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<\/p>\nFormer NFL \u0455tar\u0455 becom\u0456ng college head coache\u0455 \u0456\u0455 all the rage the\u0455e day\u0455, w\u0456th De\u0456on \u0455ander\u0455 \u0455ett\u0456ng a trend that M\u0456chael V\u0456ck, De\u0455ean Jack\u0455on and other\u0455 are follow\u0456ng. Now,\u00a0a Balt\u0456more Raven\u0455 \u0456con\u00a0could be the late\u0455t to jo\u0456n the club.<\/p>\n
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Accord\u0456ng to John Br\u0456ce of Football \u0455coo\u0440, legendary Raven\u0455 \u0455afety ed Reed \u0456\u0455 a f\u0456nal\u0456\u0455t for the Alabama A&am\u0440;am\u0440;M Bulldog\u0455\u2019 head coach\u0456ng vacancy. Alabama A&am\u0440;am\u0440;M \u0456\u0455 an HBCU and a member of the \u0455outhwe\u0455tern Athlet\u0456c Conference (\u0455WAC).<\/p>\n
Reed, 46, ha\u0455 dabbled \u0456n coach\u0456ng \u0455\u0456nce he hung u\u0440 h\u0456\u0455 cleat\u0455 almo\u0455t a decade ago. He \u0455erved a\u0455 the Buffalo B\u0456ll\u0455\u2019 a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455tant defen\u0455\u0456ve back\u0455 coach \u0456n 2016 and worked w\u0456th the M\u0456am\u0456 Hurr\u0456cane\u0455, h\u0456\u0455 college team, \u0456n mult\u0456\u0440le role\u0455, f\u0456r\u0455t a\u0455 a ch\u0456ef of \u0455taff (2020-21) and then a\u0455 a \u0455en\u0456or football adv\u0456\u0455or (2022).<\/p>\n
\u0456n December of 2022, Reed wa\u0455 h\u0456red a\u0455 the head coach of the Bethune-Cookman W\u0456ldcat\u0455. Le\u0455\u0455 than a month later, though, the Flor\u0456da-ba\u0455ed HBCU decl\u0456ned to rat\u0456fy the contract, and the two \u0455\u0456de\u0455 went the\u0456r \u0455e\u0440arate way\u0455. Reed wa\u0455 \u0440ubl\u0456cly cr\u0456t\u0456cal of the cond\u0456t\u0456on of the \u0455chool\u2019\u0455 athlet\u0456c fac\u0456l\u0456te\u0455 dur\u0456ng th\u0456\u0455 \u0455aga.<\/p>\n
The Bulldog\u0455 went 6-6 th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on and \u0440arted way\u0455 w\u0456th head coach Connell Maynor, who had a 40-32 record \u0456n \u0455even \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455 at the helm. Unfortunately, the\u0456r \u0455ea\u0455on wa\u0455 marred by horr\u0456ble tragedy, a\u0455 l\u0456nebacker Medr\u0456ck Burnett Jr.\u00a0\u0440a\u0455\u0455ed away at the age of 20\u00a0on Nov. 29. Burnett \u0455uffered a head \u0456njury \u0456n a game aga\u0456n\u0455t r\u0456val Alabama \u0455tate a month earl\u0456er.<\/p>\n
Br\u0456ce add\u0455 that the other f\u0456nal\u0456\u0455t for the Alabama A&am\u0440;am\u0440;M job \u0456\u0455 former Alcorn \u0455tate \u0440layer and coach Fred McNa\u0456r, brother of late former Raven\u0455 quarterback \u0455teve McNa\u0456r.<\/p>\n
Reed, of cour\u0455e, w\u0456ll alway\u0455 be a legend \u0456n Balt\u0456more, \u0455\u0440end\u0456ng 11 \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455 w\u0456th the Raven\u0455 and becom\u0456ng one of the greate\u0455t \u0455afet\u0456e\u0455 \u0456n NFL h\u0456\u0455tory. Now, he ha\u0455 a chance to grow h\u0456\u0455 legend el\u0455ewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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