LITTLE ROCK — FOOTBALL Fayetteville’s Early hired by UA
Fayetteville defensive coordinator Brian Early is leaving after four seasons to become defensive quality control coach at Arkansas, Bulldogs Coach Daryl Patton said.
Early, a 1994 Arkansas-Monticello graduate, helped Fayetteville win Class 7A state championships the past two seasons.
“We hate to lose Brian,” Fayetteville Coach Daryl Patton told NWA Media. “He’s been very successful and he was a big part of everything we’ve been able to do. But this is something he’s wanted to do for a long time, to get back into college coaching.”
Before moving to Fayetteville, Early coached defensive linemen and was special teams coordinator at Central Arkansas.
Early has also coached at Greenwood, Minnesota State, West Memphis, Arkansas-Monticello and Greenland.
AFCA picks top staffs
The Arkansas Football Coaches Association named its 2012 Staffs of the Year in each classification during the Ronnie Roach BSN AFCA Clinic last weekend in Hot Springs.
Winners were North Little Rock (Class 7A), Greenwood (6A), Camden Fairview (5A), Stuttgart (4A), Harding Academy (3A) and Junction City (2A).
- Robert Yates
BASKETBALL Philander Smith men, women win
Juvon Demerson and Clayton Busby each scored 17 points to help the Philander Smith men’s basketball team to a 97-68 victory over Dillard (La.) University on Monday night at Mims Gymnasium in Little Rock.
Busby made 4 of 7 three-pointers for the Panthers (18-8, 8-3 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference), who made 10 of 21. Andre Clark added 14 points on 6-of-6 shooting and eight rebounds. Alvin Nance scored 12 points for Philander Smith and D’Alvin Brown added 11.
Latrice Walton scored 17 points and Jerricka Scott added 16 to help Philander Smith’s women’s team to a 65-51 victory over Dillard. Elisha Bowen added 11 points and eight rebounds for the Panthers (13-15, 3-9).
Sports, Pages 19 on 02/12/2013