Ed Hardin: A&T's Sam Washington leading a seamless transition after a perfect season

GREENSBORO, North Carolina — Sam Washington has been given the keys to a Ferrari.

And he's not going to change a thing.

The new head football coach at A&T walked off the practice field this morning just as he'd done countless times. But this time, he wasn't headed to a defensive team meeting or film session or to Rod Broadway's office to talk football. He had reporters waiting for him.

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"It feels wonderful," Washington said. "Just to be out here once again, smelling the grass, smelling the equipment and watching the kids fly around. It's a good thing."

Some things never change, and summertime football practice is one of the things Washington never wants to change. But there's a different feel to it now. Broadway has retired to a life of fishing and has left the program to his former defensive coordinator. Washington ackowledges that this is, in fact, very different for him personally.

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