It�s only natural. If you stick around the college football coaching business long enough, you will eventually match up with one of your former schools. That�s the case Saturday for Ellis Johnson and Charlie Harbison, both current Mississippi State assistants and formerly on the staff at Gardner-Webb. Johnson, now in his 31st year of coaching and on his eighth college staff, was the Runnin� Bulldogs head coach in 1983. Harbison, also a player at Crest High, played and coached at Gardner-Webb in the 1980�s. �Gardner-Webb is a special place because it gave me an opportunity to get an education in a Christian atmosphere at a family-oriented school, said Harbison, a defensive back during his playing days and now MSU�s safeties coach. �A lot of people don�t realize how special that place is until they leave there.
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