Cardinals' Steve Wilks talks about his coaching influences in Ruffin and Daryl McNeil and how he went from working at a bank to becoming a coach. Arizona Republic
Johnson C. Smith University and Bank of America Stadium, home of the Panthers, are fewer than two miles apart in downtown Charlotte. But if you’re coaching football at Johnson C. Smith, home of the Golden Bulls, they are worlds apart.
Steve Wilks had a vision, though.
Johnson C. Smith isn’t the lowest rung on the coaching ladder, but you can jump to the ground from there without spraining an ankle.