Four-time NFL Pro Bowl quarterback Michael Vick has announced that he will be the next head coach of Norfolk State.
The 44-year-old, a Newport News native, made the announcement on his Facebook page on Tuesday. “It’s an honor to announce that I’ll be the new head coach of Norfolk State University… looking forward to coming back home,” he said in the post. Norfolk State has not officially announced Vick’s appointment. CNN has reached out to the school for comment. Since retiring from the NFL, Vick has never officially held any coaching position.
1 overall pick in 2001 and signed a 10-year, $130 million contract with the team in 2004, though his career was brought to a screeching halt in 2007 by the revelations of his involvement in an illegal dogfighting ring. He was suspended from the NFL indefinitely. In December 2007, Vick – who pleaded guilty to a federal charge – was sentenced to 23 months in prison. He subsequently pleaded guilty to state charges and received a suspended three-year sentence.
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