college football national championship runner-up last season. Prior to that, he was the general manager of player personnel at Troy.

Head coach Sean Lewis thinks Dais is a young, bright mind.

“As someone who was the youngest head coach in the country, age is just a number,” Lewis said. “It is more about knowledge and experience, it’s about wisdom in this landscape. No matter how old you are, this position and landscape is only a couple of years old. It is in its infancy. So I think to be flexible, to be lifelong learner for lack of a better term, to be green and growing and open to new ideas so we can be flexible and we can pivot, I think those are things Caleb exuded in his interview process.”

Davis’ hiring is a stark contrast from what several other schools are doing. As college football takes on more of a pro model with GMs, schools have hired GMs with NFL experience.

For example, Oklahoma hired Jim Nagy, Stanford hired Andrew Luck and Cal hired Ron Rivera.

“It’s exciting, it’s competition,” Davis said. “If something like that doesn’t get your blood boiling, doesn’t give you goosebumps, doesn’t make you want to run through a wall to make San Diego State a playoff program, I don’t know what does. The first day Ron Rivera was hired, everyone was like ‘Oh, you have this NFL head coach you’re going up against and now we are competing against in week 3, and I love it. I’m probably one of the quietest competitive people you will ever meet in your life. I might not be outwardly trash-talking and everything, but there is a fire that burns inside of me to make sure not a single person in this country outworks me on a day-to-day basis.”

The amount SDSU has to spend on NIL money is not known. Davis did allude to the fact that the school doesn’t have the kind of money that the Ohio States and Notre Dames of the world have.

He still feels San Diego State can be effective in getting talented players.

“I always start every conversation with ‘Do you want to be here? Do you want to be at San Diego State?’ Every single time that answer is yes,” he said. “Kids want to be here, their parents want them here, their agents want them here. The next part of it is that everyone’s market value is always higher elsewhere. If Coach Lewis put his name in the coaching transfer portal could get more money elsewhere, I could get more money elsewhere, …our operations team could go get more money elsewhere. That’s always an option. It’s the same deal with our kids.” 

“If you have the understanding you want to be here and you love this opportunity and you know we are not going to match what some of these power programs can do, then how can we get to a point where okay you feel confident turning away X amount of money elsewhere and you feel comfortable with the agreement you have in place here?”

Davis takes on a lot of responsibilities previously handled by the coaching staff. Negotiating contracts and handling academic compliance for student-athletes allows the coaching staff to focus more on what happens on the field.

San Diego State believes this hire will help bring plenty of success.

Davis is confident it will, too. “All I have been around is success at every step. I don’t plan on it being any different now,” he said. ” I just need to put my head down, work, and ensure the vision and the goals of this program are being reached on a day-to-day basis.”

RELATED: Whatever It Takes | San Diego Seals navigate working different jobs and a lot of travel to find success on the field



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What’s the expectation for top college basketball revenue-share pools?

The athletics director of a college basketball powerhouse has set the expectation for the top-tier of revenue-share levels in the sport. Travis Goff, who’s headed University of Kansas athletics for more than four years and is under contract through 2031, publicly declared his projection for the upper levels of the sport that’s expected to carve […]

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The athletics director of a college basketball powerhouse has set the expectation for the top-tier of revenue-share levels in the sport.

Travis Goff, who’s headed University of Kansas athletics for more than four years and is under contract through 2031, publicly declared his projection for the upper levels of the sport that’s expected to carve the largest slice of the revenue-share pie behind college football.

“I think the number could be in the $4.5 to 5.5 range if you’re at the top,” Goff told the Kansas City Star, noting he fully expected his Jayhawks program run by Bill Self to be a fixture in that tier. “I don’t know that, but that’s just what I think.”

With U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken at last granting final approval to the House Settlement on June 6, schools who opt into the agreement can begin directly paying student-athletes on July 1 — less than two weeks.

The Power Conference schools, as well as Notre Dame, can opt into the House Settlement for a maximum revenue-sharing distribution of $20.5 million in Year 1, with escalators built into the agreement moving forward in the coming years before the arrangement is reassessed. 

Goff said his expectation was that people could “lock in” a seven-figure range for most Power Conference men’s basketball programs.

“From $3.5 on the lowest (in) men’s basketball to upwards of $5 million,” Goff told The Star. “Maybe some stretching into the fives.

He added, “None of this is scientific but just what I believe.”

Goff added that seven sports at KU — football, men’s and women’s basketball chief amongst them — would reap the majority of the $20.5 million revenue share, with the intraschool tiers divided between revenue sports and ticketed sports, the Star noted.



