Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Former mentors say WSSU’s Boulware was destined to be a coach

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- When Kienus Boulware arrived at North Carolina in the early 1990s after a stellar career at Thomasville High School, he wasn’t intimidated by his surroundings, said Mack Brown, UNC’s coach at the time.

Brown, who went on to coach at Texas and recently retired, said he remembers Boulware as a hard-hitting linebacker.

“Perez (the name under which Boulware played in high school and college) was an outstanding player for us,” Brown said in a recent telephone interview from Austin, Texas. “He was a smart player and a good player and … he was even coaching when he was a player.”

Boulware played two seasons for the Tar Heels before a spinal-cord injury ended his career. Instead of feeling sorry for himself, Boulware — who was 20 at the time — took up Brown’s offer to become ...

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