The Benedict Tigers showed a lot of progress in year one under Chennis Berry going 5-5 and finishing the season with back-to-back victories. Nineteen starters return, ten on offense led by quarterback Eric Phoenix who passed for 1891 yards and 12 touchdowns in seven games. But Southern University transfer John Lampley is providing strong competition …
Chennis Berry came to Benedict as the Tigers’ new head coach in February of 2020. He’s yet to coach his first official game. The former offensive coordinator at Southern saw the 2020 fall season wiped out by Covid. There was no spring season, so on September 4th, Berry finally will coach his first game in …
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Benedict cut its ties with football coach Mike White after the 2019 season and in February hired Chennis Berry, the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Southern University. Berry was with the Jaguars for seven seasons and during that time they won a SWAC Championship and four division titles. Last season the Jaguars averaged …
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