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The last few months have been a whirlwind of change for Eddie Faulkner.
After seven years as the running backs coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Faulkner is now serving the same role for the Baltimore Ravens after the two AFC North rivals revamped their staffs amid head coaching changes. In a period of such a dramatic shift, one thing has remained the same for Faulkner — his love for his hometown.
Faulkner, a Muncie native and legendary Muncie Central football player, will return to his alma mater this summer for the third annual Team Faulk Youth Development Football Camp on Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Central High School.
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"It's awesome because it gives you a little peace," Faulkner said in a phone interview with The Star Press. "It's something that you stay into. Obviously, with our transition and everything that goes along with that, buying a house, moving, working your job, it's a lot going on. But we stayed diligent on what we wanted to do with Team Faulk and organizing the camps as normal."
The Team Faulk Camp is open to boys and girls ages 6-18 and is completely free to attend. Walk-up registration begins at 9 a.m., but pre-registration is recommended. Sneakers/tennis shoes are required, cleats are recommended, and all participants will receive a camp T-shirt. A liability waiver must also be signed by a parent or guardian.
Click here to access the pre-registration and liability waiver forms.
This year's camp will be one session for all ages — a key difference from the previous two Team Faulk camps, which consisted of two separate sessions for younger and older kids.
As usual, the Team Faulk Camp will be a family affair, with Faulkner's son, Eddie Faulkner IV, overseeing the 13-18 age group and his nephew, Chris Reaves, coordinating the 6-12 age group. Faulkner IV is an assistant secondary coach at Ohio University, and Reaves is an assistant secondary coach at Wabash College.
The decision to combine the two sessions into one was inspired by Steelers running back Jaylen Warren, who has previously appeared as a coach at the other two Team Faulk camps.
"Jaylen Warren had a camp in the Pittsburgh area while we were there, it was actually Morgantown High School in West Virginia," Faulkner said. "They had 350 kids on one field at a high school and managed it. I know we'd be able to do the same thing with the space we've got there at Muncie Central, so that was the primary driving factor because I saw it exactly go down that way."
In addition to Faulkner, his son and his nephew, the camp will also feature coaches and players from the NFL and college football levels. The Muncie Central football coaching staff serves as volunteer coaches, as do many former Bearcat stars who take the opportunity to return home and pour back into the next generation of Muncie football.
"You're always going to have Muncie's finest, people who have gone on and done great things. I'm always reaching out to those people first, some of Muncie Central's best players to come through their program, it's been cool to get them back," Faulkner said. "Everybody's just been phenomenal, from the superintendent of schools to Coach (Kyle) Buresh, he's been unbelievable. Every time I reach out on what I may need, he's there to support, there to help with the advertising and marketing piece, he's been phenomenal and we've developed a good relationship through it all."
While the camp is free, donations will be accepted. Any donations will go to the Edgar Faulkner Sr./Ermal S. Roundtree Fund at the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County. The fund is named after Eddie Faulkner's grandfathers.
Contact Cade Hampton via email at [email protected] or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @CadeHamp10.
This article originally appeared on Muncie Star Press: Eddie Faulkner bringing Team Faulk Football Camp back to Muncie Central
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After seven years as the running backs coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Faulkner is now serving the same role for the Baltimore Ravens after the two AFC North rivals revamped their staffs amid head coaching changes. In a period of such a dramatic shift, one thing has remained the same for Faulkner — his love for his hometown.
Faulkner, a Muncie native and legendary Muncie Central football player, will return to his alma mater this summer for the third annual Team Faulk Youth Development Football Camp on Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Central High School.
More: Yorktown alumnus Jesse Minter named head coach of Baltimore Ravens
"It's awesome because it gives you a little peace," Faulkner said in a phone interview with The Star Press. "It's something that you stay into. Obviously, with our transition and everything that goes along with that, buying a house, moving, working your job, it's a lot going on. But we stayed diligent on what we wanted to do with Team Faulk and organizing the camps as normal."
The Team Faulk Camp is open to boys and girls ages 6-18 and is completely free to attend. Walk-up registration begins at 9 a.m., but pre-registration is recommended. Sneakers/tennis shoes are required, cleats are recommended, and all participants will receive a camp T-shirt. A liability waiver must also be signed by a parent or guardian.
Click here to access the pre-registration and liability waiver forms.
This year's camp will be one session for all ages — a key difference from the previous two Team Faulk camps, which consisted of two separate sessions for younger and older kids.
As usual, the Team Faulk Camp will be a family affair, with Faulkner's son, Eddie Faulkner IV, overseeing the 13-18 age group and his nephew, Chris Reaves, coordinating the 6-12 age group. Faulkner IV is an assistant secondary coach at Ohio University, and Reaves is an assistant secondary coach at Wabash College.
The decision to combine the two sessions into one was inspired by Steelers running back Jaylen Warren, who has previously appeared as a coach at the other two Team Faulk camps.
"Jaylen Warren had a camp in the Pittsburgh area while we were there, it was actually Morgantown High School in West Virginia," Faulkner said. "They had 350 kids on one field at a high school and managed it. I know we'd be able to do the same thing with the space we've got there at Muncie Central, so that was the primary driving factor because I saw it exactly go down that way."
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In addition to Faulkner, his son and his nephew, the camp will also feature coaches and players from the NFL and college football levels. The Muncie Central football coaching staff serves as volunteer coaches, as do many former Bearcat stars who take the opportunity to return home and pour back into the next generation of Muncie football.
"You're always going to have Muncie's finest, people who have gone on and done great things. I'm always reaching out to those people first, some of Muncie Central's best players to come through their program, it's been cool to get them back," Faulkner said. "Everybody's just been phenomenal, from the superintendent of schools to Coach (Kyle) Buresh, he's been unbelievable. Every time I reach out on what I may need, he's there to support, there to help with the advertising and marketing piece, he's been phenomenal and we've developed a good relationship through it all."
While the camp is free, donations will be accepted. Any donations will go to the Edgar Faulkner Sr./Ermal S. Roundtree Fund at the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County. The fund is named after Eddie Faulkner's grandfathers.
Contact Cade Hampton via email at [email protected] or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @CadeHamp10.
This article originally appeared on Muncie Star Press: Eddie Faulkner bringing Team Faulk Football Camp back to Muncie Central
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