Riding around campus on a golf cart, checking classrooms to ensure players attend.
Meet with recruits, parents, and players.
Assist and watch team workouts.
Fill out scholarship paperwork.
That’s just a short list of what James Colzie III’s days have entailed since being appointed as Florida A&M’s interim head football coach on Jan. 1.
While he didn’t expect his 2024 to begin with him being the overseer of the Rattlers football program, Colzie is cherishing the opportunity as FAMU searches for its next head coach to replace Willie Simmons. Simmons departed to be Duke’s running backs coach on New Year’s Day after six years with the Rattlers.
FAMU has assembled a head football coach search committee of university stakeholders and attained search firm Renaissance Search and Consulting to assist Vice President and Director of Athletics Tiffani-Dawn Sykes in the hiring process.
The committee and firm recommended five candidates of 45 applicants, in numerical form, to VP/AD Sykes and FAMU President Dr. Larry Robinson for interviews.
In the meantime, Colzie is keeping the Rattlers’ Galimore-Powell Fieldhouse in order.
“[Sykes] told me I’m in the chair, and I need to treat it as such,” Colzie said in a one-on-one interview with the Tallahassee Democrat Monday night.
“I had to buckle down on all the non-football related things Coach Simmons had to worry about. That’s part of the job description of ensuring guys are where they need to be and doing what they’re asked to do.”
His players have consistently advocated for Colzie to become the Rattlers’ 19th full-time head football coach.
FAMU players have written letters to university administration and repeatedly spoken in favor of Colzie to get the head coach nod to give the team a chance to retain its Southwestern Athletic…
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Publish date : 2024-01-23 10:04:51
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