The following is reprinted from the National Football League‘s PlayFootball.com website. Welcome to Why We Play, a series of discussions with current players and NFL Legends about their youth football experience and why they play the game. As a kid, Arik…
Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will be very special for new Spartanburg High School head coach Mark Hodge, who was named as the Vikings new leader about a week ago. Hodge will have…
The NFL’s San Francisco 49ers are continuing to help high school and middle school football coaches in Hawaii. The Niners are underwriting the entire cost of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association’s middle school and high school coaches training through…
Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary, who was once the head coach of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, is in the middle of his first fall camp at Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas. He joins me on…
There’s no doubt that Southlake Carroll High School is a high-profile high school football program. How high-profile? Big enough for Pro Football Hall of Fame Linebacker Mike Singletary, who’s been a head coach in the NFL with the San Francisco…
With four Super Bowl rings from his time with the San Francisco 49ers, Jesse Sapolu knows a thing-or-two about offensive and defensive line play. That’s why in 2009, Sapolu, who played center and offensive guard during his NFL career, started…
Earlier this year, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh wrote about the importance of high school football coaches. Wednesday, new San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Tomsula told a media day gathering that he and his family attend high school…