BRUCE: IT IS NOT UNUSUAL IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR SUCCESSFUL
COACHES TO LEAVE FOR BETTER,
HIGHER-PAYING JOBS, BUT GOOD
NEWS FOR JAMES MADISON FANS
TONIGHT -- YOUR COACH IS
STICKING AROUND FOR A WHILE.
JUST ONE WIN AWAY FROM PLAYING
IN THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, JMU
PLAYERS GOT THE WORD TODAY THERE
COACH HAS AGREED TO A 10-YEAR
CONTRACT EXTENSION THAT
WILL
KEEP HIM THROUGH THE 2027
SEASON.
HE LEFT
JMU TO THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP LAST ANYWHERE.
SATURDAY, THEY HOST SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE IN THE SEMIFINALS.
HE ADMITS HE HAS TURNED DOWN
OFFERS FROM BIGGER SCHOOLS.
HE SAYS HE AND HIS WIFE AND SON
S
LOVE LIVING IN HARRISONBURG AND
HE WANTS TO STAY AROUND AT LEAST
FOR ANOTHER DECADE OR SO.
I TALKED TO THE KIDS BEFORE
WE CAME OUT TODAY AND TOLD THEM
ABOUT THE NEWS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
UNIVERSITY.
THEY WANTED US HERE, AND
EVERYTHING CAME DOWN TO
JUST WAS
SPECIAL THING WE HAVE HERE AND
THOSE KIDS.
BRUCE: NATHAN EPSTEIN IS IN
HARRISONBURG TONIGHT AND WILL
JOIN US LATER AS WE BEGIN OUR
COVERAGE OF SATURDAY'S GAME
