Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Alabama A&M AD Bryan Hicks: Decision to fire Jones in 'best interest of where we want to go'

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama  -- With an eye to the future, Alabama A&M director of athletics Bryan Hicks made a decision that he said was in "our best interest" in choosing not to renew the contract of head football coach Anthony Jones.

"After looking over the program as a whole I made the decision that we just wanted to go in a different direction with the program," Hicks said Monday morning in an exclusive 17-minute interview with The Alabama Media Group/The Huntsville Times. "I looked at everything. I looked at everything. And after looking at everything, our best interest to where we want to go in the future would be going ahead and making a change in direction."

Jones was informed Sunday of the decision and it was announced to local media via an email press release.

Jones, 53, coached at Alabama A&M for 12 years, with a record of 83-57. The Bulldogs had only three losing seasons in that ...

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