UWG Football prepping for 2025 season, first scrimmage today
Three former Coweta County standouts on 2025 Wolves roster.
From UWG Athletics
CARROLLTON – Year two of the Division I football era is now underway at the University of West Georgia as head coach Joel Taylor and his staff officially welcomed their roster back to campus last week.
Taylor and the Wolves, 4-7 a year ago, take to the practice field 11 times between report day and the first day of classes at UWG, August 13. UWG’s first day of full pads in practice is today (Aug. 5) while the first intrasquad scrimmage will take place on the evening of August 9 at 7 p.m.
“I’m looking forward to start fall camp and continue the improvement and growth of our football program. We’re expecting major improvements from year one to year two,” said Taylor.
While practices are closed to the general public, the August 9 scrimmage is open to the public to give fans their first look at the 2025 Wolves.
Three former Coweta County standouts are on the Wolves’ 2025 roster. The trio includes senior linebacker Christian Hanson of Trinity Christian, freshman linebacker Lucas Naquin of East Coweta and freshman tight end Kaden Hanson also of Trinity Christian.
Fans are also invited to come out on August 16 for Victory Day and Junior Wolves Kickoff. On that day, the Wolves will hold a 10 a.m. scrimmage and there will be bounce houses on hand for the youngest Wolves fans. The kids’ activities will begin at 11 a.m. during the scrimmage and players will be on hand for autographs and pictures following the scrimmage at approximately 12:30 p.m. Complete details and info regarding Victory Day will be released in the days ahead.
The 2025 schedule is below. The Wolves were voted to finish in a tie with North Alabama for 7th place in the preseason United Athletic Football Conference Poll for the upcoming year. Tarleton State received top billing as the team likely to win the conference.
2025 West Georgia Wolves Football Schedule
Aug. 28 – at Samford
Sept. 6 – at Nicholls
Sept. 13 – East Tennessee State
Sept. 20 – Eastern Kentucky*
Sept. 27 – at Southern Utah*
Oct. 4 – at Austin Peay*
Oct. 11 – Abilene Christian*
Oct. 18 – at Tarleton State*
Oct. 25 – Central Arkansas (HC)*
Nov. 1 – Open
Nov. 8 – at North Alabama*
Nov. 15 – Utah Tech*
* denotes United Athletic Football Conference game.
Season tickets are available to purchase at uwgathletics.com/tickets. For questions and information regarding tickets, please contact Director of Ticket Sales Aries Burrell at (470) 329-7125 or email [email protected].
(Photo credit: University of West Georgia Athletics)