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Pat Kelsey sends fiery message that reveals Louisville basketball’s true mission

Louisville basketball is trending in the right direction for the 2025-26 season, as the Cardinals are emerging as one of the top teams in college basketball. The Cardinals took a massive step last season, shattering multiple program records and making their first NCAA Tournament appearance in quite some time. The addition of Pat Kelsey as […]

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Louisville basketball is trending in the right direction for the 2025-26 season, as the Cardinals are emerging as one of the top teams in college basketball. The Cardinals took a massive step last season, shattering multiple program records and making their first NCAA Tournament appearance in quite some time.

The addition of Pat Kelsey as head coach was an immediate success, and he elevated this program on and off the floor. Louisville was able to land elite recruits out of high school and from the transfer portal.

Kelsey was recently on ACCPM back in May, and he discussed his 2025-26 roster, which fired up all Louisville fans. Kelsey is clearly excited for this upcoming season, and he made sure that the Cardinals fans know they are eyeing a Final Four run.

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Pat Kelsey sends fiery message that reveals Louisville basketball’s true mission

The Cardinals currently have the tenth-best odds in the nation to win the 2026 National Title. Louisville is eyeing a Final Four run next season, as Kelsey stated in the interview that the fans and the program are craving to cut down some nets.

The Cards’ roster was recently ranked the best overall roster by Sleeper Media, and Kelsey clearly agrees. The Cardinals’ head coach was asked about his roster and the success he had in recruiting, and he is fired up for next season.

“We are excited. We love our team,” Kelsey stated on his roster. “We have a great core group coming back from the group we had last year. What we added in the portal we are excited about.”

Louisville guards are among the best in the country, having brought in multiple 5-star recruits, multiple 4-star recruits, and key returners. The head coach delivered a fiery message to the Cardinals faithful, emphasizing why they should be 110 percent committed to the upcoming season and why Louisville is poised for a deep run in April.

“”If you look at those first three transfer portal guys that we signed, the first one was Adrian Wooley, who was one of the best freshmen in the entire country. 50/40/80 splits as a freshman. Just going to be a phenomenal player. Ryan Conwell and Isaac McKneely were like boom, boom, right after each other. Isaac is one of the best shooting guards in the entire country, and Ryan Conwell is First-Team All-Big East and an absolute weapon. Our frontcourt, we have signed Mikel Brown. The makeup of our frontcourt is as good as any in our country. You add a veteran like Kobe Rodgers, who we brought in from Charleston, who sat out last year. Aly Khalifa, who is one of the best passing bigs in the world, Kasean Pryor, coming off that knee injury, J’vonne Hadley, who is just a winners winner, the ultimate Pat Kelsey type guy, Khani Rooths, who we think has a huge upside.””

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This Cardinals roster is stacked, and someone Kelsey forgot to mention is 4-star commit Sananda Fru. The 6-foot-11 center has elite athleticism and has the potential to start next season.

The Cardinals head coach’s fiery message makes it clear that Louisville eyes a Final Four run. He stated in the interview the city is buzzing, and fans are screaming for a Final Four run, and he has a simple response to all Louisville basketball fans.

“Let’s go do it.” Kelsey stated.

Related: Bold Louisville basketball prediction teases golden future under Pat Kelsey

For all the latest on Louisville basketball’s offseason and recruiting, stay tuned.



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How elite recruits, schools are approaching new revenue-sharing/NIL era

A new era of college athletics is upon us and starting soon. After the NCAA’s House settlement, which was passed on June 6, schools can now legally pay players. Power Four schools — including Auburn — are expected to have a $20.5 million cap to begin with, splitting up the money how it sees fit […]

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A new era of college athletics is upon us and starting soon.

After the NCAA’s House settlement, which was passed on June 6, schools can now legally pay players. Power Four schools — including Auburn — are expected to have a $20.5 million cap to begin with, splitting up the money how it sees fit between various sports. It changes the game and creates more 0f an NFL-like structure for football programs, with a salary cap and having to determine what’s fair-market value for players at different positions.

Five-star wide receiver Cederian Morgan is one of the most coveted players in the country in the 2026 class, now navigating a new era of college athletics as the rules change in real time and will go into effect on July 1. He took his summer official visits and has one more trip remaining to Alabama next weekend. During his visit to Auburn last weekend he was able to talk revenue sharing, but things are still far from finalized and being able to throw out official numbers.

