Dec. 9, 2009

Charlie Strong, former defensive coordinator at the University of Florida, has been named the 21st head football coach at the University of Louisville, Vice-President/Director of Athletics Tom Jurich announced on Wednesday.

"I've done a lot of homework with this hire, and I was amazed how well-respected and revered Charlie Strong is throughout the country ," said Jurich. "He commands a lot of respect from people within the game, including ex-players and coaches around college football."

Strong becomes the third African-American coach at a BCS school (Randy Shannon at Miami and Mike London at Virginia) and just the second-ever in the BIG EAST Conference.
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