Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Florida A&M's Fuller relies on old-school values

Former FSU, NFL player joins FAMU staff

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  --  Corey Fuller doesn’t have any grandiose plans for how he is going to make his idea of turning the FAMU cornerbacks into some of the most competitive in all of college football work.

But it’s clear that he will rely on old-school values.

Sounding like a coach much older than his 41 years, Fuller insists that coaching is a ministry. He wants his players to be physical and he wants them to graduate.

The approach worked for him when he was a player, and most recently, when he was head coach at East Gadsden High School before being hired by FAMU coach Earl Holmes.



Fuller said leaving East Gadsden wasn’t an easy decision, but being at FAMU gives him an opportunity to continue what he was doing with the Jaguars.

“If they get a degree and their life gets changed ...

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