2007

J-nderwood out, Cheatham in at EC By Marty Stamper Appeal Sports Ed itor

normal employment p;oce– dures and employ Coach Steve Cheatham as head foot– ball coach etTective. Jan. 3. 2008," ECCC President Dr. Phil A. Sutphin told the Board. "Coach Cheatham has in– state.and our-of-state coaching experience, he has bee n employed m high school, community college, and uni– versity football programs, and has been the head coach of two of our district high school football programs. My obser– vations of Coach Cheatham are that he is a man of integri– ty who will lead the program in the direction that we want for the program." Prior to the vote, several board members spoke up. "We can't get much worse. I think we ought to open it up," board member Randal Continued on 4B... See EC...

The Underwood File Year All Division 1998 3-7 2-4 1999 8-3 5-1 2000 6-4 3-3 2001 6-4 4~2 2002 3-6 3-3 2003 .2-7 1-5 2004 4-5 2-4 2005 3-4 2-4 2006 2-7 0-6 2007 3-6 0-6 Total 40-53 22·38 from assistant coach to head coach, despite several areas of concern from various board members. ''Because of the timing of Coach Underwood's resigna– tion, the availability of a qual– ity candidate for the position, the release of the College's ·'Protected List,.. and the beginning of out-of-district recmiting, I am recommend– ing that the College forego the

After I0 years as head foot– bal l coach at East Central Community College, Terry Underwood won't be .back on

the Warrior s i de line next fall. T h e War r iors r ece nt l y com pl e te d their sixth straight los– ing season, going 3-6 overall and 0-6 m the

Terr y Underwood

MACJC South Division.

The ECCC Board of Tmstees unan imously accept– ed Underwood's resignation in Tuesday's monthly meeting. The Board then approved elevating Steve Cheatham