ATHENS, W.Va. – The latest edition of the Concord University Athletics Senior Spotlight introduces two-sport athlete
Bennie White of the football and men's track and field teams at Concord.
White talks with Concord University Sports Information Director
Wes McKinney about the transfer process from St. Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina, balancing his time on and off the field and receiving the quality coaching of head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach
Mike Cox. Some excerpts of the interview are below.
The complete interview can be found here:
https://cutt.ly/WyWmyUf
ON WORKING A FEW DIFFERENT JOBS IN ADDITION TO BE A STUDENT-ATHLETE
I came here and got really involved with the campus. I worked at Aramark, helped out with the Upward Bound program, helped out with the Bonner Scholars—got to know a lot of people—helped out at the day care and helped out
Chris Smallwood at the fitness center. I got to know a lot of people.
ON BEING COACHED BY MIKE COX
He was the reason why I kept (competing) in track and field—him being a genuine guy and great person. It was one of the reasons that kept me motivated to do both sports. All his pre-race and pre-meet speeches, motivation, all the quotes he would give us before practice those hit home. I would ask him to give me some (quotes) before I ran. I never had coaching like that in track. Coach Cox went from a coach to a best friend to a guy I could talk to when I needed somebody.
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