BTN.com staff, December 5, 2012

BTN/BTN2Go will air the live press conference introducing Darrell Hazell as the Purdue Boilermakers' new head football coach. The event will start at 7 p.m. ET tonight. Find BTN on your TV system with our BTN ChannelFinder. If you have BTN2Go, here's a link to watch it live on BTN2Go.com. BTN.com will also stream the same event live for free through the end of the event. Here's the link for the free Internet stream. Rick Pizzo, Howard Griffith and Gerry DiNardo will host BTN?s coverage.

Kent State's 2012 results
Date Opponent Result / Time
8/30 vs. Towson W 41 – 21
9/8 at Kentucky L 14 – 47
9/19 at Buffalo W 23 – 7
9/29 vs. Ball State W 45 – 43
10/6 at Eastern Michigan W 41 – 14
10/13 at Army W 31 – 17
10/20 vs. Western Michigan W 41 – 24
10/27 at 18 Rutgers W 35 – 23
11/3 vs. Akron W 35 – 24
11/10 at Miami (OH) W 48 – 32
11/17 at Bowling Green W 31 – 24
11/23 vs. Ohio W 28 – 6
11/30 vs. 19 Northern Illinois L 37 – 44
1/6 at Arkansas State 9:00 ET

Hazell was previously Kent State's football coach. BTN.com's Tom Dienhart notes Kent State's has a history for producing coaches, including Don James, who was a standout coach for the Golden Flashes before going to Washington. Nick Saban, Gary Pinkel and Lou Holtz all played at Kent State. Hazell will be Purdue?s first minority coach in football or men?s basketball. Read Dienhart's earlier post here.

In a statement, Purdue athletic director Morgan Statement said: "Darrell is a great fit to build on our existing foundation. His leadership at Kent State, combined with his prior experience at Ohio State and other stops along the way, has prepared him to help us continue to move toward developing a championship-caliber program.

Burke added: "He understands our '25/85'vision as well as our desire to recruit both locally and nationally. Furthermore, it is clear that he appreciates the Cradle of Quarterbacks tradition, and it will remain a focal point of our program." Read that full story at Purduesports.com.

And want to look back at Hazell's season at kent State? Check out our team report page for the Golden Flashes, who went 11-2 this fall.