KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association will host its annual Football Media Day on Monday, July 27, on the campus of Washburn University.

All ten MIAA football teams will travel to Topeka for the Association's 2026 Football Media Day. The action will take place inside Washburn University's Bill Sneed Indoor Athletic Facility.

The event will begin with brief comments and NCAA Division II football updates from MIAA Commissioner Mike Racy and the league's Supervisor of Officials, Phil Laurie, and will then feature each team participating in a 15-minute press conference featuring MIAA head coaches and student-athletes. The official press conference schedule is listed below.

MIAA Football Media Day is an invite-only event. This will mark the second year the event is hosted by a MIAA institution and the first year it's hosted by Washburn. Last year's 2025 MIAA Football Media Day was hosted on the campus of Emporia State University.

MIAA fans can watch the press conferences live, exclusively on The MIAA Network.

The 2026 NCAA Division II football season officially kicks off Thursday, August 27. To view the week-by-week schedules for all ten MIAA teams, visit theMIAA.com/football.

The Griffon football team will be represented by head coach Tyler Fenwick, senior linebacker Khalid Sereal and senior offensive lineman Connor Holt.

MoWest will be the first MIAA team to take the podium during the press conference schedule, opening Session 1 at 10 a.m. The session follows opening remarks from MIAA Commissioner Mike Racy at 9:30 a.m. and a presentation from MIAA Supervisor of Officials Phil Laurie at 9:45 a.m.

2026 FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
Opening
9:30 a.m. — MIAA Commissioner, Mike Racy
9:45 a.m. — MIAA Supervisor of Officials, Phil Laurie

Session I
10:00 a.m. — MoWest 
10:15 a.m. — Central Missouri
10:30 a.m. — Northwest Missouri State
10:45 a.m. — Break
11:00 a.m. — Central Oklahoma
11:15 a.m. — Nebraska Kearney

Session II
12:00 p.m. — Washburn
12:15 p.m. — Emporia State
12:30 p.m. — Fort Hays State
12:45 p.m. — Break
1:00 p.m. — Missouri Southern
1:15 p.m. — Pittsburg State