The Clarion
Volume 71, Issue 6
Serving the Brevard College community since 1935
February 1, 2006
Bobby Poss named third head BC football
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coach since December
by Adam Beeson
Managing Editor
Brevard College recently
announced that Bobby Poss will
be the third coach in four weeks
to head the school’s new foot
ball program next fall, less than
seven months before the Torna
does are set to take the field for
their season opener.
Poss, the former coach of
two-time 4-A state champion
A.C. Reynolds High School,
comes to Brevard following the
withdrawals of NCAA Division
11 assistant coaches Ralph
Isernia and Tommy Laurendine,
who quit shortly after accepting
the position.
“Unfortunately, 1 believe
some young assistant coaches
are so enamored with the oppor
tunity to be a head coach that
they don’t fully consider the
amount of effort that goes into
starting a program from scratch,”
Athletic Director Tom Collins
said.
Laurendine, an assistant at
Southern Arkansas, was the first
to change his mind on the posi
tion. “[Laurendine’s] exact
words to me were that his wife
had decided she didn’t want to
move,” Collins told the
Asheville Citizen-Times. “1 un
derstand Tommy’s decision. 1
just wish he had not taken the
job.”
Two weeks later, Isernia, of
fensive coordinator and offen
sive line coach at the University
of Charleston (W. Va.), quit just
one day after being hired.
Since these discouraging
Head Football Coach Bobby Poss
experiences, Collins is feeling
more optimistic that Poss, who
retired from A.C. Reynolds in
2003, will stick with the school’s
effort to rebuild the program af
ter 56 years.
“1 am extremely pleased that
Bobby Poss has agreed to be the
head football coach at Brevard
College and have all confidence
that he will build a competitive
Division II program here,”
Collins said. “His record of build
ing winning teams, with five
state championships at three dif
ferent 4-A high schools in North
Carolina, is unmatched as far as
1 know.”
After being away from
coaching for three years, Poss
says that he will begin analyz
ing videotapes of possible re
cruits and conducting interviews
with candidates for assistant
coaching positions in time for
the Aug. 2'6 home opener
against University of Virginia-
Wise.
“A lot of work will be re
quired to get our program ready
for the 2006 football season,”
Poss said. “1 am thrilled about
the opportunity to lead the
see Poss, page 3
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are so enamored with the oppor- _
Two new BC trustee members named
by Zack Harding
Staff Writer
The Brevard College Board
of Trustees recently named two
new members to the Board of
Trustees, alumna Kathi Levine
(’81) of Charlotte and Edwin
Jones (’64) of Brevard.
Both were selected to serve
a three year term on the Board,
which currently holds 48 mem
bers. “Both Kathi and Edwin are
committed to quality education,
and to helping Brevard College
be one of the best higher edu
cation institutions in the re
gion,” said Board Chairman Jo
seph McGuire. “They have dem
onstrated commitment to
Brevard College over the years
and we are honored to have them
become members of the Board.”
Levine is the owner and
founder of two businesses which
have been in operation since
1993, located in Charlotte. KLL
Kathi Levin ('81)
enterprises, Inc, is an import and
distribution company of willow
products and plastic packaging
for the food industry; and Great
American Gift Baskets, is a retail
company selling to the general
public.
Kathi served as a Director
for the Board of Executive As
Edwin Jones ('64)
sociation of Charlotte in 2002
and 2003, and has been a mem
ber of the Board since 2000.
Levine was editor of the
Clarion for Brevard College and
graduated in 1981. She has
see Trustees, page 3
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Music review 9
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