St. Augustine’s hires Howard Feggins as football coach

ST. AUGUSTINE'S UNIVERSITY

Howard Feggins, who spent 2022 as offensive coordinator with CIAA champion Fayetteville State, takes over as St. Augustine's head coach.

St. Augustine’s is turning to Howard Feggins to pull the Falcons out of the CIAA football cellar.

Feggins, who was introduced as coach on March 23, has four decades of football experience as a coach, player, and athletic consultant. He takes over a program that went 4-23 the last three seasons not counting 2020, which was canceled due to the covid pandemic. The Falcons went 1-8 in 2022 under coach David Bowser, who resigned in January.

“I’m excited for the opportunity of the young men and to show them, if they give me all that effort, then we have an opportunity to win,” Feggins said. “The President [Christine Johnson] McPhail and the athletic director [Lin] Dawson, are very supportive of the growth and direction of the program.”

Feggins has Triangle and CIAA ties. He is a 1987 North Carolina graduate who played safety and cornerback with the Tar Heels before going to the NFL with the New York Giants and New England Patriots. He was offensive coordinator last year at CIAA winner Fayetteville State, the conference’s second-ranked team in total offense, which earned him an invitation the 2023 HBCU Legacy Bowl in New Orleans.  

“I am excited to welcome Coach Feggins to SAU,” McPhail said. “His experience, leadership, mentorship skills, and football philosophy align well with our university’s mission.”

Before Fayetteville State, Feggins was an assistant coach at Colorado State-Pueblo. Over his first two years as running backs coach, the Thunderwolves won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title, and running backs Marche Dennard and Bernard McDondle, earned invitations to NFL rookie minicamps. His final two seasons were spent coaching kick returners and receivers in addition to offense academic liaison.

Feggins has spent time in the high school ranks as head coach at Warren Central High in Bowling Green, Ky, in 2014, where his team went 6-5 and earned a playoff berth.  
“After a national search for a person who embodied a reimagined university with the history of winning championships, coach Howard Feggins surfaced as the choice,” Dawson said. “The interview committee was diligent in the search for a transformational leader, and we have found one.”
 

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