Perkins back on the sidelines at Mississippi JUCO
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FILE -In this Sept.13,1987 file photo, Former Alabama coach Ray Perkins, now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, talks with quarterback Steve DeBerg on the sidelines during an NFL regular season opener against the Atlanta Falcons in Tampa, Fla. Perkins led the New York Giants from 1979 to 1982, the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1983 to ’86 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1987 to 1990. Perkins coaches football at tiny Jones County Junior College, in Mississippi. (AP photo/Kathy Willens, File)
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FILE -In this Saturday, Dec. 19, 1981 file photo, New York Giants kicker Joe Danelo is carried from the Giants stadium field by coach Ray Perkins and teammates Ed McGlasson (59) and Harry Carson in East Rutherford, N.J., after the team beat the Dallas Cowboys in overtime with a field goal. Perkins led the New York Giants from 1979 to 1982, the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1983 to ’86 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1987 to 1990. Perkins coaches football at tiny Jones County Junior College, in Mississippi. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)
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FILE -In this Friday, Jan. 9, 1987 file photo, Miami University quarterback Vinny Testaverde, right, and Alabama University coach Ray Perkins pose for a photo at Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Japan, a popular sightseeing resort 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Tokyo., before the Japan Bowl. Perkins led the New York Giants from 1979 to 1982, the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1983 to ’86 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1987 to 1990. Perkins coaches football at tiny Jones County Junior College, in Mississippi. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)
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FILE -In this Dec. 30, 1966 file photo, Alabama's All America end Ray Perkins signs autographs for a group of New Orleans youth during Alabama's photo session in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl. Perkins led the New York Giants from 1979 to 1982, the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1983 to ’86 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1987 to 1990. Perkins coaches football at tiny Jones County Junior College, in Mississippi. (AP Photo, File)
ELLISVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Ray Perkins leans back in his chair, enthusiastically talking football in his Mississippi office at tiny Jones County Junior College.
It certainly isn't Giants Stadium and the bright lights of the NFL. But for the 70-year-old Perkins, it's football paradise.
Perkins led the New York Giants from 1979 to 1982, the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1983 to '86 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1987 to 1990. But it's been 20 years since he was a head coach — and more than 10 years since he was a full-time coach of any kind.
And now he has resurfaced at this junior college in a town of about 4,500 people, ready to win some games and hopefully teach a few life lessons along the way.
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