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Former Alcorn coach Ernest Collins takes a high school head coaching job

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Former Alcorn State University Head Football Coach Ernest Collins Jr. has now accepted a head coaching job at a high school in Colorado.

Collins recently accepted a job at Gateway High School in Aurora, Colorado last month as the school made the announcement on their Twitter page.

Collins was the head coach of the Braves from 2009-2010 where he finished with a 8-12 record in the two seasons. He went on to become the head coach of the University of Northern Colorado until the end of 2019.

Collins will now take over GHS who went 5-4 last season. He will begin the process of turning them into a successful program with his many years of coaching experience on the collegiate level.

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Keith Phillips is the Vicksburg Daily News Sports Editor. He has been on staff since October 2019 where he was part-time until becoming full-time in 2020. Keith is a Vicksburg native and graduate of Vicksburg High School and the University of Southern Mississippi. In his years with VDN, he has covered multiple stories including sports, human interest and crime(courtroom).

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