Former FAMU football coach Billy Joe was greeted by Col. Ron " GI" Joe and other well wishers in the Atlanta Airport as he traveled back to Tallahassee after being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this weekend in Indiana.
Billy Joe was enshrined along with a group that included Florida State coach Bobby Bowden and former FSU Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward, Jr. last night.
The College Football Hall of Fame said : "Few coaches can match the unparalleled gridiron success of William "Billy" Joe's storied career.
Having captured seven National Black College Football Championships and two NAIA national titles, he enters the College Football Hall of Fame as one of the most highly decorated black college football coaches in history.
Joe's 237 career victories place him fourth on the Football Championship Subdivision's all-time winningest coaches ranks and position him second only to the legendary Eddie Robinson in the black college football standings.
At Florida A&M, he led the Rattlers to an unprecedented five Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) titles, while garnering three of the conference's Coach of the Year accolades."
Also see: Joe selected for Hall of Fame
Joe, Bowden and Ward enters HoF
ORBITZ Last Minute Summer Sale: Book by Aug. 12 & SAVE up to 30%!
.
William "Billy" Joe, a legend a class act, one we are proud to call our own.
ReplyDeleteWE LOVE YA BILLY JOE! THE WICKED WITCH AND BIDDER OF ALL THINGS WHITE GOT YA AND YOU HANDLED IT WITH STYLE AND GRACE! CLASS! MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME CLASS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE EITHER BORN WITH OR WITHOUT, BECASUE YOU CAN NOT BUY IT OR AQUIRE IT. IT IS EITHER IN YOU OR ITS NOT AND CASTELL HAS NEVER HAD NOR HAS ANY CLASS! SHE WILL NEVER BE IN ANYONES HALL OF FAME, BUT SHE IS CLEARLY IN FAMU'S HALL OF SHAME AND DISGRACE!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Coach Joe
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Coach Billy Joe for being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot!
ReplyDeleteJust another example of how stupid and foolish the whole James Corbin, Fred Gainous and Cast-Hell Bryant era was for FAMU. They fired a Hall of Fame coach. FAMU didn't do Coach Joe right, but he did FAMU right.
Congrats Coach Joe!
ReplyDeleteYou showed them didn't ya!
Congrats Coach Billy Joe, you deserve it! Don't think you're not missed at those FAMU football games.
ReplyDeleteCome back, please.
ReplyDeleteBilly joe might need to replace Mr. Townsend as athletic director.
ReplyDelete