DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University football head coach Granville Eastman announced the addition of two assistant coaches on Friday, quarterbacks coach Graham Hobbs and wide receivers coach Marcus Windham.
 
Hobbs, a native of Corapeake, North Carolina, joins the Eagles after spending two seasons with Marshall University as an offensive graduate assistant, working primarily with wide receivers. Hobbs helped tutor First Team All-Conference USA selection Tyre Brady, who recorded 942 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on the season. Marshall's 2017 campaign ended with a victory in the New Mexico Bowl.
 
After attending Chowan University in North Carolina and playing quarterback for a season, Hobbs transferred to Florida International to finish his bachelor's degree and get his coaching start within collegiate football, first as member of the video staff. He then joined the coaching staff as the offensive quality control coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons for the Golden Panthers. Hobbs worked with the quarterback and wide receiver positions at FIU, while also helping with film analysis and opponent scouting reports. He left FIU to join Elizabeth City State University as an offensive assistant coach in the spring of 2016, before moving on to Marshall for the 2016 season.
 
Hobbs graduated from Gates County High School in North Carolina as a three-sport athlete, earning all-conference and all-area honors in football, basketball and baseball for the Red Barons. He earned his bachelor's degree in recreation and sport management from Florida International University in 2015, and completed his master's degree in parks, recreation, tourism, and sport management from North Carolina State University in 2017.
 
Windham joins the NCCU coaching staff after stints at Itawamba Community College (Miss.) and University of West Georgia. While at Itawamba as pass game coordinator, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, the Indians had one of the most prolific offenses in the Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges, ranking in the top-5 in total offense in 2015, 2016 and 2017. He was instrumental in helping the Indians achieve a 16-11 record in three seasons (2015-2017), averaging 39.4 points per game during that time.
 
In 2017, Windham's wide receiver corps was led by sophomore two-time all-American Terry Williams and sophomore First Team all-state Christian Saulsberry. Williams led the way with 79 receptions for 1,095 with 11 touchdowns, while Saulsberry had a 44 catches for 560 yards with three scores. True freshman Jamel Thomas caught 36 passes for 527 yards and seven touchdowns, while Malik Honeycutt also hauled in 35 receptions for 608 yards and six scores.
 
Williams, arguably the greatest receiver in Itawamba CC history, shattered school records, including career marks for receptions (144), receiving yards (2,000), 100-yard receiving games (7) and 200-yard receiving games (2). Williams also became the first receiver in school history to earn all-American honors in back-to-back seasons.
 
Windham grew up in Macon, Mississippi. He earned his bachelor's degree in community recreation from Southwest Baptist University, where he was a wide receiver and punt returner, finishing with 142 receptions for 1,355 yards and 10 touchdowns.
 
Windham replaces former NCCU wide receivers coach Jermaine Gales, who is now the offensive coordinator at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
 
Hobbs steps in as the quarterbacks coach, while T.C. Taylor focuses on his role as offensive coordinator.