Howard Payne football headlines

  • At Howard Payne, back-to-back Bachtels
    December 18, 2022
    Jason Bachtel is out after two-plus seasons, but Kevin Bachtel is in as head coach at Howard Payne.
  • Putting the Payne back in Howard Payne
    September 23, 2021
    Former Howard Payne quarterback Jason Bachtel returned in January to take the Yellow Jackets coaching job, and between the spring season and a 3-0 start this fall, the move looks like a winner for everyone in the Howard Payne family. Brian Lester has more in a D3football.com feature.
  • Bachtel returns to coach Howard Payne
    January 10, 2021
    Jason Bachtel, a former Howard Payne quarterback and graduate assistant, is returning as head coach. He takes over four weeks before the Yellowjackets' season starts.
  • Austin College brings football back to ASC
    August 15, 2020
    After four seasons as an affiliate member of the SAA expires at the end of this academic year, Austin College is coming back to an old home: the American Southwest Conference.
  • Former Cru QB takes over at Howard Payne
    December 19, 2016
    Braxton Harris, most recently an assistant coach at Texas Lutheran, will take over Howard Payne after the Yellow Jackets' 0-10 season.
  • Howard Payne coach to focus on AD role
    November 20, 2016
    Hunter Sims took over the athletic director role shortly after he was named head football coach. After Howard Payne's season, Sims will start another job search and will hire his replacement. On the sidelines.
  • Around the Nation Podcast: Getting to the next level
    July 27, 2016
    One of the questions we've focused on in our offseason podcasts is to ask coaches what it would take for their school to get to the next level. What would it take for St. Thomas to join the Mount Union/Whitewater tier? That, plus two other interviews and Pat and Keith's Top 25 take, in the July podcast.
  • Texas Lutheran leaving ASC
    February 16, 2012
    The Bulldogs will head to the slimmed-down SCAC in time for the 2013 football season, which will leave them out of the running for an automatic bid.
  • Howard Payne hires from within
    December 24, 2011
    Roger Geise, the defensive coordinator for a Yellow Jackets team that went 1-9 this past season, takes over as head coach following the departure of Steve Fanara.
  • Fanara released at Howard Payne
    December 09, 2011
    The Yellow Jackets were 8-31 under Steve Fanara's tenure after he was promoted from within.
  • Statistical Spotlight
    September 06, 2010
    Each week during the regular season we look at some of the key statistical performances from the weekend in Division III football, highlighting one per region.
  • UMHB is ASC's pick to win
    August 02, 2010
    Mary Hardin-Baylor has been predicted to win its fifth straight American Southwest Conference title in 2010 after a vote by the league's head coaches, SIDs and selected media members, the conference office announced.
  • D-III standout wins U.S. track title
    July 01, 2010
    2010 World Indoor Championships 4x400m relay gold medalist and former Howard Payne football standout Greg Nixon captured his first USA Outdoor men's 400 meter title.