2024 Pigskin Preview: Wade Hampton Generals [Video]

SPORTS. THE COUNTDOWN IS ON. MARK AND JULIA, THANK YOU. BACK IN THE UPSTATE, IT’S A NEW ERA FOR THE WADE HAMPTON GENERALS. YEAR ONE UNDER HEAD COACH RUBEN WRIGHT, WHO RETURNS TO THE UPSTATE FOLLOWING A STINT AS THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND ASSISTANT HEAD COACH AT WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. BUT THIS ISN’T WRIGHT’S FIRST TIME COACHING IN THE UPSTATE. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS HEAD COACH OF CAROLINA HIGH. HE’LL GUIDE THE GENERALS INTO A NEW ERA, MAKING THE JUMP UP TO THE LARGEST CLASSIFICATION THAT THE PALMETTO STATE HAS TO OFFER. DOING SO WITH A YOUNG CORE JUST EIGHT SENIORS ON THE ROSTER, JUNIOR WIDEOUT JAMARION MCKINNEY, ALONGSIDE SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK JAMES COLEMAN, WILL BE THE CENTERPIECES OF THIS GENERALS OFFENSE. TWO PLAYERS THAT COACH WRIGHT SAYS ARE SPECIAL TALENTS. WE JUST WANT TO GET OUR NUMBERS BUILT UP. WE WANT OUR GUYS TO BELIEVE AND …