{"id":4456,"date":"2016-01-07T07:12:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T07:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=4456"},"modified":"2016-01-06T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:13:53","slug":"bj-hammer-01-takes-over-at-allegheny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2016\/01\/07\/bj-hammer-01-takes-over-at-allegheny\/","title":{"rendered":"BJ Hammer &#8217;01 Takes Over At Allegheny"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4457\" style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4457\" alt=\"BJ Hammer '01\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-06-at-11.01.50-AM.png\" width=\"502\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-06-at-11.01.50-AM.png 502w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-06-at-11.01.50-AM-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BJ Hammer &#8217;01<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I think we all knew we couldn&#8217;t keep BJ Hammer &#8217;01 forever&#8230;after all, he&#8217;s built a resume as our defense coordinator that is truly exceptional. \u00a0With his resume, he&#8217;s ready to be a head coach at a quality program.<\/p>\n<p>And that opportunity begins now as BJ is headed to Allegheny College as their new head football coach. \u00a0You can see the web story <a href=\"http:\/\/alleghenygators.com\/news\/2016\/1\/4\/FB_0104161034.aspx?path=football\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no doubt in my mind that BJ will take the history and tradition at Allegheny, build upon it, and restore the program. \u00a0It won&#8217;t be long before they are serious contenders in the NCAC.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ll wager his impact goes far beyond that. \u00a0I&#8217;ve seen BJ&#8217;s coaching style up close and it&#8217;s about the whole man concept. \u00a0BJ knows the ins and outs of defensive play, for sure, but he&#8217;s also teaching his guys about life and what they can do to be difference makers. \u00a0That&#8217;s where his lasting impact is &#8211; on the playing fields of life.<\/p>\n<p>BJ &#8211; we wish you the best. \u00a0And, for 9 of the 10 weeks each season, we&#8217;ll be rooting for you and the Gators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think we all knew we couldn&#8217;t keep BJ Hammer &#8217;01 forever&#8230;after all, he&#8217;s built a resume as our defense coordinator that is truly exceptional. \u00a0With his resume, he&#8217;s ready to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-06-at-11.01.50-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4459,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4456\/revisions\/4459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}