MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Seeing Alabama State fire Brian Jenkins midway through the season left James Spady perplexed.“For football coaches to see something like this go down in the middle of the season is disconcerted,” the Alabama A&M coach said during Monday’s SWAC coaches teleconference.
ASU let Jenkins go after losing 24-10 to Alcorn State last week to drop to 0-5 and have its worst start since 1997. The Hornets won just four of their last 1
6 games under Jenkins, but the news of his firing was still jarring.
DONALD HILL-ELEY TELECONFERENCE
“Just talking to him after the game, you kind of sensed things in a way,” Alcorn State coach Fred McNair said. “I hate to see anybody lose their job. I was talking to my coaching staff about it when it happened. It was kind of disheartening. You’ve got a man there with family, kids and things of nature, and midway through the season, you lose your job.”
ASU (0-5, 0-2 SWAC) will now move forward and look to win its first game Saturday at Texas Southern (0-5, 0-1) with Donald Hill-Eley as interim head coach.
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