The team, coaching staff and program were built from the ground up. The football program was approved in the fall of 2022, then head coach Trent Figg was hired in January of 2023.

In the fall of 2022, Calvin University, founded in 1876, announced it was launching a football team for the first time, and early in 2023, it hired Figg as its first coach, swooping him away from ...

Calvin University football coach Trent Figg poses for a photo with provost Dr. Noah Toly (left) and president Dr. Wiebe Boer at Figg's introductory press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023 ...

13 ON YOUR SIDE's Yaw Bonsu spent a day with head coach Trent Figg and the Calvin football program as the team prepares for its first-ever season.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — History was made for Calvin University on Saturday with the first football team in the university’s existence taking the field. Saturday afternoon, the Knights ...