NEW ORLEANS—Idaho Vandals football players Matt Linehan and Aikeem Coleman will join head coach Paul Petrino as the team representatives at the Sun Belt Conference Media Day (July 24)  in New Orleans.

Sun Belt Conference Media Day Central will launch next week with the full schedule of the event with links to live coverage on the Sun Belt Digital Network and ESPN3.

All 12 head coaches, including newest member Coastal Carolina's head coach Joe Moglia, will join 24 student-athletes to represent their programs at media day. Two student-athletes will represent each school with two, New Mexico State senior Larry Rose III and Troy senior Brandon Silvers, making their second appearances. All others will be first-time attendees at media day.

ESPN3 will broadcast live from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome from 11-1 p.m. PT at media day and will sit down with all head coaches in addition to Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson.

Media day press conferences will be carried live on SunBeltSports.org.

Other student-athlete representatives:

Appalachian State
A.J. Howard (DB, Sr.)
Taylor Lamb (QB, Sr.)
 
Arkansas State
Justice Hansen (QB, Jr.)
Blaise Taylor (DB, Sr.)
 
Coastal Carolina
Osharmar Abercrombie (RB, Sr.)
Shane Johnson (LB, Sr.)
 
Georgia Southern
Chris DeLaRosa (LB, Sr.)
Wesley Fields (RB, Jr.)
 
Georgia State
Conner Manning (QB, Sr.)
Chandon Sullivan (DB, Sr.)
 
Idaho
Aikeem Coleman (DE, Sr.)
Matt Linehan (QB, Sr.)
 
Louisiana
Grant Horst (OL, Sr.)
Tracy Walker (DB, Sr.)
 
ULM
Frank Sutton (OL, Sr.)
Caleb Tucker (DE, Sr.)
 
New Mexico State
Larry Rose III (RB, Sr.)
Jaden Wright (DB, Sr.)
 
South Alabama
Dallas Davis (QB, Jr.)
Jeremy Reaves (DB, Sr.)
 
Texas State
Bryan London (LB, So.)
Tryston Mizerak (OL, Jr.)
 
Troy
Jordan Chunn (RB, Sr.)
Brandon Silvers (QB, Sr.)