KANSAS CITY, Mo. – MIAA head coaches and student-athletes will travel to Kansas City, Missouri on Tuesday, July 23 for the 2024 MIAA Football Media Day, presented by Seigfreid Bingham.
 
The 2024 MIAA football season officially kicks off on July 23 at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center in Kansas City, Mo. The event will feature opening statements from MIAA Commissioner Mike Racy and the league’s Supervisor of Officials Phil Laurie as well as 15-minute press conferences with head coaches and student-athletes from each MIAA program.
 
MIAA fans can watch each press conference from the 2024 MIAA Football Media Day live, exclusively on The MIAA Network.

The Kauffman Foundation Conference Center is a nationally recognized convening site located adjacent to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation offices in Kansas City, Missouri. The facility welcomes 75,000 thought leaders per year and helps cultivate relationships by playing the role of convener, bringing together local, national, and world leaders to share innovative thinking and engage in dialogue related to entrepreneurship and education. 

The official press conference schedule for the 2024 MIAA Football Media Day is listed below. Teams with press conferences in Session I will be available for media interviews from 9:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. while teams participating in press conferences during Session II will be available for media interviews from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
 
With Lincoln University’s departure from the league and Northeastern State University competing as an independent, the MIAA will feature a 10-team conference schedule for the first time since 2011. To view the full 2024 week-by-week MIAA football schedule, click here.
 
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MIAA FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 
Opening
9:30 a.m.      MIAA Commissioner Update – Mike Racy
9:45 a.m.      MIAA Supervisor of Officials Update – Phil Laurie

Session I
10:00 a.m.       Washburn – Craig Schurig, Connor Searcy (FB), Jordan Finnesy (S)
10:15 a.m.       Emporia State – Garin Higgins, Tyler Kahmann (WR), Rafe Goucher (DL)
10:30 a.m.       Fort Hays State – Chris Brown, Jack Dawson (QB), Myles Menges (DL)
10:45 a.m.       Break
11:00 a.m.       Nebraska Kearney – Ryan Held, Reagan Jones (QB), Quillan “Q” Felton (DE)
11:15 a.m.       Central Oklahoma –  Adam Dorrel, Noah West (LB), Kobey Stephens (DB)


Session II
12:00 p.m.      Missouri Southern – Atiba Bradley, Akeem Gilmore (WR), Zach Bergmann (LB)
12:15 p.m.      Pittsburg State – Tom Anthony, Chad Dodson Jr. (QB), Jack Barkley (LB)
12:30 p.m.      Central Missouri – Josh Lamberson, Zach Zebrowski (QB), Gabe Clark (OL)
12:45 p.m.      Break
1:00 p.m.        Missouri Western – Tyler Fenwick, Jonas Bennett (WR), Brandon Johnson (DL)
1:15 p.m.        Northwest Missouri –  Rich Wright, Jadon Brady (RB), Jake Fisher (DE)

Closing
1:30 p.m.            MIAA