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EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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After shedding interim coach tag, Anderson eyes to improve ECCC By Daniel Rigdon c; · 'S'-J' >themeridianstar.com WARRIORS AT A GLANCE

2009 record: 2-7

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2009 finish: Lost 30-27 in overtime to Pearl River in regular season finale Head coach: Brian Anderson (first year) Assistant coaches: Blake Frazier, KyleWatson, Fred Lyons, Derek Pouncey, Keith Houston, Randy Brunson, Jarvis Cole

JACKSON- East Central Community College football coach Brian Anderson is entering his first season us the official head man of the Warriors program. Anderson, who actc~d as the interim head coach for the I'll tin · 200\1 st•ason, believes that tlw pn~ssure is off now that the int f'rimtith~ has h(:t•n shed and looks for– ward to improvi11~ ECCC's football pro– gram. which fi nisiH'cl '2·7 for the 2009 sr-ason. "It feels mueh hl'lkr now," said Anderson of !wing named the hC'ad coach. ''I didn't quite realize the pressurC' of what comes with an interim title and all that it would entail. It's time for us now to move on and do what W(' want to do as a staff and as a team Although the Warriors return several key players on the offensive side of the ball. the success to Anderson's big-play spread offense begins at the quarterback position. 111is is of mainl:onccrn to East Central's staff as it lost star quarterback Emmanuel Taylor as he moved on to con–

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League: MACJCSouth Top Returnees: RadariousOwens, WR; Fred Smith. OL. Gabe Loper, DB: Khalld Wilson, LB; Alaric Kearns, OL.

2010 schedule

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