74-505: Marshall College was the name of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, before it was granted university status in 1961. Marshall College can also refer to: Marshall University Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia , United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall , the fourth chief justice of
148-436: A MAC member in men's swimming & diving. Appalachian State joined MAC field hockey, and SIU Edwardsville (SIUE) joined in men's soccer. SIUE was initially announced as joining in both men's soccer and wrestling in 2018, but less than a week after the initial announcement, the conference indicated that SIUE men's soccer would immediately join. SIUE wrestling joined on its originally announced schedule. On March 5, 2019,
222-718: A full member of the football-sponsoring portion, the American Athletic Conference , ending its membership in the Atlantic 10 at that time. The Chicago State Cougars were an affiliate for men's tennis until joining the Western Athletic Conference , which sponsors that sport, in July 2013. The conference unveiled the addition of women's lacrosse to its sport sponsorship in November 2019. Lacrosse began competing under
296-520: A full tuition/fee waiver and stipend to students with a composite ACT score of 30 or higher who have been accepted to the university. Students must maintain a 3.5 grade point average to retain their scholarship. Marshall's athletic teams are known as the Thundering Herd . The school colors are kelly green and white. Marshall participates in NCAA Division I ( FBS for football ) as a member of
370-512: A long tradition as a football school. The plane crash on November 14, 1970, that killed 75 people from the 1970 Thundering Herd football team continues to have a lasting impact on the university and Huntington community. November 14, 2020, marked 50 years since the tragedy. In 2020, the men's soccer team won the National Championship after defeating Indiana, 1–0, in the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game . Marshall
444-414: A member in that sport from 2005 until dropping field hockey after the 2016 season. Binghamton University is an affiliate in men's tennis. In June 2017, SIU Edwardsville (SIUE) was invited to become an affiliate member in both men's soccer and wrestling in 2018. When Buffalo suddenly dropped four sports, including men's soccer, SIUE's move in that sport was made immediately. The UMass Minutemen joined
518-727: A membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois . Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan , with single members located in Illinois, Indiana , and New York . For football , the MAC participates in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision . The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio , and has two members in
592-407: A new requirement that at least 5 conference football games would have to be scheduled each season, university president Raymond Walters saying they "...regretfully resign...as the university could not continue under the present setup..." The membership was steady for the next two decades except for the addition of Marshall University in 1954 and the departure of Western Reserve in 1955. Marshall
666-523: A spa, 3 lap lanes, a vortex whirlpool, and a leisure area. There are ten residence halls located on the main campus, with additional housing on the Health Science campus. 38°25′30″N 82°25′14″W / 38.42508°N 82.42046°W / 38.42508; -82.42046 Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with
740-489: A sport that it last sponsored in 1995, for the 2014 season. The new affiliates for 2014–15 were Binghamton in men's tennis and Longwood in field hockey. On July 1, 2017, one associate member left the MAC, another associate member dropped one of its two MAC sports, and two new schools became associate members. Northern Iowa wrestling moved from the MAC to the Big 12 Conference . Missouri State dropped field hockey, but remained
814-458: A suite of major changes to the conference's competitive format across multiple sports in response to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic . Specific to men's and women's basketball, the following changes took effect in 2020–21 and will continue through at least 2023–24: The following are the most recent conference champions of each MAC sport. Champions from the previous academic year are indicated with
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#1732858335106888-752: A symbol of the university. The original structure was completed in 1868, with four other additions that were completed at various intervals until 1907. The Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex opened in 2015 near Pullman Square to house educational resources for Marshall's College of Information Technology, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Computational Science, Computer Modeling & Digital Imaging, Transportation Research Corporation, and Marshall University Research Corporation (MURC). The Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation opened in 2024 near Old Main to develop business ideas and projects created by Marshall University students. Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall houses
962-541: A test optional school. Those accepted that submitted test scores had an average 930-1150 SAT score or an average 19-25 ACT score. Marshall University is organized into 11 degree-granting colleges or schools in addition to an honors college : In 2021, Marshall formed an aviation program which includes the Bill Noe Flight School , awarding a B.S. in commercial aviation as a professional pilot; and an A.A.S. in aviation maintenance technology. The flight school
