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"It's a great feeling," Barlow said. "A lot of coaches go through their entire life, their entire career looking of their dream job. As of today, I have mine."

Barlow was named interim head coach on March 26, 2007, following the departure of Charles Coe to the National Football League's Oakland Raiders. Barlow spent the past two seasons as ASU's quarterbacks coach. He was the mentor and tutor to former Hornet star and current NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson.

Barlow, a Montgomery native, broke several records as a player at ASU, including receptions and receiving yards. After a stellar career at ASU, Barlow spent eight years in the NFL, playing for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders.

"Alabama State has been great to me and my family," Barlow said. "This is my opportunity to give back to all those who have been so good to me."

SC State hoops gets Florida State assistant
Tim Carter, an assistant at Florida State under Leonard Hamilton, was introduced at a press conference last week on campus as the new men's basketball coach at South Carolina State.

"He has many years of experience as an assistant and head coach and we expect him to use that experience to lead the Bulldog basketball team to new heights," said SCSU Athletic Director Charlene M. Johnson.

He succeeds Jamal Brown who was fired after a rocky first season.

Carter, who takes over the Bulldog program after one season as an assistant for the Seminoles, will be serving his third stint as a head coach. He previously was head coach at the University of Texas-San Antonio (1995-2006) and the University of Nebraska-Omaha (1994-95).

He brings to SC State 26 years of collegiate coaching experience as a head coach, assistant and graduate assistant. He has helped five different schools to post season play ­ Oklahoma, Houston and UTSA to the NCAA, and Northwestern and Oklahoma State to the NIT.

In 11 years as head coach at UTSA, Carter compiled a 160-152 record and twice (1999 and 2004) led his team to the NCAA Tournament. He was named Southland Conference (SLC) Coach of the Year in 1999 when he guided UTSA to an 18-11 record and the school's second postseason appearance. His teams also captured SLC conference tournament championships in 1999 and 2004 ­ the first two conference championships in men's basketball in school history.

Carter, who spent one season as head coach at Nebraska-Omaha and is 171-168 as a head coach, started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma (1982-83) and served stints as an assistant at Midwestern State (1984-86), Houston (1987) and Oklahoma State (1987-90).

At Oklahoma State, where he served his first stint as an assistant under Hamilton, he helped guide the Cowboys to the NIT in 1989 and 1990 ­ the first time the program had played in postseason since the early '50s.

A native of Wichita, Kansas, Carter earned a bachelor's at Kansas (1979) and a master's at Oklahoma (1984). He is married and the father of three children.

Billy Joe, Kentucky State's Kendall set for Hall of Fame
Ultra-successful black college football coach William "Billy" Joe, an outstanding college running back at Villanova and a star in the old AFL, and former Kentucky State star quarterback Joe Kendall will join four other noted collegiate personalities in this year's College Football Hall of Fame class.

Joe fashioned a scintillating 31-year collegiate coaching career spanning three institutions - Cheyney (Pa.) State, Central (Ohio) State and Florida A&M.

The second-winningest coach in black college football history behind the late Grambling firebrand Eddie Robinson, Joe compiled a 237-108-4 record in a 31-season career.

At Florida A&M from 1994 to 2005, Joe was the second-winningest coach in school history behind College Hall of Famer, Alonzo "Jake" Gaither (203), finishing his 12-year stint 86-48-0.

During his tenure at FAMU, the Rattlers won one black college national championship in 1998; four undisputed Mid-Eastern Athletic Confe-rence titles (1995, 1996, 2000, 2001), and made seven (7) consecutive postseason appearances (1995-2001).

Joe's teams produced 20 All-Americans, five black college players of the year while at Florida A&M. His 1998 Florida A&M team (11-2) won 11 straight games and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, while his 1999 crew finished 10-4, but made it to the semifinals of the playoffs.

At Central State, he guided his teams to 10 straight NAIA playoff appearances, winning two NAIA national titles. In his 31 years as a collegiate head coach, Joe recorded 26 winning seasons. Joe, who was also a track star at Villanova, was elected to that school's hall of fame in 1997.

The late Joe Kendall, who quarterbacked Kentucky State from 1934-36 is also among the inductees. Kendall dominated black college football in the 1930s while leading Kentucky State to a national championship in 1934.

He led the Thorobreds to a 1935 Orange Blossom Classic victory over Florida A&M en route to an impressive 29-7-3 overall record during his playing years. He was a three-time First Team All-America selection from 1934-36 by the Pittsburgh Courier, and is the first person in KSU history to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the KSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975.

Following his player career, Kendall served as a coach, teacher and school principal. As a result of his significant contributions as a recreational director in Owensboro, Ky., a park was named in his honor.

The other players in the class are Georgia Southern QB Tracy Ham, Bloomsburgh LB Frank Sheptock and Valdosta State LB Jessie Tuggle. The other coach in the class is Jim Christopherson of Concordia College (Minn.) (1969-2000).

Induction ceremonies are set for July 19-21 in South Bend, In.

Gateway Classic moved to Daytona Beach
The season-opening football game of the 2007 season for Bethune-Cookman will not take place as a part of the proposed 54th Annual Gateway Classic in Jacksonville, Fla. It has been scheduled for a regular home game at the alternate site of Daytona Beach's Municipal Stadium at Larry Kelly Field for a 4 p.m. kickoff.

The first-ever football match-up between two Florida institutions, Bethune-Cookman and Jacksonville University, was much-anticipated for the Gateway Classic. But due to reasons beyond the control of either school, the Labor Day weekend game was forced to be moved from Municipal Stadium [formerly Alltel Stadium] in Jacksonville to Daytona Beach.

"We were recently notified by our long-time partners in the Gateway Classic, the Jacksonville Sports and Entertainment Board, that they did not have the funds allocated to sponsor this event much like they have for the past several years," explained B-CU Director of Athletics, Lynn W. Thompson.

Unlike previous years where the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium was made available at no charge for the annual Gateway Classic, the current estimate of fees has been set at up to $130,000. Given the fact that projected ticket sales are 8,000, the Gateway Classic Planning Committee determined that this arrangement would result in a deficit and would also negate the university's Stewardship Covenant which is intended to provide revenue for students and the institution. Bethune-Cookman University President Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed said, "We would like to revisit the Jacksonville location in the future if we can arrange for support to cover stadium charges.

While we certainly appreciate the support that they have provided for previous Gateway Classics, it is not fiscally prudent for the university to take a home game away from Daytona Beach without a guarantee of support to cover the enormous amount required to play in a world-class facility like Jacksonville's Municipal Stadium."

B-CU National Alumni Association President, Jackie Mongal, said, "We hope to continue dialogue with the stakeholders in Jacksonville to bring the game back in 2008."

In last year's Classic, an announced crowd of 23,241 saw the Jaguars of Southern use a late touchdown to defeat the 'Cats by a score of 30-29.

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