HBCU alum Charles Huff.
…anytime you get to pave a way for anybody, I think that’s your responsibility. Just like our parents and ancestors and people that came before me Tyrone Willingham, Dennis Green, Art Shell in the NFL, all of those guys made it easier for me to sit in the chair that I’m sitting in…
Marshall head football coach Charles Huff on paving the way for other Black coaches at the FBS level.
Marshall head football coach Charles Huff is only the second HBCU graduate to be a head coach at the FBS level. The first is coaching great and College Football Hall of Famer Willie Jeffries, who more than 40 years ago was the head coach at Wichita State.
It is not lost on Huff the responsibility that he has not only to the HBCU community, but to the Black coaching community to have success at Marshall. And so far he is having just that. Prior to the game against North Carolina State (10/9/23), the Herd was 4-0 and had a nine-game winning streak dating back to last year when they finished 9-4 for the season, won the Sunbelt Conference title, and beat UConn in the Myrtle Beach Bowl. Prior to the NC State game, he has compiled a 20-10 since becoming head coach in 2021.
Huff sat down with Donal Ware to talk about the Herd program leading into the game against the Wolfpack, his thoughts on his responsibility of having success as a Black head coach, about his time as a player at Hampton University, about playing for the legendary Joe Taylor, and about how long ago he thought about becoming a head coach. This is a conversation that you want to listen to. We encourage you to share this conversation with other as well. Download or listen to the conversation
HBCU alum Charles Huff.