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'A 100 percent winner': Past players, coaches, colleagues rave about South Alabama's Steve Campbell

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Steve Campbell's coaching record speaks for itself but don't blame those who know him well for wanting to gush about the new South Alabama head coach.

Kevin Helms was a tight end on MGCCC's 2007 national championship team, and later played the same position for Joey Jones at South Alabama. When Campbell was named USA's head coach on Friday, Helms said he's "never been as excited."

"Of all the coaches that I've had, he is the best," said Helms, now a teacher and coach at Gulfport High School in Mississippi. "He taught me more about what it means to be a man and how to play football the right way, than any other person on the planet.