In 2012, Loyola’s then-president, the Rev. Michael Garanzini S.J. floated an intriguing idea: reestablish a formal football program for the school.
“I would add football,” he wrote in an email to The Phoenix that year. “But only on the condition that I could have a stadium, two new practice fields and several million dollars in scholarships and coaches’ salaries.”
Seven years later — and nearly 100 years after Loyola discontinued its football team — the idea never took off and under Garanzini’s successor President Jo Ann Rooney, it seems unlikely to happen any time soon.
“Quite honestly, we haven’t had discussions about it,” Athletics Director Steve Watson said.