Coaches Beamer, Brown selected for Hall of Fame
Association cancels Briles’ appearance
ATLANTA — Coaches Frank Beamer and Mack Brown were selected Monday for the College Football Hall of Fame, part of a class of 13 that includes former players Ed Reed and Calvin Johnson.
Brown won 244 games in a 30-year head coaching career at four schools that featured 16 seasons and a national championship at Texas.
Beamer built Virginia Tech football into a national power, taking over the program in 1987 and leading the Hokies to a BCS championship game in 1999. His 280 victories rank sixth in FBS history.
The rest of the class includes Trevor Cobb of Rice; Kerry Collins of Penn State; Dave Dickenson of Montana; Dana Howard of Illinois; Paul Palmer of Temple; Matt Stinchcomb of Georgia; Aaron Taylor of Nebraska; Matt Tjeerdsma, who coached Austin College and Northwest Missouri State; and Michigan’s Charles Woodson, whose selection was announced Sunday.
Reed played safety for Miami and was an integral part of the school’s last great teams, including a national title in 2001. He became an all-time great NFL player and Super Bowl winner with the Baltimore Ravens.
Johnson was a star receiver for Georgia Tech, winning the Biletnikoff Award as top receiver in 2006 before going on to a brilliant NFL career with the Detroit Lions.
Cobb won the Doak Walker as the country’s best running back and holds most of Rice’s school rushing records.
Collins finished fourth in the Heisman voting in 1994, leading Penn State to an unbeaten season.
Dickenson passed for 11,080 yards in his career and was named the 1994 Division I-AA player of the year.
Howard was the Butkus Award win 1994 as best linebacker.
Palmer is considered maybe the greatest player in Temple history and finished second in the Heisman voting in 1986. He ran for 4,985 yards in his career
Stinchcomb was one of the best offensive lineman to play for Georgia, named the SEC’s most outstanding blocker in 1998.
Taylor was an offensive lineman on three Nebraska national championship teams, playing center and guard.
BRILES: The American Football Coaches Association has canceled former Baylor coach Art Briles’ speaking appearance at its convention this week.
Briles was scheduled to appear today in Charlotte in a breakout session called “Standing Strong/Game Management.”
ARIZONA STATE: Shaun Nua joined new Sun Devils coach Herm Edwards’ staff as defensive line coach. Nua, who played at BYU, spent the previous six seasons coaching the defensive line at Navy.
TULSA: Former Baylor quarterback Zach Smith has transferred to Tulsa and will be eligible to play in 2019.
Tulsa coach Philip Montgomery is a former Baylor offensive coordinator who recruited Smith to Baylor. NORTH CAROLINA: North Carolina is launching a roughly $6 million project to replace bleachers with individual seats throughout much of Kenan Stadium, reducing its capacity by about 20 percent — from 63,000 to about 51,000 seats.