MCKINNEY, Texas (July 22, 2026) – The Lone Star Conference's annual Football Media Day will be held Thursday, July 23, at McKinney ISD Stadium's Community Event Center in McKinney, Texas. All 10 LSC football teams – Angelo State (ASU), Central Washington (CWU), Eastern New Mexico (ENMU), Midwestern State (MSU), Sul Ross State (SRSU), Texas A&M-Kingsville (TAMUK), UT Permian Basin (UTPB), West Texas A&M (WT), Western New Mexico (WNMU) and Western Oregon (WOU) – will be represented.

The program starts at Noon and includes remarks from LSC Commissioner Jay Poerner; the announcement of the preseason players to watch list, poll and players of the year; and a question-and-answer session with each school's head coach and two student-athlete representatives. Dave Campbell's Texas Football Managing Editor Greg Tepper will serve as emcee for the fourth consecutive year. An open interview session for the media will be held from 1:30-2 p.m.

Scheduled to appear for the Falcons is new head coach Chris Softley as well as players Traylen Suel (Wide Receiver, R-Sr.) and Godgive Ugochukwu (Defensive Lineman, R-So.).

LSC Football Media Day will be streamed live for free on FloCollege.

The new season of LSC football, which began in 1931, will begin as early as Thursday, Aug. 27 with ASU, ENMU, WT and WNMU kicking off that day. MSU, SRSU, TAMUK, UTPB and WOU will start Saturday, August 29, while defending league champion CWU gets going Saturday, September 5. All 10 league teams will play nine conference games to determine the conference champion.

McKinney ISD Stadium, a 12,000-seat state-of-the-art facility, is the home of the NCAA Division II Football National Championship Game. The LSC and McKinney ISD have hosted all national title contests since 2018 and are set to host the next two (Dec. 19, 2026 and Dec. 18, 2027).

To see video highlights from last year's event, click here.