Aug 2, 2010

Mike Swider to join CCIW football coaches in preseason online conference

Wheaton, Ill. - For the second consecutive year, the CCIW will conduct a live online chat with its eight head football coaches, including Thunder head coach Mike Swider, on Thursday, August 5 at 11:15 AM.

Swider will be part of the league's second grouping of the day as he joins Millikin head coach Doug Neibuhr, North Central's John Thorne and North Park's Scott Pethtel from 11:15 AM to 11:45 AM. The first chat on Thursday will be from 10:30 AM to 11 AM and will include Augustana's Jim Barnes, Carthage's Tim Rucks, Elmhurst's Tim Lester and Illinois Wesleyan's Norm Eash.

The CCIW preseason football poll will be announced at the conclusion of the chat. Media, fans and other followers of CCIW football can join the chat by visiting the CCIW website on August 5. During the chat, participants will be able to ask questions of all eight CCIW football coaches regarding the upcoming season.

The online chat will be conducted by CCIW Assistant Commissioner/Sports Information Director Mike Krizman and all questions will be screened before they are presented to the coaches. The coaches will try to answer as many questions from the audience as possible.

Visit http://www.cciw.org/fall_football/2010coacheschat.php to take part in the coaches' chat.Print Friendly Version