Courtesy UAPB Athletics Department
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Head Coach Monte Coleman and defensive end Brandon Thurmond will be honored next month by the Pig Skin Club of Washington, D.C. Coleman, the Southwestern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year will receive the Tillman Sease Award. Meanwhile, Thurmond, the SWAC Defensive Player of the Year will be the recipient of the Paul Duffy Award.
Coleman guided his team to a 10-2 record while claiming the school’s first SWAC Football Championship since 1966 this past December. Coleman played for the Washington Redskins in parts of three decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s. On the all-time list of games played as a Redskin, Monte Coleman is currently ranked second. He ended his career having played in 217 games as he only stands behind Darrell Green on that list. Coleman, who is originally from Pine Bluff, played in four Super Bowls winning three.
Thurmond recorded 70 tackles, included 28 tackles for loss, ranking him second in the SWAC, second in NCAA (FCS). He led the nation in sacks with 17.5. In addition, the Augusta, Georgia native had one pass break-up, seven quarterback hurries, three recovered fumbles, one forced fumble and one blocked kick during the 2012 Campaign.
The 75th Annual Awards Dinner will take place Friday, February 8, 2013 at the Capital Hilton Hotel Washington, DC.
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