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Germany to join Southern football staff

He got what he wanted.

Germany said Friday he has left Capitol to become quarterbacks coach at Southern University, where he'll try to improve the Jaguars' passing attack and strengthen their recruiting efforts in Baton Rouge, where they failed to sign a single recruit this season.

"(Friday) is my first day at Southern. Thursday was my last day at Capitol," Germany said.

"When I got the job at Capitol, my plan was to stay five years, and I wound up staying six. The goal was to have a chance to coach on the college level, and I'm getting that Southern. I'm excited about it. I'll also be recruiting the Baton Rouge area, and hopefully I can find a niche there."

That's what Stump Mitchell has in mind.

"It's good to have him because we have not done a real good job of recruiting the Baton Rouge young men," Mitchell said. "Hopefully coach Germany, with his football savvy, but also knowing these players and their parents and guardians, will get us a few more local kids."

A former Capitol quarterback who played college football at Tennessee State, Germany led the Lions to the Class 2A semifinals in 2009. They came within a two-point conversion in overtime of beating Evangel and advancing to the Superdome Classic for the second time in school history.

Capitol finished 6-6 last year, losing to Evangel in the second round of the 2A playoffs.

Germany also interviewed for the SU head-coaching job in 2009.

Germany said he didn't decide to leave Capitol until this week, when he got a contract from Southern. He said he was also waiting to learn more about the status of Capitol High Academy, which will apparently remain a charter school.

Germany had interviewed with Mitchell earlier this year, after former SU quarterbacks coach Ted White left to become offensive coordinator at Howard, his alma mater.

Mitchell instead hired Gerald Carr, a longtime NFL and major-college assistant, as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Carr guided the Southern offense through spring practice but left shortly thereafter, re-opening the job.

With Germany on board, Mitchell will oversee the offense and call plays, as he did last season.

La. colleges low on cost | News | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Baton Rouge Community College and Our Lady of the Lake College all count among the most affordable schools nationally in their own categories, according to new federal data released Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Education report highlights the most expensive and affordable public, private and for-profit colleges nationwide for public consumption and comparisons.

Also counted among the lowest priced, depending on the criteria, are Southern University at New Orleans, the University of New Orleans, LSU at Shreveport, Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, the University of Phoenix in Louisiana, several Louisiana Technical College campuses and the for-profit Baton Rouge College — not to be confused with BRCC.

On the other end, Tulane University in New Orleans ranks among the most-expensive private colleges.

The results can be seen online at http://www.collegecost.ed.gov . The data are based mostly on the 2009-10 school year and not the most recent 2010-11 year.

Most public Louisiana colleges increased tuition levels by 10 percent last year and most plan to do so by another 10 percent this fall.

“We knew that our tuition was low,” state Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell said, noting that Louisiana’s public universities averaged at about the cheapest nationwide.

So there is “room to go up” with recent tuition hikes, he said, even though such cost increases are not ideal in a low-income state.

“We felt that would help our budget concerns,” Purcell said, referencing the cost hikes to help offset state budget cuts to colleges.

Nationally, Penn State University was the most expensive public college, at more than $14,000 in annual tuition.

Sarah Lawrence College in New York charged the most expensive tuition — not counting student housing — for a private, nonprofit university, at about $42,000.

Tulane was not far behind, at more than $40,500. But Tulane did not rank among the most expensive in net prices.

The net prices are calculated based on the total cost of college — including housing — to a full-time freshman student after grants, federal, state and institutional financial aid are subtracted, according to the report.

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