New coach plans to keep N.C. A&T on track

GREENSBORO, North Carolina -- Good cop, bad cop. Coach Sam Washington was willing to fill either role on Rod Broadway’s staff at North Carolina A&T.

There’s no doubt, though, which one Washington enjoyed the most.

“Bad cop, absolutely,” he says. “I love bad cop.”



“Sort of like Coach Broadway’s ‘hitman,’ if you will,” former N.C. A&T All-America offensive lineman Brandon Parker said. “He brought that ‘get after it’ attitude to the field every day, and there wasn’t a day that he doesn’t get competition going between any two players. He obviously may have not gotten the same credit because he wasn’t the chief in charge, but he definitely deserved just as much respect as Coach Broadway.”

Broadway, who had Washington on his staff at Grambling State before they moved on to A&T, occasionally flipped roles in recent years. Perhaps he foresaw his retirement after last season would lead to Washington being elevated from assistant head coach and defensive coordinator, so Washington got to be good cop a little more often.

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