ORLANDO, Florida -- Bethune-Cookman University football coach Brian Jenkins always chooses his words carefully. He is also quick to detour any individual player accolades or personal praise of his own toward the greater good of the team environment.
That’s why it was surprising recently when Jenkins had rare occasion to slip up. In a brief momentum of unveiled passion, he let out a little personal label for his B-CU football program.
He was talking about his quarterbacks and the luxury of having experienced players like Jackie Wilson, Quentin Richardson and Brodrick Waters in a quarterback battle.
“To have guys like that around, guys who have been through the fire … they can kind of teach those young guys the lay of the land and how to survive it,” he said. “Because it’s hard here in Jenkins Land.”
There it was, the self proclamation Jenkins Land.
Perhaps it’s just his comfort level as he enters his fourth season as head coach at B-CU, but things have become expected at the Daytona Beach school and nothing less than MEAC titles, FCS playoff berths and development of young men will be accepted in the Land of Jenkins.
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