INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced the schedule, along with a fan-friendly website, for the 10th-annual GLVC Football Kickoff event, which will take place on the campus of McKendree University this Friday, July 29. The website combines several social and traditional media platforms to allow both the league's media and fan base to interact with the eight GLVC football head coaches and 14 student-athletes that will be at The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts from 12:30 to 3 p.m. ET.

Each school's coach and two student-athletes will rotate through several 10-minute stations designed to promote GLVC football on various platforms, including a live press conference on the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN), fun "4 Downs" interviews that will be uploaded to the GLVC's official YouTube page, an Instagram photo shoot and "Chalk Talk" session, as well as a "3 & Out" feature on Facebook Live. The Greyhounds will be represented by Head Coach Chris Keevers, Harlon Hill candidate Toriano Clinton and All-GLVC first teamer Kiave' Guerrier.

A new station – and GLVC social media platform – will be introduced at the 2022 event with the debut of the TikTok "Fight Song" station. Players will be asked to sing their school fight song and post that video to the @glvcsports page.

When each coach and student-athlete reach the GLVCSN live video stream station, the team representatives will spend 10 minutes previewing the upcoming season, as coverage of the formal press conference will be streamed live for all fans to watch free of charge on GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, and GLVCSN OTT apps on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Android TV. 

Not only will fans have an opportunity to see their team in a formal setting, but they will have several opportunities to see their personal side, as well. The "3 & Out" feature on Facebook Live will showcase each participant fielding questions focused on life as an NCAA Division II student-athlete while also taking questions submitted by GLVC fans watching online. The "4 Downs" YouTube segment will provide each student-athlete the opportunity to become a GLVCSN Extra Credit reporter and put their fellow teammate on the clock with four "hot seat" questions.

Fans will learn more about the keys to victory and pregame protocol from the teams at the Instagram "Chalk Talk" station, while coaches and players will also pose for a variety of photos and videos on the platform. Attendees can immediately post their own pictures to their social media and share with all their friends and fans.

The league will also be using Twitter to promote the 2022 season on its official account, @GLVCsports. The GLVC will once again be using the hashtag #GLVCkickoff and encourages its schools and fans to do the same. In addition, the league will release the 2022 GLVC Preseason Poll on Twitter over the course of the first hour of the event. Back for an eighth season will be "Twenty on Twitter," which concludes the online event with all seven coaches and 14 players tweeting live on both their personal and school's official athletics accounts from 1:40-2 p.m. ET. Over those final 20 minutes, the league participants will be encouraged to share their thoughts on the event, tweet photos from the day, or answer any final questions from fans on team accounts, including @UIndyAthletics.

Media members attending the GLVC Football Kickoff will also be involved in the station rotation, as each team will spend 10 minutes with reporters from print, radio, and TV throughout the league's footprint.

A photo gallery featuring the day's activities, as well as group pictures of the head coaches and student-athletes in attendance, will also be available following the event.

In addition to the players and coaches scheduled to attend the 2022 GLVC Football Kickoff, GLVC Commissioner Jim Naumovich and GLVC Supervisor of Football Officials Mike McCann will have a presence at the event.

The complete schedule for all the day's stations can be found below:
 
2022 GLVC FOOTBALL KICKOFF COVERAGE

TIME (ET)	GLVCSN	4 DOWNS	MEDIA	MEDIA	CHALK TALK	3 & OUT	FIGHT SONG
12:30 PM	WJC	UIndy	TSU	MCK	SBU	S&T	QU
12:40 PM	QU	WJC	UIndy	TSU	MCK	SBU	S&T
12:50 PM	S&T	QU	WJC	UIndy	TSU	MCK	SBU
1:00 PM	SBU	S&T	QU	WJC	UIndy	TSU	MCK
1:10 PM	MCK	SBU	S&T	QU	WJC	UIndy	TSU
1:20 PM	TSU	MCK	SBU	S&T	QU	WJC	UIndy
1:30 PM	UIndy	TSU	MCK	SBU	S&T	QU	WJC
1:40 PM	GLVC	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -
1:40-2 PM	Twenty on Twitter