FAMU head coach Alex Wood: New facility 'the missing piece' for football team

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Florida A&M head coach Alex Wood is as excited about the prospect of a new athletic facility as soon-to-be former Athletic Director Milton Overton Jr.

Overton last week unveiled some concept art and a funding proposal for a $9 million, three-story all-sports complex that would replace the decades old — and deteriorating — Galimore-Powell Field House.

Overton, speaking to the 220 Quarterback Club, said the facility could be ready as soon as the 2018 football season. He has since announced his resignation in order to take a job as AD at Kennesaw State, but said the plan is still in place for a new facility.

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Wood, speaking during his weekly press conference in the field house, said it’s time FAMU entered the facilities arms race.

The field house hasn’t been upgraded since it opened in 1983. A new stadium in still years in the future, but Bragg Memorial Stadium hasn’t been upgraded since 1980 and has needed repairs in recent offseasons.

“That’s the missing piece and Milton understands that,” Wood said on Tuesday. “We all do. That’s what it’s going to take. Once those things are in place here, we’ll be a national power once again and on a consistent basis.”

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