(Photo: Sammy Nute/WCSN) With just two days left in the year 2022, then-athletic director Ray Anderson tapped JJ Van Niel to be the ninth head coach of Arizona State volleyball. Inheriting a team that hadn’t seen a tournament appearance since 2015, Van Niel came to The Valley with his work cut
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BREAKING: ASU fires head women’s basketball coach Natasha Adair
(Photo credit: Maya Diaz/WCSN) PHOENIX – Arizona State women’s basketball head coach Natasha Adair won't return to the team next season, as announced by Athletic Director Graham Rossini. "We appreciate Coach Natasha Adair's leadership and professionalism in guiding Sun Devils Women's Basketball over the past three seasons," Rossini said. "She and her
Midweek loss to UNM puts ASU baseball culture into question
(Photo: Sammy Nute/WCSN) PHOENIX — Arizona State is one of, if not the most historic programs in college baseball, but the team has looked like a shell of itself this season. Then-ASU athletic director Ray Anderson brought head coach Willie Bloomquist in to restore that history. A former player who bleeds maroon
ASU Tries to Avoid Breaking a 13-Year Record for the Territorial Cup Against Arizona
ASU Football: Dashaun Mallory finds freedom with Sun Devils
(Photo via Hailey Rogalski/WCSN) nduring yet another sweltering August day during a record-breaking heat wave, sluggishness filled Tempe’s Kajikawa Practice Fields. Arizona State football was just four days away from beginning its 2023 season, and yet players looked slothful in their Sunday morning practice. They went through the motions without smiles or
Former Athletic Director Ray Anderson’s Impact at Arizona State
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) TEMPE — Ray Anderson announced he was stepping down from his position as Arizona State’s athletic director on Monday, marking the end of an era of Sun Devil Athletics. "By prioritizing student success, raising unprecedented levels of resources and evolving the Sun Devil brand, Ray Anderson has been one
BREAKING: Ray Anderson resigns as ASU athletic director
(Photo via Sun Devil Athletics) Arizona State Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson resigned Monday, as first reported by Sun Devil Source. The resignation is effective immediately. "It has been a privilege to serve as ASU's athletic director for nearly a decade," Anderson said in a news release Monday. "We have
Arizona State extends Bobby Hurley through 2026
(Photo: Reece Andrews) Since losing to TCU in the Round of 64 on Friday, speculation around Bobby Hurley’s future as Arizona State men’s basketball’s head coach began with job openings around the country. But ASU ended the speculation, announcing an extension with Hurley through 2026. The contract extension is on the heels
ASU Women’s Basketball: Sun Devils forfeit next two games
ASU Volleyball: Head coach Sanja Tomasevic parts ways with ASU
(Photo via Reece Andrews/WCSN) Arizona State women’s volleyball announced a change will be made at the head coaching position after sixth-year head coach Sanja Tomasevic and the school mutually agreed to part ways on Friday. "We are making a leadership change with our volleyball program in a mutual agreement,” Vice President for