Names in the News - Jan. 7, 1986
Rockey Felker, an Alabama assistant coach who quarterbacked Mississippi State from 1972-74, was named head football coach at his alma mater. Felker, at 32 the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I-A football, replaces Emory Bellard, who was fired in December.
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