Saint Augustine's Athletic Staff Adds Two Assistant Coaches

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Saint Augustine's College announced the addition of football assistant coach Chris Parker and women's basketball assistant coach Jarita Crump to the athletic staff on Wednesday, May 2, 2012.

Parker joined the Falcons' football staff as safeties coach after spending the 2011 season as secondary coach with the Omaha Knighthawks of the United Football League. While at Omaha, Parker coached several players who signed with NFL teams.

Before joining the Knighthawks, Parker spent the summer of 2011 with the NFL's Detroit Lions as a defensive coaching intern. He entered the college coaching ranks in the 2009-10 season at Alma College in Alma, Mich., as secondary coach. The following season, he was the wide receivers coach at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

“I am very pleased to have Chris on the coaching staff,” Head Football Coach Michael Costa said. “He is an extremely hard worker and will be a terrific asset to the football program.”

Parker was a three-year football letterman at Georgetown University where he earned a sociology degree in 2009. A Stone Mountain, Ga., native, Parker was a prep standout at Tucker High School where he earned conference, region and state honors. He played several positions at Tucker including outside linebacker and safety. Parker was named team MVP his senior season.

Crump returns to the Lady Falcons basketball staff after spending the 2011-12 season at Leesville Road High School where she was head varsity girls basketball coach. She produced one all-conference player at Leesville Road.

Crump started her college coaching career at St. Aug as an assistant coach during the 2010-11 season. She helped guide the Lady Falcons to a 19-11 overall record, an 11-6 CIAA mark and a CIAA Tournament semifinals appearance.

“I am very happy to have Coach Crump back,” Head Women's Basketball Coach Rachel Bullard said. “She played a key role in our success when she was here, and I know she will be an integral part of our success going forward.”

From 2008-2010, Crump was the head varsity girls basketball coach at Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, N.C. During her two seasons as head coach, the Lady Holy Rams won the NCISAA state 1-A title and were state runner-ups. The Lady Holy Rams were unbeaten in conference play both seasons. Crump was named conference coach of the year twice at Word of God.

In college, Crump was a basketball and academic standout at Campbell University where she graduated in 2003 with a degree in trust management. She also minored in financial planning and earned a master's degree in business administration. As a prep player, Crump starred at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, N.C. where she won conference honors in basketball and track. She was the school's female athlete of the year two consecutive seasons.

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SAC's George Williams’ coaching track record speaks volumes

RALEIGH, North Carolina - George Williams’ track record (pun intended) is unlike any other in the track and field world. As the longtime head coach at Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C., Williams, 69, has guided the small, historically black college to an impressive 31 national championships since being hired in 1976.

Throughout his career, Williams has coached 32 Olympic athletes, and has won more than 100 coach of the year awards for track and field. In 2010, he captured the Division II national outdoor men’s coach of the year award, given by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). It was one of seven coaching awards Williams received that year. In 2011, Williams’ honors included the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) men’s indoor and outdoor coach of the year, and the USTFCCCA Atlantic Region men’s coach of the year.

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13 charged in hazing death of FAMU drum major

ORLANDO, Florida -- Thirteen people have been charged with hazing crimes in the beating death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion, a Florida prosecutor announced Wednesday.

State Attorney Lawson Lamar said 11 people are accused of death with hazing, a third-degree felony punishable by up to six years for defendants with no criminal record. Two defendants face misdemeanor charges in the November death aboard a band bus in Orlando.


May. 2, 2012 - A prosecutor says 13 people will be charged in the death of Florida A&M university drum major who died after being beaten during a hazing ritual in November. 26-year-old Robert Champion died aboard a bus parked outside a hotel.

The state also has filed 20 counts of misdemeanor hazing against others in unrelated incidents. Lamar declined to identifiy those charged because they are in multiple jurisdictions and have not yet been arrested.

"I have come to believe that hazing is a form of bullying," Lamar said at a news conference in Orlando. "It's bullying with a tradition."

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13 charged in FAMU hazing death

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (NSF) - Thirteen people have been charged in the hazing death of Robert Champion, the drum major for Florida A&M University's "Marching 100" whose death shook the university and led to the suspension of the iconic band.

Eleven individuals were each charged with a single count of hazing resulting in death, a third-degree felony, and two counts of hazing, a first-degree misdemeanor, according to information released by the office of State Attorney Lawson Lamar. Two more people were each charged with a single count of hazing.

