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The football rivalry began after the hire of former Appalachian State (a major rival of Georgia Southern) athletic director Charlie Cobb to the same position at Ga State. During Georgia State's press release introducing Cobb, he revealed that Georgia Southern's athletic director Tom Kleinlein told him "welcome, now the war is on."
Georgia State became a fully accredited NCAA Division I athletics program in 1963, which saw the university give scholarships at the highest level of competition for college athletics. However, sports did exist at GSU prior to becoming an NCAA member; In 1956, the Panthers began a baseball team, the oldest sport played at Georgia State. [ 2 ]
The Georgia State Panthers college football team represents Georgia State University in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The Panthers compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The school has had 3 head coaches since it began play during the 2010 season.
On March 21, 2011, president Mark P. Becker and director of athletics Cheryl L. Levick announced Ron Hunter as the new head men's basketball coach at Georgia State University. [16] Previously, Hunter spent 17 years as head coach at IUPUI. [17]
The following is a list of Georgia State Panthers men's basketball head coaches. There have been 16 head coaches of the Panthers in their 60-season history. [1] Georgia State's current head coach is Jonas Hayes. He was hired as the Panthers' head coach in April 2022, [2] replacing Rob Lanier, who left to become the head coach at SMU. [3]
With the emergence of football at Georgia State University, due to Title IX scholarship restrictions, it was necessary for GSU to increase the number of women's scholarships available in their athletic program [1] The creation of beach volleyball at Georgia State was announced on September 27, 2011, by Georgia State Athletic Director Cheryl ...
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Jonas Hayes (born August 9, 1981) is an American college basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Georgia State. [1] He previously served as an assistant coach, and later interim head coach, for the Xavier Musketeers.