One summer, Jerome Brown arrived with nothing other than a drum set and a TV. JEROME'S ENTRANCE: We would always wait for the players on the first day of camp outside their dorm, Schmidt Hall (one of the few WCU dorms from that era still standing). I only covered the last eight camps at West Chester, but here are 10 of my favorite memories from those endless summers. It's been 26 years since the Eagles last practiced at West Chester University, but with 2021 training camp approaching we thought it would be fun to revisit those days. The Eagles have the 6th-best record in football since 1988, and it all began with those endless Buddy Ryan two-a-days at West Chester. It's where a franchise that had grown irrelevant under Marion Campbell enjoyed a renaissance under Buddy that started an extended run of success that continues to this day. There was something special about those days at West Chester. It was during those long, hot summers at West Chester that a generation of Eagles fans got its first look at Reggie White, Eric Allen, Randall Cunningham, Seth Joyner, Clyde Simmons, Keith Jackson and of course Buddy Ryan.Įvery summer from 1980 through 1995, the Eagles practiced on the grass fields behind West Chester University's Farrell Stadium in West Goshen Township, and back then training camp was six or seven weeks long, so fans had plenty of opportunities to sit on the hills and watch all these all-time great Eagles from a few feet away.

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