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Florida A&M is hiring former Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward as its next men’s basketball coach following the departure of the program’s previous coach, Patrick Crarey II, who was hired as Grambling State’s coach last week. Ward starred at Florida State in both basketball and football and won the Heisman Trophy in his fourth and final season with the Seminoles in 1993.
CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reports Ward has agreed to a five-year deal with FAMU pending approval from the university’s board of trustees at a meeting later Wednesday.
Ward, 54, is an icon in the Sunshine State after a two-sport career at Florida State from 1989 through 1994. The Georgia native won ACC Player of the Year in football both in 1992 and 1993, culminating with an All-American campaign in his senior season while throwing 27 touchdowns to just four interceptions. In his final season, he led FSU to a national championship under coach Bobby Bowden.
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In basketball, he played in 91 games across four seasons and started in 73, earning a role as the team’s starting point guard. He became a legend after nailing a game-winner in the 1991 Metro Conference Tournament title game vs. Louisville, the program’s first conference tournament title in more than three decades, and was later…
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Author : Kyle Boone
Publish date : 2025-04-16 14:59:00
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