John David Baker has been named East Carolina's new offensive coordinator according to an announcement by head coach Mike Houston.

A young offensive mind, Baker's appointment ends a three-year stint at Ole Miss where he served as the co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach for the past two seasons.

The UNT men's basketball team made a double-digit second half comeback on Thursday versus St. John's but fell 53-52 to the Red Storm in the quarterfinal of the Shriners Children's Charleston Classic.

UAB men's basketball (1-2) took down Maryland (1-2) at the Asheville Championship to pick up its first win of the season, 66-63. Eric Gaines led the Blazers with 20 points and four steals while Alejandro Vasquez added 14 points and grabbed five rebounds.

The University of Memphis football team won its third-straight game on Saturday, beating South Florida, 59-50, at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tenn. The 59 points were a season high for the Tigers (7-2, 4-1 AAC), who extended their NCAA-leading streak of consecutive games with 20 or more points to 23.

The No. 21 Tulane football team (8-1, 5-0 AAC) earned a hard-fought road victory over an ECU Pirates squad (1-8, 0-5 AAC) on Saturday by a 13-10 score at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

The Florida Atlantic University football team (4-4, 3-1 AAC) took down Charlotte (2-6, 1-3 AAC), 38-16, in a rare Friday night game.

Let's get the obvious part out of the way, of course Memphis and Tulane would like to join the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The step up from The American isn't nearly as big a jump as it used to be, but the increase in money and exposure is still there.

The American Athletic Conference Board of Directors and Commissioner Mike Aresco have announced that the Army West Point Athletic Association Inc.'s application for membership in The American was approved by the board.

Charlotte's stout defense had a record-setting performance as the 49ers picked up their first-ever American Athletic Conference victory, 10-7, at East Carolina, Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

The Temple football team (2-6, 0-4 AAC) fell to the SMU Mustangs (5-2, 3-0 AAC) on Friday Night by a score of 55-0. SMU's offense stole the show, with 563 yards of total offense.

JT Daniels threw for 342 yards and Dean Connors ran for a career-high 120 and three touchdowns as Rice came off the bye week and secured its largest conference victory since 2013, defeating Tulsa, 42-10, Thursday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium.

Lynn Greer, who is the second all-time leading scorer in Temple Men's Basketball history with 2,099 points, is returning to his alma mater as the program's Chief of Staff, announced Owls' head coach Adam Fisher.

The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly football honors for the week-ending Oct. 14.

Temple (2-5, 0-3) lost to the North Texas Mean Green (3-3, 1-1), 45-14, on a Saturday afternoon American Athletic Conference road matchup. The story of the game was the Mean Green offense, with over 500 yards of total offense.

The USF football team (3-4; 2-2 American) fell 56-14 against FAU (3-3; 2-0 American) in the Bulls' homecoming game Saturday at Raymond James Stadium.

The Green Wave (5-1, 2-0 AAC) ended a 25-year drought in Memphis (4-2, 1-1 AAC) with a second-half surge to emerge victorious 31-21 Friday evening in Memphis.

The combination of an open date, Thursday night prime-time TV appearance and "blackout" could not stir up quite the recipe to get East Carolina back in the win column.

On the heels of its historic Final Four run from 2023, Florida Atlantic has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2023-24 American Athletic Conference men’s basketball title in voting done by the league’s head coaches, the conference announced Monday as part of the American Basketball Media Day at the Grand Hyatt DFW.

The University of Memphis football team stormed back from an early, 17-0 deficit to take down Boise State, 35-32, on Saturday at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tenn.

Cardell Williams totaled 244 passing yards and rushed for 90 yards while totaling four touchdowns in Tulsa's 48-26 win over Temple in front of 17,538 fans Thursday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium.