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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Florida A&M's Holmes keeps promise, hires Pata
TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- During his final two years of playing college football as a reserve tight end at Florida State, Edwin Pata made up his mind on a career path.
He wanted to become a teacher and eventually a principal.
Or so he thought until his passion for the game overcame him while he was a volunteer coach in 2006. The following year, former FAMU coach Ruben Carter offered him a graduate assistant position to work with the tight ends.
Since then, he’s worked under Joe Taylor for two seasons and spent the last three seasons at Florida International University as an assistant.
Now, he’s in his second tenure at FAMU, as Taylor’s successor, Earl Holmes, kept a ...
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