Book remembers Mississippi football’s ‘backwoods Bear’
Robert “Bull” Sullivan has been called the “toughest coach there ever was.” The former East Mississippi Junior College football coach was known to line his players up on the edge of a snake- and alligator-infested pond for drills, order them to attend 2 a.m. practice sessions and play their way through aches and pains that would sideline many opponents.
Book remembers Mississippi football’s ‘backwoods Bear’
Robert “Bull” Sullivan has been called the “toughest coach there ever was.” The former East Mississippi Junior College football coach was known to line his players up on the edge of a snake- and alligator-infested pond for drills, order them to attend 2 a.m. practice sessions and play their way through aches and pains that would sideline many opponents.