South Carolina State has their man.
Chennis Berry, a longtime HBCU soccer assistant who turned Benedict Faculty right into a top-10 crew in NCAA Division II, was formally introduced as head coach Friday afternoon in a put up on X, previously Twitter, by the South Carolina State athletic division.
The Bulldogs additionally named former Bulldog soccer participant Nathan Cochran athletic director at this time.
SC State President Alexander Conyers has introduced the employment of a brand new athletics director and head soccer coach. SCSU alumnus Dr. Nathan Cochran will lead the Division of Athletics as athletics director, and Chennis Berry will be part of the Bulldogs as head soccer coach. pic.twitter.com/37BhsPfOWZ
— SC State Athletics (@SCStateAthletic) December 8, 2023
Berry, who was 27-7 in three seasons at Benedict, led the Tigers to back-to-back Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Convention championships in 2022 and 2023, the primary two titles in program historical past.
He’ll substitute program legend Oliver “Buddy” Pough, who introduced his retirement earlier than the start of this season. Pough, who served as interim AD following the resignation of Keshia Campbell, stated that the important thing to discovering his substitute could be guaranteeing longevity and a continuation of the Bulldogs’ successful methods.
“You wish to rent a man that’s not going to be gone in two years,” he stated through the Nov. 6 MEAC coaches’ convention. “We’ve had two coaches within the final 30-plus years right here, so we wish a man who’s going to be right here a very long time.”
