Fisher DeBerry
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Fisher DeBerry
James Fisher DeBerryis a retired American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the United States Air Force Academy from 1984 to 2006, compiling a record of 169–109–1. DeBerry led 17 of his 23 Air Force Falcons squads to winning records and captured 12 bowl game bids. Three times his teams won the Western Athletic Conference title, in 1985, 1995, and 1998. DeBerry retired on December 15, 2006 with the most wins and highest winning...
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We felt like we had some young players that were developing at the free safety position that might have a little bit more range and might give us the potential to get more interceptions back there. That's the main reason.
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We also understand that standards have to be maintained. We have to move on with our preparations for this season, but we'll do all we can to help Marcus continue his education at another school.
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The other team had a lot more Afro-American players than we did and they ran a lot faster than we did.
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has a zero-tolerance policy for any racial or ethnic discrimination or discrimination of any kind.
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I realize the things I said might have been hurtful to many people and I want everyone to understand that I never intended to offend anyone.
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I want everyone to understand that I never intended to offend anyone.
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It's very obvious to me the other day that the other team had a lot more Afro-American players than we did, and they ran a lot faster than we did, ... It just seems to be that way, that Afro-American kids can run very, very well. That doesn't mean that Caucasian kids and other descents can't run, but it's very obvious to me they run extremely well.
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Our offense played real well the first half,
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What was disappointing for our football team was the number of penalties we got. It was very, very uncharacteristic of Falcon football. Penalties will take away your momentum quicker than anything in the world.