Former New York Knicks participant Charlie Ward has been employed because the sixteenth basketball coach at Florida A&M College (FAMU).
Florida A&M College’s Vice President and Director of Athletics, Angela Suggs, made the announcement welcoming the Heisman Trophy winner to the varsity.
A New Period: FAMU Faucets NBA Vet and Heisman Winner Charlie Ward to Lead Males’s Basketball Program
Learn extra ➡️ https://t.co/jR18cEQiiV#FAMU | #Rattlers | #FangsUp 🐍 pic.twitter.com/dtECkZWw3j
— Florida A&M Males’s Basketball 🏀 (@FAMU_MBB) April 21, 2025
“I’m excited for the chance to affix FAMU and function head coach of the boys’s basketball program. I sit up for main a Rattlers workforce that might be outlined by our P.A.C.E. — Preparation, Accountability, Aggressive Spirit, Dedication and Effort — as we proceed the good legacy of FAMU Athletics,” Ward mentioned in a written assertion.
Ward is the primary and solely Heisman Trophy winner to play within the NBA. The Heisman Trophy is awarded to one of the best school soccer participant.
“At the moment marks an thrilling new chapter for our males’s basketball program as we proudly welcome Charlie Ward—a real legend and distinctive chief,” mentioned Suggs. “Coach Ward brings with him a championship mindset and a wealth of expertise that may undoubtedly ignite a brand new stage of inspiration and ambition in our student-athletes. His arrival is a game-changer for our program.”
Ward performed his two-sport collegiate profession at Florida State College. Whereas enjoying on the college in 1991, he helped win the Metro Convention Championship by making the game-winning shot towards Louisville. He’s Florida State’s all-time chief in profession steals (236) and ranks sixth all-time in assists (396). Two years later, because the quarterback for the soccer workforce, he turned the varsity’s very first Heisman Trophy winner when he accomplished almost 70% of his passes for over 3,000 yards, 27 touchdowns, and solely 4 interceptions.
Ward gained the Davey O’Brien Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, and the Walter Camp Participant of the Yr. He’s solely the second school soccer participant to win the Sullivan Award, recognizing him as the highest newbie athlete within the nation.
The 2-sport athlete didn’t get drafted by the NFL. He then set his sights on the NBA, the place the New York Knicks chosen him with the twenty sixth general choose within the 1994 NBA Draft. He performed within the league for 12 years with the Knicks, the Spurs, and the Rockets.
RELATED CONTENT: Choose Blocks ICE From Rikers Island Amid Metropolis Problem