The New Orleans native is regarded as one of the best assistant coaches in college football and was named the Football Scoop Running Backs Coach of the Year following the 2008 season.
NEW YORK (AP) — Alabama’s Derrick Henry and Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey are hoping to return to the Heisman Trophy to the running backs. Clemson’s Deshaun Watson can keep it with the QBs. The two star running backs with very different styles and the dual-threat quarterback of the No. 1 team in the country are headed for New York after being named Heisman finalists Monday night. Henry and McCaffrey will be looking to break a five-year streak of quarterbacks winning college football’s top honor when the trophy is presented Saturday night in Midtown Manhattan. Mark Ingram of Alabama in 2009 was