Lincoln Univ. football coach excited for season, Cheyney game

The Lincoln University Lions Athletics

OXFORD, Pennsylvania -- The college football season will be starting in a matter of days. Lincoln University interim head football coach Herb Pickens is excited about the upcoming season. Pickens is preparing the Lions for a very competitive year in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

“I’m really looking forward to the season,” he said. “The CIAA is a great conference. We have so many good teams and a lot of good coaches in the conference. It’s real competitive and that’s the excitement of the conference.

“Virginia State has done a great job. Winston-Salem has been a dominant team in the South. In the Northern division, Bowie [State] and Elizabeth City [State] are coming on. We want to win some games. We want to be in the conversation.”

Pickens has been a big part of the Lincoln football program as an assistant since the school brought the game back in 2008 following a 47-year absence. He took over the program in March. He’s very familiar with the talent on this team.

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