Report: Ex-Alabama A&M aide Cedric Pearl hired at Central State

COURTESY CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama  --  Cedric Pearl, the long-time offensive coordinator for Alabama A&M, will be the new head football coach at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, footballscoop.com has reported.

Athletic department officials at Central State could not be reached to confirm the report.

He will replace E.J. Junior, the former University of Alabama All-America linebacker, who was fired in December after a 2-9 season. Junior was hired as head coach at Central State in March 2009.

Pearl spent 13 seasons on the Alabama A&M staff as offensive line coach, with his duties expanded to offensive coordinator in 2007. Prior to coming to Huntsville, he was on Anthony Jones' staff at Morehouse. Pearl, like most of the A&M staff, was not retained after Jones was fired in November.

He was a three-time All-SIAC offensive lineman at Tuskegee, where he began ...

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