HAMPTON, Virginia -- THE COACH, ROBERT PRUNTYMost recently the defensive coordinator at East Carolina, Prunty takes over a team that will go through something of a transition year. Not necessarily with personnel but in conference affiliation. The Pirates are no longer in the MEAC and won’t be able to play Big South football until 2019. So for this one season, Hampton will officially be an FCS independent with an interesting schedule. Prunty, as energetic as it gets, will make the most of it.
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Team under new management. Hampton University wanted a disciplinarian who could recruit talent. Robert Prunty is a former correctional officer who was named Recruiter of the Year in two FBS conferences — the Big 12 and the American Athletic. If nothing else, he doesn’t lack for confidence. “You’ve got a winner here,” he said at his introductory presser.
Life (albeit temporary) as an FCS independent. HU will face 11 opponents who come from five levels — Division I, Division II, Division III, the NAIA and the National Christian College Athletic Association. The Pirates were able to land perennial FCS power Northern Iowa and three future Big South opponents — Monmouth, Charleston Southern, and Presbyterian.
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