Taking over as interim head football coach at Jackson State isn’t hard for John Hendrick. Neither is getting his Tigers ready for Saturday’s matchup at heated rival Alcorn State. He’s not concerned about motivating his team to play for a shot at a SWAC East title. He knows they’ll be ready. What has been excruciatingly difficult for Hendrick is occupying the chair and the office in the T.B. Ellis Football Annex that previously belonged to Tony Hughes, who was fired as JSU’s head coach on Oct. 28. “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Hendrick said. And it’s because Hughes was more than just his boss. He will always be someone Hendrick considers as his brother. “I wasn’t going to even come in this office,” Hendrick said. ”I was going to stay in the office I was in. But the people told me, ‘You gotta go sit in that chair, John. The kids, the program and the administration, they need to see you as the head coach. You need to go be the head coach.’” So far he’s done just that. The Tigers are 2-0 since Hendrick took over. Folks around the JSU program notice new life and an influx of energy that has been injected into the… Read full this story
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