Since then, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have built a parallel world of college football that has enriched the game and served as a pillar of the Black community. Smith) and Livingstone College played in the first football game between Black colleges. George and Sanders are inheritors of a rich legacy of Black college football that dates to 1892 when Biddle University (now Johnson C. It’s new territory for me, and like anything else I’m going to miss some spots and I’m going to have some learning moments and successes.” Related Story Coach Eddie George’s newest challenge is returning Tennessee State to prominence Read now And getting my eye trained as a head coach. “I’m just managing the game and letting my coordinators do their thing. “Now the perspective as a coach is really different because I’m dealing with all the minute details leading up to kickoff.
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“I’ve been through games as a player, a TV analyst and a fan,” George said. Yet only experience can make him into a good head coach. His offensive coordinator is Hue Jackson, a former NFL head coach with both the then-Oakland Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals. George has sought the guidance of successful coaches such as Mike Tomlin, Urban Meyer, Jim Tressel, Mike Vrabel and Jeff Fisher. He is a quick learner and he asks the right questions.” “Eddie didn’t have coaching experience,” TSU’s athletic director Mikki Allen said. In April, George, who had no coaching experience, was hired by Tennessee State to bring star power and energy to a once-storied program that hasn’t made the FCS playoffs since 2013. George is sharing the lesson as his team prepares to face Deion Sanders and Jackson State on Saturday in Memphis, Tennessee, in a nationally televised game on ESPN3. “I believe if everyone here buys into SOUL, we can build the kind of culture that we need to have success,” George said. SOUL is an acronym for selflessness, oneness, unity and larger purpose, a concept George learned from reading former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy’s book, The Soul of a Team. “And what I’m learning about this team is that we’re focused on building our SOUL.” “Humility is the foundation for everything,” he told The Undefeated. The 47-year-old former Heisman Trophy winner and nine-year NFL veteran is in the midst of a 31-day devotional on leadership. Season tickets are available now for TSU football.Two days after a 16-10 loss to Grambling in his debut as the Tennessee State football coach, Eddie George was reading his daily devotional on an early Tuesday morning before practice. George also said he would like to get his players a better training table, and he is actively looking for ways to get them more money to live on - like through the Name, Image and Likeness deals. But I’m going to find the answers and I’m going to find the right people, and I’m always going to search - constantly challenge my young men - to be better and not to accept mediocrity at any level,” George said. “Everything that I’ve learned - am learning, as a father - to mentoring and guiding these young men… I’m not always right. George has set a goal for every player on the team. He fielded questions before the Nashville Rotary Club, reminding local business owners that players qualify for “Name, Image, and Likeness” deals. “My goal is to put a product on the field that nobody wants to see,” George joked. Known for his time on the field with the Tennessee Oilers when they became the Titans in the ’90s, Eddie George now serves as head coach for TSU’s football team. (WTVF) - A Tennessee football legend made an appearance in front of local business people on Monday.
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