BSC promotes Defensive Coordinator Birmingham-Southern College President David Pollick and Athletic Director Joe Dean Jr., announced the hiring of Eddie Garfinkle as the schools new head football coach. Garfinkle, who spent the 2007 season as the Panther’s Defensive Coordinator, replaces Joey Jones, who was hired to start the University of South Alabama football program last Friday. “After talking to a number of excellent football coaches, and discussing the current state of our young football program, Dr. Pollick and I both felt that it was in the best interest of our football players and staff to promote from within the program,” Dean said. “Eddie Garfinkle started helping Joey Jones build our program from day one and has many years of college coaching experience. We love his passion and energy and feel he is the best person to lead our football program into the future." Before arriving on the Hilltop, Garfinkle spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Spain Park High School in Hoover, Ala., working as defensive and kicking game coordinator, as well as linebackers coach. He coached linebackers at Georgia Southern University from 1992-1996 before going into private business from 1997-2001. The Eagles had the number one ranked scoring defense in the Southern Conference in 1993 and 1995 – both of those years the Eagles lost in the NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinals to eventual national champions Youngstown State (1993) and Montana (1995). Garfinkle earned a B.S. degree in Education from Jacksonville State in 1981 and went on to complete a Master’s in Education in 1982. After playing linebacker for the Gamecocks for three years, he coached at his alma mater as a student/graduate assistant coach (1980-81), defensive end and defensive line coach (1982-1985) and Defensive Coordinator and linebackers coach (1986-1991). The Gamecocks won seven Gulf South Conference titles and made the NCAA Division II playoffs nine times during his 15 year tenure as a player and coach. JSU played in the National title game three times in 1977, 1989 and 1991. During those year’s Garfinkle’s defenses consistently ranked in the top five in the national statistics, ranking first in 1989 and second in 1990 and 1991 in scoring defense. |
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