Soldotna running back turns into a coach after season-ending knee injury

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Soldotna running back Drew Gibbs was dreaming of of leading his team to its fourth straight Alaska Medium School state football title this year.  That dream ended in the first quarter of the first game of the year, when Gibbs tore his ACL.

Since the injury, Gibbs, who will appears on Thursday’s High School Football America Radio Show with his dad Trey, has focused on winning another state title by helping coach his teammates for their title run.  Gibbs, who holds several college football offers that you can read about in the High School Football America blog A Family Affair, is now a Soldotna “assistant coach” with duties that include breaking-down game film and working with his peers.

Editor’s Note: You can follow Gibbs’ 2015 journey in the High School Football America blog “A Family Affair”

 

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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.