Let FAMU coach hear only ‘thanks, congrats and best wishes’
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By DERON SNYDER (as published by theGrio)
Here we go again, for the umpteenth time.
A young, gifted and talented Black professional has left one of our own institutions to work at a predominantly white one. The big story last year was Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders relocating from Jackson State to Colorado. Florida A&M experienced a similar loss on Monday when head football coach Willie Simmons resigned to join the staff at Duke.
Simmons enjoyed tremendous success in his six years at FAMU, where he posted a 45-13 record that was capped this season with the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship and the HBCU national title via a Celebration Bowl victory. He proved himself previously by going 21-11 during three years at Prairie View A&M. Clearly among the nation’s best young coaches, he could’ve run FAMU program for decades and seen his statue erected, becoming a legendary lifer like Grambling State’s Eddie Robinson (56 years) and FAMU’s Jake Gaither (25 years).
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