Lately retired South Carolina State head coach Buddy Pough mentioned Tuesday night time that he’s chargeable for choosing his successor.
“I’m going to select the man. I’m choosing the man right here. I’m truly the man who’s accountable,” Pough mentioned on the HBCU Nightly podcast. “So he gonna are available right here in one other few days right here, and we’re gonna have us a man, and he’s going to be any individual that I can inform you that our guys are cherished and can do a very good job with.”
It was just lately reported that South Carolina State had provided the job to Benedict head coach Chennis Berry, who can also be coveted by different HBCUs, together with Southern, Grambling, and Texas Southern.
“The subsequent man shall be an individual who shall be right here for a while, I believe. No one can see into the long run and inform you what precisely goes to transpire by means of the each day routine of life,” mentioned Pough. “However on the similar time, I believe we’ll be in good palms going ahead. I believe at that time, it gained’t be lengthy earlier than it’ll be one other ten years earlier than y’all say, ‘Dang boy. They bought one other man for ten years.’”
Pough, who had coached at South Carolina State for 22 seasons, the longest stint in HBCU soccer, mentioned he’d like the varsity to rent an individual who has longevity.
“We really feel like we form of just like the Pittsburgh Steelers custom. We don’t essentially do coaches each so many odd years,” mentioned Pough. “So when you’re going to be right here, then come on in right here and be right here, as a participant, as a coach, no matter.”
