Coaches bowl
Legacy Bowl highlights Jake Gaither and Eddie Robinson
Fred Jeter | 12/29/2022, 6 p.m.
Four football coaches who combined for 37 victories this past season will supervise the sidelines at the second annual Legacy Bowl.
The event showcasing HBCU senior talent will be Feb. 25 on the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans.
Opponents will be Team Gaither (named after former Florida A&M Coach Jake Gaither) and Team Robinson (honoring Eddie Robinson, the former Grambling State University coach.)
Team Robinson’s co-coaches will be Richard Hunter from Southern University in New Orleans and Chennis Berry from Benedict College, S.C.
Coach Hunter led Southern to a 7-5 record that ended with a loss to Jackson State in the SWAC championship game.
Coach Berry guided Benedict (11-1) to the SIAC title and into the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs.
Running the show for Team Gaither will be co-coaches Trei Oliver from North Carolina Central and Richard Hayes from Fayetteville State.
Coach Oliver led Central (10-2) to the MEAC title and an overtime victory over Jackson State in the Celebration Bowl.
Coach Hayes’ Broncos (9-3) won the CIAA title and advanced to the Division II playoffs.
• Jackson State’s Deion Sanders would have been a prime candidate to coach in New Orleans, but he has since left for the University of Colorado.
Rosters for the teams soon will be announced.
