University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Sun Belt Football Media Days Main Stage & Broadcast Schedule Announced
7/16/2024 12:00:00 PM | Football
Louisiana to take part on final day of July 23-24 event
NEW ORLEANS — The 2024 Sun Belt football season will officially kick off with Sun Belt Football Media Days on Tuesday, July 23, and Wednesday, July 24.
The event will be held at the New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District in downtown New Orleans, La., and will be broadcast nationwide on ESPN+. This year's expanded multicast will include two separate feeds—the traditional Sun Belt Football Media Days show, which will incorporate portions of the Main Stage and Sun Belt Studio appearances from each team alongside analysis from hosts Matt Stewart and Rocky Boiman, and the new Sun Belt Football Media Days Podium Feed, which will showcase the Main Stage appearances from each team in their entirety.
This year's group of attendees includes reigning Sun Belt Player of the Year Texas State redshirt senior quarterback Jordan McCloud, reigning Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year App State senior quarterback Joey Aguilar and reigning Sun Belt Freshman of the Year Arkansas State sophomore quarterback Jaylen Raynor, alongside three All-Sun Belt First Team, two All-Sun Belt Second Team, three All-Sun Belt Third Team and eight All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention selections from a year ago.
The Sun Belt is coming off a 2023 campaign in which it defeated a conference-record four autonomy five programs, hosted ESPN's College GameDay for the third time in four seasons and produced a conference-record and FBS-leading 12 Bowl Season participants.
After opening the 2023 season with four-straight weeks with a victory over an autonomy five foe to match the conference record set in 2022, the Sun Belt boasted multiple 10-win teams for the sixth-straight campaign and for the third-straight year had multiple teams reach the mark during the regular season.
The Sun Belt is the lone non-autonomy conference to have had a team finish with two-or-fewer losses in each of the past seven seasons, with James Madison (11-2) continuing the streak in 2023. The Dukes were 1-of-2 non-autonomy teams with two-or-fewer losses a year ago, alongside New Year's Six representative No. 23 Liberty (13-1).
The Sun Belt also owns a .571 bowl winning percentage during the College Football Playoff era, trailing only the SEC (.584).
Five new head coaches—Dell McGee of Georgia State, Bob Chesney of James Madison, Bryant Vincent of ULM, Major Applewhite of South Alabama and Gerad Parker of Troy—will attend Sun Belt Football Media Days ahead of their first seasons in the conference.
Sun Belt East Division programs—App State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, James Madison, Marshall and Old Dominion—will appear on Tuesday, July 23.
Sun Belt West Division programs—Arkansas State, Louisiana, ULM, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas State and Troy—will participate on Wednesday, July 24.
The full list of media days attendees—the head coach and two student-athletes from each football program—and schedule is listed below.
For exclusive Sun Belt football content on game days and throughout the 2024 season, follow @SunBeltFB on X.
TUESDAY, JULY 23 (ALL TIMES CT)
SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS SHOW: 9:30 AM CT | 1:30 PM CT
SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS PODIUM FEED: 10:00 AM CT
MAIN STAGE APPEARANCES
10:00 AM COMMISSIONER KEITH GILL
10:30 AM GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Clay Helton (Head Coach)
Jalen White (5th Yr., RB – Daleville, Ala.)
TJ Smith (RS Sr., DB – Atlanta, Ga.)
11:00 AM APP STATE
Shawn Clark (Head Coach)
Joey Aguilar (Sr., QB – Antioch, Calif.)
Kaedin Robinson (RS Sr., WR – Asheville, N.C.)
11:30 AM OLD DOMINION
Ricky Rahne (Head Coach)
Santana Saunders (Sr., OL – Upper Marlboro, Md.)
Jason Henderson (Sr., LB – Dingmans Ferry, Pa.)
1:30 PM COASTAL CAROLINA
Tim Beck (Head Coach)
Zac Elam (Jr., OL – Clearwater, Fla.)
Shane Bruce (RS Jr., LB – Carrollton, Ga.)
2:00 PM GEORGIA STATE
Dell McGee (Head Coach)
Justin Abraham (Sr., LB – Hartsville, S.C.)
Kevin Swint (Sr., LB – Carrollton, Ga.)
