UMass hired Rutgers defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak as head coach on Wednesday, it announced. He became Maine head coach in 2016 at 32 years old after five years as an assistant and went 20-15 in three seasons, including a 10-4 record in 2018. From there, he spent three seasons on the Minnesota staff before joining Rutgers as defensive coordinator in …
Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst; Jesse Rhodes, UMass Amherst, and Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst Since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race on July 21, 2024, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris’ campaign has generated widespread enthusiasm and attention. Yes, the scars of the 2016 campaign – in which sexism played a key role in …
— Professor Edwin Driver arrived in Amherst in 1948 as one of the first Black teachers hired at a flagship state university in the country. “There’s a lot of people in Amherst that have not gotten a proper share of things,” the now 96-year-old professor emeritus said at his home in nearby South Hadley recently. “I ended up being the …