1036-498: A vote, and Big Green was given to the athletic department's fund-raising wing. Marshall is home to 15 NCAA Division I teams that compete within the Sun Belt. Sports at the school include women's softball , swimming and diving , tennis , volleyball , and track and field ; men's football , baseball ; and teams for both genders in basketball , cross country , golf , and soccer . Marshall began playing football in 1895 and has
1110-519: A week before its national release date. Many scenes in the movie were filmed on the campus and throughout Huntington. On February 22, 2023, West Virginia governor Jim Justice signed House Bill 2412 into law, making November 14 an official Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall football plane crash across the state. In 1971 the Williamson and Logan campuses of Marshall University were combined by
1184-678: Is based at the Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia ; the aviation maintenance program is based at Tri-State Airport in Huntington. In 2024, the flight school opened a second location at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg, West Virginia , and a cooperative program with West Liberty University using the Wheeling Ohio County Airport . All schools are FAA-certified. The school's general engineering program
1258-642: Is home to over 200+ student organizations and clubs. Student media includes an on-campus radio station WMUL-FM 88.1, and The Parthenon, the student newspaper. There are 15 chapters of fraternities and sororities on campus. Disciplinary problems became national news in 2014 when The Atlantic published an article about drug and alcohol abuse in Greek chapters on campus. In 2021, the university closed all of them temporarily after allegations of violations of COVID-19 measures. The student-run Campus Activities Board organizes free campus-wide events. Also available to students
1332-588: Is named after longtime U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd , who was a proponent of the project and helped receive funding for its construction. The first floor contains two auditoriums, six teaching laboratories, numerous lecture rooms, and other research appendages. The Forensic Science Center houses the state's Combined DNA Index System laboratory facility. In 2024, Marshall University accepted 96.9% of undergraduate applicants, with those admitted having an average 3.68 high school GPA . The university does not require submission of standardized test scores, Marshall being
1406-559: Is the Marshall Artists Series, which brings Broadway, dance, music, comedy, and opera to the university, and two international film festivals. Students can obtain free tickets to athletics, Marshall Artists Series productions and to theater productions at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center. Nicknamed The Rec, the 123,000 sq ft (11,400 m ) recreation center opened in 2009. The facility features an aquatic center with
1480-515: Is the highest academic scholarship offered at Marshall University, named in honor of Chuck Yeager , the first recorded pilot to break the sound barrier . Members of the society are selected through a competitive application and interview process from high school seniors. The core curriculum is designed to assist each Yeager Scholar in developing skills in analysis, synthesis, and critical thinking. Each scholar will be expected to demonstrate superior skills in written and oral communication. To remain in
1554-505: The Big 12 Conference as a wrestling-only member. At the same time, four schools became single-sport MAC members— Bellarmine in field hockey, Georgia Southern and Georgia State in men's soccer, and Valparaiso in men's swimming (the school does not include diving in its men's aquatics program). In 2022, West Virginia men's soccer was scheduled to leave the MAC for single-sport membership in Conference USA (CUSA). However, due to
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#17328583351061628-735: The Horizon League , were announced as incoming associates at the same time the MAC announced the addition of lacrosse. RMU was announced as an incoming associate in late June 2020, shortly after the school announced it would join the Horizon League in July 2020. In June 2020, SIUE announced that it would leave the MAC men's soccer league in 2021 to rejoin its previous men's soccer home of the Missouri Valley Conference . It remains in MAC wrestling to this day. Also in 2021, Missouri left MAC wrestling and returned to its former home of
1702-499: The Sun Belt Conference . The name Thundering Herd came from a Zane Grey novel released in 1925, and a silent movie of the same name two years later. It was originally used by The Herald-Dispatch sports editor Carl "Duke" Ridgley, but many other nicknames were suggested over the next thirty years including Boogercats, Big Green, Green Gobblers, Rams, and Judges. In 1965, students, alums and faculty settled on Thundering Herd in
1776-480: The Tri-State Airport after clipping trees just west of the runway and impacting, nose-first, into a hollow . All 75 people on board were killed, including 37 players and five coaches. Thirteen members of the team, as well as the members of the freshman football team, who were not eligible to play varsity under NCAA rules at that time, were not passengers. The following season a new head coach, Jack Lengyel ,
1850-504: The Virginia General Assembly as Marshall Academy ; however this institution was not a college level institution as that was understood at that time. In 1858, the Virginia General Assembly changed the name to Marshall College , but this change still did not reflect its status as a true college. The Civil War closed the often financially challenged school for much of the 1860s. On June 20, 1863, Cabell County, Virginia ,
