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© St. Petersburg Times, published February 8, 2003
TAMPA -- Leto athletic director Oscar Gonzalez looked no farther than his recent past to find his school's new football coach, Jerrell Cogmon, who was hired this week.
Just a few years ago, Gonzalez and Cogmon were working together at Tampa Bay Tech. Gonzalez was the athletic director and Cogmon was a football assistant.
"I know he has great character from our time at TBT," Gonzalez said. "I also know he's matured into a young man who's ready for this kind of opportunity."
Cogmon, 28, is a Plant and Bethune-Cookman alumnus and has been an assistant at Tampa Bay Tech and Freedom, where he focused mainly on defense.
Cogmon replaces Andy Martin, who went 0-10, 4-6 and 0-10 the past three seasons with one of those victories coming on a forfeit.