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Michael Vick speaks to media and attendees after he is introduced as the head coach of the Norfolk State football team during a press conference on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Mike Caudill)

Former NFL great Michael Vick introduced as Norfolk State’s football coach

Michael Vick has been introduced as Norfolk State’s football coach, a homecoming for the former NFL star and a splashy, attention-grabbing hire for a program that has struggled in recent years

By AP News
Published - Dec 23, 2024, 01:28 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 23, 2024, 01:28 PM EST

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — To shouts of “Coach” and “Let’s go Spartans,” Michael Vick was introduced Monday as Norfolk State’s football coach, a homecoming for the former NFL star and a splashy, attention-grabbing hire for a program that has struggled in recent years.

Vick, who grew up about 30 minutes away in Newport News, donned a Norfolk State letterman’s jacket and cap in front of a crowd of supporters that included fellow Hampton Roads, Virginia, sports greats Allen Iverson and Bruce Smith.

Vick’s introduction was the culmination of whirlwind courtship, the timing of which took even Vick by surprise.

“I was talking to my high school coach a couple weeks ago, and I told him I wanted to be a football coach one day, a couple years from now,” he said.

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