1924-413: The Western Athletic Conference in all sports, including soccer. Also in 2022, the MAC gained another affiliate when another Chicago institution, UIC , joined for men's swimming & diving. Ultimately, Chicago State's tenure as a MAC affiliate lasted only for the 2022 season, as the conference dropped men's soccer at season's end. 2023 saw UIC adding men's tennis to its affiliate membership, as well as
1998-705: The 2 MAC schools (Ball State and Miami) joining the MVC as affiliates for that sport. However, shortly after dropping men's swimming, the MAC announced it would begin sponsoring a new sport, women's rowing, in 2025–26. Accordingly, it brought on 3 new affiliates for that sport: Delaware , High Point , and former football affiliate Temple . School names, nicknames, and colors listed here reflect those used during each school's MAC tenure. School names, nicknames, and colors listed here reflect those used during each school's MAC tenure. Full members Full members (non-football) Associate members (football only) One of
2072-772: The 2004–05 academic year, both joining Conference USA in all sports. In May 2005, the Temple Owls in Philadelphia signed a six-year contract with the MAC as a football-only school and began play in the East Division in 2007. The Louisville Cardinals were a MAC affiliate for field hockey for a number of years when Louisville was a member of the Metro Conference and Conference USA, winning two MAC tourney titles in 2003 and 2004. The Missouri State Bears , Evansville Purple Aces , and Southern Illinois Salukis participate in
2146-534: The 2012–13 school year, and began full conference play in 2013–14. Old Dominion did not begin MAC competition until 2013–14, when it left the Colonial Athletic Association (which had sponsored wrestling, but no longer does so ) for Conference USA (which has never sponsored the sport). Old Dominion discontinued wrestling in April 2020. On July 1, 2013, Florida Atlantic's men's soccer program moved with
2220-580: The Big East/ American for 2013–14), and Massachusetts replaced Temple as a football-only member in the MAC East Division. On September 19, 2012, the MAC announced Missouri , Northern Iowa and Old Dominion would join as wrestling affiliates; as the Southeastern and Missouri Valley Conferences do not sponsor wrestling. Missouri and Northern Iowa participated only in the conference tournament in
2294-703: The Board of Governors, serving as interim president. Mississippi State University provost Jerome A. Gilbert was named the 37th president on October 20, 2015. In August 2021, Marshall opened the Bill Noe Flight School at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia . The Bill Noe Flight School features a 12,000 sq ft. academic building, a hangar, and an aircraft parking apron. The school of aviation offers two undergraduate programs: commercial pilot: fixed wing and aviation maintenance. These programs began accepting students starting in Fall 2021, with additional programs being added in
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2368-487: The Erickson Alumni Center, Marshall University Foundation, and Marshall University Office of Alumni Relations. The Memorial Student Center is the student center for Marshall, named in memory of the 1970 Marshall football team . The building houses the university bookstore, restaurants and student-run organizations, as well as annual events and conventions. The Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center
2442-504: The MAC as a football-only member in July 2012; the university announced that the team would leave the MAC at the end of the 2015 season due to contractual issues. Meanwhile, Temple ended its affiliation with the MAC in football and joined the Big East for football in July 2012. Following the split of the Big East into football-sponsoring and non-football conferences in July 2013, Temple became
2516-416: The MAC banner with six teams in the 2021 season with MAC members Akron, Central Michigan and Kent State joined by associate members Detroit Mercy, Robert Morris, and Youngstown State. Eastern Michigan became the seventh women's lacrosse member when it added the sport in the 2022 season. At the end of the 2022 season, the MAC discontinued men's soccer as a sponsored sport. While the conference realignment of
2590-673: The MAC for men's swimming and diving. In 2012, the West Virginia Mountaineers joined the Florida Atlantic Owls and Hartwick College Hawks as men's soccer affiliates. Florida Atlantic departed upon joining Conference USA in 2013. Hartwick's contract was not renewed by the MAC in 2015. Nine schools are wrestling affiliates; most became affiliates when the MAC absorbed the former Eastern Wrestling League in 2019. Appalachian State University and Longwood University are associates in field hockey; Missouri State had also been
2664-577: The MAC was contracted to provide a team for each of five college football bowl games : the Bahamas Bowl , LendingTree Bowl , Famous Idaho Potato Bowl , Camellia Bowl (later renamed the Salute to Veterans Bowl ) and Quick Lane Bowl (later renamed the GameAbove Sports Bowl). The MAC also has secondary agreements with several ESPN-owned bowls . The MAC champion receives an automatic berth in one of