“I mean, they really can’t tell me for real. Because the new cap, the (revenue) sharing. They can’t give me a specific number because they’re still figuring out stuff and they don’t know,” Morgan said. “December, they’re going to be able to tell me a lot because they’re going to know a lot. But it was just like right now they know a little something about how the money is going to be spent. But they can’t just say how much. 

“Most of (the other schools) told me the same thing. Because I know my first visit was Colorado. And I think when I was up there, they had just approved the cap. So June 1st, I think, that’s when it was. And then the next week, that was only the second week. So, like, just right now everybody is kind of on hold because they don’t really know a lot yet. But that’s what they’ve been telling me.”

NIL is still involved and a factor for recruits and players — but it’s changing. It’s turned into the wild west in recent years, with mega deals for players out of high school and players in the transfer portal.



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Cowboy Baseball Hires Hawksworth As Pitching Coach

STILLWATER – Former Major Leage Baseball pitcher and college coaching veteran Blake Hawksworth has joined Oklahoma State’s staff as its pitching coach.   Hawksworth comes to Stillwater after serving the last two seasons as pitching coach at Oregon, where he led a pair of record-setting pitching staffs for the Ducks.   “I spoke with people all […]

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STILLWATER – Former Major Leage Baseball pitcher and college coaching veteran Blake Hawksworth has joined Oklahoma State’s staff as its pitching coach.

 

Hawksworth comes to Stillwater after serving the last two seasons as pitching coach at Oregon, where he led a pair of record-setting pitching staffs for the Ducks.

 

“I spoke with people all across the country about who the top pitching minds in the game were and what made them special,” said OSU head coach Josh Holliday. “We wanted someone who could really connect with our pitchers on a personal level while providing top-level instruction to them in the pursuits of performance excellence.

 

“Blake’s unique background as a player in Major League Baseball and now as a coach has introduced him to some of the brightest minds in the game, and his pitching knowledge gained as a performer and now that of a modern baseball instructor and coach is going to really bring a lot to the program.

 

“Our pitchers will enjoy his personality, his life experience, his mentorship and his passion for teaching and developing, and he’s a great fit with our staff as we create an awesome learning environment with all the modern tools at our disposal.”

 

A native of Canada who hails from Vancouver, British Columbia, Hawksworth has spent over two decades playing and working in a variety of roles in professional and college baseball. Along with time spent as a big league pitcher and MLB agent, he has also been in charge of collegiate pitching staffs at Cal State Fullerton and Grand Canyon and served on staff at UC Irvine.

 

Hawksworth has coached 15 MLB Draft picks, 10 all-conference performers and three All-Americans in his four seasons as a collegiate pitching coach.

 

“I’m incredibly honored and excited to join the Oklahoma State baseball program,” Hawksworth said. “This is a storied program with a tradition of excellence, and I’m grateful to Coach Holliday and the entire staff for the opportunity. I look forward to developing our pitchers both on and off the field, competing at the highest level and helping bring championships to Stillwater. Go Pokes!”

 

In his two seasons at Oregon, Hawksworth helped lead the Ducks to an 82-36 record, two NCAA Regional berths and a Super Regional appearance, and he coached seven pitchers who collected all-conference honors.

 

The 2025 Ducks pitching staff posted a 4.10 ERA and 502 strikeouts in 504 2/3 innings while limiting opponents to a .219 batting average. They led the NCAA in hits allowed per nine innings at 7.1, ranked fourth with seven shutouts and were ninth in WHIP at 1.25.

 

Leading the way was Grayson Grinsell, who earned All-America honors under Hawksworth’s tutelage, while Seth Mattox joined Grinsell as an All-Big 10 First Team pitcher and Jason Reitz was named to the All-Big 10 Third Team.

 

In two seasons under Hawksworth, Grinsell established himself as one of the top hurlers in program history; he tallied a 9-3 record, 3.01 ERA and 101 strikeouts in 2025 after posting a 7-2 record and 99 strikeouts as a sophomore. He ranks third all time in program history with 267 strikeouts, and he is in the top 10 in wins and winning percentage.

 

Hawksworth’s first season at Oregon saw him build a staff that included 12 newcomers into a group that combined to win the fifth most games in program history and set a school record with 550 strikeouts. That staff averaged 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, the third most in Ducks’ history.

 

Prior to his tenure at Oregon, Hawksworth was the director of operations at UC Irvine in 2023, which came on the heels of a two-year stint at the high school level as the pitching coach at JSerra High School in California. During that prep run, he helped lead the Lions to back-to-back appearances in the postseason title game and the program’s first-ever CIF championship.

