Good morning, Owls Family. This holiday season, the Owls unwrapped a present a little early.

What else do we have mixed into today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🏈 Welcome To Paradise, Coach!
🌊 Making Waves
🏀 Tuesday Tilt
🦉 And much, much more

🔼 Welcome To Paradise, Coach. The news had been delivered already, but on Friday, the official welcome was unveiled to the FAU family.

New head football coach Zach Kittley and his family were officially welcomed to Paradise, meeting the the media and Owl family for the introductory news conference on Friday morning.

🎥: Watch The Press Conference

🔼 Making Waves. It was a busy weekend for the FAU swimming & diving squads with five athletes competing in the four-day long Toyota U.S. Open.

The weekend was highlighted by Daniel Laureyssens qualifying for the 'C' final in the 200 free with a time of 54.28 and Riley Trout qualifying for the 'C' final in the 100 back.

🏊: The Full Recap

🔼 Tuesday Tilt. Coming off a thrilling 88-77 rivalry win over FIU, the Owls are back on the court on Tuesday when they take on Jacksonville in the third annual Boca Raton MegaBowl.

The last time out, Tre Carroll (24) and Kaleb Glenn (22) became the first pair of FAU teammates to score 20+ in the same game this season.

Tip time at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena is set for 7 pm on ESPN+.

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Monday, Dec. 9
(No Activities Scheduled)

Tuesday, Dec. 10
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Jacksonville @ 7 p.m. ET ESPN+ Fox Sports 640 South Florida | Watch Live | Live Audio | Live Stats

Wednesday, Dec. 11
(No Activities Scheduled)

Thursday, Dec. 12
(No Activities Scheduled)

Friday, Dec. 13
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Kennesaw State @ 7 p.m. ET ESPN+ | Watch Live | Live Stats | Tickets

Saturday, Dec. 14
🌊 Swimming & Diving @ Miami (W)/Cincinnati (M&W)
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Texas State @ 2 p.m. ET ESPN+ Fox Sports 640 South Florida | Watch Live | Live Audio | Live Stats

Sunday, Dec. 15
🌊 Swimming & Diving @ CSCAA Water National Championship

🦉 Go here for the complete Florida Atlantic University Athletics Calendar

⇢⇢⇢ Among The Elite. During his time as an assistant at Texas Tech, which NFL star did Coach Kittley work closely with at the early part of his career?

Have a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to find out!

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🦉 ONE BIG THING

The Answer: Some guy named Mahomes, apparently, he’s pretty good.

During his time as a graduate assistant in his first stint at Texas Tech, Kittley worked closely with the two-time NFL MVP.

🦉 Let’s get this week started, y’all!