2738-537: The MAC. In July, the conference announced that it would begin sponsoring women's rowing for the 2025–26 season; full members Eastern Michigan, Toledo, and UMass would be joined by affiliate members Delaware, High Point, and Temple. There are twelve public universities with full membership: Sixteen schools have MAC affiliate membership status as of 2024. On July 1, 2012, Temple joined the Big East Conference for football only (the school's other sports would join
2812-532: The Mount Hebron Church in what was then the state of Virginia . John Laidley , a local attorney , hosted the meeting which led to the founding of Marshall Academy, which was named after Laidley's friend, the eminent John Marshall who had served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from January 1801 until his death in July 1835. On March 30, 1838, the institution was formally dedicated by
2886-528: The NCAA would waive the rule for all schools. Completing the squad were players from other Marshall sports programs. They won only two of their 10 games in 1971: a 15–13 victory against the Xavier Musketeers in the season's first home game, and a 12-10 homecoming game victory against the Bowling Green Falcons . A fountain and plaza at the center of the school campus is dedicated to the victims of
2960-406: The United States . The university is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Marshall University was founded in 1837 as a private subscription school by residents of Guyandotte and the surrounding area. The landmark Old Main , which now serves as the primary administrative building for the university, was built on land known as Maple Grove, at the time the home of
3034-553: The West Virginia Legislature to form Southern West Virginia Community College (now Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College). In 1977 the university founded its School of Medicine, the first professional school and the first doctoral program. Over the next 20 years the school would add doctoral programs in many fields. Twenty years later, in 1997, the West Virginia Graduate College became
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3108-425: The announcement that James Madison would be joining as an affiliate for field hockey in 2024. In 2024, the Missouri Valley Conference announced it would begin sponsoring men's swimming & diving for the 2024–25 season. At the time, the MAC men's swimming programs consisted of 2 MAC schools and 5 affiliates from the MVC; correspondingly, all of these programs would move to the MVC for the following season, with
3182-508: The college suffered through a devastating flooding by the Ohio River . Numerous structures, such as Northcott Hall and the James E. Morrow Library were extensively flooded. Much of Huntington was also heavily damaged, and as a result, a floodwall was constructed around much of the town to prevent future occurrences. The West Virginia Board of Education authorized Marshall College in 1938 to offer
3256-603: The college to university status, thus becoming Marshall University. Also in 1961, WMUL-FM began operations; it claims to be the first public radio station in West Virginia. In 1969, the university's athletic progran faced a number of scandals regarding recruiting violations and giving cash to athletes. Both the football and basketball coaches were fired; the teams were suspended from the Mid-American Conference . The university rebuilt its athletic program and, in 1977,
3330-486: The conference announced that it would be adding the seven former members of the Eastern Wrestling League as affiliate members in wrestling, making the MAC the second-largest wrestling conference for academic year 2019–20. With the addition of women's lacrosse, the MAC added affiliate members Detroit Mercy , Robert Morris , and Youngstown State in the 2020–21 academic year. UDM and YSU, all-sports members of
3404-403: The crash. The water does not flow from November 14 until the first day of spring football practice the following year. The tragedy and its aftermath were the subject of several documentaries, including the award-winning Marshall University: Ashes to Glory . The tragedy and the rebuilding efforts were dramatized in the 2006 Warner Brothers feature We Are Marshall , which opened in Huntington
3478-851: The current full member schools, the University at Buffalo , is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). All members of the MAC are classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" except for the University at Buffalo, Kent State University , and Ohio University , which are classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Member schools are also ranked nationally and globally by various groups, including U.S. News & World Report and Times Higher Education . The Mid-American Conference sponsors championship competition in 9 men's and 13 women's NCAA sanctioned sports, with women's lacrosse becoming
3552-420: The early 2020s did not affect the MAC's core membership up to that time, it significantly impacted the amount of men's soccer sponsoring programs within the conference, and ultimately led to the conference lacking enough teams to maintain its automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Of the four full MAC members that sponsored men's soccer in the 2022 season, Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, and Western Michigan moved
3626-421: The era of the now-defunct Bowl Championship Series (BCS), one MAC team appeared in a BCS bowl game. In 2012 , NIU qualified by being ranked in the top 16 (15th) in the season's final BCS standings, and also higher than at least one champion of a conference that received an automatic berth in a BCS game. In the 2012 season, two such conference champions were ranked below NIU: Big East champion Louisville , who
