Wheeling, W. Va. – With the 2026-2027 season proper across the nook, the Wheeling University Athletic Department is making its ultimate preparations for fall camp. On Monday, July 27, every of the division’s fall sport head coaches will take the rostrum for the second annual Fall Sports Media Day. Each coach will give a season preview as followers prepare to cheer on the Cardinals in 2026-2027.
“With the 2026-2027 season right around the corner, we are excited to welcome the community back inside the Alma Grace McDonough Center to kick off the year,” mentioned Wheeling Assistant Athletic Director for Communications and Engagement Zack Zeigler. “We strive to be Wheeling’s University, and having that connection between our coaches and the community is one way for us to do just that. It marks the official kickoff of our athletic season as we get ready to welcome our Cardinals back to campus.”
The Fall Sports Media Day will function all 9 groups represented, with soccer, volleyball, males’s and girls’s soccer, males’s rugby, males’s and girls’s cross nation, and males’s and girls’s golf every taking the rostrum. Each head coach will give a season preview, highlighting among the prime returners and newcomers whereas giving followers a take a look at what to anticipate through the 2026-2027 season. The occasion can be hosted by Zeigler and can function addresses from President Dr. Dianna Vargo and Director of Athletics Carrie Hanna earlier than every of the coaches takes the rostrum. Each coach will communicate first, after which all seven head coaches can be accessible for further remark from the media after the occasion has concluded.
Up first can be Head Golf Coach Thadd Obecny, recent off his males’s staff’s run to the NCAA Division II National Championships. The first of three new head coaches can be subsequent, as Head Cross Country Coach Ben Healy addresses the gang. After taking up as head monitor & discipline coach within the spring, Healy will start his first season as head cross nation coach in 2026, main the Cardinal runners on the course. Next can be Head Men’s Rugby Coach Maxwell Hamilton in his second season after main the Cardinals to a 3rd straight nationwide championship through the 7s season. The different two latest head coaches will comply with, as Head Men’s Soccer Coach Jack Shearer and Head Women’s Soccer Coach Jaclyn Ketter deal with the media for the primary time as head coaches of their respective packages. Head Volleyball Coach Christy Benner will comply with earlier than Head Football Coach Zac Bruney rounds out the day with the 2026 Wheeling soccer preview.
Fans and group members are welcome to be part of us contained in the Alma Grace McDonough Center to assist have a good time the beginning of the 2026-2027 season. Fans who can’t attend can tune into the dwell stream on MEC.TV, which can function every coach’s deal with. The Wheeling Athletics social media channels can even present dwell protection of the occasion, together with highlights all through the day. For extra details about the occasion, contact Assistant Athletic Director for Communications and Engagement Zack Zeigler at [email protected].
The 2026 Wheeling Athletics Fall Sports Media Day is scheduled for Monday, July 27, at 1 p.m. contained in the Alma Grace McDonough Center. You can watch the occasion dwell by clicking HERE.