One of the nation’s most-respected young coaches has been selected to lead the Missouri State University Lady Bears basketball team. Kellie Harper, the former head coach at North Carolina State and Western Carolina, was announced as the seventh Lady Bears head coach at a news conference Wednesday (April 10) at JQH Arena. Harper’s five-year agreement [...]
Missouri State University announced Monday that Nyla Milleson’s contract has been cancelled, and she will not return as head women’s basketball coach. The announcement was made by Director of Athletics Kyle Moats during an afternoon news conference at JQH Arena. Moats said the University would move promptly to hire a new coach. “We evaluate all [...]
Missouri State University has finalized its 2013 football schedule which features a 12-game regular-season for the first time in school history, the program’s first-ever visit to a Big Ten Conference school and an impressive six-game home slate. Head coach Terry Allen opens his eighth season at the helm of the Bears with a Thursday night [...]
The annual Missouri Valley Conference preseason men’s basketball poll was released Monday (Oct. 29), and with little surprise defending Valley champion Creighton was tabbed as the league preseason favorite for 2012-13. Missouri State, which tied for third in the MVC standings last winter, is picked eighth in this year’s poll. Creighton received 38 of a [...]
Faced with what he termed a career-changing business opportunity, Missouri State assistant football coach Bob Montgomery announced late Wednesday (Aug. 22) that he will step down from his post with the Bears’ staff next week. The MSU tight ends and special teams coach, who joined the Bears in 2008, will be replaced on an interim [...]
Missouri State men’s basketball head coach Paul Lusk officially completed his coaching staff Friday (July 13) with the addition of Derrick Tilmon as an assistant coach. A native of Clarksdale, Miss., Tilmon has spent the last three years as an assistant for coach Rodney Watson at the University of Southern Indiana. The Screaming Eagles won [...]
For the eighth time in program history, the Missouri State Bears have been selected to play in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The Bears earned the No. 3 seed in the Coral Gables (Fla.) Regional as part of the 64-team NCAA field that was announced Monday morning. Making their first NCAA Tournament appearance in [...]
Behind the efforts of five conference championships and four league runner-up finishes during the 2011-12 school year, Missouri State University has won the Missouri Valley Conference All-Sports Trophy, the MVC league office announced Monday (May 21). It is Missouri State’s fourth MVC All-Sports Trophy title and first since 2002-03. The Bears also won the coveted [...]
Missouri State University has dismissed starting quarterback Trevor Wooden from its football program due to violations of team rules, head coach Terry Allen announced Thursday (May 10). Wooden, from High Springs, Fla., was expected to be the Bears’ starter again this fall after leading the Missouri Valley Football Conference in total offense last season. “This [...]
Although the opportunity to play in the postseason for a third straight season was a possibility for the Missouri State University men’s basketball program, Director of Athletics Kyle Moats announced Monday (March 5), the Bears will not participate in the College Basketball Invitational or CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. “Our coaches can immediately begin working with our [...]