3700-540: The exception of the Old Main building, expansion of the facilities and the college itself did not begin until 1907, when the West Virginia Board of Regents changed the title of the presiding officer from "principal" to "president" and allowed the creation of new college-level departments. At that time, enrollment surpassed 1,000 students. The school began offering four-year degrees for the first time in 1920. In 1937,
3774-566: The facility Marshall University - South Charleston Campus . Marshall's enrollment was 16,500 in 2004. In addition to the main campus in Huntington and the branch campus in South Charleston, West Virginia , the school maintains undergraduate centers in Gilbert , Point Pleasant , and Hurricane, West Virginia . In 2005, Stephen J. Kopp took over as Marshall University's president. Kopp died suddenly in 2014, with Gary G. White, former chairman of
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#17328583351063848-402: The first year. Miami University and Western Michigan University took the place of those charter members for the 1948 season. The MAC added the University of Toledo (1950), Kent State University (1951), and Bowling Green State University (1952). The University of Cincinnati resigned its membership February 18, 1953, with an effective date of June 1, 1953. Cincinnati's decision was based on
3922-511: The future. Other new programs offered by the university include a physician assistant program offered through the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine , which accepted students in its inaugural class in January 2021. On October 28, 2021, Brad D. Smith was appointed the university's 38th president, succeeding the retiring President Jerome Gilbert. Smith, retired CEO of financial software company Intuit ,
3996-634: The graduate college of Marshall University. Its campus is in South Charleston, West Virginia . In 1998, the John Deaver Drinko Library opened on campus. In 1997, Marshall merged with the West Virginia University College of Graduate Studies (COGS), with the latter being renamed Marshall University Graduate College . In 2010 the university was authorized to begin offering undergraduate classes in South Charleston and renamed
4070-568: The largest in Division I-A with the re-admittance of Marshall and NIU in 1997 and addition of the Bulls from the University at Buffalo in 1998. The University of Central Florida , a non-football all-sports member in the Atlantic Sun Conference at the time, joined for football only in 2002, becoming the first football-only member in conference history. Marshall and Central Florida left after
4144-463: The master's degree in six programs: chemistry , education , history , political science , psychology , and sociology , as the institution underwent another expansion. In that year the school was accredited as a "university level institution"; however, elevation to university status would remain a contentious political issue for decades to come. Further expansion accelerated after World War II . On March 2, 1961, West Virginia Legislature elevated
4218-433: The men's semi-finals and championship regularly drawing large crowds at Quicken Loans Arena. In 2007, the MAC also announced a format change for both tournaments, bringing all twelve men's and women's teams to Cleveland. The MAC also co-hosted the 2007 Women's Final Four at Quicken Loans Arena after successfully hosting the 2006 NCAA Women's Basketball Regional at the same facility. On May 12, 2020, Steinbrecher announced
4292-502: The nearby Akron area . The conference ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates. The five charter members of the Mid-American Conference were Ohio University , Butler University , the University of Cincinnati , Wayne University (now Wayne State University), and Western Reserve University, one of the predecessors to today's Case Western Reserve University . Wayne University left after
4366-448: The newest sport in 2020–21. As of the 2024–25 school year, 16 schools are associate members for four sports. As the MAC is an FBS conference, its full members are subject to the NCAA requirement that FBS members field teams in at least 16 NCAA-recognized sports. However, as of 2017, the MAC itself required sponsorship of only four sports: football, men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball. This may have since changed, as UMass
4440-506: The other 2 teams in its pod every season. Additionally, every team in the MAC will be guaranteed to face every other team in the MAC at least once every three years. The MAC Football Championship Game , which previously matched the winner of the East Division against the winner of the West Division, will instead pit the two teams in the MAC with the highest conference winning percentage. The pods are as follows: Bowl games In 2017,
4514-475: The program, each student must maintain a cumulative 3.5 grade point average. Those who complete all academic requirements are awarded a Yeager medallion containing flecks of the same metal as the Bell X-1 . The John Marshall Scholars Program is an academic scholarship program that covers a majority of the cost of education for member students at Marshall. The program affords a rigorous academic program and provides
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#17328583351064588-469: The rest of its athletic program to Conference USA, and Chicago State's men's tennis team followed the rest of its sports to the Western Athletic Conference . The 2014–15 school year saw one affiliate member leave for another conference and two new affiliates join. The Hartwick men's soccer team left the MAC for the Sun Belt Conference , which had announced in February 2014 that it would reinstate men's soccer,
