From Andy Staples of SI.com’s essential profile of Luther Campbell, the former 2 Live Crew rapper, and his fight to remain a Florida high school football coach, a recruiting segment that will warm the heart of any college football fan in general or MAC fan in particular, but I repeat myself:
Uncle Luke, High School Football Coach
↵↵Campbell has built a long speed-dial list of college coaches. In May, Campbell pitched players to Florida State defensive coordinator Mark Stoops and his brother, Mike, who runs the defense at Oklahoma. Before Northwestern’s spring game against Vero Beach, Campbell chatted with a few of the college coaches who had come to evaluate players. Campbell spent time with Miami assistant Michael Barrow, but he also made the rounds of coaches from SEC, Big Ten, Big East and MAC schools ...
↵For Campbell, the decision to focus on scholarships is purely mathematic. Combining tuition, room and board and the amount of football-related money spent, schools can spend between $200,000 and $300,000 on a player over the course of his college career. “I can’t give the amount of money that the NCAA [schools] can give these kids,” Campbell said. “Nobody can give that kind of money.”
↵↵Previously, our own Spencer Hall interviewed Campbell on the U, Miami’s love of youth football gambling, and more.
