Ticket Prices Available For Tucker Stadium Improvements
Tennessee Tech Athletics has announced ticket prices and plans for the new Tucker Stadium. Athletic Director Casey Fox said the west side of Tucker Stadium will feature new amenities, concessions, chairback seating, and a club-level section. The stadium will also offer a President’s Suite that has a capacity of 40, along with 13 other suites […]
Tech Playoff Game Opportunity To Grow Athletic Program
With Tennessee Tech University hosting its second-ever football playoff game this Saturday, Athletic Director Casey Fox said he sees the game as an opportunity to grow the university’s athletic programs. Fox said the game is historic, as Tennessee Tech Football does not have a long history. Fox said the game shows the commitment the university […]
TTU Football Ends, The Remodeling Of Tucker Stadium Begins
With Tech’s home football season over, do not expect to see immediate work begin on the remodeling of Tucker Stadium. The entire west end of Tucker Stadium is going to be demolished and replaced with a new grandstand. Construction may not be noticeable for awhile. But Athletic Director Mark Wilson said progress will start inside […]
Tech Kicks Off Football Season Sunday
Golden Eagle football kicks off Sunday against in-state rival Austin Peay. Athletic Director Mark Wilson said the football teams dedication to the season and COVID protocols made this season possible. Wilson said now the Golden Eagles will get a chance to strap on the pads and start the season with the first game in the […]
Golden Eagle Football Kicks Off In February
The Super Bowl may have ended the pro football season Sunday night, but Tennessee Tech’s season will be kicking off in less than two weeks. The Golden Eagles open the first spring football season in school history February 21 against Austin Peay. Athletic Director Mark Wilson said the team is slated for seven Ohio Valley […]
TTU Athletics Adds a New Member
TTU’s new associate athletic director for development Sara Prinzi has big goals for her new role. Coming in during the aftermath of COVID-19, Prinzi said raising money with fall athletics being cancelled is the immediate need. Long term though, finding the funding to renovate Tucker Stadium is the big one. “When other people are building […]
Tech’s Wilson: “Heartbreaking for Athletes”
The hardest part of the OVC’s announcement postponing fall sports, the emotions of the athletes involved. That’s according to Tennessee Tech Athletic Director Mark Wilson. The OVC announced late Friday all fall sports competitions would be postponed because of COVID-19. “It’s heartbreaking for the athletes, you know athletes they work for these competitions, they work […]
Tech Relocating Football Offices
Tennessee Tech University will bring in portable buildings to move the football program’s offices out of leaky Tucker Stadium. Although Vice President for Programs and Finance Claire Stinson told Trustees that the buildings were “semi-temporary” fix until a new stadium could be built, Tech President Phil Oldham admitted that will not be possible for the […]
Wilson: Losing Game Vs Minnesota “Devastating To Budget”
The potential for Tennessee Tech’s Athletic Department to lose a guaranteed revenue football game? “That would be devastating to Tennessee Tech’s budget,” Tennessee Tech Athletic Director Mark Wilson said. “We rely on guarantee games for football and men’s basketball to enhance our budgets.” The Golden Eagles are scheduled to play Minnesota September 12. The Big […]
