DOVER, Delaware — Rod Milstead won the Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers in 1995.But now he has to do something really difficult.
Milstead is the new football coach at Delaware State University, where he was an All-American offensive lineman and four-year starter from 1988 to 1991.
The Hornets were often kings of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference then, going 38-14 overall and 18-6 in the league under former coach Bill Collick. Milstead went on to a 56-game NFL career with the 49ers and Redskins.
In recent years, however, football victories at Delaware State have been as rare as NASCAR Cup Series races, and there are two of those annually across the street at Dover Downs International Speedway.
The Hornets won twice in 2014, once in 2015, not all in 2016 and twice in 2017, which shouldn’t give the impression they’ve turned the corner.
Delaware State has been more prone to trip over the curb.
When DSU hired Milstead in February after Kenny Carter’s contract wasn’t renewed following three seasons, it was attempting to recapture some old magic.
Does Milstead have the potion? It’s a gamble.
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