TexasTerror
February 26th, 2006, 06:49 PM
The Ivy League is touting the hire of Norries Wilson at Columbia. He's an African-American head coach, the first ever in Ivy League history. Quotes from the executive director of the Black Coaches Association and such. Best of luck to Wilson...
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Breaking New Ground
Created: 2/26/2006 11:00:59 AM
By E.J. Crawford
Ivy League Public Information Coordinator
Two weeks after his landmark hiring as the Columbia football coach, Norries Wilson’s office in the Dodge Fitness Center is barren.
There are no diplomas, pictures or even a calendar on the white walls. Wilson still doesn’t know how to access his e-mail messages, which he thinks is best because it would prove a distraction. He has yet to leave campus, which he admits he cannot even blame on the late December Transit strike.
“People here talk about the strike,” Wilson says, shrugging, “but it doesn’t affect me. I’m here until 10 o’clock every night.”
Wilson is an immense figure, a former two-year starter as an offensive lineman at the University of Minnesota who towers over the other coaches in his office and whose hand swallows a reporter’s whole. He dresses in plain khaki pants, with a light blue short-sleeve shirt and a maroon tie. The shirt, struggling to stay tucked in, reveals that Wilson is decidedly out of place in the nation’s fashion capital.
http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=4967
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Breaking New Ground
Created: 2/26/2006 11:00:59 AM
By E.J. Crawford
Ivy League Public Information Coordinator
Two weeks after his landmark hiring as the Columbia football coach, Norries Wilson’s office in the Dodge Fitness Center is barren.
There are no diplomas, pictures or even a calendar on the white walls. Wilson still doesn’t know how to access his e-mail messages, which he thinks is best because it would prove a distraction. He has yet to leave campus, which he admits he cannot even blame on the late December Transit strike.
“People here talk about the strike,” Wilson says, shrugging, “but it doesn’t affect me. I’m here until 10 o’clock every night.”
Wilson is an immense figure, a former two-year starter as an offensive lineman at the University of Minnesota who towers over the other coaches in his office and whose hand swallows a reporter’s whole. He dresses in plain khaki pants, with a light blue short-sleeve shirt and a maroon tie. The shirt, struggling to stay tucked in, reveals that Wilson is decidedly out of place in the nation’s fashion capital.
http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=4967