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Southern University to Hire Marshall Faulk as Head Coach, per Reports

An official announcement is expected soon on a reported three-year deal that signals Southern's bid to reset after a 1-10 season.

Overview

  • Multiple outlets report the Pro Football Hall of Famer has accepted the job, marking his first college head-coaching role.
  • The agreement is reported as a three-year contract with an option, with a news conference anticipated early next week.
  • Faulk spent this season as Colorado’s running backs coach in his first college coaching post, creating a vacancy on Deion Sanders’ staff.
  • Southern fired Terrence Graves in October after a 1-6 start and played out the season at 1-10 under interim coach Fred McNair.
  • A New Orleans native, Faulk returns to Louisiana and extends the recent pattern of prominent former NFL players taking HBCU head-coaching jobs.