The 2006 Florida A&M University Football Team will hit campus this Sunday for the start of fall training camp at the Rattler Practice Facility.
Head coach Rubin Carter, who begins his second season at FAMU, will welcome over 90 players who will begin afternoon practice sessions in shorts on Monday, August 7.
The Rattlers will don pads on Friday, August 11 for a morning session, then begin an alternating schedule of two-a-day sessions and once only practices on Saturday, August 12.,p.m.
Noteable Training Camp Dates
Sunday, August 6 - Players Report
Monday, August 7 - Academic Orientation (morning); Practices (afternoon)
Friday, August 11 - Practice in Pads (8:30-11 a.m.); Pictures and Media Day (2-4 p.m.)
Saturday, August 12 - Two-A-Day Practice Session (8:30-11 a.m. • 3:45-5:45 p.m.)
Saturday, August 19 - Fan Day (11 a.m. - 2 p.m.) • Band Rehearsal Hall
Sunday, August 20 - Rattler Football Kickoff Banquet • 5:00 p.m. - Civic Center
Saturday, August 26 - Final Team Scrimmage • Bragg Stadium
@Two-A-Day Dates: August 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25
@Single Practice Dates: August 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31
Athletic Facilities on the Mend
Two Florida A&M sports venues are getting facelifts of sorts as the 2006-07 school year draws closer...
•Jake Gaither Gymnasium, completed in 1963, is having a climate control system installed to regulate the temperature and humidity in the facility.
Gaither, which is home to FAMU's volleyball and men's and women's basketball teams, along with campus intramurals and other university activities, has been without a functional climate control (that's heating and air conditioning for us regular folks) system for several years.
•The Galimore-Powell Fieldhouse, home of Rattler Football since its' completion in 1983, is expanding its' weight room facilities in time for the fall semester.
The fieldhouse's western side is being expanded 16 feet toward the parking lot and the expanded area will flank the entire west side, for additional strength and conditioning equipment and workout space.