Friday, December 23, 2011

Texas Southern University Hires Darrell Asberry as New Head Football Coach

Coach Darrell Asberry (bio)
HOUSTON, Texas - Texas Southern University has hired Darrell Asberry from Shaw University as the Tigers new head football coach. Shaw is a member of NCAA Division II and is located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

In six years as the head coach at Shaw Asberry's record is 40-25 and 30-13 in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. On Asberry's watch the Bears won three CIAA titles in the last five years.

"We hired Darrell Asberry as our next football coach at Texas Southern because if you look at his background and his track record, he developed Shaw into one of the premier Division II football programs," said Charles McClelland, TSU's athletics director, in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.

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Shaw's Asberry named head football coach at Texas Southern

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Shaw University football coach Darrell Asberry was named head coach at Texas Southern University on Thursday.

Asberry led the Bears to a 40-25 overall record in six seasons at Shaw. The Bears won conference championships in 2007, 2008 and 2010 and the team made the NCAA Division II tournament in 2007 and 2010. In 2008, the Bears appeared in the Pioneer Bowl.

Asberry was named CIAA Coach of the Year in 2007, and was named the Pigskin Club’s (Washington, DC) 2010 CIAA Coach of the Year.

Asberry said that the choice to take the job at Texas Southern was a difficult one.

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