MIAMI (April 7, 2016) – The FIU football team completed Day 11 of Spring Camp on Thursday morning from Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium.
 
The Panthers entered Thursday with just four more practices before this year's Spring Game, slated for April 15 at 7 p.m.
 
FIUSports.com caught up with Special Teams Coordinator Kirk Doll and long snapper Sam Medlock after practice.
 

Special Teams Coordinator Kirk Doll On Spring Practice Well, we're improving each day. There's little things that you keep battling all the time but, we're improving each day. We're trying to get the basic part of our punt and all the special teams in now. So, we're getting there. We've got a ways to go.   On the Transition to FIU Well, I'm getting better at learning the players' names which is usually a situation for me, but we're hanging in there. I'm learning more about what their positives are, what they can do and how they can help on special teams.   On the Experience of the Special Teams Group Well the experience is very invaluable. So valuable that there's a lot of things as a result of their experience that we talk about. They understand the kicker's situations better.

 

Long Snapper Sam Medlock On Spring Practice It's going really well. We're getting better every day, new coach and everything, but he's got a lot of good knowledge. I like the schemes we're going with and as far as specialist-wise, Austin (Taylor) and Stone (Wilson) making strides every day and Scott (Wade) is getting better and better every day.  I'm improving every day. But as a team, definitely we're going upward, having a great camp so far.   On Working with New Special Teams Coach Kirk Doll At first it was a little different just because it's a little different scheme but he's a great coach, everyone really likes him. We haven't really missed a beat with him but everything he's doing, everyone likes a lot. He's a good guy.

Previous Reports
Monday, March 7 – Day One / Photo Gallery
Tuesday, March 8 –  Photo Gallery
Thursday, March 10 – Day Three / Photo Gallery
Tuesday, March 22 – Day Four / Photo Gallery
Thursday, March 24 – Day Five / Photo Gallery
Friday, March 25 – Day Six / Photo Gallery
Tuesday, March 29 – Day Seven / Photo Gallery
Thursday, March 31 – Day Eight / Photo Gallery
Saturday, April 2 – Day Nine / Photo Gallery
Tuesday, April 5 – Day Ten / Photo Gallery
 
Remaining FIU Football Spring Practice Schedule
Saturday, April 9                  9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, April 12                9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, April 14               9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Friday, April 15                  (7:00 p.m. – Spring Game)
 
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The 2016 FIU football season will kick off on Thursday, Sept. 1, when the Panthers host the Indiana Hoosiers.

FIU's 2016 schedule is highlighted with games against Miami Beach Bowl and 2016 C-USA champion WKU, R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl champion Louisiana Tech, St. Petersburg Bowl champion Marshall, Popeyes Bahama Bowl participant Middle Tennessee, and New Era Pinstripe Bowl participant Indiana. In addition, the Panthers will face Maryland, Massachusetts, UCF, Florida Atlantic, UTEP, Charlotte and Old Dominion. 
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $8.9 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.