We are moving on in Soccer: https://fightinghawks.com/news/2024/11/25/womens-soccer-university-of-north-dakota-announces-change-in-soccer-leadership.aspx
That would seem to indicate that despite all the poor planning and long term decision making of late, especially regarding personnel, the people in charge at UND have learned nothing and are still not making an effort to be more on top of decision making.
Well it is late November and currently UND sits:
Hockey: 5th out of 9 in the NCHC with a conference record of 2-2-0 and an overall record of 5-6-0.
Football: 8th out of 11 in the MVFC with a conference record of 2-5 and an overall record of 5-6.
Volleyball: 8th out of 9 in the Summit with a conference record of 2-13 and an overall record of 9-17.
W Soccer: 8th out of 9 in the Summit with a conference record of 0-4-4 and an overall record of 4-8-6.
W Softball: 6th of 7 in the Summit with a conference record of 6-12 and an overall record of 14-42.
Basketball just got going.
The buyout issue is a prime example of how poor the long term decision making has been in the athletic department. Year after year after year of poor decisions.
I disagree. FCS to FBS is only a change for football (I fully realize there are ramifications in other sports such as the additional football scholarships that have to be offset). All other sports stay the same. D2 to FCS was a seismic change across the whole athletic department.
It would be nice to see UND leading on something related to athletics for a change. UND should be embarrassed with the way they have ceded the state of ND to NDSU. Its unacceptable in my opinion. The frustrations are numerous- from the inability to win in a variety of sports to the poor planning in the athletic department over the years to always being behind and on and on and on.