N.C. A&T football coach Fobbs adds 4 to his staff
N.C. A&T football coach Lee Fobbs announced the hiring of four new assistants, including two new coordinators.
John McKenzie is the first offensive coordinator Fobbs has hired to his staff. Fobbs served as the Aggies' offensive coordinator during his first two seasons.
Tayrone Odums, a former defensive coordinator at Clark Atlanta, will take over as the Aggies' defensive coordinator.
Myron Jackson, a former standout at tight end at Florida State, will coach the defensive line. Rounding out the staff will be Chris Robinson, a recent Bethune-Cookman graduate who will coach outside linebackers.
"These gentlemen are here because I feel like their attitudes about coaching line up with my overall vision for this program,'' Fobbs said.
McKenzie spent seven seasons as Alcorn State's offensive coordinator. In 2005, the Braves led the Southwestern Athletic Conference in rushing and in 2003 they totaled 4,885 yards of offense. McKenzie also served as Alabama State's offensive coordinator from 1989-91.
Odums served for two years as Clark Atlanta's defensive coordinator before becoming the interim head coach in 2004. He also spent two seasons at Georgia Southern and was the outside linebackers coach on the Eagles 2000 Division I FCS (formerly I-AA) championship team.
BASKETBALL
RING FOR SALE: A 2005 NCAA championship ring the seller claims was originally owned by a North Carolina player is on Ebay.
The price as of 11 p.m. Wednesday was $3,500. Bidding began at $1,500, with 17 bids placed as of this writing.
The auction ends Tuesday at noon.
The item's location is listed as Raleigh.
TEMPLE: Temple men's coach Fran Dunphy signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at the school through the end of the 2013-14 season.
MISCELLANY
IRISH PICK AD: Jack Swarbrick, a lawyer who helped draw numerous sporting events to Indianapolis, including the 2012 Super Bowl, is the new athletics director at Notre Dame.
He succeeds Kevin White, who left the school May 31 to become the athletics director at Duke.