 

Hawksworth’s first stint as a college pitching coach came in 2017 at Cal State Fullerton. The Titans’ pitching staff recorded a 3.64 ERA and helped carry the team to the College World Series, and two of Hawksworth’s pupils, Connor Seabold and Brett Conine, earned All-America honors.

 

In his lone season as GCU’s pitching coach, which came during the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign, Hawksworth guided the staff to a 3.44 ERA in 18 games, and four pitchers off that staff were selected in the MLB Draft.

 

Alongside his coaching resumé, Hawksworth spent time working for the Scott Boras Corporation (2014-17 & 2018-19) as a MLB certified player agent, where he recruited top MLB and amateur prospects. He signed 2020 overall No. 1 pick Spencer Torkelson and captured over $20 million in revenue in his four years.

 

As a player, Hawksworth spent one season at Bellevue Community College, going 8-0 with a 0.18 ERA, before being drafted in the 28th round of the 2001 MLB Draft by St. Louis.

 

A right-handed pitcher, Hawksworth rose through the organization’s ranks, earning billing as the Cardinals’ No. 1 prospect in 2004, and made his MLB debut on June 6, 2009. In 30 appearances as a rookie, he went 4-0 with a 2.03 ERA and appeared in the NLDS.

 

Hawksworth also spent the 2010 season with the Cardinals, pitching 90 1/3 innings in 40 appearances and winning four games before being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

 

In his final pro season, Hawksworth pitched in 49 games for the Dodgers. After battling injuries, he retired in 2014.

 

Hawksworth and his wife, Amie, have four children – daughters Madison and Presley and sons Jaxon and Luke.

 

“We are thrilled to welcome Blake and his family to Stillwater; he and Amie and their family are going to be a great fit in our community and within our staff,” Holliday said. “It became clear to me during the process that we have a lot in common, and we look forward to the future of Cowboy Baseball with Blake on staff.”

 



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WVU athletics announces creation of Gold & Blue Enterprises

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announces the launch of Gold & Blue Enterprises, an initiative designed to revolutionize the student-athlete experience and enhance the Mountaineers’ competitive edge in the evolving landscape of collegiate athletics. Gold & Blue Enterprises will play a central role in advancing the mission of WVU Athletics […]

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announces the launch of Gold & Blue Enterprises, an initiative designed to revolutionize the student-athlete experience and enhance the Mountaineers’ competitive edge in the evolving landscape of collegiate athletics.

Gold & Blue Enterprises will play a central role in advancing the mission of WVU Athletics by focusing on strategic initiatives that drive success in competition and in the evolving Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) landscape. By serving as a key partner in the development of a comprehensive, innovative and sustainable NIL and revenue-generating ecosystem, Gold & Blue Enterprises will support Mountaineer student-athletes and position WVU as a national leader in the future of collegiate athletics.

Gold & Blue Enterprises will operate with two primary priorities: to generate new and diversified revenue streams that fuel the continued success of WVU Athletics, and to harness the strength and visibility of the WVU brand to elevate the personal and professional opportunities available to Mountaineer student-athletes.

“The launch of Gold & Blue Enterprises is a major breakthrough for WVU Athletics and its student-athletes. We are taking a hands-on approach to maximize Name, Image and Likeness opportunities for our students and develop innovative partnerships to generate the revenues we need to thrive,” Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker said. “I want to thank everyone involved with helping to create and launch this proactive business venture that will work to keep WVU relevant and winning on the national stage. In today’s competitive NIL industry, the launch of GBE is a victory for all Mountaineers.”

Key Features of Gold & Blue Enterprises:

  • Comprehensive NIL Support: Offering a full suite of services, including education, compliance guidance and personalized brand development to support student-athletes in maximizing their NIL opportunities.

  • Strategic Partnerships: Collaborating with leading marketing and advertising agencies to connect student-athletes with corporate partners, facilitating meaningful endorsement opportunities and brand alignments.

  • Innovative Business Structure: Operating with a private-sector approach, Gold & Blue Enterprises integrates sales, media, marketing and business operations to drive revenue and support the long-term sustainability of WVU Athletics.

  • Leadership and Governance: A dedicated leadership team will oversee Gold & Blue Enterprises, ensuring alignment with WVU’s mission and values while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Gold & Blue Enterprises draws inspiration from successful models at peer institutions, adapting best practices to meet the unique needs of WVU student-athletes and the broader Mountaineer community. This initiative underscores WVU’s proactive approach to the changing collegiate athletics landscape, emphasizing the importance of adaptability, strategic planning and student-athlete empowerment.

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