The roster and broadcast times have been announced for the 2026 United Athletic Conference Kickoff on Tuesday July 21. Texas Live! will be open to the public and fans are encouraged to take part in the action in Arlington.
Each UAC team will be bringing their head coach and two players to the event with all three being featured on the ESPN+ broadcast of the 2026 Kickoff.
Teams will be made available to the media upon request of the team’s communications contact on Tuesday.
Live coverage of the UAC Football Kickoff will air Tuesday, July 21, at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT on ESPN+ as Byron Anderson and Kendra Sheehan interview coaches and student-athletes from all eight teams.
Kickoff Attendees and Broadcast Start Times
Abilene Christian - 1:34pm ET / 12:34pm CT
Keith Patterson
Kortlin Rausaw
Luke Roaten
Austin Peay - 1:10pm ET / 12:10pm CT
Jeff Faris
Chris Parson
David Portu
Central Arkansas - 12:34pm ET / 11:34am CT
Nathan Brown
Tyrell Pollard
Trevion Traylor
EKU - 12:22pm ET / 11:22am CT
Walt Wells
Buzz Flabiano
Kaden Smith
North Alabama - 12:10pm ET / 11:10am CT
Brent Dearmon
Jyheam Ingram
Destin Wade
Tarleton State - 1:46pm ET / 12:46pm CT
Todd Whitten
Danny Joiner
Omar Emmons
West Florida - 12:46pm ET / 11:46am CT
Kaleb Nobles
Jake Robinette
Eli Webb
West Georgia - 1:22pm ET / 12:22pm CT
Steve Englehart
Chancellor Bryant
T.J. Lockey
Requests for interviews should be directed to:
Claire Johnson, Senior Director, Strategic Communications & Content
Unisun Sports /
claire.johnson@asunsports.org
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About the United Athletic Conference
The United Athletic Conference (UAC) was established in 2023 as a single-sport football conference through a partnership between the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) and the former Western Athletic Conference. In 2026, the ASUN and UAC formed Unisun Sports to further strengthen the conference, which now features eight football-playing member institutions: Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas), Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, Tenn.), the University of Central Arkansas (Conway, Ark.), Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Ky.), the University of North Alabama (Florence, Ala.), Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas), the University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Ga.) and the University of West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.).