BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced that the 2020 SWAC Football Virtual Media Days initially slated for July 22-24 has been rescheduled for August 5-7.
The rescheduling of the event is in line with recently adopted conference policy that allows football student-athletes to report to campus no sooner than July 25 for all member institutions.
The 2020 SWAC Football Virtual Media Days will be headlined by all ten league head coaches along with one student-athlete from each program. The three-day event is slated to be broadcasted on the SWAC Digital Network (SDN) and will also feature a special address by SWAC Commissioner Dr. Charles McClelland to kick-off this year's event coverage on th
e opening day.
A complete listing of student-athletes scheduled to participate along with the overall event schedule will be released closer to the event start date. Media interested in covering the event, please contact SWAC Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Andrew Roberts via email at a.roberts@swac.org.
About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.
Women's competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
