Friday, April 12, 2013

Oak Ridge hires new coach; Ricky Watters will replace Elijah Williams, now an assistant at FAMU

ORLANDO, Florida  --  Oak Ridge has a new football coach, and he is a Super Bowl champion.

Ricky Watters, who rushed for more than 10,000 yards during a 10-year NFL career, was hired to replace Elijah Williams as the Pioneers' coach. Williams, who took an assistant coaching job at Florida A&M, played four seasons in the NFL and went to the University of Florida.

Former Gators defensive back Keiwan Ratliff was hired as an assistant coach at Oak Ridge.

Watters, 44, scored three touchdowns (two receiving) and rushed for 47 yards as the San Francisco 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super XXIX in 1995 in Miami. The former Notre Dame standout was taken in the second round of the 1991 draft by the 49ers.

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