Post by DSUrocks07 on Feb 5, 2011 14:51:25 GMT -5
Read the article at: www.delawareonline.com/article/20110205/SPORTS08/102050331/Blount-s-task-Repair-DSU-football
DOVER -- When Delaware State University athletics director Derek Carter introduced Kermit Blount as the Hornets' new head football coach on Friday morning, he referred to him as an "automotive repair wizard."
Blount will definitely have to rely on some of his tune-up skills if he wants to get Delaware State's sagging football program running smoothly again.
Just after his introduction as the Hornets' coach, Blount immediately faced a challenging question from the crowd gathered at Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center -- when is Delaware State going to be able to beat the University of Delaware?
"I wouldn't answer the question -- that's a hard question to answer," Blount said, with a smile. "What I can say to all of our alums and everybody who supports Delaware State is that every time we put this football team on the field this is going to be a competitive football team.
"So I'm not going to talk wins and losses, I don't believe in talking numbers, I just believe in trying to work at it and make sure that our kids are prepared to play and we cover every aspect of the game on Saturdays."
Blount, 52, spent 16 seasons as head coach at Winston-Salem State University. He replaces Al Lavan, who after taking over in 2004 wound up as the third-winningest coach in DSU history with a record of 41-36 and guided the Hornets to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship (10-2 overall, 8-0 MEAC) and its first appearance in the Division I-AA playoffs in 2007.
DOVER -- When Delaware State University athletics director Derek Carter introduced Kermit Blount as the Hornets' new head football coach on Friday morning, he referred to him as an "automotive repair wizard."
Blount will definitely have to rely on some of his tune-up skills if he wants to get Delaware State's sagging football program running smoothly again.
Just after his introduction as the Hornets' coach, Blount immediately faced a challenging question from the crowd gathered at Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center -- when is Delaware State going to be able to beat the University of Delaware?
"I wouldn't answer the question -- that's a hard question to answer," Blount said, with a smile. "What I can say to all of our alums and everybody who supports Delaware State is that every time we put this football team on the field this is going to be a competitive football team.
"So I'm not going to talk wins and losses, I don't believe in talking numbers, I just believe in trying to work at it and make sure that our kids are prepared to play and we cover every aspect of the game on Saturdays."
Blount, 52, spent 16 seasons as head coach at Winston-Salem State University. He replaces Al Lavan, who after taking over in 2004 wound up as the third-winningest coach in DSU history with a record of 41-36 and guided the Hornets to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship (10-2 overall, 8-0 MEAC) and its first appearance in the Division I-AA playoffs in 2007.
