Podcast: Philadelphia high school football coach teaching on the field and keeping kids safe off of it

Franklin Pioneers Bill Sytsma
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A couple of weeks ago, High School Football America took to its Twitter account to find high school football coaches that wanted to promote their student-athletes, coaches, program and communities on our podcast.

Today, we spotlight the first winner — Bill Sytsma, head football coach at Frankford High School in Philadelphia.

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about Frankford and its Thanksgiving rival Boys’ Latin holding a Practice 4 Peace that was designed to shine a spotlight on violence that has affected both high school football programs.

Related: Philly schools hold Practice 4 Peace

You can learn about Practice 4 Peace and the Pioneers by clicking the play button below.

Podcast: Bill Sytsma

If you listened to the podcast, you heard Coach Sytsma talk about opening-up the team’s locker room over the summer on Friday nights to keep his kids safe from the gun violence in the neighborhood. The locker room is outfitted with a living room set, TV, couches, board games, video games and snacks.

Sytsma has set up a GoFundMe page to fund the Friday night’s that the kids hope will continue during the season. You can donate by clicking here.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.