NCCU Mack: ‘There has to be more to life than football.’

DURHAM, North Carolina  --  North Carolina Central football coach Jerry Mack wants more than just championship rings. He wants well-rounded, well-educated student-athletes.

That was the message Mack recently gave at a Durham Sports Club luncheon.

Mack said NFL contracts are hard to come by at the Football Championship Subdivision level (formerly Division I-AA), so it is imperative that student-athletes place more emphasis on the student rather than the athlete.

“Let’s face it, we won’t have many players going to the NFL, so there has to be more to life than football,” he said. “I want to develop the entire student-athlete. I want them to leave with a championship ring and a degree in hand to become productive citizens.”

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