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NEW ORLEANS — The 2022 Sun Belt football season will officially kick off with Sun Belt Football Media Days, presented by BuyB1.com, on Tuesday, July 26, and Wednesday, July 27. 
 
The new-look Sun Belt Conference—including new members James Madison, Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Miss—will gather in-person in New Orleans. 
 
The event will also be broadcast nationwide on ESPN+. 
 
Three new head coaches—Clay Helton of Georgia Southern, Michael Desormeaux of Louisiana and Jon Sumrall of Troy—will attend this year’s event, which will also be the first Sun Belt Conference media appearance for head coaches Curt Cignetti of James Madison, Charles Huff of Marshall, Ricky Rahne of Old Dominion and Will Hall of Southern Miss. 
 
For the first time in the conference’s 22-year football history, Sun Belt Football Media Days will be expanded into a two-day affair. 
 
Sun Belt East Division programs—App State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, James Madison, Marshall and Old Dominion—will participate on Tuesday, July 26. 
 
Sun Belt West Division programs—Arkansas State, Louisiana, ULM, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas State and Troy—will appear on Wednesday, July 27. 
 
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Keith Gill will begin the festivities with his State of the Conference address at 10:00 a.m. CT on Tuesday, July 26. 
 
The full list of media days attendees—the head coach and two student-athletes from each football program—and schedule is listed below.
 
Heading into the 2022 season, its first as a 14-member football conference, the Sun Belt continues to lead the FBS with a .649 bowl winning percentage since the dawn of the College Football Playoff era in 2014. 

For exclusive Sun Belt football content on game days and throughout the year, follow @SunBeltFB on Twitter. 
 
Tuesday, July 26
10:00 a.m.
Commissioner Keith Gill, State of the Conference
 
10:30 a.m.       
App State
Shawn Clark, Head Coach
Chase Brice, RS Sr., QB
Steven Jones Jr., RS Sr., DB
                        
11:00 a.m.       
Old Dominion
Ricky Rahne, Head Coach
Zack Kuntz, RS Jr., TE
R’Tarriun Johnson, RS Sr., S
 
11:30 a.m.       
Georgia Southern
Clay Helton, Head Coach
Kyle Vantrease, 6th Yr., QB
Dillon Springer, 6th Yr., DL      
 
12:00 p.m.       
Lunch  
 
1:30 p.m.         
James Madison
Curt Cignetti, Head Coach
Percy Agyei-Obese, Gr., RB
Isaac Ukwu, RS Sr., DL
 
2:00 p.m.         
Coastal Carolina
Jamey Chadwell, Head Coach
Grayson McCall, RS Jr., QB
Jerrod Clark, RS Sr., NT
 
2:30 p.m.         
Marshall
Charles Huff, Head Coach
Rasheen Ali, RS So., RB
Eli Neal, Jr., LB
 
3:00 p.m.         
Georgia State
Shawn Elliott, Head Coach
Malik Sumter, RS Sr., OL
Blake Carroll, Sr., LB
 
Wednesday, July 27
10:00 a.m.       
John McDaid, Coordinator of Football Officials
 
10:30 a.m.       
Troy
Jon Sumrall, Head Coach
Austin Stidham, Sr., OL
Carlton Martial, Sr., LB
 
11:00 a.m.      
Texas State
Jake Spavital, Head Coach
Kyle Hergel, Jr., OL
Jordan Revels, Jr., LB
 
11:30 a.m.       
Arkansas State
Butch Jones, Head Coach
James Blackman, RS Sr., QB
Kivon Bennett, RS Sr., DL
 
12:00 p.m.       
Lunch
 
1:30 p.m.         
Louisiana
Michael Desormeaux, Head Coach
Chris Smith, RS Jr., RB
Andre Jones, RS Sr., LB
 
2:00 p.m.         
Southern Miss
Will Hall, Head Coach
Jason Brownlee, Sr., WR
Swayze Bozeman, Gr., - LB
 
2:30 p.m.         
ULM
Terry Bowden, Head Coach
Boogie Knight, Gr., WR
Zack Woodard, Gr., LB
 
3:00 p.m.         
South Alabama
Kane Wommack, Head Coach
Jalen Wayne, Sr., WR
Darrell Luter Jr., Sr., DB
 
All Times CT