Catamount Football opens spring exercises on March 3rd

Cullowhee, NC -The Western Carolina Football opens on Monday, March 3, his annual spring exercises with the first of 15 NCAA regulated exercise sessions on the lawn in the EJ Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field, which culminates on Saturday, April 5, with the annual spring game.

The disasters are planned for three practices in the first week of March – two helmets only as part of the NCAA acclimatization period. As soon as the team from the spring break from the university (March 8th to 16th) returns, the remaining 12 sessions will be distributed over the next three weeks. The team has three only helmet exercises with six in the upper material or helmets and shoulder pads and six fully packed exercises with full contact. Each of the last three Saturdays – March 22, March 29 and April 5 – is contained planned scrimmages on the lawn in Cullowhee.

Every weekday training is scheduled to start at 4:15 p.m. The first two Saturday residues begin at 10 a.m. on April 5 at 10 a.m. on April 5 at 12 p.m. in front of the Catamount Baseball home game against Gardner-Webb. ((Exercise data and times can change)))

Unless otherwise stated, every WCU Spring Football practice is accessible to the public. It is respectfully asked that the spectators from the seating area of ​​the stadium observe and avoid being either on the field or on the sidelines.

Entry into his second year under the direction of Rylan WellsWill wear white jerseys with the quarterbacks in protected red tops, while the defensive unit under coordinator in the second year Jerry Odomwill practice lila jerseys this spring. Each helmet is equipped with the protective Guardian Caps by spring exercises.

Head coach in the fifth year Kerwin Bell -The extension of five years received an extension of a contract extension that this year's spring exercises will be invested with the three practices before the spring holidays benefit a squad with several new faces.

“We are much bigger, but we are also much younger with people who don't know our system,” said Bell. “These first three days of installation will be important because we will throw a lot on our boys at the beginning before we have this break before we come back after the break.”

Season tickets for the six-game home 2025 time plan are now available via the Catamount Athletics Ticket Office and only start $ 96 for adults and $ 66 for young people. A Catamount Family Four Pack with two reserved season tickets for adults and two youth reimbursement of reimbursement cards is only 250 US dollars -that's less than $ 11 per ticket. Fans can be able to buy tickets via the Catamount Athletics Ticket Office on the first floor of the Ramsey Center or Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets can also be bought online at CataMountsports.com/buytickets.

The unofficial opening of the Socon football plan 2025 begins with the Socon Media Day on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

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Catamount Football – spring practice plan:
Exercise 1: Monday, March 3. – 4:15 – 6:30 p.m. – (helmet only)
Exercise 2: Tuesday, March 4 – 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (helmet)
Exercise 3: Thursday, March 6th – 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (upper material)

Spring holidays of the University-8. until March 16

Exercise 4: Monday, March 17th – 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (upper material)
Exercise 5: Tuesday, March 18 – 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (full pads)
Exercise 6: Thursday, March 20 – 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (upper material)
Exercise 7: Saturday, March 22 – 10:00 a.m. – noon (Full pads/scrimmage)
Exercise 8: Tuesday, March 25th – 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Full Pads)

March 26, 2025 – a day for Western

Exercise 9: Thursday, March 27th – 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (upper material)
Exercise 10: Friday, March 28th – 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (upper material)
Exercise 11: Saturday, March 29 – 10:00 a.m. – noon (Full pads/scrimmage)
Exercise 12: Tuesday, April 1 – 4:15 – 6:30 p.m. (Full Pads)
Exercise 13: Thursday, April 3 – 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (upper material)
Exercise 14: Friday, April 4th – 4:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (helmet)
Exercise 15: Saturday, April 5th – noon – Spring game (Full pads/scrimmage)