Darrell Hazell isn’t a very popular guy right now, partly because he’s the coach of the Purdue football team and people tend to ignore the Purdue football team, and partly because the Boilermakers were 1-11 last season.
That time 1st-graders thought Purdue’s football coach was Barack Obama
The Big Ten really did claim Washington, D.C.!
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Hazell probably hasn’t gotten a standing ovation since he was introduced as the school’s new coach ... except that one time a group of kids thought he was President Obama.
Purdue coach Darrell Hazell says a 1st-grade class near W. Lafayette believed he was Obama when he spoke to them.
— Travis Haney (@TravHaneyESPN) July 30, 2014 Darrell Hazell spoke at elementary school last year. "They’re giving me hugs, crazy applause." Kids thought Hazell was Obama
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) July 30, 2014 We can sort of see the resemblance. Here’s a photo in which Obama could perhaps be confused for Hazell, if he were wearing a hat:
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