FAMU officers have sounded the alarm to attempt to hold Willie Simmons in Tallahassee and its supporters are answering the decision.
Tiffani-Daybreak Sykes, Florida A&M’s Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, requested the FAMU Nationwide Alumni Affiliation to commit $25k to help within the compensation of its soccer coaches on Friday. That got here on the heels of the information that Simmons had a proposal to turn out to be working backs coach at Duke College underneath Manny Diaz.
The Nationwide Alumni Affiliation held an emergency assembly on Friday, informing its constituents of Sykes’ request. Saturday the NAA gave the next replace on how a lot was raised to assist hold issues collectively.
“Throughout yesterday’s emergency board assembly, the NAA shared that we would have liked to lift $25,000 to help in soccer coaches’ compensation,” the account tweeted.
“Due to YOU, the FAMU NAA has raised an estimated $66,047.73 in 16.5 hours!”
Simmons has been mulling the supply over the previous few days, alerting the gamers and coaches of it. He has a 66-24 document as a head soccer coach, first at Prairie View A&M for 3 seasons whereas spending the final 5 seasons at Florida A&M.
