For Kyle DeVan, coaching job with Beavers is ‘dream come true’
CORVALLIS — As Kyle DeVan was ending his football playing career with the Tennessee Titans at age 27 in 2012, he thought he might turn to coaching.
Everything you wanted to know about Beaver football, but were afraid to ask
Notes quotes and observations about Oregon State and the gridiron …
Steven Jackson on entering the Beaver Hall of Fame: ‘There is a forever bond’
Steven Jackson is already a member of the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame, was last year included in the Pac-12 Hall of Honor and one day may gain enshrinement into the NFL Hall of Fame.
The real McCoy: Beavers caught Lightning in a bottle
CORVALLIS — How in the world, one might wonder, could a person known as “Lightning” fly under the radar?
Another hall of fame for Dennis Erickson; ‘This one is big,’ offers the legendary coach
(Editor’s note: The Oregon Sports Hall of Fame banquet has been postponed to Sunday, Oct. 9.)
Being inducted into a hall of fame is getting to be old hat for Dennis Erickson.
Pros vs. Joes No. 15: Fast, athletic and smart —that sums up ‘The Fox’
The odds of Steve Preece making it in pro football were not great.
Pros vs. Joes No. 10: Boca Raton is home for Yvenson Bernard, but Oregon State remains close to his heart
Yvenson Bernard is no longer an Oregonian, but he’ll always be a Beaver.
With Mike Hass, Mike Riley and Dennis Erickson on Hass’ selection for the College Football Hall of Fame
Mike Hass never really made it in the NFL, but the former Oregon State great is getting a very nice consolation prize.
Hass was one of 18 players, along with three coaches, named Tuesday as part of the 2022 induction class into the College Football Hall of Fame.
A special weekend for Erickson, 2001 Fiesta Bowl champions
Last weekend was a special one for Dennis Erickson. But it was that way, too, for a lot of coaches and players who served under him during perhaps the most special season in Oregon State football history.
Erickson, six assistant coaches and 55 players were on hand in Corvallis to represent the 2001 Fiesta Bowl championship team that was inducted into the Oregon State Athletic Hall of Fame.
On Oregon State’s historic takedown of Troy, along with a look at that win back in 1960, and a nod to the late Steve Hall
Pontificating on one of the biggest Oregon State football victories this century …
• Every 61 years, the Beavers beat Southern Cal on its home turf.
The way they did it Saturday night in a 45-27 dismantling of the Trojans in LA Memorial Coliseum was impressive.
This isn’t a great USC team, and it seems in some disarray following the Sept. 13 dismissal of Clay Helton as head coach.
That doesn’t lessen the impact that the victory has on Oregon State’s program in the fourth year under Coach Jonathan Smith.
Wishing the best For two of the best In the SID business
The coronavirus pandemic has affected all of us, and in many ways.
At Oregon State, 23 positions in the athletic department were eliminated recently, including two of the five full-time members of the sports information staff.
These folks let go to help cut the department’s financial losses aren’t greenhorns. Steve Fenk had been a member of the SID staff since 1990, the head of the department since 2004. Jason Amberg, who had been on board as an assistant for 16 years, was Fenk’s first hire.
Jonathan Smith: What to Expect in Year Three, by Jim Wilson
How do Smith’s first two years compare with previous Beaver head coaches?
Heading into Jonathan Smith’s third season, there is reason for genuine optimism as Oregon
State leap-frogged from a shaky 2-10 initial campaign to a 5-7 team one play away from earning a bowl berth in year two.