Former four-time Pro Bowl quarterback Michael Vick said he is in talks with Norfolk State about becoming the team’s new head coach, The Virginian-Pilot reported on Monday.
Vick, who has no coaching experience at any level, told the newspaper that he has interviewed with the school’s president and athletic director and expects an answer “soon.”
“I know how to lead and I know what it takes,” he told the Pilot.
Should he get hired, Vick would replace Dawson Odums, fired by the school on Nov. 26. Odums led the MEAC school to a 15-31 mark in four seasons.
Vick grew up in Newport News, Va., less than 30 miles from the campus in Norfolk.
Vick, 44, threw for 22,464 yards, 133 touchdowns against 88 interceptions in 143 career NFL games (115 starts) with four teams, most notably the Atlanta Falcons (2001-06) and Philadelphia Eagles (2009-13). He rushed for another 6,109 yards and 36 TDs.
He was suspended from football in 2007 and 2008 for his role in an illegal dog-fighting ring, which landed him in federal prison for 21 months. He won the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2010.
Vick starred at Virginia Tech for two seasons, passing for 3,074 yards and rushing for 1,202. He scored 36 TDs combined. He was the No. 1 overall pick by the Falcons in the 2001 draft.
–Field Level Media
