Longtime assistant Sam Washington gets first head coaching job at A&T

GREENSBORO, North Carolina — The man who will replace Rod Broadway as N.C. A&T football’s next head coach knows exactly how the program has grown and flourished the last seven seasons.

Sam Washington was there.

Washington, 57, has been an assistant on Broadway’s coaching staffs for 11 years, dating to their time together at Grambling.

“It has been an honor and privilege to serve under Coach Broadway both at Grambling State and North Carolina A&T,” Washington said in a news release. “I could not ask for a better friend and mentor than Rod Broadway. What I saw him accomplish at North Carolina A&T is nothing less than remarkable.”

Washington, Courtney Coard (defensive line), Shawn Gibbs (running backs) and Cedric Walthaw (strength & conditioning) were all on Broadway’s first A&T coaching staff in 2011. The Aggies were coming off seven consecutive losing seasons, including a 1-10 record the previous year.

Now the Aggies have won two of the last three Celebration Bowls, three of the last four MEAC titles and two black college national championships.

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