Miles beats Stillman its first play of overtime

BIRMINGHAM, AL - Needing one scoring play to win, the Miles College Golden Bears didn’t hesitate. Senior quarterback Carlton Hill threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Breante Allen on the Bears’ first play in overtime, giving Miles a 35-29 victory over Stillman College in the Labor Day Golden Classic.

“The coaches said we were going to end it,” Allen said. “It ain’t no time to be babies. They told me to suck up my (ankle) injury, and I delivered for them. I was happy that they had that much faith in me.”

Allen ran a hitch-and-go pattern along the right sideline. Hill faked a throw, and Allen was able to run free to make the catch in the end zone. “I lost the ball in the lights,” Allen said. “I just said, “God, please just let me catch it,’ and I caught it.” Hill completed 19 of 29 passes for 290 yards and five touchdowns.






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Fort Valley State opens with win over Miles Golden Bears

FAIRFIELD, Ala. — With its starting quarterback, running back and left tackle all injured for the season opener against Miles, Fort Valley State knew its defense had to dominate. Miles quarterback Carlton Hill can attest that the Wildcats did just that.



A relentless Fort Valley State defensive front seven kept Hill under pressure all game and helped limit the Golden Bears to 141 yards of offense in a 24-3 road victory Saturday. “Offensively, we knew we were going to struggle,” Fort Valley State head coach Donald Pittman said. “Defensively, we knew we were going to control the game.”

Hill never could get comfortable in the pocket while completing 16-of-33 passes for 135 yards. The Wildcats entered halftime with only 36 yards passing, couldn’t sustain scoring drives in the final two quarters and finished the game with minus-3 rushing yards.

Legendary coach Billy Joe says Miles is like heaven

Achive Photo: Coach Billy Joe being honored by the FAMU community on Sept. 15, 2007 at Bragg Memorial Stadium.

Billy Joe has been to the mountaintop in the game of football.

He has a Super Bowl championship ring to prove it. He has plaques in three halls of fame, including the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame where he was inducted alongside Joe Paterno in 2007.

He has more wins than any black-college football coach not named Eddie Robinson with 237.

So, why would he pick Division II Miles College as the place to end his three-season retirement?

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Miles College Purple Marching Machine

William "Billy" Joe named head football coach at Miles College

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Former Florida A&M University head football coach William "Billy" Joe has been named the head football coach at Division II, Miles College, Fairfield, Alabama. The legendary Coach Joe is a young 67 years old and a member of both the FAMU Hall of Fame and National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame.

Joe has a career coaching record of 237-108-4 (.685) in 31 seasons as a head football coach. Few coaches can match the unparalleled gridiron success of Billy Joe's storied career.

Joe has won seven National Black College Football Championships and two NAIA national titles, as one of the most highly decorated black college football coaches in history. His 237 victories places him in second place behind the late Eddie Robinson (Grambling State) for victories at historical black college and universities and places him fourth in the Football Championship Subdivision's all-time winningest coach ranks.

Joe is legendary for his high powered Gulf Coast Offense (no huddle-spread offense) that he perfected in 11 seasons at Florida A&M, winning 86 games. Joe led the Rattlers to an unprecedented five Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) titles, while garnering three of the conference's Coach of the Year accolades. His Rattlers went to the NCAA I-AA football championship playoffs for seven conecutive seasons and played in the national semifinals in 1999. Joe compiled 26 winning seasons and coached five Black College National Players of the Year.

In addition to his stop at FAMU (1994-2004), Joe was the head coach at Central State University (Ohio) (1981-93) and Cheyney University (Pa.) (1972-78).

Joe has been out of coaching since he was fired in 2005 by an interim president, in the wake of an NCAA investigation of the FAMU athletics program. Joe sued the school over a salary dispute and settled out of court after the NCAA found the coach was not to blame for any of the multiple eligibility issue violations uncovered. Highly respected among his peers, he served as vice president of the American Football Coaches Association in 1993 and was elected president of the organization in 1995.

"This brings a whole lot to our program," Miles Athletics Director, Augustus James said Tuesday. "A different caliber of student-athlete will be drawn to our program. People want to play for a legend."

Joe is replacing Wade Streeter, who was fired December 6, after his seventh Golden Bears' team finished winless in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Miles College was 2-9 in 2007 after going 5-5 in 2006, although the Golden Bears forfeited all their wins after it was discovered an ineligible player had participated during the season. Miles is still awaiting to hear from the NCAA regarding its investigation of the eligibility violations, which will also affect the men's basketball team.

Streeter was 35-41 in seven seasons at Miles, with his 2003 and 2004 teams both going 7-4 for the best back-to-back finishes in school history. His SIAC record was 27-28 and he served previously as offensive coordinator at Miles from 1994 to 1996. He was fired with time remaining on his contract, but neither he nor Miles administrators would say how much.

According to a news release, Miles stated Streeter was released because they want to win more games so they can earn more money in ticket sales.

Coach Joe, who played seven years in the NFL for three teams and won a Super Bowl as part of the 1968 New York Jets is noted for developing record setting passing quarterbacks, like Ben Dougherty, Casey Printers (CFL Hamilton Ticats) and Quinn Gray (NFL Jacksonville Jaguars).

A five year contract was signed by Coach Joe with the Golden Bears.