Today I am writing a brief post about one of the hardest times in my life. I was coaching at a local high school and halfway through the season our head coach and my good friend passed away suddenly and unexpected. This was a huge loss for his family, students, athletes and the community as a whole. I am going to go into all the details of what happened, but instead will talk about the loss of a dear friend and coach and how the coaching staff and team responded to that loss. Losing important people in out lives is never easy and brings a rush of emotion that we deal with for sometimes months or even years. I was the offensive coordinator at the time so when my friend passed I was asked to continue the season as the interim head coach. I remember the conversation with the principal when he asked me to take things and finish the season. I gladly took the responsibility not because it was a chance to take the program over. It was the right thing to do in honor of my friend, play
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