NORFOLK, Virginia -- Jim Flowers led Lafayette-Winona Middle School to the city football championship this past fall.Booker T. Washington hopes he has similar success in high school.
Flowers, a former Norfolk State player and assistant coach, was hired to coach the Bookers on Thursday - his first head-coaching position in high school.
Flowers also was an assistant coach at Hampton University and Maury High.
"I'm old and I've been around a long time," joked Flowers, who didn't want to disclose his age but said he coached under Darnell Moore and the late Dick Price at Norfolk State. "But I appreciate this opportunity and I look forward to the challenge to continue the success that's already been established here."
Flowers replaces Che Jacobs, who was 21-20 in four seasons. He led the Bookers to the playoffs in 2011, the school's first postseason appearance since 2004 and first winning season since 2003.
Flowers had applied for the Booker T. Washington job before.
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