Michael Vick formally has a brand new entry on his resume!
The previous NFL quarterback and Virginia native was not too long ago confirmed as the brand new head soccer coach at Norfolk State College.
“It’s an honor to announce that I’ll be the brand new head coach of Norfolk State College… trying ahead to coming again dwelling,” Vick wrote on Facebook on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Hours earlier than the announcement of his new place was made, Vick, 44, advised The Virginian-Pilot, “I understand how to guide and I do know what it takes.” Vick’s solely earlier teaching expertise was for the Atlanta Legends, which had been a part of the Alliance of American Soccer, a short-lived soccer league.
Vick will exchange outgoing coach Dawson Odums in his new position.
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Vick, who attended Virginia Tech, is broadly considered one of many best school soccer gamers of all time. His 13-season NFL profession started with the Atlanta Falcons in 2001 when he was chosen as the general first spherical draft choose.
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Tommy Reamon, Vick’s former highschool soccer coach and mentor, shared his pleasure in an announcement to The Athletic.
“I’m so excited for him to do that as a result of I believe he’ll be an amazing coach,” Reamon mentioned, revealing that he had been advising Vick on a possible school teaching profession previous to him touchdown the job.
“He’s so personable, and he’s charismatic. You’ve gotta be charismatic [to coach] in 2024, and that’s why he’s gonna win. I’m excited to look at him as he communicates with the youngsters,” he added.
In January, Vick was added to the Faculty Soccer Corridor of Fame, over 15 years after his dogfighting scandal landed him in jail.
In April 2007, police raided Vick’s Dangerous Newz Kennels in Surry, Virginia, and located 49 malnourished and injured pit bulls, together with the stays of dozens of canine who had been killed — all a part of a vicious dogfighting ring.
Vick was sentenced to 23 months in jail, serving 18, and fined almost $1 million for sufferer restitution.
He continued to play within the NFL for seven further seasons, with the Philadelphia Eagles, New Jersey Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers, earlier than retiring in 2017.
