Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh has written a story on his team’s website that says high school football coaches “play such a vital role in our society.” The story is entitled Why Football Matters.
Here’s an excerpt of what Harbaugh said about high school coaches —
Our football coaches are on the front lines of the battle for the hearts and minds of the young men in our society. The culture war is on and we see it every day. These young men are more vulnerable than ever.
How many youth and high school coaches serve as a father figure to their players? How many mothers look to the coaches of their son’s football team as the last best hope to show their son what it means to become a man – a real man? More than we’ll ever know.
Coaches teach our young people the lessons of life that very often they learn from no one else. Coaches have the kind of influence in our schools, and with our young people, that is difficult to come by.
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