Cole Leaves TSU Football

Coach Johnnie Cole has resigned as Head Coach of the TSU Tiger Football team.
Cole stepped down after meeting with the Athletic Administration. After the meeting, the two decided to part ways in the best interests of Cole and TSU.

Cole met with the players on Wednesday where he broke the news to the surprised players. He gave them some of his final words of encouragement and wished them the best of luck next season with their new head coach.

Cole expressed that this was not something that he wanted, but might be in the best interests of all parties involved.

“I would love to stay, but the administration and I decided that it is best that we go our separate ways,” Cole said.

Cole led the Tigers to the first outright SWAC Championship in school history in
the 2010 season. Despite rumors being spread on the campus about why the head coach has resigned, no formal statements will be made until the press conference on Friday.

“I’ve done what I set out to do and that is come back to my school and lead a team to a championship,” Cole said.

There have been no announcements made as to which direction Athletic Director, Charles McClelland, will go to get the new head coach for the Tiger football team.

The Assistant Head Coach Darryl Williams and Defensive Coordinator Kevin Ramsey will take over as interim coaches for the remainder of spring practice, but there have been no official decisions as to who will be leading the Tiger football team next season.

Despite the coaching change Spring Football will continue for the defending SWAC champion Tigers as scheduled. There have been no rumored or official changes made to the events leading all the way through the ring ceremony on April 17th.