DOVER, Delaware -- Our Hornet’s football program has been at the bottom of the MEAC for many years. The 2012 season was the last time the Hornets had a winning record. The lack of success has led to three coaches being dismissed in the last seven years.On November 19, the day after the 2017 season ended, head coach, Kenneth Carter, was informed that he would not return after posting a 2-9 record on the season. Carter’s record was 3-30 over three years as head coach. Coach E.J Junior, who served as the defensive line coach over the last two years, has been named the interim head coach.
The university also fired athletic director, Louis Perkins. Perkins has been at the university since 2015. Two months after Carter’s departure, a permanent head coach has not been hired and the situation is causing some tension.
Trouble has been brewing for the Delaware State Hornets.
The football program has obviously been unproductive, but all the blame could not be placed on Coach Carter. The athletic department has also played a part in the failure of the football program and continues to fall short of correcting its mistakes. The interim athletic director, Mary Hill, and the athletic department owe it to the football players and to other student athletes to become the foundation of stability.
After two months, the athletic department doesn’t have a permanent athletic director nor a head coach to lead the football program. For any athletic program to be coach-less for two months is unacceptable.
Many of the football players are looking at the athletic departments for answers and they have not been addressed. Junior defensive lineman, Caleb Hebron, is one of those players. He served as a captain this past season and is one of the team’s leaders. “They’re putting us in a hard position as a group of young men. We deserve to know who’s going to be taking care of us. I know they have to go through a process, but the time it’s taking is embarrassing.” Hebron told The Hornet.
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