SPRING FOOTBALL

AMHERST – Alex Miller spends most of his time in the corner of the UMass football practice facility.While the quarterbacks, receivers and backs...

AMHERST – Don Brown reintroduced himself to the UMass football faithful arranged in McGuirk Alumni Stadium’s pews with a hymn. Of sorts.After the...

AMHERST – UMass’ final spring football practice Thursday mirrored the fall conditions it will prepare the Minutemen for.Temperatures hovered in the...

AMHERST – UMass could start recruiting chameleons to play outside linebacker.While the Minutemen’s inside linebackers will follow traditional roles...

AMHERST – The sidelines of every UMass spring football practice reveals coach Don Brown’s recruiting strategy plainly.They’re filled with recruits...

AMHERST – The UMass defensive backs group would spend a lot of time in the principal’s office, because they have bullied the Minutemen’s offense...

AMHERST – Ellis Merriweather became the UMass football team’s offense down the stretch last season. The junior running back averaged more than 24...

AMHERST – Valdamar Brower gave a quick, simple answer when Don Brown asked him to join the UMass football coaching staff. He told his former...

AMHERST – Ben Albert takes great pride in being a UMass alum. The Minutemen’s current assistant head coach/special teams coordinator/defensive line...

AMHERST – The familiar din of plastic colliding filled the bubble.The UMass football team practiced in pads for the second time Tuesday. It allowed...

AMHERST – Steve Casula’s résumé may as well have a line that says “architect.”The UMass football team’s new offensive coordinator has made a career...

AMHERST – Energy defined the first UMass spring football practice of the season Tuesday inside the practice bubble.Players moved through drills...