Howard Feggins has landed on his toes after his controversial firing from the now-suspended St. Augustine’s College soccer program.
Feggins was introduced on Tuesday afternoon as the brand new working backs coach and particular groups coordinator at Hampton, serving to fill out first-year head coach Trent Boykin’s inaugural Pirate teaching employees.
“Coach Feggins has a wealth of expertise as a profitable coach on the skilled, faculty, and highschool ranges,” Boykin mentioned in an announcement launched by the college. “He is a wonderful trainer and teacher, and Coach Feggins is a scholar of the sport.”
Feggins, a former North Carolina defensive again who performed within the NFL and CFL and had earlier teaching expertise as an assistant at a number of HBCUs, was employed to teach the Falcons in 2023. However he was fired after six video games, because the college cited him for utilizing ineligible gamers at one level through the season.
Feggins fought again in opposition to the accusations, submitting a lawsuit in opposition to SAU, alleging intimidation and compelled silence by the college after he complained of circumstances that weren’t conducive to fielding a aggressive crew.
St. Augustine’s has suspended soccer for at the very least the 2024 season in hopes of maintaining the college open and different athletic applications working.
