The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) will hold its annual Football Media Day on Monday, July 31, at the Sheraton Grand Rapids Airport Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich.
The GLIAC will provide exclusive coverage of the event, which will include a reveal of the 2023 preseason coaches' poll and interviews with players and coaches.
ESPN3/ESPN Plus broadcaster Adam Jaksa will host the 2023 GLIAC Football Media Day, which is scheduled to begin at 12:50 p.m. (ET) with opening comments from GLIAC Commissioner Kris Dunbar. The interview portion of the event will be streamed live on the GLIAC's YouTube Channel:
12:50 p.m.: Commissioner Kris Dunbar comments
1:00 p.m.: 2023 GLIAC Football Preseason Coaches' Poll announced
1:15 p.m.: Michigan Tech (HC Dan Mettlach, DL Sam Kinne, WR Darius Willis)
1:30 p.m.: Northern Michigan (HC Shane Richardson, TE/FB Kyle Sahr, DE Jason Coulter)
1:45 p.m.: Davenport (HC Sparky McEwen, QB Jason Whittaker, LB Julius Wilkerson)
2:00 p.m.: Ferris State (HC Tony Annese, DE Ian Hall, WR Xavier Wade)
2:15 p.m.: Grand Valley State (HC Scott Wooster, LB Abe Swanson, QB Cade Peterson)
2:30 p.m.: Saginaw Valley State (HC Ryan Brady, WR Jairus Grissom, DB Michael Woolridge)
2:45 p.m.: Wayne State (HC Tyrone Wheatley, OT Blake Bustard, CB Drake Reid)
Two-time defending NCAA Division II national champion Ferris State and reigning GLIAC champion Grand Valley State enter the 2023 season ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, according to Lindy's Sports.
GLIAC teams get the 2023 regular season underway on Thursday, Aug. 31 when Saginaw Valley State hosts Winona State and Ferris State welcomes Mercyhurst to Big Rapids.
The Bulldogs, who are the two-time defending NCAA D2 National Champions, will be represented at GLIAC Football Media Day by a pair of West Michigan and Grand Rapids area natives in senior defensive end Ian Hall (Wyoming/Grandville) and senior receiver Xavier Wade (Holland/West Ottawa) along with two-time National Coach of the Year Tony Annese.
Stay tuned to FerrisStateBulldogs.com along with FSU's various football social media platforms on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and Threads for complete coverage from GLIAC Football Media Day.