Philly Jag
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Good piece on Southern's Pete Richardson. Props to his enshrinement in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
http://theadvocate.com/sports/southern/3082991-123/face-of-su-football-richardson
Face of SU football: Richardson brought Jaguars to new heights as coach
The team always found ways to disappoint. Championships were a pipe dream. And the end of every season came with yet another loss to Grambling.
Southern’s football program, once the class of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, had gone decades without realizing its potential, gaining a reputation for chewing up coaches and falling short in big games.
Then, in late 1992, university leadership made a compromise hire. It settled on Pete Richardson.
A virtual unknown in Louisiana, a man with a slender build, thick glasses and a quiet, businesslike approach. It worked.
“When he first got there, we were looking for a new direction to go in,†said Jabbar Juluke, a safety on the 1993 team and now a high school football coach in New Orleans. “He had some great ideas. He preached discipline and fundamentals. We bought into it, and we had some talented guys. We just played hard for the guy.â€
It showed.
Over the next 17 seasons, Richardson became the face of Southern football, re-establishing the Jaguars as one of the true powerhouses in black college athletics.
http://theadvocate.com/sports/southern/3082991-123/face-of-su-football-richardson
Face of SU football: Richardson brought Jaguars to new heights as coach
The team always found ways to disappoint. Championships were a pipe dream. And the end of every season came with yet another loss to Grambling.
Southern’s football program, once the class of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, had gone decades without realizing its potential, gaining a reputation for chewing up coaches and falling short in big games.
Then, in late 1992, university leadership made a compromise hire. It settled on Pete Richardson.
A virtual unknown in Louisiana, a man with a slender build, thick glasses and a quiet, businesslike approach. It worked.
“When he first got there, we were looking for a new direction to go in,†said Jabbar Juluke, a safety on the 1993 team and now a high school football coach in New Orleans. “He had some great ideas. He preached discipline and fundamentals. We bought into it, and we had some talented guys. We just played hard for the guy.â€
It showed.
Over the next 17 seasons, Richardson became the face of Southern football, re-establishing the Jaguars as one of the true powerhouses in black college athletics.
