Media RSVP
 
The Lone Star Conference’s annual Football Media Day will be held Thursday, July 23 at McKinney ISD Stadium’s Community Event Center in McKinney, Texas.
 
All 10 LSC football teams – Angelo State, Central Washington, Eastern New Mexico, Midwestern State, Sul Ross State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, UT Permian Basin, West Texas A&M, Western New Mexico and Western Oregon – will be represented.
 
Check-in begins at 11 a.m. CT, followed by lunch at 11:30 a.m. The program starts at Noon and includes remarks from LSC Commissioner Jay Poerner; the announcement of the preseason players to watch list, poll and players of the year; and a question-and-answer session with each school’s head coach and two student-athlete representatives. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Managing Editor Greg Tepper will serve as emcee for the fourth consecutive year.
 
An open interview session for the media will be held from 1:30-2 p.m.
 
LSC Football Media Day will be streamed live for free on FloCollege.
 
The new season of LSC football, which began in 1931, will begin as early as Thursday, Aug. 27 with ASU, ENMU, WT and WNMU kicking off that day. MSU, SRSU, TAMUK, UTPB and WOU will start Saturday, Aug. 29, while defending league champion CWU gets going Saturday, Sept. 5. All 10 league teams will play nine conference games to determine the conference champion. To see a composite schedule, click here.
 
McKinney ISD Stadium, a 12,000-seat state-of-the-art facility, is the home of the NCAA Division II Football National Championship Game. The LSC and McKinney ISD have hosted all national title contests since 2018 and are set to host the next two (Dec. 19, 2026 and Dec. 18, 2027). For a map of McKinney ISD Stadium (4201 S. Hardin Blvd., McKinney, TX 75070), click here.
 
To RSVP for LSC Football Media Day (media only), click here.
 
To see video highlights from last year's event, click here.
 
 
2026 LSC FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY
 
Thursday, July 23
McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas
 
-Agenda-
All times CT
 
11 a.m. – Check in opens
11:25 a.m. – Head Coach Group Photo
11:30 a.m. – Lunch (catered by Rudy’s)
Noon – Program begins
12:05 p.m. – Remarks from LSC Commissioner Jay Poerner
12:10 p.m. – Announcement of Preseason Players to Watch List/Poll/Awards, Remarks from LSC football head coaches and two student-athletes (reverse order of poll)
1:30-2 p.m. – Open media interview session
 
-Scheduled to Attend-
 
Angelo State
Jeff Girsch, Head Coach (8th Year)
Players TBA
 
Central Washington
Scott Power, Head Coach (1st Year)
Players TBA
 
Eastern New Mexico
Art Briles, Head Coach (1st Year)
Players TBA
 
Midwestern State
Rich Renner, Head Coach (3rd Year)
Players TBA
 
Sul Ross State
Lee Hays, Head Coach (2nd Year)
Players TBA
 
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Scott Parr, Head Coach (2nd Year)
Players TBA
 
UT Permian Basin
Chris Softley, Head Coach (1st Year)
Players TBA
 
West Texas A&M
Josh Lynn, Head Coach (4th Year)
Players TBA
 
Western New Mexico
Billy Hickman, Head Coach (4th Year)
Players TBA
 
Western Oregon
Arne Ferguson, Head Coach (22nd Year)
Players TBA