Jenkins' B-CU departure leads top local college stories of 2014

COACH BRIAN JENKINS

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida  --It had become a December routine.

Bethune-Cookman football coach Brian Jenkins, fresh off another wildly successful season, would interview with another school and then remain with the Wildcats.

But this year, Jenkins broke the routine and ended his five-year tenure at B-CU.

Jenkins' departure for Alabama State earlier this month leads the News-Journal's top 10 local college stories of 2014.

Departures, arrivals and returns highlight the list. In the same year the NAIA football championships arrived in Daytona Beach, Embry-Riddle announced it will be leaving that organization to compete on the NCAA Division II level.

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