We always hear in all professions that people should pay their dues before moving up. People should put their time in and learn and grow before taking that next step. But, what does “paying your dues really mean?” Is there…
Most coaches are would be pretty comfortable being up 49-6 at halftime. I was not. In New Mexico there is a 50 point mercy rule, meaning once a score reaches that margin the game is called automatically. The second half…
It would be an enormous understatement to say that coaching football is an incredibly tough profession. We always take too much blame when we lose and we get too much credit when we win. Yes, it can be an extremely…
On this edition of the High School Football America Radio Show with Jeff Fisher, Bergen Catholic (New Jersey) head coach Nunzio Campanile talks about his team’s upcoming showdown with No. 1 Mater Dei (California) in Southern California. The Crusaders are…
The last time I started a season 0-3 was in 1994 when I was a freshman coach at El Paso Riverside in Texas. I was a bright-eyed, cocky 22 year old who thought he knew it all. But, after 9…
“Anyone can be a father; but it takes a real man to be a Dad.” I do not know where I first heard that, but to this day it remains one of my favorite quotes. For the last month on…
As long as I had waited for the moment to arrive, once it got here, it went by like a 4.3, All-Pro wide receiver running a vertical. My first game on the sidelines as a head coach did not go…
To say that the season goes by fast and the first game just sneaks up on you has to be the biggest understatement in the history of coaching. It seemed like just yesterday that I accepted this job and now…
by Scott Veliz Oñate High School Head Football Coach Follow @Coach_Veliz I heard them all over the last year and a half — “Everything happens for a reason,” “God has a plan,” “Your time will come,” friends and family kept…