Eddie George Embracing Life As A College Football Coach with Goal of Taking Tennessee State to New Heights

When Tennessee State president Glenda Glover called Eddie George early last year and asked him to become the university’s head football coach, he initially thought the idea was ridiculous.

So George was resistant when Tennessee State began recruiting him to take over its football program. He didn’t know if he was actually capable of being a head coach, and questioned why Tennessee State would want a coach with no experience. After thinking about the opportunity for the next couple of weeks, during which he had conversations with people like Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin who assured him he was capable of being a head coach, George decided to take the job, realizing that his wide variety of life experiences had prepared him to be a coach even though he hadn’t actually been one.

Even though George said he “didn't know my elbow from my asshole” when he became Tennessee State’s head coach, a role he started less than five months before its first game of the season, he led the Tigers to a 5-6 record in his first year on the job, an improvement over their prior three seasons under previous head coach Rod Reed.

“We see how things are done here at Ohio State and at Notre Dame, it’s done with great detail, it’s first class personified. And we can definitely do that at Tennessee State, within our budget,” George said. “It’s just being mindful of that, it’s being intentional with that. And it's constantly preaching, ‘Hey, this is our lifestyle.’ This is what we're doing from this point moving forward.

How could you forget to ask him about his experience filming a Steven Seagal movie?

“I said, ‘Tamara, listen to this dumbass idea. — I freaking love Eddie George, man lol He’s gonna make those guys winners in all facets of life. That’s what he is and that’s what he exudes. It’ll rub off on them. The coaching is only part of it.

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