FAMU hires Rubin Carter


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Posted on Tue, Jul. 19, 2005

Former 'Cane, NFL star Rubin Carter to lead Florida A&M

Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Former University of Miami and Denver Broncos star defensive tackle Rubin Carter will be introduced Wednesday as the new head coach at Florida A&M.

An administrative official at the school, who requested not to be identified, told The Associated Press of the decision Tuesday.

A native of Fort Lauderdale, Carter replaces Bill Joe, who was fired last month along with two assistants. Joe was 86-46 in 11 years at Florida A&M.

Carter, who was part of the Broncos' famed "Orange Crush" defense that played in the 1978 and 1987 Super Bowls, played for a dozen seasons in the NFL before coaching 17 years at the pro and collegiate levels.

The 51-year-old coach spent the last 16 months as defensive line coach at Temple.

"We said our goodbyes yesterday," Temple football administrative recruiting specialist Patrice Cohill said Tuesday.

"Our loss, your gain," Cohill said. "We're going to miss him. He did a terrific job here."

Others interviewed for the position included former Arizona Cardinals assistant Alex Wood, North Carolina A&T offensive coordinator Kent Schoolfield, Winston-Salem State assistant Linwood Ferguson and Shaw University coach Deondri Clark.
 

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I know where he can get an offensive coordinator, real cheap. Hey, does anybody have Mark Orlando's home number?
 
jukebox89 said:
I know where he can get an offensive coordinator, real cheap. Hey, does anybody have Mark Orlando's home number?
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jukebox89 said:
I know where he can get an offensive coordinator, real cheap. Hey, does anybody have Mark Orlando's home number?
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Bill Thomas has it. Well.... after what Orlando did to Bill maybe he trashed it.
 
After reading this guys press conference. I can truthfully say that FAMU made a major mistake hiring this Jack Azz. \

Rubin Carter gots to go!!!!
 
I am a Rattler commenting on my observations from Rubin's press conference. FAMU has taken a step 20 years in the past.

No one has commented on how this guy is in his 50's and he never landed a head coaching position anywhere. If we were going to select person that has never been a head coach before then we should have selected a young buck!
 
pv_symbiotic said:
I am a Rattler commenting on my observations from Rubin's press conference. FAMU has taken a step 20 years in the past.

No one has commented on how this guy is in his 50's and he never landed a head coaching position anywhere. If we were going to select person that has never been a head coach before then we should have selected a young buck!
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I am a taxpayer and I have followed Rubin Carter for years. I like what he says and what he stands for: the betterment of students.

Carter has been involved in some very successful organizations. I think he has learned a great deal. If he and the university are able to do what he spoke about during the press conference, the football program and the university will do well.
 
Carter ready for transition with FAMU

With NCAA sanctions looming, the Rattlers' new coach marks a hopeful football revival.

By Emily Badger | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted July 21, 2005

TALLAHASSEE -- New Florida A&M football Coach Rubin Carter stepped out in front of the obvious before anyone even had a chance to ask him about it.

"Everybody's probably saying this is not the place to be, not the right time. That's the perception looking from the outside," Carter said as he was formally introduced Wednesday as the school's 14th football coach. "The reality is this can be a great program. That's the reality, and it's the difference between perception and reality."

Carter, who had been the defensive line coach at Temple, then added that he understood it was a difficult transition time for the university and the athletic department. After all, it was a transition time for him, too. And with those closing comments, he pulled a green Rattlers cap from behind the podium and, with dramatic timing, put it on his head while the handful of alumni in the audience applauded.

This was the moment -- although the actual contract signing had yet to occur -- FAMU officials hope will mark a new beginning for a program that has fallen from a point of pride for the university to one of its sorest spots.

Before introducing Carter, interim athletic director E. Newton Jackson Jr. called this upcoming season "the most significant year in Rattler football history." He meant that statement as part of a campaign that will promote this season as FAMU's football centennial.

But the same declaration could apply to this team coming off a 3-8 season that was supposed to be the school's first at the Division I-A level, with numerous players currently ineligible and NCAA sanctions looming in the fall. Carter, 52, takes on all of this with just two-and-a-half weeks remaining before the start of preseason camp and with a staff already intact.

When he got the phone call offering him the job Sunday night, though, he said he accepted on the spot.

"I knew that this was where I wanted to be," he said Wednesday.

After the news conference, Carter was looking forward to seeing his new office for the first time. And there were details of a five-year, $135,000-a-year contract to finish up. The contract, with incentive clauses for academic benchmarks, is worth the same as fired coach Billy Joe's had been -- although with presumably more detail.

Joe's lawyers still are in the process of obtaining public records from the university before filing a wrongful termination suit that could come in the next 30 days. That suit likely will focus on the wording of a single clause in Joe's one-page contract.

Between the turmoil of Joe's firing on June 14 and the quick-turnaround coaching search that followed, Wednesday's announcement offered the first chance for many people to catch their breath.

"It's a big sigh of relief," offensive lineman Richard Koonce said. "Now we know who the guy is we're going to have to follow when we come out of the tunnel."
 
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