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| Coach Travis Pearson |
South Alabama Jaguars head coach Joey Jones has completed
the hiring of two more coached to fill the vacancies left open by former
coaches that took coaching jobs elsewhere.
Joey Jones has hired Freddie Roach and Travis Pearson to the
coaching staff. Roach a former Alabama standout who was recently a defensive
line coach at Murray State, and Pearson, most recently the defensive coordinator
at Colquitt County, Ga., High School.
"I'm very happy to have the two additions to our staff
that we have in Freddie Roach and Travis Pearson,'' Jones said Friday. "
"But also, they are great football coaches. They really
understand football and they bring the factor that -- the thing I noticed in
both of them in the interview process -- is they have a look in their eyes that
they will translate to our players. They'll get them to play extremely hard on
the field because they have a lot of passion for what they're doing and they
are going to bring that to the field.
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| Coach Freddie Roach |
"They aren't going to settle for anything less than
that, and like I said, they are unbelievable ball coaches. They understand Xs
and Os and they are going to teach all those things to our young players.''
Both new coaches are in town this weekend to be a part of
South Alabama recruiting weekend. This recruiting season will be very special
and important for South Alabama as they moved into the Sun Belt Conference as
full members and be able to compete for the conference championship and a post
season bowl game.
Roach will join Brian Turner in coaching defensive linemen
for the Jags, with Pearson set to coach linebackers. Sherrer will coach the
Jags' secondary as well as handle defensive coordinator duties.
