Kopp: The football team

More from Marshall President Stephen Kopp’s meeting with The Herald-Dispatch editorial board:

As the meeting was about to end, Kopp wanted to talk about something that no one had asked about. He said he was pleased with attendance at football games this year. Attendance has averaged about 29,000, not counting the WVU game, he said. A good turnout makes a difference to the young football players and the staff, he said.

So I had to ask if coach Mark Snyder will be back next year.

“Yes, he will,” Kopp said.

Kopp said Snyder is bringing in players of high character and high caliber. “He recruited these guys. He deserves the opportunity to win with these guys.”

Kopp said it seemed players were being arrested at the rate of one a week when he came to Marshall, but now arrests are unusual.

“I am willing to be patient when I see the progress that is being made.”

So I asked about the assistants and coordinators, if they will return with Snyder next season. All Kopp would say on the record was, “I’ll address that at the end of the season.”

(More on the Kopp interview late tomorrow afternoon).