Connell maynor biography of donald

Alabama A&M football coach Connell Maynor often had a propensity to get on his good buddy Donald Hill-Eley during the SWAC coaches weekly virtual media video conferences, going back and forth and joking like the best friends they are.

The two last met on Saturday during the Magic City Classic, a game in which Maynor’s Bulldogs topped the Hill-Eley-led Hornets , for a fourth consecutive time.

Just days later, it was announced that Hill-Eley had been fired as Alabama State head coach.  Then it was Maynor’s turn to offer words of encouragement, not friendly banter, to a personal friend no longer part of the game.

Also read: Coach Donald Hill-Eley out at Alabama State days after Magic City Classic defeat

“We talked about 10 minutes this morning and he’s doing OK,” Maynor said Monday.

“He understands it’s all part of it. You know when you take the (coaching) job there are only two types of coaches … coaches being hired and c