Reed won’t coach Bethune-Cookman as talks stop working

Ed Reed, a Super Bowl champ and nine-time Pro Bowl choice with the Baltimore Ravens, revealed Saturday he will no longer be the head coach at Bethune-Cookman.

Reed tweeted a statement which detailed, “After weeks of settlements I have actually been notified that the University won’t be validating my contract and won’t make good on the arrangement we had in principle, which had arrangements and resources best required to support the trainee professional athletes.

“I was dedicated to training and cultivating a relationship with the University, Players, Neighborhood and the Fans. It’s very disappointing this will not be happening,” Reed said.Editor’s Picks

1 Associated Bethune-Cookman announced that the school and Reed had “went into an arrangement in principle … to be its 16th head football coach” on Dec. 27. Its previous coach, Terry Sims, was fired in late November after going 2-9 in back-to-back seasons.Bethune-Cookman, an HBCU in Daytona Beach, Florida, won six MEAC championships because 2000, but has actually struggled given that signing up with the SWAC in 2021. Reed, 44, has spent the previous 3 seasons in a support staff role at his alma mater, Miami, most just recently as a senior football advisor under head coach Mario Cristobal.