MIAA head coaches and student-athletes will travel to Kansas City, Missouri on Tuesday, July 23 for the 2024 MIAA Football Media Day, presented by Seigfreid Bingham.
The 2024 MIAA football season officially kicks off on July 23 at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center in Kansas City, Mo. The event will feature opening statements from MIAA Commissioner Mike Racy and the league’s Supervisor of Officials Phil Laurie as well as 15-minute press conferences with head coaches and student-athletes from each MIAA program. Fans can watch each press conference from the 2024 MIAA Football Media Day live, exclusively on The MIAA Network.
UNK will be on the podium at 11 a.m. and represented by head coach Ryan Held, quarterback Reagan Jones and defensive end Quillan Felton (pronounced key-lin). Jones (Wichita) is a graduate transfer from Missouri Western who started 1.5 years for the Griffons with Felton (Lithonia, Ga.) joining offensive lineman Kooper Reece as Lopers who’ve earned All-MIAA honors.
The Kauffman Foundation Conference Center is a nationally recognized convening site located adjacent to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation offices in Kansas City, Missouri. The official press conference schedule for the 2024 MIAA Football Media Day is listed below. Teams with press conferences in Session I will be available for media interviews from 9:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. while teams participating in press conferences during Session II will be available for media interviews from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
With Lincoln University’s departure from the league and Northeastern State University competing as an independent, the MIAA will feature a 10-team conference schedule for the first time since 2011. To view the full 2024 week-by-week MIAA football schedule, click here.
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UNK begins fall camp on Monday, Aug. 5, with the season-opener slated for Thursday, Aug. 29 at longtime rival Chadron State. The home opener comes on Saturday, Sept. 7, vs. Northwest Missouri.
MIAA FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Opening
9:30 a.m. MIAA Commissioner Update – Mike Racy
9:45 a.m. MIAA Supervisor of Officials Update – Phil Laurie
Session I
10:00 a.m. Washburn
10:15 a.m. Emporia State
10:30 a.m. Fort Hays State
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Nebraska Kearney
11:15 a.m. Central Oklahoma
Session II
12:00 p.m. Missouri Southern
12:15 p.m. Pittsburg State
12:30 p.m. Central Missouri
12:45 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m. Missouri Western
1:15 p.m. Northwest Missouri
Closing
1:30 p.m. MIAA