Lamar's office didn't immediately release the names of those charged, saying they were concerned that doing so might prompt the defendants to flee. One defendant is in custody and authorities across the state and in Georgia were working to arrest the other 12 individuals.

In a nationally televised press conference, Lamar called Champion's death "homicide by hazing" but said he couldn't charge the defendants with murder because the death couldn't be linked to a single act. The maximum prison time for hazing resulting in death is six years.

Lamar also suggested that the investigation was continuing.

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Charges Filed in Hazing Death of Florida A&M Drum Major

ORLANDO, Florida - Florida state prosecutors have filed 13 felony charges and 20 misdemeanor hazing charges against students who allegedly took part in the beating death of Florida A&M band drum major Robert Champion. But because the medical examiner concluded his death was not caused by any single blow, no murder or manslaughter charges were filed.

At a press conference on Wednesday, state attorney Lawson Lamar said the students were charged under a 2011 Florida statute that defines hazing and labels it a felony and administers more severe punishment if the hazing results in injury or death. The suspects, all FAMU students, were not named because all but one are at large. That student is currently in custody.

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Two Florida A&M University professors have quit under pressure after being told by the school that they were being fired for their role in an off-campus student hazing incident.

Anthony Simons, one of the two music professors who were investigated by FAMU and the Tallahassee police department told the Orlando Sentinel that he resigned on Friday after receiving a termination letter from the university.

The other professor, Diron Holloway, also resigned last week — before the two men's termination took effect on May 3, said their Tallahassee attorney, Mutaqee Akbar.

"They just didn't have a chance, so they decided to protect their own careers and resign," Akbar said. Early Tuesday, the president of the faculty union, Elizabeth Davenport, told the Sentinel that the two professors "have been fired."

This is part 1-2 of the FAMU story/interview that ESPN showed March 25, 2012, reported by T.J. Quinn and the live interviews done by Bob Ley. The investigative story went into the Culture of Hazing in the FAMU Marching 100 Band. Drum major, Robert Champion, was brutally beaten and killed in November, 2011. Thanks to ESPN and their show Outside the Lines for interviewing the Executive Director of HazingPrevention.Org, Tracy Maxwell.
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To learn more about HazingPrevention.Org go to our website: http://www.hazingprevention.org/

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Charges coming today in FAMU hazing death

A press conference is planned at 2 p.m. ET.  10 News will stream the press conference live.   Click here to watch News 10 live video player broadcast.

ORLANDO, Florida -- Several people could soon face charges in the death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion. After five months of investigations, the announcement will come at a press conference at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

There were a lot of people who were possibly involved in the hazing that was happening within the marching band. Investigators interviewed more than 50 people. Champion, 26, died in November after he was beaten while on a charter bus after the Florida Classic football game in Orlando.


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His death has brought attention to other hazing incidents at the university. Some have called it a "hazing epidemic." The band's longtime director, Julian White, has been on paid leave since the incident.

Meanwhile, two music teachers have resigned after learning they would be fired.

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Texans waive Lane College WR Jacoby Jones after 5 seasons

The Texans selected Jacoby Jones out of Lane College (Marion Abramson HS - New Orleans, Louisiana) in the third round of the 2007 draft. He was released Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

HOUSTON, Texas - Those of you in that long line of people who think Jacoby Jones was to blame for the Texans’ playoff loss at Baltimore aren’t likely to be in the mood to hear about the positives he brought to the Texans.

Then again, you might just surmise this would be a particularly short column if that were indeed its intended direction. Such is Jones’ lot in life or, more accurately, his lot in Texans history: some shining, bright moments but far too few.



For every eye-popping display that made you marvel at Jones’ big-play ability, there was a head-scratcher that made you wonder why he still was on the roster. Not any longer. He was released Tuesday.

Jones, a fun-loving sort whom teammates liked, did have 51 receptions in 2010, when it was believed he had taken that elusive step forward coach Gary Kubiak and general manager Rick Smith talked about during the offseason after Jones’ rookie season. And after his second season. And after his third season.

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Gold Rush seventh, Nuggets 19th in NAIA coaches polls

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana is riding high in the NAIA Tennis Coaches' Top 25 polls announced Tuesday afternoon.

The XU men are seventh, the highest rank in the program's history. The women are 19th, their highest position in two years.

