But it’s not just the head coach (HC) leading these squads — for many teams, there’s a whole crew supporting the skipper, and graduate assistants do most of the grunt work.

In an exclusive interview with The GIST, UChicago’s Rachael Hewson Grotts, who earned her M.S. in Post-Professional Athletic Training at a DI school before her current DIII stint, spoke about how a school’s resources directly affect players’ lives.

Not to sound like a broken record, but NIL regulations (or the lack thereof) created a whole host of new challenges for athletic departments, and keeping up can feel like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole.

Today, we’re exploring college sports’ invisible infrastructure: athletic departments (ADs).

On Wednesday, three current and former Butler University women’s soccer players filed lawsuits against the team’s former athletic trainer, Michael Howell, alleging years of sexual assault and harassment.

The men’s game is a bit more populous than the women’s, with 152 programs across all divisions, including 60 DI teams across six conferences.

Cue Queen Bey, because pro women’s hockey’s experiencing a renaissance right now, and North America’s top talent has mostly filtered through the NCAA.

Fresh powder’s still months away, but there’s no better time to, ahem, peak into NCAA skiing.

We’re going global, digging into the state of college sports worldwide.

Soccer’s not just the world’s most watched sport — it’s one of the NCAA’s most popular.

When it comes to leveling the collegiate playing field pitch, few have done more than Julianne Sitch, who became the first woman to lead a men’s team to an NCAA championship when her University of Chicago (UChicago) Maroons took the DIII title last December.

We’re breaking down the surprisingly common history of conference changes, the latest relocations, and why programs choose to break their proverbial dorm room leases.