Broadway Changes Mind, Takes NC A&T Football Job
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:55 am
GREENSBORO — Six days after initially rejecting N.C. A&T's offer, Grambling State's Rod Broadway was introduced as the Aggies' football coach Thursday afternoon.
Broadway's move was a stunning development, considering he told Grambling's president Friday he was staying put after four successful seasons.
What changed between that Friday morning conference call in Louisiana and Thursday afternoon's news conference at A&T?
"I don't know," Broadway said. "It's hard to explain."
He paused, and then he tried, quoting lyrics from jazz singer Kem Owens.
"Your mind may be made up, but your heart's got it's own plans," Broadway said. "That's the way I was. My mind was made up to stay at Grambling, but my heart strings started tugging at me to come home."
"I'm in the fourth quarter of my life, and for the first time in my life I decided to put family first instead of my job," Broadway said. "... (The death) just rang a bell for me. It's time for me to go home to my family — to my sisters and my son and my grandson — and be a part of their lives. I missed out on so many things. Understand: I'm in the fourth quarter, and I'm going to close this thing out with a bang and hopefully get this program rolling again."
It's a tall order.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2011 ... otball_job
Broadway's move was a stunning development, considering he told Grambling's president Friday he was staying put after four successful seasons.
What changed between that Friday morning conference call in Louisiana and Thursday afternoon's news conference at A&T?
"I don't know," Broadway said. "It's hard to explain."
He paused, and then he tried, quoting lyrics from jazz singer Kem Owens.
"Your mind may be made up, but your heart's got it's own plans," Broadway said. "That's the way I was. My mind was made up to stay at Grambling, but my heart strings started tugging at me to come home."
"I'm in the fourth quarter of my life, and for the first time in my life I decided to put family first instead of my job," Broadway said. "... (The death) just rang a bell for me. It's time for me to go home to my family — to my sisters and my son and my grandson — and be a part of their lives. I missed out on so many things. Understand: I'm in the fourth quarter, and I'm going to close this thing out with a bang and hopefully get this program rolling again."
It's a tall order.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2011 ... otball_job
They were 1-10, 1-7 last season. He's got his work cut out for him.