Former Citadel football coach Brent Thompson swaps playbook for custard shop #thecitadel

Published: Jul 08, 2024 Duration: 00:02:39 Category: News & Politics
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OF PACE FOR A FORMER CITADEL HEAD COACH--- HIS STORY--- NEXT >> ABC news four sports with Scott iceberg sponsored by Somerville Ford. >> Adapting to change. The landscape of college football did a 180 over the past few years. So has Brent Thompson, who spent his career coaching it including seven seasons as the Citadel's head coach. >> The work hours and work ethic has never been an issue for Brenda Thompson and frankly, on the summer practice field, the walk in freezer sounds enticing. >> The last four years the game has changed so much. Being a career small college football guy, it has been very challenging. >> Football will always be football but in IL, the transfer portal and the elimination of cut locking changed his game so Brent Thompson altered his game plan. >> It took me three or four months to make the final decision. Number one I really want to own and run my own business. It was something I would like to do if I ever left college football, never thinking I would leave. I do not know if it is the end of coaching for me, but it is for now. >>'s offense always differed from others and so do his frozen sweet treats. >> I was texting my brother. He was asking me what jobs I had. I said I did not have anything going but I wanted to get into some sort of a franchise and I needed a business model. >> He said, we have frozen custard in Jacksonville where I live. I had never tasted frozen custard before in my life before we opened it. They loved it. >> After 18 months, of drawing up plans, two weeks of training camp, opening day for wits on James Island. Since then he has been there each and every day all day scooping up all of the experience he can get. >> Your name is on the business just like it was on Citadel football at all the other places I have worked. >> Is passed far from forgotten. Heck, you can't spell sprinkles without NIL. >> I come and get the shop set up and do a little cleaning and get my mind right and get focused for the day. 7:00-nine :00 we get ramped up with a long line out the door and that is our game day that we look forward to. At the end of the day I check my stats against the previous week and we are competing every day. >> Three handles. It does that mean triple option? >>

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