Year

1981

Video Details

8:13; color; sound and silent; V-187 BA232; S.1239

Description

Alonzo Smith "Jake" Gaither, former football coach and athletic director at Florida A&M University, reflects on his career as a coach. He stresses the effect that treating his players with respect had on his success with them and with people in general. He remarks that his former players are his family and that he shares a close relationship with them. The segment also contains extensive footage of photographs and Gaither's trophies and awards from various athletic and civic organizations. It ends with a testimonial from one of Gaither's former players. Produced by WFSU-TV.

Contributors

WFSU-TV

Corporate Subject

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Tallahassee

Personal Subject

Gaither, Alonzo Smith "Jake," 1903-1994

Subject

African American history
College sports
Florida A & M Rattlers (Football team)
Football coaches, African American
Historically black colleges and universities
Interviews
Promotional films