4662-520: The so-called "New Year's Six" bowl games associated with the College Football Playoff under either of the following circumstances: The first "Access Bowl" berth in 2014 went to Boise State (MW); the 2015 berth went to Houston (American). The MAC got its first berth in 2016 with Western Michigan, who had an undefeated regular season that year and finished ranked at No. 15 in the AP Poll . During
4736-487: The sport to the Missouri Valley Conference , and Akron moved it to the Big East Conference . The MAC eliminated its East and West divisions for football in January 2024. The divisions had already been eliminated for other sports in 2020. Later that year, in late February, it was announced that the UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen will join the conference as a full member beginning in 2025, returning UMass football to
4810-478: The tenuous future of CUSA at that time, West Virginia opted instead to join the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) in 2022 as that league reinstated men's soccer. Georgia Southern and Georgia State, both full SBC members, also returned men's soccer to their home conference in 2022. In response, the MAC announced that Chicago State would join as a men's soccer affiliate as of the 2022–23 season, as the Cougars prepared to depart
4884-636: The trophy 4 times. Western Michigan has won the trophy three straight years (2018–2020) as well as six of seven years from 2014 to 2020 (2014–2016, 2018–2020). In August 2010, Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher and the Cleveland Cavaliers announced that the Mid-American Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments would remain in Cleveland at the venue then known as Quicken Loans Arena and now as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse through 2017. Both tournaments have flourished since moving to Cleveland in 2000, with
4958-615: The university joined the Southern Conference . On the evening of November 14, 1970, the Thundering Herd football team, along with coaches and fans, were returning home to Huntington from Kinston, North Carolina . The team had just lost a game 17–14 against the East Carolina University Pirates at Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina . The chartered Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed on approach to
5032-503: Was accepted as a new conference member effective in 2025 despite not sponsoring women's volleyball. Future members in gray. Future member in gray. Notes: On November 30, 2023, the MAC approved a new scheduling format for football effective for the 2024 season, eliminating its East and West Divisions for the first time since 1996 in favor of a pod-based protected rivalry system. Under the new system, teams will be divided into 4 pods of 3 teams each, and each team will be guaranteed to face
5106-402: Was already a major benefactor of the university. In May 2024 Marshall broke ground on a new 80,000 sq ft. Institute for Cyber Security building. The new facility will be a four-story building that will house cybersecurity technology, and is scheduled to open by Fall 2026. Old Main is a collection of five buildings joined together at the center of the university's campus and has been seen as
5180-713: Was closed in 1970 but was re-established with a graduate program in 1993, and a general engineering undergraduate program in 2006. Marshall has granted master's degrees since 1938. The university began granting doctoral degrees in 1994. Marshall now offers a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, an EdD in Educational Leadership or Curriculum and Instruction, and professional doctorates in Nurse Anesthesia, Pharmacy, Psychology, and Physical Therapy. Marshall has three divisional campuses. The Society of Yeager Scholars
5254-414: Was expelled from the conference in 1969 due to NCAA violations. The first major expansion since the 1950s took place in the mid-1970s with the addition of Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University in 1972 and Ball State University and Northern Illinois University in 1973. NIU left after the 1985–86 season. The University of Akron joined the conference in 1992. The conference became
5328-447: Was hired. The leaders of the "Young Thundering Herd" (to which the team officially changed its name for the 1971 season) were the few players who did not make the trip due to injury or disciplinary action. Fifteen sophomores from the previous year's freshman team were included, as well as a group of freshmen who were allowed to play at the varsity level after the NCAA granted a waiver to its rule barring them from doing so. Three years later,
5402-556: Was one of the 50 counties separated from Virginia at the height of the American Civil War to form the state of West Virginia , and the college fell within the new state. In 1867, the West Virginia Legislature resurrected the institution as a teacher training facility and renamed it State Normal School of Marshall College . This began the history of the college as a state-supported post-secondary institution. With
5476-615: Was ranked 22nd, and Big Ten champion Wisconsin , who was unranked. NIU lost to Florida State in the Orange Bowl . Football rivalries involving MAC teams include: In addition, Central Michigan , Eastern Michigan , and Western Michigan compete for the Michigan MAC Trophy , which is awarded to the team with the best head-to-head record each year. Since the inception of the trophy in 2005, Western Michigan has won 7 times, Central Michigan has won 5 times, and Eastern Michigan has won
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