Zips sports news, features and notes
- UA athletes fail to qualify
- UA’s Alexis Cooks wins discus with school-record throw
- Seven KSU baseball players earn All-MAC honors
- Marla Ridenour: From walk-on to champion: UA’s Alex McCune finds his niche
- KSU’s Jennifer Ha struggles to 79 in first round of NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
- Zips notebook: Quincy Diggs back in school; football player arrested
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 1: Flashes top Zips, get help from Bowling Green to win MAC title, earn top seed in tournament
- On the Record — May 18
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 3: Flashes muster enough energy to top Zips, stay alive for top seed in MAC Tournament
- Kent State golf in fifth after two rounds of NCAA Regional
Caleb Porter & UA agree to new five-year contract
Caleb Porter will remain the University of Akron men's soccer coach, UA Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations Mike Cawood said Tuesday night.
Cawood said Porter and UA have reached an agreement on a new five-year contract. Terms of the contract were not immediately announced.
Porter recently led the Zips to a runnerup finish in the Division I NCAA Tournament. The Zips were ranked No. 1 in the country by all five of the national polls for the majority of this past season. UA won its first 23 games and finished the season 23-1-1.
Porter has a 68-12-8 record in four seasons at UA. He has been named Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year in each of the past three seasons.
The Zips have made the NCAA Tournament and won MAC regular season and tournament titles in each of the past three seasons. In his first season, the Zips won the MAC regular-season title.