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Collins named Alcorn State interim football coach
Published Saturday, January 31, 2009
LORMAN — Earnest Collins Jr. has been named the interim head football coach, Alcorn State University announced Friday.
Collins, the Braves’ defensive coordinator and associate head coach this season, was one of the seven assistant coaches fired in November and rehired a week later.
A statement released by Alcorn President George Ross Friday said Collins “will operate with all the responsibilities and authority of the head coach.
“We are pleased to have Coach Collins serve in this capacity,” Ross said in the statement. “He is an exceptional leader, he’s student-athlete centered and possesses the knowledge base to lead our football program in a positive direction. The respect and support this young man has garnered from the ASU community is tremendous.”
Collins is in his first year with Alcorn. He previously worked as the special teams and cornerbacks coach at Kansas and as the secondary and special teams coordinator at the University of Northern Colorado.
He spent his collegiate career as a defensive back and punt returner for the University of Northern Colorado from 1991-94, earned All-North Central Conference honors as a senior and holds he school record for career (967) and season (497) punt return yards.
“I want to thank Dr. Ross for the opportunity to become the Interim Head Football Coach,” Collins said in the statement. “I believed when I came here that we were going to take this program to new heights, and that is still our plan.”
Ross made the move three days after announcing the termination of head coach Ernest Jones after two months of athletic department drama that started when Jones said Athletic Director Darren Hamilton fired seven assistants football coaches without his consent.
The coaches were reinstated, but Jones received a letter notifying him of the university’s intent to fire him after he filed a $3 million lawsuit with the university.
The Braves were 2-10 in Jones’ first year as coach but lost six games by 6 points or less and four games in the final minute of play this season.
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Posted by bennylava2 (anonymous) on January 31, 2009 at 8:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Seriously, how garbage of a program do you have when you fire someone, hire them back, then just for forget about the fact you fired them back in November and make them your interim coach? I know there are quality guys out there who have dominated on the high school level who would love to come in and turn that program around. Lets face it, Alcorn State Athletics is about .37 better, talent wise, than.....I don't know....any 4A school in the LHSAA...and that's being generous...Bastrop High would dominate Alcorn State RIGHT NOW!!!!!
Posted by benjr43 (anonymous) on February 1, 2009 at 5:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Is there anyone out here that can tell me what is going on at Alcorn? The President has lost his mind. You allow your AD to fire all of the assistant coaches and now you make one of them your interim head coach! Mr. President, you need to go. It was bad enough when you hired that Nut as AD. He was fired from his last job for doing the very same thing that he is doing at Alcorn. But I guess you agree with him. Both of you should get lost!!!
Posted by proudteacher (anonymous) on February 2, 2009 at 9:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I honestly believe that Dr. Ross wants what is best for Alcorn but I feel he has made the mistake of hiring this NUT who thinks that he run the school. Perhaps someone should investigate the AD and see exactly what his purpose is for coming to Alcorn and creating all of this confusion. This puts a blemish on Alcorn's athletics as a hold and it is embarrassing to Alumni! Dr. Ross need to realize that he is the face of the University and all of this negative attention reflect on him because his name is the one that is constantly coming up, not Mr. Hamilton.
Posted by sideline (anonymous) on February 2, 2009 at 10:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This is bad Dr. Ross.
Posted by myopin (anonymous) on February 2, 2009 at 12:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
yes this is sad for the university. Dr.Ross needs to stop acting like he has the right people in charge an start getting more hands on job. Being more involved. As i said before Wiley hired the coach and gave him full control.. anything wiley has to do with something it will be "messed up!"
Posted by dransom (anonymous) on February 5, 2009 at 2:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
They should name him the new head coach. His creditials are better than the previous coach and his character is better.
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