Projection:Lemieux is a technically sound offensive lineman who will have to transition from offensive tackle to the interior of the offensive line. He excels in an inside zone scheme, where he uses his strength, lower-body power, and technique to create running lanes in congested areas.He has a strong upside as an interior offensive lineman who could eventually become an adequate NFL starter, who will be brought in as a fringe roster or rotational prospect.
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When Tony Reno stepped down as Yale football coach just a week ago because of health issues, the school announced it would conduct a national search for his replacement. (LINK)
As one wag on the Yale Football Blog wrote after news broke that Lehigh's Kevin Cahill was returning to New Haven to succeed Reno, "My guess is the 'national search' never went any further than Pennsylvania."
Cahill, named the Eddie Robinson National FCS Coach of the Year after guiding the Mountain Hawks to an undefeated regular season last fall, spent 10 years under Reno at Yale, the final five as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach.
Find a Yale announcement of his hiring HERE.
The pull of Yale was strong per the Lehigh Valley's Morning Call, which noted (LINK):
It looked like Cahill was going to stay after he signed a contract extension after the end of the 2025 season, but things changed for him and Lehigh when Cahill’s friend, Tony Reno, stepped down as Yale’s coach last week, citing health reasons after 14 seasons that included 83 wins and five Ivy League titles.
More from the Call:
Cahill inherited a 2-9 program and after the growing pains of a 2-9 campaign in 2023, he led the Mountain Hawks to 9-4 and 12-1 seasons that included trips to the FCS playoffs. In 2024, Lehigh upset Richmond in the first round.
Last season, Lehigh was one of only two teams in the FCS who entered the playoffs undefeated, and the Mountain Hawks got as high as No. 3 in the national rankings during the 2025 season, but lost a 14-7 heartbreaker to Villanova in the second round after getting a first-round bye.
Ivy – Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton
Green Alert Take: That headline could just as easily have read:
Teams to make the FCS playoffs every year they were eligible: Yale, Harvard
Or . . .
Teams to miss FCS playoffs just once: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton
For those of you keeping score, we didn't get even a dusting here at our Vermont hillside home from yesterday's East Coast snowmageddon. We still have upwards of 18 inches down in our field so we didn't need it, thank you very much.
