LEWIS-CLARK VALLEY COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PURPOSE, OBJECTIVES AND MISSION:
In 2013, due to the absence of NCAA-Division III (and D-II) football programs in the state of Idaho, L-C Valley College Football was formed to fill this void. The program was created to help student athletes, academic institutions and NCAA programs achieve their goals and objectives. All Loggers' players are full time students at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, ID. In 2017, L-C Valley College Football became an Affiliated Member of the NCAA.
1. NCAA-DIII schools in the Northwest Conference with larger rosters (i.e. Linfield, George Fox, Pacific, Whitworth) schedule our team for games to attract, develop and retain student athletes for their institutions. These schools often carry between 120-140 players on their rosters. Many of these athletes would not have the opportunity to play in games without the type of games provided by our organization. Many others would not come to these programs in the first place or stay with these programs to develop if they were not given the opportunity to play in these games against the Loggers. In 2017, the Loggers also began playing the varsity rosters of teams in the NWC who are in search of a home game.
2. Our team will schedule and travel to smaller Division III programs who need a varsity game to fill their regular season schedule.
3. L-C Valley also schedules exhibition games against the varsity units of the smaller programs in the Northwest Conference that do not want to add an official tenth game on their varsity schedule and do not have rosters large enough for a “JV” game.
4. There are no NCAA-Division III programs in the state of Idaho. L-C Valley College Football provides Idaho student athletes with the opportunity to play college football against Division III opponents.
5. L-C Valley College Football gives LCSC student athletes the opportunity to play football. In addition, the program provides Kinesiology and Education majors (among others) the opportunity to earn practicum credits to finish their degrees as well as the experience to work for an NCAA program in areas such as coaching, sports information and athletic training.
6. In addition, the L-C Valley College Football program offers youth camps and seminars to develop grade school and junior high athletes who have a goal of playing for a NCAA program in college.
L-C Valley College Football is an academically focused program led by Director Bob Thorson MBA, a former Associate Professor of Marketing at LCSC, Dr. Gene Straughan, Professor of Justice Studies at LCSC and Head Coach Phill Wendell.