2:30 PM JAMES MADISON
Bob Chesney (Head Coach)
Taji Hudson (RS Jr., WR – Cedartown, Ga.)
Jacob Dobbs (RS Sr., LB – Macomb, Mich.)
3:00 PM MARSHALL
Charles Huff (Head Coach)
Logan Osburn (RS Sr., OL – Ona, W.Va.)
Michael Green (RS So., DL – Williamsburg, Va.)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 (ALL TIMES CT)
SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS SHOW: 9:30 AM CT | 1:30 PM CT
SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS PODIUM FEED: 10:00 AM CT
MAIN STAGE APPEARANCES
10:00 AM COORDINATOR OF FOOTBALL OFFICIALS JOHN MCDAID
10:30 AM TEXAS STATE
GJ Kinne (Head Coach)
Ismail Mahdi (Jr., RB – Murphy, Texas)
Jordan McCloud (RS Sr., QB – Tampa, Fla.)
11:00 AM ULM
Bryant Vincent (Head Coach)
Elijah Fisher (Jr., OL – Allen, Texas)
Carl Glass Jr. (Sr., LB – Monroe, La.)
11:30 AM TROY
Gerad Parker (Head Coach)
Eli Russ (Jr., OL – Ardmore, Okla.)
Jordan Stringer (Jr., LB – Augusta, Ga.)
1:30 PM SOUTHERN MISS
Will Hall (Head Coach)
Ti Mims (Jr., WR – Bay Minette, Ala.)
Jalil Clemons (RS Sr., LB – Macon, Miss.)
2:00 PM ARKANSAS STATE
Butch Jones (Head Coach)
Jaylen Raynor (So., QB – Kernersville, N.C.)
Charles Willekes (RS Sr., LB – Rockford, Mich.)
2:30 PM SOUTH ALABAMA
Major Applewhite (Head Coach)
Jamaal Pritchett (Sr., WR – Jackson, Ala.)
Wy'Kevious Thomas (RS Sr., DL – Riverdale, Ga.)
3:00 PM LOUISIANA
Michael Desormeaux (Head Coach)
AJ Gillie (RS Sr., OL – Natchitoches, La.)
K.C. Ossai (Sr., LB – Conroe, Texas)
The event will be held at the New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District in downtown New Orleans, La., and will be broadcast nationwide on ESPN+. This year's expanded multicast will include two separate feeds—the traditional Sun Belt Football Media Days show, which will incorporate portions of the Main Stage and Sun Belt Studio appearances from each team alongside analysis from hosts Matt Stewart and Rocky Boiman, and the new Sun Belt Football Media Days Podium Feed, which will showcase the Main Stage appearances from each team in their entirety.
This year's group of attendees includes reigning Sun Belt Player of the Year Texas State redshirt senior quarterback Jordan McCloud, reigning Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year App State senior quarterback Joey Aguilar and reigning Sun Belt Freshman of the Year Arkansas State sophomore quarterback Jaylen Raynor, alongside three All-Sun Belt First Team, two All-Sun Belt Second Team, three All-Sun Belt Third Team and eight All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention selections from a year ago.
The Sun Belt is coming off a 2023 campaign in which it defeated a conference-record four autonomy five programs, hosted ESPN's College GameDay for the third time in four seasons and produced a conference-record and FBS-leading 12 Bowl Season participants.
After opening the 2023 season with four-straight weeks with a victory over an autonomy five foe to match the conference record set in 2022, the Sun Belt boasted multiple 10-win teams for the sixth-straight campaign and for the third-straight year had multiple teams reach the mark during the regular season.
The Sun Belt is the lone non-autonomy conference to have had a team finish with two-or-fewer losses in each of the past seven seasons, with James Madison (11-2) continuing the streak in 2023. The Dukes were 1-of-2 non-autonomy teams with two-or-fewer losses a year ago, alongside New Year's Six representative No. 23 Liberty (13-1).
The Sun Belt also owns a .571 bowl winning percentage during the College Football Playoff era, trailing only the SEC (.584).
