Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, December 5, 2012
Purdue made it official Wednesday night, introducing Kent State's Darrell Hazell as its new head football coach. A former Ohio State assistant, Hazell replaces Danny Hope, who was fired last month after four seasons. As previously reported, Hazell will coach Kent State in its bowl game Jan. 6, 2013, and come to West Lafayette for good the following day. Check out some of the tweets on Hazell in this post.
[AP: Purdue's new coach sets sights on Rose Bowl]
BOILERMAKERS
https://twitter.com/RobHenry15/status/276501549985980416
Jst met Darrell Hazell, definitely landed an outstanding coach. Hats off to our AD for pulling strings to get him here, Bright future ahead!
— Charles Torwudzo Jr. (@ChuckT17) December 5, 2012
Glad to say we got Darrell Hazell as our new head football coach. Awesome past as a WR coach, lookin forward to meeting him! #BoilerUp
— Charles Torwudzo Jr. (@ChuckT17) December 5, 2012
Just met Coach Hazell, seams like genuine person and coach. Excited about playing for him already, no doubt headed in the right direction
— Danny Anthrop (@DannyAnthrop) December 5, 2012
Very anxious and excited about meeting Coach Hazell. What he's done in the past is very exciting for the Purdue football program
— Landon B. Feichter (@LBF44) December 5, 2012
MEDIA
https://twitter.com/BTNRickPizzo/status/276464243967148032
Hazell showing sense of humor, too. This guy is a home run.
— Boiled Sports (@BoiledSports) December 6, 2012
https://twitter.com/ESPN_BigTen/status/276489148934803456
Just passed #Purdue coach Darrell Hazell in Mollenkopf. Going to meet with assistant coaches. Got the media handshake
— mike carmin (@mike_carmin) December 5, 2012
Happy for Darrell Hazell, new coach at Purdue. Appreciated his intelligence and professionalism when he was OSU asst. Class guy.
— Ken Gordon (@kghealth22) December 5, 2012
