Event Date: July 18th, 1982
Event Description: Federals Pursue Coach; Stadium Deal
Source: New York Times
Jimmy Raye, an assistant coach with the Atlanta Falcons, is the most likely candidate to become the head coach of the Washington franchise in the new United States Football League, according to sources in both cities.
If he lands the job, the 35-year-old Raye would become the first black to serve as head coach in the new league. There are no black head coaches in the National Football League.
In other USFL news;
The D.C. Armory Board agreed in principle today to allow the Washington franchise in the new United States Football League the use of 55,000-seat Robert F. Kennedy Stadium.
Terms of the Washington Redskins' contract with the Armory Board, which oversees the stadium's operation, calls for the National Football League club to enjoy exclusive football rights.
Robert Sigholtz, general manager of the Armory Board, said he foresaw no problem with allowing the U.S.F.L. to use the facility because its games, which are to be held between March and July, do not overlap the N.F.L. schedule.
Story-New York Times
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