Five new head coaches—Dell McGee of Georgia State, Bob Chesney of James Madison, Bryant Vincent of ULM, Major Applewhite of South Alabama and Gerad Parker of Troy—will attend Sun Belt Football Media Days ahead of their first seasons in the conference.
Sun Belt East Division programs—App State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, James Madison, Marshall and Old Dominion—will appear on Tuesday, July 23.
Sun Belt West Division programs—Arkansas State, Louisiana, ULM, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas State and Troy—will participate on Wednesday, July 24.
The full list of media days attendees—the head coach and two student-athletes from each football program—and schedule is listed below.
For exclusive Sun Belt football content on game days and throughout the 2024 season, follow @SunBeltFB on X.
TUESDAY, JULY 23 (ALL TIMES CT)
SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS SHOW: 9:30 AM CT | 1:30 PM CT
SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS PODIUM FEED: 10:00 AM CT
MAIN STAGE APPEARANCES
10:00 AM COMMISSIONER KEITH GILL
10:30 AM GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Clay Helton (Head Coach)
Jalen White (5th Yr., RB – Daleville, Ala.)
TJ Smith (RS Sr., DB – Atlanta, Ga.)
11:00 AM APP STATE
Shawn Clark (Head Coach)
Joey Aguilar (Sr., QB – Antioch, Calif.)
Kaedin Robinson (RS Sr., WR – Asheville, N.C.)
11:30 AM OLD DOMINION
Ricky Rahne (Head Coach)
Santana Saunders (Sr., OL – Upper Marlboro, Md.)
Jason Henderson (Sr., LB – Dingmans Ferry, Pa.)
1:30 PM COASTAL CAROLINA
Tim Beck (Head Coach)
Zac Elam (Jr., OL – Clearwater, Fla.)
Shane Bruce (RS Jr., LB – Carrollton, Ga.)
2:00 PM GEORGIA STATE
Dell McGee (Head Coach)
Justin Abraham (Sr., LB – Hartsville, S.C.)
Kevin Swint (Sr., LB – Carrollton, Ga.)
2:30 PM JAMES MADISON
Bob Chesney (Head Coach)
Taji Hudson (RS Jr., WR – Cedartown, Ga.)
Jacob Dobbs (RS Sr., LB – Macomb, Mich.)
3:00 PM MARSHALL
Charles Huff (Head Coach)
Logan Osburn (RS Sr., OL – Ona, W.Va.)
Michael Green (RS So., DL – Williamsburg, Va.)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 (ALL TIMES CT)
SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS SHOW: 9:30 AM CT | 1:30 PM CT
SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS PODIUM FEED: 10:00 AM CT
MAIN STAGE APPEARANCES
10:00 AM COORDINATOR OF FOOTBALL OFFICIALS JOHN MCDAID
10:30 AM TEXAS STATE
GJ Kinne (Head Coach)
Ismail Mahdi (Jr., RB – Murphy, Texas)
Jordan McCloud (RS Sr., QB – Tampa, Fla.)
11:00 AM ULM
Bryant Vincent (Head Coach)
Elijah Fisher (Jr., OL – Allen, Texas)
Carl Glass Jr. (Sr., LB – Monroe, La.)
11:30 AM TROY
Gerad Parker (Head Coach)
Eli Russ (Jr., OL – Ardmore, Okla.)
Jordan Stringer (Jr., LB – Augusta, Ga.)
1:30 PM SOUTHERN MISS
Will Hall (Head Coach)
Ti Mims (Jr., WR – Bay Minette, Ala.)
Jalil Clemons (RS Sr., LB – Macon, Miss.)
2:00 PM ARKANSAS STATE
Butch Jones (Head Coach)
Jaylen Raynor (So., QB – Kernersville, N.C.)
Charles Willekes (RS Sr., LB – Rockford, Mich.)
2:30 PM SOUTH ALABAMA
Major Applewhite (Head Coach)
Jamaal Pritchett (Sr., WR – Jackson, Ala.)
Wy'Kevious Thomas (RS Sr., DL – Riverdale, Ga.)
3:00 PM LOUISIANA
Michael Desormeaux (Head Coach)
AJ Gillie (RS Sr., OL – Natchitoches, La.)
K.C. Ossai (Sr., LB – Conroe, Texas)
Players Mentioned
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