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Idaho's athletic teams go by a name earned nearly a century ago by a basketball team coached by Hec Edmundson, whose teams played defense with such intensity and ferocity that sports writers said they "vandalized" their opponents. The mark made by that 1917 team went far deeper than wins and losses on the court.
Coach Griffith, head coach from 1902–1906 and 1910–1914.. The University of Idaho fielded its first football team in 1893. [7] It wasn't until 1917 that the program earned its nickname, the Vandals, after the UI basketball team under alumnus Hec Edmundson played defense with such ferocity that they "vandalized" their opponents and, thus, the nickname of Vandals was adopted for all school ...
The Vandals finally turned to a coach from outside the Idaho program to hire its 25th head coach, choosing Air Force offensive line coach Jerry Davitch. [149] Davitch was a relatively inexperienced coach, he had served as a high school head coach from 1969 to 1972 at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona and as a position coach under Ben Martin at Air Force for five years; from ...
The Vandals are coached by Alex Pribble and play home games at the new Idaho Central Credit Union Arena. This venue, which also houses the women's basketball team, opened in 2021 as the replacement for the Vandals' primary home of the Kibbie Dome, whose basketball configuration was known as Cowan Spectrum, and alternate venue of Memorial Gym ...
The Vandals sit at 6-3 overall and 5-1 in Big Sky play. They are third in the league standings behind No. 2 Sacramento State and No. 3 Montana State, who are each 6-0 in conference action.
Dec. 2—The No. 4 Idaho football team makes its return to the Football Championship Subdivision playoff for the second consecutive year at 7 p.m. today against Southern Illinois at the P1FCU ...
Idaho won the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State for the second straight year, this time by a score of 17–13 at Rogers Field in Pullman. [4] [5] It was the first time Idaho logged consecutive wins over the Cougars in forty years. The Vandals lost close games to the other three Northwest teams of the AAWU (Pac-8).
Sep. 23—At the University of Idaho's weekly football press conference, coach Jason Eck reflected on the Vandals' adventures so far. "That which does not kill you makes you stronger," he said.