Vandy’s Caldwell Debuts

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Robbie Caldwell’s opening statement from his first SEC Media Days:

“The first question you’re asking is, ‘Who is Robbie Caldwell?’  Very few people know me.  I’ve been behind the scenes for a long time.  I think I’ve been an assistant for 30-something years, I really don’t know how many.  But… tremendous opportunity for me.  Obviously it was bittersweet.  Coach (Bobby) Johnson retired and I’m so tickled for him that he’s got good health. … I lost a good friend, of course, he’ll still be available certainly.  And football lost a great man, a great coach.”

“As far as the program goes, we are excited.  I am excited.  You can imagine being in my position after all these years and all of a sudden here it is.  And it happened just like you’ve heard.  None of us had any idea.  Coach had always told us that he would retire one day and be in good health hopefully. … A couple of hours after that I was informed that I would be the interim head coach and I didn’t know what to say.  I was so excited.”

For a first-time head coach at Media Days, Caldwell does not appear nervous at all.