Michael Vick Shares His Early Teaching Classes
Because the HBCU soccer season approaches, Michael Vick enters the panorama as the brand new head coach at Norfolk State University. The NFL nice shortly began studying to be a head coach, liable for guiding younger student-athletes.
Vick visited his former skilled staff in Atlanta this week and joined Will McFadden on the Falcons podcast. The dialog was candid, as he mentioned teaching and the present state of his former staff.
Michael Vick takes over the Spartans after a 4-8 general and 2-3 MEAC report in 2024. As a brand new head coach, he instantly discovered what the job entailed.
“It was exciting at the same time just being a first-year head coach; you instantly find out what works and what doesn’t work,” Vick instructed McFadden. “It was fun just learning every day, being around the guys and being around the coaches, just learning what it takes to be a football coach, a head coach at that.”
The NSU household has gravitated in the direction of supporting Vick since Dr. Melody Webb, the director of athletics, introduced his hiring as this system’s head coach on Dec. 20, 2024. Assuming the reins after a veteran soccer coach like Dawson Odums fell wanting restoring successful at Norfolk State.
“I watched a lot of coaches over the years but never really knew what happens behind the scenes. And so I had to pick a couple of coaches’ brains and put my own little spin on it. And that was the cool part.”
Final month, Vick misplaced his mentor and marketing consultant, the Hampton Roads legend Tommy Reamon. The longtime coach handed away after struggling a stroke two months earlier. He performed a big position in convincing the 757 icon to simply accept the place at Norfolk State as a substitute of the provide from Sacramento State. What aspect of teaching is critical to achieve success on this period?
“You just got to read between the lines,” Vick defined. “In a lot of situations, you got to be straightforward with your quarterbacks and with your offense in general. And I think more so now just with my team, I can’t cut any corners. I can’t take any shortcuts. I got to be fully transparent with them in order to get the best version of them. I’m learning that being honest is the best thing. We try to teach trust in the process and that everything matters. And so I got to believe in that as well.
Vick’s passion for investing in the lives of young people has always been evident through the interviews, football camps, and personal time he spends with kids in the community. As we learn from his conversation, that was also a driving factor in his decision to return to his roots.
“It was a part of the rationale that I went again, being in my hometown, which is half-hour away, the place I grew up from Norfolk in Newport Information. I had an opportunity to go to Sacramento State, the place that they had tons of cash, in NIL. Tons of cash to pay me. My spouse nonetheless assume I am loopy for going to Norfolk [State]. Typically it is not all in regards to the financial. It is not in regards to the cash. It is in regards to the expertise what you may get out of it. I do not do issues for on a regular basis for financial causes.”
No one has a crystal ball to predict whether Michael Vick will be the key to unlocking the Spartans’ success this season. However, their new leader is confident in what lies ahead.
“I’ll make it a hit. It is going to achieve success, and I am trying ahead to it.”
Norfolk State kicks off its 2025 soccer marketing campaign in opposition to Towson at residence at Williams “Dick” Value Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 28.
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