Warrior Magazine December 2018

tremendous work they are already doing. As the new director of athletics, one of the main things that attracted me to the position was the college’s commitment to excellence in all areas, and the existing athletic facilities re flect this. The addition of this football operations center will be a huge step forward for our department and will benefit all of Warrior Athletics for years to come.” There are still naming op portunities available for Warrior Hall, including the building itself, the equipment room, individual player’s lockers, team meeting room seats, and other areas. For more information on naming opportunities and donations, con tact David LeBlanc, ECCC’s director of alumni relations and the founda tion, at 601-635-6327 or dleblanc@ eccc.edu. The architect for Warrior Hall is Eley Guild Hardy Architects of Biloxi. The contractor is J&J Contractors Inc. of Collinsville.

in 2016, and a C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl victory in 2015. East Central’s new Director of Ath letics Paul Nixon said that Warrior Hall will continue the college’s commitment to excellence in its athletics facilities and serve to benefit all student-ath letes. “ ” It is a very exciting day for the East Central football program. This facility will help us attract and prepare future Warrior football players for success on and off the field. - EC Head Football Coach Ken Karcher “Coach Ken Karcher and his staff do an excellent job of preparing young men to be successful in life beyond their football careers,” said Nixon, who assumed his duties in June. “The approval of this project will give them the space they need to enhance the

realization including construction of a new Band Hall, the addition of several parking lots throughout campus, reno vations to residence halls, and other infrastructure improvements.” With the college’s synthetic turf installed in 2014 and a new score board expected to be in place by the first football game of the 2019 season, East Central’s football facilities will be among the best in the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges. East Central head football coach Ken Karcher said Warrior Hall will be a tremendous benefit to his program. “It is a very exciting day facility will help us attract and prepare future Warrior football players for suc cess on and off the field.” In just his sixth season as head coach, Karcher has guided the Warriors to two appearances in the MACJC state playoffs, an MACJC South Division title for the East Central football program,” said Karcher. “This

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