He was mentally and emotionally involved in it all the time. All assistant coaches work and do good jobs, but they have other lives, too. Now, strangely, Brittain's career parallels that of Tyler. Both coached at Rider. Both were head coaches at Wichita Falls High School.
Loyalty is also a trait of both men.
They are not just bosses to the kids who play for them and the men who work under them. They are also friends. Brittain worked with friend Bill Blythe for 29 years. He kept the same staff together in Vernon for all of the 19 seasons he coached there. Now he wants to take as many WFHS assistants as possible with him to Richland.