2025 Carson-Newman Football News

• Football
• January 01, 2026

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman Vice President for Athletics Matt Pope announced the promotion of C-N defensive coordinator and reigning AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year Tyler Almond be the Carson-Newman football program's 21st head coach during a press conference Thursday morning at the Ken Sparks Athletic Complex.

• Football
• December 30, 2025

LEXINGTON, Va. – Carson-Newman is looking for its 21st head football coach.

• December 28, 2025

From now until Jan. 3, the Carson-Newman Athletic Communications Department will debut the Frosty Award nominees for the fall semester.  These are the fall nominees for Upset of the Year. Monday, we'll unveil the Comeback of the Year. 

• December 26, 2025

From now until Jan. 3, the Carson-Newman Athletic Communications Department will debut the Frosty Award nominees for the fall semester.  These are the fall nominees for Male Freshman of the Year. Saturday, we'll unveil the Female Freshman of the Year. 

• Football
• December 24, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman has unveiled the top 10 plays from Carson-Newman football's 2025 season.  Watch the Eagles best plays from the last year below.  

• December 21, 2025

From now until Jan. 3, the Carson-Newman Athletic Communications Department will debut the Frosty Award nominees for the fall semester.  These are the fall nominees for Male Newcomer of the Year. Monday, we'll unveil the candidates for Coach of the Year. 

• December 19, 2025

From now until Jan. 3, the Carson-Newman Athletic Communications Department will debut the Frosty Award nominees for the fall semester.  These are the fall nominees for Team Performance of the Year. Saturday, we'll unveil the candidates for Female Newcomer of the Year. 

• Football
• December 15, 2025

It’s a tradition that is so ingrained into the Carson-Newman football program, its origins are tough to pin down. For more than a decade, the Eagles football team gathers at the banks of Mossy Creek to bear witness to lives forever changed and a public proclamation of faith as players are baptized in the running waters.

• Football
• December 09, 2025

WACO, Texas – Carson-Newman defensive coordinator and safeties coach Tyler Almond has been named the AFCA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year, the organization announced Tuesday morning. 

• Football
• December 08, 2025

You’ve probably seen Carlos Lopez of Vamos Vols on ESPN’s College Gameday, on your local TV broadcast or heard his voice while scrolling channels on your radio dial. But if you’re a longtime fan of the Carson-Newman Eagles, then you remember a guy not calling a game from the booth, but one suited up on the field, as C-N’s All-SAC kicker from 2008-2011. 

• Football
• December 04, 2025

VALDOSTA, Ga. – Carson-Newman linebacker Cruz Temple (Abbeville, S.C.) and offensive lineman Jay’Den Williams (Moultrie, Ga.) have earned second-team all-region honors from the Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association, the organization announced Thursday. 

• December 02, 2025

Shortly before he passed away in 2016, legendary Carson-Newman head football coach Ken Sparks confided in his friend, former quarterback and assistant coach David Needs, a hope he would like fulfilled. A goal that Needs then the head track coach at Carson-Newman took on as a personal challenge. 

• Football
• November 28, 2025

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman football has had six players named to the South Atlantic Conference’s all-league teams, the conference office announced Friday morning.

• Football
• November 19, 2025

Talon Talk from the Eagle Sports Network features a walk and talk with a student-athlete at Carson-Newman. On this edition, we feature senior running back James Maddox.

• Football
• November 19, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Carson-Newman senior linebacker Isaac Bohleber (Knoxville, Tenn.) closed up shop on his C-N career with a career-best in tackles and the Tennessee Sportswriters Association state defensive player of the week honor, the organization announced Wednesday afternoon. 

• Football
• November 17, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Watch the 11th episode of The Ashley Ingram Show below. Carson-Newman head football coach Ashley Ingram and the Voice of the Eagles Adam Cavalier break down a sensational senior day sendoff and a 26-0 shutout of Tusculum 

• Football
• November 15, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — If Saturday’s South Atlantic Conference season finale against Tusculum turns out to be Carson-Newman’s curtain call for the 2025 season, then the Eagles went out in style. The Eagles finished a record-setting defensive season with a 26-0 shutout victory over the Pioneers at Burke-Tarr Stadium on Senior Day.

• Football
• November 14, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (6-3, 5-3 South Atlantic Conference) will look to tie a bow on its regular season when it honors 23 seniors on Senior Day and tangles with Tusculum (1-8, 0-8 SAC) in the Second Oldest Rivalry in the State of Tennessee Saturday at 1 p.m. from Burke-Tarr Stadium. 

• Football
• November 14, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Longtime Carson-Newman head golf coach, assistant football coach and Hall of Famer Charlie King passed away Mondayu Nov. 10 at the age of 94. 

• Football
• November 12, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Talon Talk from the Eagle Sports Network features a walk and talk with a student-athlete at Carson-Newman. On this edition, we feature graduate student wide receiver Zach Williams. 

• Football
• November 11, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman takes on Tusculum Saturday in the Second Oldest Rivalry in the State of Tennessee. Below are Ashley Ingram's pregame remarks to the media about the Pioneers 

• Football
• November 10, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Watch the 10th episode of The Ashley Ingram Show below. Carson-Newman head football coach Ashley Ingram and the Voice of the Eagles Adam Cavalier break down a gut-wrenching 28-21 loss in the final two minutes at No. 18 Newberry. 

• Football
• November 10, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman football wants pure, unbridled chaos.

• Football
• November 08, 2025

NEWBERRY, S.C. — Carson-Newman had four chances inside the 15 yard-line to tie the game against No. 25/18 Newberry Saturday, but a final desperation pass was intercepted in the end zone with no time left on the clock.

• Football
• November 07, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (6-2, 5-2 South Atlantic Conference) looks to keep control of its own destiny for the NCAA playoffs and a SAC title when it heads to Newberry (8-1, 7-1 SAC) for a 1 p.m. kick Saturday. 

• Football
• November 05, 2025

Talon Talk from the Eagle Sports Network features a walk and talk with a student-athlete at Carson-Newman. On this edition, we feature sophomore safety, Richemard Mellien.

• Football
• November 04, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman takes on Newberry Saturday in a matchup that can keep Carson-Newman in the hunt for a SAC title and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs. Below are Ashley Ingram's pregame remarks to the media about the Newberry Wolves.  

• Football
• November 04, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Carson-Newman defensive back Isaiah Cane (Antioch, Tenn.) has earned state defensive player of the week honors from the Tennessee Sportswriters’ Association, the organization announced Tuesday afternoon.

• Football
• November 03, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Watch the ninth episode of The Ashley Ingram Show below. Carson-Newman head football coach Ashley Ingram and the Voice of the Eagles Adam Cavalier analyze some elite defense and special teams in a 24-16 win over Catawba. 

• Football
• November 03, 2025

INDIANAPOLIS - After missing out on the initial batch of region rankings, Carson-Newman vaulted into consideration for the NCAA playoff field in the second round of region rankings released by the NCAA Monday afternoon.

• Football
• November 01, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (6-2, 5-2 South Atlantic Conference) bent but did not break in thwarting Catawba (6-3, 4-3 SAC) 24-16 in a key SAC victory Saturday afternoon at Burke-Tarr Stadium. 

• Football
• October 31, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – While all the marbles and an entire enchilada may not be at stake Saturday, the winner of the Carson-Newman (5-2, 4-2 South Atlantic Conference) and Catawba (6-2, 4-2 SAC) game certainly moves a step closer to laying a claim to a top prize.