Tuesday, April 14, 2015

In the FCS Huddle: Can Savannah State be fixed?

COURTESY SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION





PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania -- Joe Paterno. Tony Dungy. Dennis Green. Kirk Ferentz. Ted Marchibroda. Joe Philbin. Joe Lee Dunn. Willie Shaw. Yes, the list can go on.

When people, especially potential recruits, want to know why Earnest Wilson III believes he will get different results as Savannah State University's head football coach than plenty of predecessors, he can point to his many coaching influences.

It's an impressive list of coaches whom he worked under or alongside, or simply has drawn off.

"With any type of business, you've got to have a vision, you have to sell that vision to them," Wilson says. "I just say, 'Look at my background.'"

The 50-year-old Wilson's background suggests he can slow, perhaps end Savannah State's longstanding struggles. He was part of a national championship-winning staff in ...

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