Topic: athletics
A NEW HEAD BASEBALL COACH FOR THE GREEN WAVE
Jay Uhlman was named head coach of the Tulane baseball team in June, after serving as interim coach. While interim, Uhlman led the team to the American Athletic Conference’s semifinal round.
Service on the Sideline
Tulane University and the New Orleans community lost an institution of a man with the passing of Gayle Letulle in January 2022.
Reshaping College Sports
The NCAA Constitution Committee is billed as a panel that will reshape college sports, and Tulane University Athletics Director Troy Dannen made no secret of his desire to be part of it.
Ready For a New Season
Corey Dublin, a left guard on the Green Wave football team, would never wish for a global pandemic.
SUPERBOWL TEAMS
Two former Green Wave football players — Ryan Griffin and Thakarius “BoPete” Keyes — were on teams that made it to the NFL Super Bowl championship in February. Former Tulane quarterback Griffin, in his sixth year in the NFL, was part of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl LV team, serving as third-string backup quarterback to Tom Brady. Griffin spent his first two professional seasons on the New Orleans Saints’ practice squad. In his rookie season in the NFL, cornerback Keyes is on the Kansas City Chiefs team. https://tulane.it/superbowl-teams
Something to Prove
Green Wave pitcher Braden Olthoff is ready to show his stuff during this spring season.
Green Wave Justice
Mónica Lebrón, the first chief diversity officer for Tulane Athletics, leads Green Wave Justice for All. She’s also deputy athletics director and chief operating officer.
A Winning Culture
Ron Hunter, the new Green Wave men’s basketball coach, invites fans to experience the energy of the team this season.
How Do We Know Green Wave football Is on the Rise?
Last year, it took the entire season of 12 games to become bowl eligible. This year, Tulane clinched bowl eligibility with a Nov. 1 homecoming victory against Tulsa — it’s ninth game of the season.
Pact Championship Year
The Tulane Professional Athlete Care Team had its most successful year in 2018-19, completing more than 600 patient screenings, including a record 139 former players at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Tulane’s School of Medicine began providing medical services to former professional athletes in 2013. In 2015, a partnership with the NFL Player Care Foundation Healthy Body and Mind Screening program and PACT was formed.https://tulane.it/pact-championship-year
