New HU football coach Maynor blunt, funny and successful

HAMPTON, Virginia -- Connell Maynor talked about winning championships and educating young men and joked that Hampton University might need a bigger stadium to accommodate the crowds that will come to see the football team.

Maynor was funny, serious and blunt as a blackjack Friday at his introductory press conference in the Armstrong Stadium team room, just days after he was named the 20th coach in the program's history.

"I want to do all I can to get this program back to winning championships, the way that it's used to," Maynor said. "I think the last championship was '06. That's too far apart for Hampton and our tradition and what we want to do. So we're going to try to get it back to winning championships back-to-back, to-back, to-back, to-back, to-back."

Yes, he said six championships in a row. He spoke openly of ...

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