Down The Mside Line

Head coach Steve Ryan discusses the many positives seen out of spring camp and some of the fun things about the 2022 spring game. 

Former Morningside University men's and women's track and field and cross country student-athletes Neeia Cooperwood, Monte Larsen, Michelle Mumm, and Jay Welp share memories and what the Mustangs head coach, who is concluding his final season at the helm of the program, has meant to them on and off the track and course.

In what will be a new regular feature of Down The Mside Line, tennis coach and walking Mustangs athletics historical compendium Larry Mason joins us to share the fascinating behind the scenes story of the M Club blanket (remember those?), the Athletic Hall of Fame, and a favorite memory of a past M Club luncheon. 

Tom Davis, a former resident of the Morningside community area of Sioux City and a life-long Mustangs gridiron fan, recounts some riveting tales his father Harlan "Hoss" Davis, an Mside alum, regaled him with about his late grandfather Lee Davis, head coach of Mside in 1946 and 1947, and how he brought George Allen, the legendary NFL coach, to Sioux City. He also discusses an article he wrote for Hatch Magazine about the Morningside - Notre Dame football series of the 1910s. 

Morningside University alumnus Delbert Christensen enjoys following many Mustangs sports but softball tops the list. He talks in this episode about a group seeking to start a summer collegiate fastpitch league in the Siouxland area and the renovation of Sioux City's venerable Hubbard Park.

Four former Morningside softball student-athletes look back at their favorite memories with the long-time softball coach and how she played an integral role in their collegiate experiences. 

Down The Mside Line collaborates with Inside Mside on this trip down memory lane with long-time education professor and Mustangs sports historian/fan Dr. Sharon Ocker. We talk cowbell, Who's It cards, and more during this episode.

Veteran Morningside University head coach Dave Nash looks ahead to the outdoor campaign after an indoor season where the Mustangs qualified four events for the 2022 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Championships.