April 24, 2025
Eriq leaves Tennessee State College to reunite along with his father
Deion Sanders isn’t the one soccer head coach to have his son play for him; Bowling Inexperienced head coach Eddie George can even coach his son, Eriq George.
In response to The Nashville Tennessean, defensive participant Eriq George shall be lining up for his father after coming into the switch portal on March 19. Eddie lately left Tennessee State College to turn into the twenty first head soccer coach for the Falcons in March. Eriq adopted within the footsteps of the Sanders household when Deion left Jackson State College to turn into the coach of the Colorado Buffaloes. His two sons, Sheduer and Shilo, who performed for him at JSU, joined their father shortly after.
The Massive South-Ohio Valley Convention Coach of the Yr took over a dropping program at TSU that averaged simply over three wins per yr within the earlier 4 seasons earlier than he got here on board to steer the workforce. The 2023 and 2024 seasons had been the workforce’s first consecutive successful seasons since 2016-17. Eddie’s management propelled the workforce to an everyday season report of 9-3. That was one of the best report for this system since 2013, main the workforce to a convention title, the primary one in 25 years.
Eriq, who performed for TSU the previous two seasons, was important in bringing the successful method to the varsity. He was the varsity’s fifth-leading tackler with 52 whole tackles this previous season. He additionally had 12 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. Whereas taking part in for his father, he had 77 whole tackles, 18 for loss, and eight sacks a recreation.
In March, Eddie introduced that he had introduced among the TSU coaches who had been on workers with hello: Joe Bowden (linebackers), Josh Crawford (operating backs), Brandon Fisher (affiliate head coach/defensive coordinator), Richard McNutt (secondary), Travis Partridge (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks) and Clyde Simmons (line of defense).