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Johnson recaps first year as YSU president, gives insight into athletics

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — When Bill Johnson assumed his duties as president of Youngstown State University in March 2024, he embraced the challenges presented as the school’s top administrator. Everything from cultivating new donors, to working with the university’s four unions to improving academic curriculums, it has been a labor of love for the school’s 10th president. He said his first year has flown by. “I think things have gone great. Have we had challenges, absolutely we have,” Johnson told the Curbstone Coaches during Monday’s meeting at Avion Banquet Center. ...

Three Penguins participate in YSU’s pro day

YOUNGSTOWN — For many who play and love football, getting to the NFL is always a dream. Few ever get the opportunity to play college football, while even fewer are given the opportunity to make it to the NFL. A couple nights ago, Youngstown State running back Tyshon King was making his ...

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Bill Johnson to speak at Curbstone Youngstown State University president Bill Johnson will be the guest speaker at Monday’s luncheon meeting of The Curbstone Coaches at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township. The event begins at noon and the public is welcome to attend. For those arriving early, the buffet lines will open at 11:45 a.m. Also, plans are underway for the annual Curbstone Coaches Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, which is set for May 4 at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman. The keynote speaker will be former Cleveland Browns stand out running ...

Back at it: YSU opens spring practices with some new coaches, players

YOUNGSTOWN — The sounds of spring are starting to fill the air in downtown Youngstown. Not the fluttering of leaves as they return to the trees or the bustling of students on their way to class, but the collisions of helmets, spiders and pads. Which can mean only one thing — spring ...

Rookie coach Faulkner builds upon YSU’s success

INDIANAPOLIS — Whether Youngstown State won or lost in the Horizon League championship game on Tuesday night, it was another historic milestone for a Penguins program that has had many of them the past few years. In Ethan Faulkner’s first season as head coach, he has been able to ...