New coach, same MEAC title goal for Bethune-Cookman

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida  -- When Terry Sims was named the new coach at Bethune-Cookman University, he didn’t need to be introduced to his new team nor taken on a tour of the Daytona Beach campus.

Sims knew just about everything he needed to about the Wildcats.

“It has helped tremendously,” said Sims, a B-CU assistant the previous five seasons. “I understand the program, this university, our kids. It makes things a lot easier to go through our day-to-day business because of the familiarity.”

Sims was named the 11th coach in program history just five days after Brian Jenkins left to take over at Alabama State.

In five seasons with the Wildcats, Jenkins won at least a share of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title four times — including the past three.
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