Sunday, August 26, 2012

Ex-Wildcat returns as B-CU quarterback's coach

MATT JOHNSON
(COURTESY B-CU ATHLETICS)
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - Graduate assistants coaches usually don't have a lot of heavy lifting to do, other than maybe lifting some heavy equipment. Grad assistants are like the scout team of college football coaching. It's where you pay your dues.

But Bethune-Cookman coach Brian Jenkins is bucking the trend by giving the keys to his newest grad assistant, Matt Johnson. The 2010 Jake Gaither Award winner will be the Wildcats' quarterback's coach this season while working on his master's degree, Jenkins said during B-CU's media day Sunday at Municipal Stadium.

"I've been impressed already with the things he has been able to do with the quarterbacks and some of the things he's noticed offensively," Jenkins said of Johnson, who has been with the team since the beginning of training camp on Aug. 2.

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