New Faces In the Athletic Department

September 1, 2011

Under the

new administration of Earl Hilton as the Director of Athletics for

North Carolina A&T State University, there have been many new

changes made within the Athletics Department.

Under the

new administration of Earl Hilton as the Director of Athletics for

North Carolina A&T State University, there have been many new

changes made within the Athletics Department.

As of

April 1,

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her position as the new Associate Athletics Director at North

Carolina A&T replacing Darryl Hill. Left Georgia Tech where she

served as Assistant Director of Compliance to fill the this new

position. I left because this was a great opportunity,” she said.

“This is a great school of higher

Verrett is now

responsible for matters that involve new policies and procedures

for the welfare of student athletes.

“I want

our student athletes to be successful,” she said. “I understand

what they’re going through having a background as a

student

Verrett is a 2000

graduate from the University of Miami and ran track for the

Hurricanes.

She also

received her law degree from the Southern University Law Center in

Baton Rouge, LA.

Other

additions in the Athletics Department

include

who serves as Interim Head Athletic Trainer. Many other positions

in the administrative department for athletics are still in the

process of being finalized.

This year,

there are also new faces within the sports teams. Three new head

coaches have been added to the coaching staff. Hal Clifton was

recently hired as the new head coach of the A&T women’s

volleyball team. Prior to his new position, Clifton served as an

assistant volleyball coach at

where he helped lead the Phoenix to a 21-14 overall record in

2010.

“I’m

excited about the challenges that lie ahead,” Clifton said in a

written statement. “We have a lot of work ahead of us, but the

players are eager and so am

Clifton

has also coached at St. Andrews Presbyterian College as well as on

the high school level. He was also a member of the volleyball team

at Appalachian State University where he graduated with a degree in

athletic training.

Tony “background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-repeat: no-repeat !important; background-position-x: 50%; background-position-y: 100%;”>Veney was

named the new Track and Field Director after the retirement of

former coach Roy “Spaceman” Thompson.

Thompson

retired after a breech in protocol which led to the death

a 20 year-old sophomore trying out for the track

team.

on the track due to an elevated heart rate. He did not have

physical on file and there was not a trainer present, both which

goes against policy.

Before

taking the job at A&T,

at Ventura Community College, University of Oregon, Portland State

University, California State- Los Angeles, Occidental College, and

University of California, where he also lettered in track and

field.

“One of

the things about the program that attracted me here was the

potential performance,” said

“The program has always tried to have good reputation and I just

want to enhance

As the

director,

be responsible for leading A&T’s men and women cross country,

indoor track, and outdoor track.

Rod

Broadway will be N. C. A&T’s sixth football coach in ten years.

He was hired in February as the new head coach and brought in an

entire new host of assistant coaches.

“I’m

looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead of us. If

everything I hear about Aggie Pride is true, we’re going to win and

win big here,” Broadway said in a written statement.

Broadway

comes to A&T with plenty experience. He has coached for East

Carolina University, Duke University, University of North Carolina-

Chapel Hill, and North Carolina Central University. His most recent

coaching position was with

Broadway also played defensive lineman for

the

The

Athletics Department is also in the process of hiring a new

baseball coach after the resignation of

Keith

coached the Aggies baseball team for the last 15 seasons. Joel

Sanchez appears to be the lead candidate for the position, but

Hilton explained that there are more finalization procedures that

must be completed before they can officially announce Sanchez as

head coach. Sanchez spent eight seasons as an assistant coach for

the

and two seasons as a pitching coach for the Washington

Nationals.

Karmen Robinson, Sports Editor

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