The Washington Post is reporting that Maryland assistant head coach Greg Gattuso has taken the UAlbany football job.

Gattuso has been at Maryland for three years, before that working at Pitt, and as a head coach at Duquesne for 12 years.

Of course, I'm working on getting this confirmed.

Previously, it was reported that former Delaware coach K.C. Keeler had taken the job and that ended up being a premature report.

The University at Albany made an announcement last August that its football team would compete in the Colonial Athletic Association, starting in the 2013 season.

The decision was viewed as a step up by many, as that league has had more success on a national level that the Great Danes previous league, the Northeast Conference.

Now, it looks like UAlbany could become a full member of the CAA.

The UAlbany Athletic Department released the following statement on Wednesday afternoon.

"At this time, the reports that we are moving to the CAA are untrue. We remain a partner of the America East and we have no further comment on conference affiliation at this time."

That makes it seem like this is a bit premature, but the words "at this time" seem to indicate the situation is fluid and could change

The full-time CAA members are Delaware, Drexel, Hofstra, James Madison, Northeastern, Towson, UNC-Wilmington and William & Mary. Charleston is also set to join the league in the fall.

Associate members in football include Villanova, Maine, New Hampshire, Stony Brook and currently UAlbany.

The Great Danes first CAA football game is scheduled to take place at brand new Bob Ford Field, on September 14, against Rhode Island.

The Siena men's basketball team had a lost weekend, losing to Loyola (Md.) and Saint Peter's. Other bad news was Marist won two games and now the Saints sit in a tie for eighth place in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings, with only four games to play.

It looks like the Saints will be in the play-in round for the second time in three years, when the MAAC tournament takes place in March.

Here is a link to Friday's game story from stringer Harvey Valentine and a writeup from Sunday's game.

Sunday's game was a milestone day for senior O.D. Anosike, as he became just the third player to join the program's 1,000-point/1,000-rebound club, joining former teammate Ryan Rossiter and Lee Matthews.

Also, I had a chance to write a story on UAlbany women's senior Ebone Henry, who became the program's all-time leading scorer a few weeks back. Here is a link. 

The UAlbany men's team lost on Saturday at Maine, dropping to 7-5 in America East play. 

One last thing. For UAlbany fans, I did an interview with the Colonial Athletic Association, the football team's new league last week and it's posted here.

UAlbany released its first CAA football schedule on Tuesday.

The Great Danes will open conference play, on Bob Ford Field, against Rhode Island, on Sept. 14.

Below is a look at the entire CAA schedule for the 2013 season. 

UALBANY FOOTBALL 2013 CAA SCHEDULE

Sept. 14	Home	vs. Rhode Island
Oct. 5	Away	at James Madison
Oct. 12	Away	at Delaware
Oct. 19	Home	vs. Towson
Nov. 2	Away	at Richmond
Nov. 9	Home	vs. Maine
Nov. 16	Home	vs. New Hampshire
Nov. 23	Away	at Stony Brook