Sylvester Croom, Jr. is the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference. He was the head football coach at Mississippi State University from 2004 through 2008.

“I didn't think they played with as much class as Alabama teams usually do.”

“I told our seniors this was not the end of their career. This was the beginning of our championship run.”

“We've got to develop some mental toughness. It's why we don't have back-to-back good practices and why we can't win two games in a row. Right now, we're just not mentally tough enough. I'm disappointed because after a good day, we'll have a lackadaisical practice.”

“I thought the defense did a great job of getting turnovers. They came up with tipped balls, fell on loose balls, and ran to the football. The only thing I got on them about was that they did not stop the offense a couple of times in short yardage situations.”

“We'd go to the local church in that recruit's town or just stand on the street corner and talk to whoever passes by. Background checks may be fine for some, but I don't plan to hire somebody when we can go out and do the same work ourselves. I'd have a hard time anyway trusting anybody other than my coaches.”

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