Rudy Hubbard is to be included in College Football Hall of Fame

Columbus, Ohio -Rudy Hubbard, who worked from 1968 to 1973 under legendary head coach Woody Hayes and was the first African American assistant coach in the state of Ohio, will be admitted to College Football Hall of Fame as a member of the 2021 class. The National Football Foundation (NFF) and the College Hall of Fame announced their 2021 class on Monday.

Hubbard enters the Hall of Fame as a trainer – together with Bob Stoops from Oklahoma – and is based on his achievements and achievements as head coach at the Florida A&M University. He set a record of 83-48-3 over 12 seasons and led the National Championship of the IAA National Championship in 1978 in the first National Championship in a row to the National Cup of Black College Football in 1977 and 1978. Florida A&M remains the only HBCU (historically black universities and universities). During Hubbard's term of office, he led Florida A&M through the transition from the status of Division II to Division IAA. Originally as independent, Florida A&M 1980 of the MID-Easters Athletic Conference joined.

The Football Hall of Fame 2021 class is officially recorded on December 7th on December 7th during the 63rd NFF Award dinner together with the Hall of Fame Class 2020 (the 2020 event was canceled due to Covid-19), to which former Buceye Keith Byars belong to his Enshrines.

Hubbard, a native Ohio, is a buckle through and through. He grew up in Hubbard, Ohio, where he was a great all-round athlete and deserved letters in football, basketball and route in the Hubbard High School. In the state of Ohio, he played in all nine games as a junior and senior. As a senior in 1967, he achieved an average of 5.3 meters per carry and caught 13 passports. He saved his best game for the last time: In a 24:14 win against Michigan in 1967, Hubbard ran for 103 yards at 15 Carries and scored two touchdowns.

In the fall of 1968, Hayes Hubbard hired as a “cadet trainer”, which means that he would devote full -time work to the football team in autumn and then conclude his degree in education in the winter quarter. After doing this, Hayes made him the team's Backfield coach for the 1969 season. Hubbard remained in this role for the rest of his time with the buckeyes and also took on additional tasks in recruitment. He spent a total of nine years in the state of Ohio as an athlete and trainer.

Hubbard's greatest recruitment victory was to land two-time Heisman Trophy winners, the Archie Griffin decreased. He trained Griffin for two years, 1972 and 1973 before he went to Florida A&M head coach.

After his time in Florida A&M, Hubbard had four years of work as head coach at the James S. Rickards High School in his current hometown Tallahassee, Florida. He is now retired and still lives in Florida.