Moving for a new job? Think of D1.relocation as your own DORO - a Director of Relocation Operations - ready to handle all the logistics of your move so you can focus on your family and your team! LEARN MORE

Fox Sports’ Ben Portnoy shares a memo circulated by the NCAA to membership on continued focus on the Protect College Sports Act. Notably: “It is important to keep the pressure on Senators before the final vote. Your voice is making a difference. Now is the time to contact your Senators and tell them to vote YES on the Project College Sports Act.” More. (link)

In the latest Protect College Sports Act developments, New York Yankees President/College Sports Council member Randy Levine, who is leading executive branch congressional efforts regarding the legislation for President Donald Trump, has strongly encouraged Republican Florida Sens. Ashley Moody and Rick Scott to support the bill as their constituent schools "have nowhere else to go,” with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti having publicly confirmed they are satisfied with their current membership. More. (link)

Bama247’s Mike Rodak highlights a notable change to the eligibility wording in the latest PCSA draft, which now includes, "serious athletic injury or medical condition" as possible exceptions to the five-year eligibility rule -- if adopted by NCAA rule. More. (link)

Here is the updated text of the Protect College Sports Act courtesy of Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger. (link); Dellenger also notes that ahead of the vote, lawmakers revised the legislation's conference expansion provision to reduce the independent probationary period for power conference transfers from five years to three years, while maintaining a 19-school cap per league. More. (link)

Student-athletes need meals that support performance and recovery. But on the road, food choices often come down to whatever is nearby — with limited variety and few options that align with nutrition goals.

ezCater gives teams access to a broader range of restaurants and caterers, making it easier to provide balanced meals, more variety, and options athletes will actually want to eat.

That’s made a difference for Crown Legacy FC, where Sports Dietitian Katie Best uses ezCater to spend less time coordinating meals and more time focusing on athlete nutrition.

“ezCater lets me be an actual sports dietician. It allows me to delegate almost all the logistical pieces of coordinating meals so that I can really just focus on the nutritional piece of writing the menus and making sure that athletes get what they need to perform.”

– Katie Best, Sports Dietician, Crown Legacy FC

Download ezCater’s Feeding Athletes guide to get six practical strategies for reducing meal-planning stress and supporting athlete performance.

NCAA DI… 

Fresno State: Director of Operations Nate Leal has been promoted to Assistant AD for Men's Basketball, beginning his 15th season overall with the Bulldogs

Purdue Fort Wayne: Justin Brown has been added as an Assistant Coach and Director of Recruiting & Community Engagement after spending two years as an Assistant Coach at Ball State (DI)

Texas Southern: Ted Black has been hired as an Assistant Coach

NCAA DII…

Edinboro: Ken Carter has joined the Fighting Scots as an Assistant Coach

Edinboro: Zach Cavanagh has been added to the staff as an Assistant Coach

NCAA DIII…

Christopher Newport: Tyler Watkins has been added as an Assistant Coach after most recently serving in the same role at Trinity Episcopal School (VA). He previously spent two years as a Graduate Assistant with the men's basketball team at VCU (DI)

John Jay: Ralph Godfrey has been added as an Assistant Coach after serving in the same role at Sarah Lawrence (DIII) since August 2025

NAIA…

Mobile: Jared Barnett has been added as an Assistant Coach after serving as a Men's Graduate Assistant at Pepperdine (DI)

NJCAA…

South Mountain CC: Dylan Ashilaka has been added as an Assistant Coach

South Mountain CC: Quinn Curry has been added as an Assistant Coach after serving in the same role at Warner Pacific (NAIA) since 2025

NCAA DI…

Colgate: Zenise "Zee" Chambers has been promoted to Third Assistant Coach and Director of Operations

Idaho: Brianna Chambers has been added as an Assistant Coach after spending the last seven seasons at Niagara (DI), starting as an Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator before being promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2021

UC Santa Barbara: Pat Chung has been added as an Assistant Coach/Director of Operations after serving as a Graduate Assistant Coach at Long Beach State (DI)

NCAA DII…

Cal State San Marcos: Grace Ricafranca has been hired as Assistant Coach after four seasons at Point Loma (DII), where she most recently served as Associate Head Coach

Georgian Court: James Navalance has rejoined the staff as an Assistant Coach after most recently serving as an Assistant Coach & Director of Operations at UMass Lowell (DI)

New Mexico Highlands: Ryan Walker has been added as an Assistant Coach

NCAA DIII…

Greensboro: Maddie Gillie has been added as an Assistant Coach after spending the 2025-2026 season at Lenoir-Rhyne (DII) as a Graduate Assistant Coach

Greensboro: Markayla Massenburg has been added as an Assistant Coach following a four-year playing career at Guilford (DIII)

NAIA…

Mobile: Jaterra Bonds has been added as an Assistant Coach

NJCAA…

LSU Eunice: Casey Brooks has been added as an Assistant Coach

LSU Eunice: Matt LeBato has been added as an Assistant Coach