STARKVILLE, Miss., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Mississippi State named 36-year-old Dan Mullen its new head football coach Thursday.

STARKVILLE, Miss., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Mississippi State football Coach Sylvester Croom resigned Saturday, one day after the Bulldogs ended their season with a 45-0 loss to Ole Miss.

STARKVILLE, Miss., April 4 (UPI) -- Mississippi State football Coach Sylvester Croom said Tuesday that disciplinary action will be taken against six members of the 2006 Bulldog football team.

STARKVILLE, Miss., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Mississippi State Athletic Director Larry Templeton announced Thursday the school had extended the contract of Coach Sylvester Croom.

STARKVILLE, Miss., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Mississippi State, coming off its biggest football win in years, was placed on four years probation Wednesday by the NCAA.

STARKVILLE, Miss., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Mississippi State will be without sophomore quarterback Omarr Conner for at least three weeks.

STARKVILLE, Miss., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Jason Campbell threw three touchdown passes Saturday to help 19th-ranked Auburn (2-0, 1-0 SEC) rout Mississippi State, 43-14.

ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Damon Evans became the first black athletic director in Southeastern Conference history Friday

STARKVILLE, Miss., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Sylvester Croom became the first black head football coach in Southeastern Conference history Monday when he was hired by Mississippi State.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Carroll McCray, an offensive line coach at Mississippi State the past two seasons, Tuesday was named the new football coach at Division I-AA Austin Peay.