As Fayetteville State's new athletic director, Anthony Bennett comes home

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina -- Anthony Bennett said he saw more numbers with 910 area codes calling his phone Wednesday than at any point since leaving Fayetteville for Winston-Salem State five years ago.

The news that the Laurinburg native and Fayetteville State alum had been named the Broncos' new athletic director had been making the rounds.

There were more than a few people from back home that wanted to congratulate him.

"Family, friends, mentors, I've heard from all of them," Bennett said. ". I know a lot of people there are supportive of the athletic department and supportive of me. I look forward to working with everybody."

The school's Board of Trustees met Wednesday afternoon and unanimously voted to make the move official. Bennett, 42, will start Sept. 1, becoming the school's seventh athletic director since 1986. The school offered him an at-will contract that will pay him $113,000 per year.

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