With the Benedict College band providing the music and the Tiger cheerleaders providing the spirit, Chennis Berry fed off the atmosphere in his introductory news conference as the new head football coach at Benedict College.
Berry comes to Benedict after serving as the Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator at Southern University. During his seven seasons with Southern, the Jaguars had a winning record every season and won four SWAC West Division titles and one SWAC championship, while the offense under his direction set numerous school and SWAC conference records.
He has had stops at Howard University, North Carolina A&T, Morgan State, Morris Brown, Kentucky State, Fort Valley State and Savannah State, while also serving internships with six different NFL teams.
This will be his first head coaching job. He takes over a Benedict team that finished 1-9 in 2019 under former coach Mike White.