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Head coach Chuck Priore in Stony Brook footballs season opener. Priore is currently in the last year of his contract. TIM GIORLANDO/THE STATESMAN

2022 is a make or break year for Stony Brook’s Chuck Priore

Mike Anderson September 4, 2022
As the second football head coach in Stony Brook history, Priore has helped transform the program from a state of mediocrity into one of respectability. However, the 62-year-old coach is now in the final year of a contract extension from 2018.
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The crowd at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium for Stony Brooks mens lacrosse game against Syracuse on March 19. The game was better attended than any Stony Brook mens basketball game this past year. ETHAN TAM/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook Athletics points to Covid for lower attendance numbers

Paul McDonough June 14, 2022
The onset of COVID-19 not only impacted the way students engaged with Stony Brook sports, but it also impacted the athletic department’s ability to communicate with students and fans. 
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The student section at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium minutes before the start of the football game against Delaware on Oct. 16, 2021. ETHAN TAM/THE STATESMAN

Empty bleachers: exploring Stony Brook students’ disinterest in sports

Jeremy Portnoy and Ethan Tam April 3, 2022
It should not be hard to regularly fill Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium’s 12,300 seats or Island Federal Arena’s 4,000 seats for sports games. Yet Stony Brook’s attendance numbers have remained low throughout the years.
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Students holding up signs in protest of the America East ban at the mens basketball game on Feb. 9. MARCUS DIA/THE STATESMAN

SBU athletes protest playoff ban; rally planned for tonight

Viola Flowers and Ethan Tam February 23, 2022
Stony Brook University student-athletes are uniting to overturn America East's decision to bar them from competing in the conference playoffs, which was announced on Feb. 21. They plan to hold a demonstration during tonight's women's basketball game.
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Protesters at the game against UMass Lowell. ETHAN TAM/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook student-athletes protest America East postseason ban

Ethan Tam February 11, 2022
The America East’s decision to rule Stony Brook ineligible for postseason contention in all sports as the program moves to the Colonial Athletic Association in July has drawn outrage extending all the way out to national basketball reporters.
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The Island Federal Arena where the Stony Brook basketball teams play. ETHAN TAM/THE STATESMAN

Following move to CAA, America East bans Stony Brook from all conference championships

Ethan Tam February 2, 2022
The America East Conference announced on Wednesday, Feb. 2 that Stony Brook University’s athletic teams have been ruled ineligible for participation in postseason conference championships for all sports.
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Head Coach for the womens basketball team, Ashley Langford.  JOCELYN CRUZ

Langford finds perfect fit in first year with Stony Brook’s women’s basketball

Matt Lindsay November 14, 2021
First-year head coach Ashley Langford has never held this position before, but she comes from a winning culture — the key as the Stony Brook women’s basketball team eyes another successful season after last year’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
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Womens Lacrosse Head Coach Joe Spallina. Stony Brook athletics announced on Sept.22 that Joe Spallina will extend his contract until 2026.  ETHAN TAM / THE STATESMAN

Joe Spallina reaches extension to remain with Stony Brook through 2026

Ethan Tam September 22, 2021
Stony Brook's women's lacrosse head coach, Joe Spallina, will remain with the team for another five seasons.
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A headshot of Ashley Langford. PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES MADISON ATHLETICS

Ashley Langford hired as Stony Brook’s next women’s basketball head coach

Ethan Tam April 28, 2021
Stony Brook officially named James Madison associate head coach Ashley Langford as its new women’s basketball coach on Wednesday, April 28.
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Stony Brook womens basketball head coach, Caroline McCombs, at a practice in the fall of 2019. SARA RUBERG/STATESMAN FILE

Head coach Caroline McCombs departs SBU for position at George Washington

Jeremy Portnoy April 3, 2021
On April 2, Caroline McCombs announced her departure as head coach of the Stony Brook women’s basketball team, weeks after leading the program to its first America East finals win and first NCAA Tournament appearance.
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The Weekly Wrap Up podcast logo. HANYA GAO/THE STATESMAN

The Weekly Wrap Up Ep. 21: Spring Sports Preview

Juliana Slocum, Tim Giorlando, and Justin Burns March 6, 2021
The podcast team interviews Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron and student athletes in this podcast from The Statesman's Spring Sports Preview.
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Fall sports return to the field in unusual Spring 2021 season

Fall sports return to the field in unusual Spring 2021 season

Ethan Tam March 5, 2021
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium will rarely see a quiet moment over the next few months, with five different teams set to occupy the turf in one season. Such is the reality of the Spring 2021 semester, an unprecedented schedule.
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