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Former Tide player named head football coach at Alabama A&M

Alabama A&M announced Sam Shade as its next head football coach on Sunday.

Shade joins the Bulldogs in the SWAC after leading Miles College to a 10-3 record and capturing the SIAC title as their head coach in 2024. He won a national championship as a defensive back at Alabama in 1992 before spending eight seasons in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals and Washington Redskins.

The former Alabama player will look to leave his mark on another HBCU program. 

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Trevion Ware is from Dallas, Tx, born February 16th. Trevion is a 2018 high school graduate from Dallas Carter High School. Trevion attended 3 colleges as a student & former college track athlete; Texas A&M University-Commerce, Butler Community College, and The University of Louisiana at Monroe. Trevion first attended Texas A&M University-Commerce in 2018-2019 and competed in D2 NCAA, before transferring to Butler Community College in spring 2020. Trevion then went on to compete in JUCO and graduate with his associates degree in liberal arts in spring 2021. Trevion would later transfer to the University of Louisiana at Monroe and competed in D1 NCAA during 2022, before ultimately stepping from track and deciding to focus on a career in sports journalism. Trevion then graduated in the spring of 2024 with his bachelors degree in Mass Communications. Trevion is now a team journalist & reporter, covering Alabama Football for Touchdown Alabama Magazine.

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