| North Carolina A&T head football coach Rod Broadway earned his 100th coaching victory on Oct. 10, when the Aggies defeated Norfolk State 27-3 at William “Dick” Price Stadium in Norfolk, Va. Broadway, who is in his 13th season as a head coach on the collegiate level, to date compiled 33 wins at N.C. Central (2003-06), 35 wins at Grambling State (2007-10) and 32 wins at N.C. A&T (2011-present).
“I don’t have a whole lot to say about that,” said Broadway after the Aggies win over NSU. “It just means I’ve had good coaches and good players. I’m proud of the players on this team for just winning this game tonight.”
Broadway is the 26th active Division I-Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) coach to win 100 career games. His career record is 100-41 (.709) going into the Aggies home game against Bethune-Cookman, Saturday, Oct. 17. Broadway’s winning percentage is sixth-best among active FCS coaches. Only four other active coaches from historically black colleges and universities have 100 wins as Broadway joins S.C. State’s Buddy Pough, Johnson C. Smith’s Kermit Blount and Benedict College’s Mike White.
“In my life there have been three stages I’ve gone through in this coaching profession,” said Broadway. “The first stage I went through, the reason I first got into (the profession) was to provide for my family. That was it. The second stage I went through was I just wanted to grow in the business. Once you do that you go through the third stage, which is where I am now, I just want to make a difference and help people. I want to make a difference in people’s lives and help my players become better people, better players and eventually hardworking professionals.”
Broadway started his career as the nose guards coach at East Carolina in 1979. He then made stops at Duke (1981-94), the University of Florida (1995-2000) and the University of North Carolina (2001-02) as the defensive line coach at each institution before earning his first head coaching position at N.C. Central in 2003.
He was on the Florida Gators staff when the program won the national championship in 1996. He won two conference championships at NCCU and one conference championship apiece at GSU and N.C. A&T. He also won one black college national championship apiece at NCCU and GSU. |
