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Trey Glymph wasnt aware he converted five field goals. He just wanted to convert each one.

March Madness might tip off without the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, but the Lady Lions runner-up finish in the Southwestern Athletic Conference womens basketball championship was enough cause for a celebration Tuesday inside H.O. Clemmons Arena.

Alonzo Hampton was formally introduced as the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluffs 22nd head football coach at something a lot more festive than an ordinary news conference.

PINE BLUFF -- Alonzo Hampton wasnt in unfamiliar territory Tuesday afternoon on the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff campus, but hes got a plan in place to take the Golden Lions football team back to a familiar place.

The deal is reportedly for three years as the longtime assistant earns his first job leading a program.

It took a little longer than it hoped it would, but the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has found its next football coach.

Bo Hembree took over Warren High Schools football program in 2000, and former Lumberjack Alonzo Hampton was the first person he hired onto his staff, one that would establish a southeast Arkansas dynasty for years to come.

Hampton, presently the assistant head coach and special teams coordinator at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, has agreed to a three-year deal.

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will have to wait until the new calendar year to make an official splash for its latest recruits.

Hampton, presently the assistant head coach and special teams coordinator at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, has agreed to a three-year deal.