Marshall University Athletics
Marshall Football Opens 2023 Preseason Camp on Wednesday
7/31/2023 3:58:00 PM | Football
Watch Coach Huff’s preseason press conference live at noon on Tuesday
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Football returns to the field for the official start of the 2023 season this week.
Marshall is coming off a season in which the team went 9-4 and won its final five games of the 2022 season. Head coach Charles Huff said that while the momentum of the of last year was great, it means nothing starting Tuesday when players report to camp.
"There were a lot of good things that we did last year and the excitement is high, but when we hit camp tomorrow, we're not talking about Notre Dame, we're not talking about last year," Huff said. "We're talking about creating the identity for this team. We did some phenomenal things last year and we can't erase the memory, but we've got to erase the focus and put the focus on the now and this team – this defense, this offense, this group."
Huff will officially kick off the 2023 football season at Noon on Tuesday with the 2023 Marshall Football Preseason Press Conference from inside the Shewey Building. Fans can watch the press conference live HERE or by watching the live-stream on Marshall Athletics' Facebook page.
Huff said the excitement for 2023 can be felt within the walls of the Shewey Building at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.
"It's all just the pure excitement of college football when camp opens," Huff said. "With where we are in college football, there's a lot going on and obviously, a lot is business. When the business gets into it, you can lose that pure joy of playing the game. I think that joy is what you get from everyone on the team on that first day, though. Everybody is excited and everybody is back to being a five or six-year-old kid and playing the game they love. That's what I'm excited to see."
Huff will be joined in the press conference by his coordinators: offensive coordinator Clint Trickett, defensive coordinator Jason Semore and special teams coordinator Johnathan Galante.
The Thundering Herd boasts of plenty of returning experience, including four Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference First Team selections, which tied for the league-most. Center Logan Osburn represented the offense while defensive end Owen Porter, linebacker Eli Neal and defensive back Micah Abraham represented the defense.
Marshall also placed running back Rasheen Ali and offensive lineman Ethan Driskell on the second team.
The Thundering Herd offense also returns sophomore quarterback Cam Fancher, who took over as the starter in the middle of 2022 and finished the season 6-1 as a starter, including leading the offense during the five-game winning streak to end the season.
Fancher and Porter recently represented Marshall at the Sun Belt Media Days in New Orleans, which also help signal the start of the new season.
Marshall starts its 2023 campaign with a 6 p.m. home contest on Sept. 2 against Albany. It is one of three September games to be played inside the friendly confines at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, including a Sept. 23 battle with ACC foe Virginia Tech and the Sept. 30 Homecoming matchup against Old Dominion.
Season-Ticket Packages, Mini-Plans and Away Game Tickets are on sale HERE while Single-Game tickets have also gone on sale for Big Green members and Season Ticket Holders. Single-game tickets for the general public go on sale on Thursday.
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