Winning championships Saturday in an NAIA unaffiliated group tournament at Norcross, Ga., helped the Gold Rush (17-7) and Gold Nuggets (7-21) climb. XU's men beat 16th-ranked Cumberland 5-0 for their title, and the women rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win 5-2 against Martin Methodist, which was 17th at the time but is 21st in the new rankings.

The Gold Rush were eighth in the previous poll on April 17, and the Nuggets were atop the list of others receiving votes.

XU's men appear in the top 25 for the 39th consecutive time — that streak began April 4, 2007 — and in the top 10 for the ninth straight time, including all seven this season, and in 12 of the last 13 polls.

XU's women are in the top 25 for the second time this season — the first was on March 20 — and just the second time in the past 12 polls. That's a relative drought for a program which appeared in 44 consecutive top-25s from 2004-11.

The Saturday victories earned both Xavier teams automatic berths in the NAIA National Championships at Mobile, Ala., on May 15-19. The Gold Rush qualified for the fourth consecutive year, and the Gold Nuggets
qualified for the sixth time in eight seasons.

Fresno Pacific is No. 1 in the men's poll for an NAIA-record 21st consecutive time. Auburn Montgomery leads the women for the seventh time in as many polls this season. New polls will be announced Monday and on May 22. Pairings for the national tournaments will be revealed next Tuesday.

NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, April 29) Rank Team Record Points Last 1 Fresno Pacific (13) 22-1 343 1 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 18-3 332 2 3 Oklahoma Christian 16-3 318 3 4 Azusa Pacific 19-2 312 4 5 Auburn Montgomery 16-7 297 5 6 Vanguard 14-10 291 9 7 Xavier 17-7 271 8 8 Westmont 11-9 268 10 9 Point Loma Nazarene 12-10 253 6 10 William Carey 16-4 244 11 11 Concordia (Calif.) 8-12 238 7 12 Lindsey Wilson 18-5 224 12 13 Aquinas 23-2 207 13 14 Bethany (Kan.) 18-3 200 14 15 Belhaven 15-3 188 15 16 Cumberland 17-2 182 16 17 Warner 13-4 161 17 18 Campbellsville 14-6 155 18 19 Lewis-Clark State 11-9 142 24 20 Northwestern Ohio 18-6 132 22 21 Shorter 12-15 124 tie-25 22 Olivet Nazarene 15-4 106 tie-25 23 Webber International 15-7 95 23 24 Our Lady of the Lake 7-7 92 21 25 Lee (Tenn.) 9-8 83 20 Others receiving votes: McPherson 59, Spring Arbor 53, Pikeville 50, Biola 41, Roberts Wesleyan 17, Northwood (Fla.) 12, Bethel (Tenn.) 11, Taylor 3, Hastings 1, Asbury 1, Davenport 1, Oklahoma Baptist 1, Mobile 1, SCAD Atlanta 1.

NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, April 29) Rank Team Record Points Last 1 Auburn Montgomery (13) 22-2 343 1 2 Fresno Pacific 20-4 332 2 3 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 18-3 321 3 4 Oklahoma Christian 16-3 309 4 5 Azusa Pacific 17-3 300 5 6 Point Loma Nazarene 16-5 285 6 7 Brenau 13-5 280 7 8 Concordia (Calif.) 14-7 266 8 9 William Carey 14-9 252 9 10 Southern Nazarene 12-5 246 10 11-tie Shorter 20-8 227 11 11-tie Lindsey Wilson 15-3 227 12 13 SCAD Savannah 9-3 210 13 14 Lewis-Clark State 7-14 200 14 15 Vanguard 9-14 189 15 16 Indiana Wesleyan 22-2 181 16 17 Lee (Tenn.) 9-7 149 18 18 Campbellsville 13-6 148 19 19 Xavier 7-21 147 RV 20 Westmont 7-11 131 20 21 Martin Methodist 11-4 129 17 22 Robert Morris (Chicago) 17-2 125 21 23 St. Thomas (Fla.) 5-4 102 22 24 Oklahoma Baptist 10-8 93 23 25 Marian (Ind.) 21-6 79 24 Others receiving votes: Northwestern Ohio 66, Davenport 45, Webber International 31, Belhaven 31, Nebraska Wesleyan 17, Bethel (Kan.) 15, Olivet Nazarene 11, Missouri Valley 6, Georgetown (Ky.) 5, Indiana Southeast 5, Milligan (Tenn.) 3.

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